List of Latin American writers

This is a list of some of the most important writers from Latin America, organized by cultural region and nationality.

The focus is on Latin American literature.

Pablo Neruda
Jorge Isaacs wrote María , one of the most influential 19th-century novels in Spanish
Andrés Eloy Blanco
Roque Dalton, El Salvador's best known poet
Miguel Angel Asturias, Nobel prize winner
Ernesto Cardenal is a poet, Catholic priest and was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Sandinista Regime.
Karly Gaitán Morales is a Nicaraguan film historian and writer.
Carlos Fuentes, one of the most internationally popular Mexican writers
Julio Cortázar, one of the leaders of the Latin American boom
Mario Benedetti, a highly popular Uruguayan author and poet