This is a list of famous or notable poets who have written in the Spanish language. Poets are authors of poems. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ...

Argentina

• Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
• José Hernández (1834-1886)
• Leopoldo Lugones (1874-1938)
• Alfonsina Storni (1892-1938)

Jorge Luis Borges (, bôr′hÄ•s) (August 24, 1899 â€“ June 14, 1986) was an Argentine writer who is considered to be one of the foremost writers of the 20th century. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the astronaut, see Jose Hernandez. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Leopoldo Lugones (13 June 1874 - 1938) was an Argentine writer and journalist. ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alfonsina Storni was born in April of 1892 in the mountain village of Sala Capriasca. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Chile

• Vicente Huidobro (1893-1948)
• Enrique Lihn
• Gabriela Mistral, born Lucila Godoy, (1889-1957) Nobel laureate in 1945
• Pablo Neruda, born Neftalí Ricardo Reyes, (1904-1973) Nobel laureate in 1971
• Nicanor Parra
• Gonzalo Rojas, Cervantes laureate in 2003
• Pablo de Rokha
• David Rosenmann-Taub (1927-)

Vicente Garcia-Huidobro Fernandez (b. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gabriela Mistral Gabriela Mistral (April 7, 1889 – January 10, 1957) was the pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat and feminist who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1945. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pablo Neruda as a Presidential candidate in 1970 Pablo Neruda (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973) was the pen name of the Chilean writer Ricardo Eliecer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Nicanor Parra (born in San Fabián de Alico, 1914) is a Chilea physics and math teacher and a poet (or antipoet). ... Gonzalo Rojas is a Chilean poet winner of the 2003 Cervantes Prize. ... Premio Miguel de Cervantes (the Miguel de Cervantes Prize) is awarded annually to honor the whole career of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... David Rosenmann-Taub (b. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Colombia

• Porfirio Barba-Jacob
• León de Greiff
• Rafael Pombo
• Raúl Gómez Jattín
• José Asunción Silva

Miguel ngel Osorio Ben tez (July 29, 1883 - January 14, 1942), better known by his pseudonym, Porfirio Barba-Jacob, was a Colombian poet and writer. ...

Cuba

• José Martí (1853-1895)
• Virgilio Piñera
• José Lezama Lima
• Dulce María Loynaz
• Nicolás Guillén (1902-1989)
• Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (1950- )
• Roberto Fernández Retamar
• Emilio Ballagas
• José María Heredia
• Gastón Baquero
• Mariano Brull
• Julián del Casal
• Eliseo Diego
• Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814-1873)
• Severo Sarduy
• Cintio Vitier

José Julián Martí Pérez (January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was a leader of the Cuban independence movement as well as an esteemed poet and writer. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... José Lezama Lima (December 19, 1910-1976) was a Cuban writer and poet who is considered one of the most influential figures in Latin American literature. ... Dulce María Loynaz (December 10, 1902 - 1997) Born in Cuba. ... Nicolás Guillén (10 July 1902 – 16 July 1989) was a Cuban poet. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pedro Juan Gutiérrez born in 1950 (Matanzas, Cuba) and he was a journalist. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Roberto Fernández Retamar (born June 9, 1930) is a Cuban poet and essayist. ... Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga (1814-1873) was a Cuban writer. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ...

Ecuador

• Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903-1978)
• Augusto Sacoto Arias ( 1907)
• Atanasio Viteri (1908 )
• Ignacio Lasso (1911)
• José A. Llerena (1912)
• Jorge I. Guerrero (1913)
• Humberto Vacas Gómez (1913)
• Alejandro Carrión (1915)
• Joaquín Gallegos Lara (1911-1947)
• Nela Martínez (1911)
• Enrique Gil Gilbert (1913 )
• Pedro Jorge Vera ( 1915 )
• Adalberto Ortiz (1914)
• Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1915)
• Hugo Larrea Andrade (1907)
• Rodrigo Pachano Lalama (1910)
• Carlos Suárez Veintimilla (1911)
• Jorge Isaac Robayo (1911-1960)
• Carlos Bazante (1914)

1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Ignacio Lasso (1911 - 1943) was an Ecuadorian poet born in Quito. ... Alejandro Carrión Alejandro Carrión Aguirre (1915 - 1992) was born in Loja, Ecuador. ... An Ecuadorian writer and Communist politician, born in the city of Guayaquil (1914 - 1999). ... Adalberto Ortiz (1914-2003) Novelist, poet and diplomat born in Esmeraldas, a province of Ecuador. ...

