This is a list in alphabetical order of Venezuelan literary figures and their most representative works, including poets, novelists, historians, essayists, and scholars.
Rafael Arráiz Lucca is a Venezuelan essayist, poet, historian and professor.
Arturo Uslar Pietri was a Venezuelan intellectual, historian, writer, television producer, and politician.
Ramón José Velásquez Mujica was a Venezuelan politician, historian, journalist, and lawyer. He served as the president of Venezuela between 1993 and 1994.
The Central University of Venezuela is a public university located in Caracas, Venezuela. The university is widely regarded as the highest ranking institution in the country. Founded in 1721, it is the oldest university in Venezuela and one of the oldest in the Western Hemisphere. It is ranked 18th among the universities in Latin America.
Manuel Antonio Caballero Agüero was a notable Venezuelan historian, journalist, best-selling author and professor of contemporary Venezuelan History at the Central University of Venezuela.
Manuel Mejía Vallejo was a Colombian writer and journalist. The specialist Luís Carlos Molina says that Mejía represents the Andean aspect of the contemporary Colombian narrative, characterized by a world of symbols which are little by little being lost in the memory of the mountain.
The National Pantheon of Venezuela is a final resting place for national heroes. The Pantheon was created in the 1870s on the site of the ruined Santísima Trinidad church from 1744 on the northern edge of the old town of Caracas, Venezuela.
José Antonio de Armas Chitty was a Venezuelan historian, poet, chronicler, essayist, biographer and researcher.
Hugo Achugar is a professor emeritus at the University of Miami and a Uruguayan poet, essayist, and researcher.
Simón Alberto Consalvi was a Venezuelan politician, journalist, diplomat and historian. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela on two occasions (1977-1979/1985-1988), Minister of Internal Affairs of Venezuela (1988–1989), Secretary of the Presidency (1988), and also held several Ambassadorships. A journalist and author of many books, he was member of the National Academy of History since 1997, and Associate Editor of the daily El Nacional.
Salvador Augusto Mijares Izquierdo, was a Venezuelan lawyer, historian, writer, educator and journalist. He is best known for El Libertador, his biography of Simón Bolívar. He was a member of the Venezuelan Academy of History (1947), the National Academy of Political Science (1960) and the Venezuelan Academy of Language (1971).
Rafael Cadenas is a Venezuelan poet and essayist.
The National Prize for Literature is a literary award made annually to Venezuelan writers.
José Rafael Pocaterra was a Venezuelan writer, journalist and politician.
José Agustín Catalá Delgado was a Venezuelan journalist and author. He was best known for his work on the 1948-58 dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, during which he spent three years in prison. He had previously been imprisoned for four months in 1934, for publication of a poem, under Juan Vicente Gomez. Under Pérez Jiménez, Catalá's company Editorial Ávila Gráfica printed the clandestine Democratic Action's materials, such as newspapers and manifestos. Catalá was arrested following the publication in 1952 of Venezuela bajo el signo del terror, 1948-1952.
Milagros Mata Gil was a Venezuelan novelist and essayist. She was a professor of Spanish, literature and Latin at the Instituto Pedagógico de Caracas. She was also a researcher in the area of Venezuelan literature and was a member of the Venezuelan Academy of the Spanish Language since 2011 until her death. She is known, in principle, for her novels and essays, as well as for being the author of the anthem of the Heres Municipality, Bolívar state.