List of Latin American writers

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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.

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Andeans

Bolivia

Chile

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Pablo Neruda

Colombia

Jorge Isaacs wrote Maria, one of the most influential 19th-century novels in Spanish Fi 322 Isaacs, Jorge.jpg
Jorge Isaacs wrote María, one of the most influential 19th-century novels in Spanish

Ecuador

Peru

Venezuela

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Andrés Eloy Blanco

Brazil

Caribbean

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Puerto Rico

Central America

Costa Rica

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Roque Dalton, El Salvador's best known poet

El Salvador

Guatemala

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Miguel Angel Asturias, Nobel prize winner

Honduras

Nicaragua

Ernesto Cardenal is a poet, Catholic priest and was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Sandinista Regime. ErnestoCardenal.jpg
Ernesto Cardenal is a poet, Catholic priest and was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Sandinista Regime.
Karly Gaitan Morales is a Nicaraguan film historian and writer. KGM2.jpg
Karly Gaitán Morales is a Nicaraguan film historian and writer.

Panama

Mexico

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Carlos Fuentes, one of the most internationally popular Mexican writers

Rioplatenses

Argentina

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Julio Cortázar, one of the leaders of the Latin American boom

Paraguay

Uruguay

Mario Benedetti, a highly popular Uruguayan author and poet Mario Benedetti.jpg
Mario Benedetti, a highly popular Uruguayan author and poet

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