El Salvador

• Roque Dalton, (1935-1975)

Roque Dalton Roque Dalton (14 May 1935 – 10 May 1975) was a leftist Salvadoran poet and journalist. ...

Mexico

• Rosario Castellanos (1925-1974)
• Salvador Díaz Mirón (1853-1928)
• Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (1859-1895)
• Ramón López Velarde (1888-1921)
• Amado Nervo (1870-1919)
• Salvador Novo (1904-1974)
• José Emilio Pacheco (b. 1939)
• Octavio Paz (1914-1998)
• Carlos Pellicer (1897-1977)
• Alfonso Reyes (1889-1959)
• Jaime Sabines (1926-1999)
• Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695)
• Xavier Villaurrutia (1903-1950)
• Gabriel Zaid (b. 1934)

Rosario Castellanos (25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974) was a Mexican poet and author. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Ramón López Velarde (15 June 1888 – 19 June 1921) was a Mexican poet. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Amado Nervo (real name: Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo) (August 27, 1870 – May 24, 1919) was an Mexican poet. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Salvador Novo (30 July 1904 – 13 January 1974) was a Mexican writer and the official chronicler of Mexico City, where he was born. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... José Emilio Pacheco at the Octavio Paz award 2003 José Emilio Pacheco (México City, 1939) is a Mexican poet, essayist, translator, novelist and short story writer. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat, and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Carlos Pellicer (January 16, 1897 - February 16, 1977) was born Carlos Pellicer Cámara in Villahermosa, Tabasco. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Alfonso Reyes El regiomontano universal was born in Monterrey, Mexico, in 1889, and died in Mexico City in 1959. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jaime Sabines (March 25, 1926 – March 19, 1999) was a Mexican poet. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Sor Juana (12 November 1651 (or 1648, according to some biographers) – 17 April 1695), also known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz or, in full, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz de Asbaje y Ramírez, was a self taught Mexican scholar, nun, and writer of the... // Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ... Events January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703) July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gabriel Zaid is a Mexican writer, poet and intellectual. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Nicaragua

• Gioconda Belli (1948-)
• Ernesto Cardenal (1925-)
• Rubén Darío (1867-1916)

Gioconda Belli (born 1948 in Managua) is an author, poet and novelist, who was part of the Nicaraguan resistance movement called Sandinistas (FSLN), which fought dictator Somoza. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ernesto Cardenal (born January 20, 1925) was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Nicaraguan Revolution. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rubén Darío Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (January 18, 1867 – February 6, 1916) was a Nicaraguan poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Rubén Darío. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...

Peru

• César Vallejo (1892-1938)
• Manuel González Prada (1844-1918)

Peruvian poet Cesar Vallejo (1892 - 1938) César Vallejo (born César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza on March 16, 1892, died on April 15, 1938) was a Peruvian poet who published only three books of poetry but is nonetheless considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Manuel González Prada (1844-1918) was a freethinker and social critic who brought Peruvian thought into the twentieth century. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

The Philippines

• José Rizal (1861-1896)

José Rizal portrait from a 1902 Painting by Fabian Dela Rosa José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896), the Pride of the Malay Race and The Great Malayan, is the national hero of the Philippines. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Puerto Rico

• Julia de Burgos (1916-1953)

Julia de Burgos (February 17, 1914 – July 6, 1953), born in Carolina, Puerto Rico has been considered by many as the greatest poet to have been born in Puerto Rico. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Spain

• Rafael Alberti
• Vicente Aleixandre (1898 - 1984) - Nobel Laureate 1977
• Dámaso Alonso (1898-1990)
• Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836-1870)
• Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
• Luis Cernuda (1903-1963)
• León Felipe (1884-1968)
• Federico García Lorca (1898-1936)
• Luis de Góngora (?-1627)
• Jorge Guillén (1893-1984)
• Miguel Hernández (1910-1942)
• José Hierro
• Clara Janés (1940-
• Santa Teresa de Jesús (1515-1582)
• Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881-1958) - Nobel Laureate 1956
• Antonio Machado (1875-1936)
• Manuel Machado
• Jorge Manrique
• Juan L. Ortiz
• Emilio Prados (1899-1962)
• Francisco de Quevedo
• Luis Rosales
• Ana Rossetti
• Pedro Salinas (1892-1951)
• Garcilaso de la Vega
• Lope de Vega
• Esteban Manuel de Villegas (1589-1669)
• Panero

