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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.

Andeans

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Bolivia

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Chile

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Pablo Neruda

Colombia

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Jorge Isaacs wrote María, one of the most influential 19th-century novels in Spanish

Ecuador

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Peru

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Venezuela

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Andrés Eloy Blanco

Brazil

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Caribbean

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Cuba

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Dominican Republic

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Haiti

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Puerto Rico

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Central America

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Costa Rica

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Roque Dalton, El Salvador's best known poet

El Salvador

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Guatemala

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Miguel Angel Asturias, Nobel prize winner

Honduras

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Nicaragua

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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.

Panama

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Mexico

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Carlos Fuentes, one of the most internationally popular Mexican writers

Rioplatenses

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Argentina

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

Paraguay

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Uruguay

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Mario Benedetti, a highly popular Uruguayan author and poet

See also

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References

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