Rafael Alberti was a cool man (16 December 1902 - 28 November 1999) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of 27. ... Vicente Aleixandre Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo (April 26, 1898 – December 14, 1984) Spanish poet, born in Sevilla. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... This page is about the year 1984. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Dámaso Alonso Dámaso Alonso (October 22, 1898 - January 25, 1990) was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (February 17, 1836-December 22, 1870) was an Spanish poet and tale writer, one of the most important in Spanish literature, associated to the romanticism movement. ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Saint John of the Cross (Juan de la Cruz) (June 24, 1542 – December 14, 1591) was a Spanish Carmelite friar born at Fontiveros, a small village near Avila. ... Events War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII of England is allied to the Emperor, while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French. ... Events June - Capture of Zutphen by the Dutch under Maurice of Nassau. ... Luis Cernuda (1902 - 1963), is widely recognized as one of the great Spanish poets of the 20th century. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... León Felipe (1884-1968) was an Spanish poet who lived the last years of his life in Mexico, exiled because of the Spanish Civil War. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Federico García Lorca Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 – August 19, 1936) was a Spanish poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and composer. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Luís de Góngora y Argote (July 11, 1561 - May 24, 1627), was a Spanish lyric poet. ... Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ... Jorge Guillén Jorge Guillén y Álvarez (January 18, 1893 - February 6, 1984) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of 27. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This page is about the year 1984. ... The Spanish poet Miguel Hernández (October 30, 1910-March 28, 1942), born to a poor family and given little formal education, published his first book of poetry at 23, and gained considerable fame before his death. ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Teresa of Avila by Peter Paul Rubens Saint Teresa of Avila (known in religion as Teresa de Jesús, baptised as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada) was a Spanish Roman Catholic mystic and monastic reformer; born at Avila (53 miles north-west of Madrid), Old Castile, March 28, 1515; died... // Events June - Invasion of Persia by Sultan Selim I of the Ottoman Empire. ... Events January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. ... Juan Ramón Jiménez (December 24, 1881 – May 29, 1958) was a Spanish poet. ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Antonio Machado y Ruiz (July 26, 1875 – February 22, 1939) was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of 98. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jorge Manrique (1440 – 1479) was a Spanish poet who actively participated in the coflicts of the era of Juan II. He fought on the side of Isabella of Castile, but during the defense of his right to become the king he died in a battle. ... Juan Laurentino Ortiz (June 11, 1896 - September 2, 1978) was a Spanish poet. ... Emilio Prados (March 4, 1899 - April 24, 1962) was a Spanish poet and editor, a member of the Generation of 27. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Villegas (born September 17, 1580 - September 8, 1645) was a Spanish writer during the Siglo de Oro. ... Pedro Salinas (1891-1951) was a romantic poet from Spain. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... For the Peruvian writer, Garcilaso de la Vega, see Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Garcilaso de la Vega (b. ... Lope de Vega (also Félix Lope de Vega Carpio or Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) (25 November 1562 – 27 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright and poet. ... Esteban Manuel de Villegas (5 February 1589 - 1669), a Spanish poet, was born at Matute (Logrono). ... Events Rebellion of the Catholic League against King Henry III of France, in revenge for his murder of Duke Henry of Guise. ... // Events Samuel Pepys stopped writing his diary. ...

Uruguay

• Delmira Agustini (1886-1914)
• Mario Benedetti

Delmira Agustini was born in Uruguay in 1886 and considered one of the greatest female Latin poets of the early 20th century. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... One of Latin Americas best known writers Mario Benedetti (born September 14, 1920) is an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet. ...

Venezuela

• Aquiles La Grave (1979)
• Aquiles Nazoa
• Arturo Uslar Pietri

See also: list of poets, list of people Aquiles La Grave, born Aquiles Iturbe La Grave on May 17, 1979 in Caracas, Venezuela, is a poet and editor. ... Arturo Uslar-Pietri Arturo Uslar-Pietri (May 16, 1906 - February 26, 2001) was one of the most prominent writers and intellectuals of twentieth century Venezuela. ... This is a list of poets. ... These are lists of people mentioned in articles. ...