List of Spanish language poets

This is a list of famous or notable poets who wrote through the medium of the Spanish language .

Argentina

• Jorge Luis Borges ( 1899 - 1986 )
• Alfonsina Storni ( 1892 - 1938 )

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

Cuba

• Nicolás Guillén ( 1902 - 1989 )
• José Martí ( 1853 - 1895 )

Ecuador

• Jorge CarreraAndrade ( 1903 - 1978 )

Mexico

• RosarioCastellanos
• Salvador DíazMirón ( 1853 - 1928 )
• ManuelGutiérrez Nájera ( 1859 - 1895 )
• Ramón LópezVelarde ( 1888 - 1921 )
• Amado Nervo ( 1870 - 1919 )
• Salvador Novo
• José EmilioPacheco
• Octavio Paz ( 1914 - 1998 )
• CarlosPellicer Cámara
• Alfonso Reyes
• Jaime Sabines (xxxx- 1999 )
• Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz ( 1651 - 1695 )
• XavierVillaurrutia ( 1903 - 1950 )

Nicaragua

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

Peru

• César Vallejo ( 1892 - 1938 )

Puerto Rico

• Julia de Burgos ( 1916 - 1953 )

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
• 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
• Pedro Salinas ( 1892 - 1951 )
• Garcilaso de la Vega
• Lope de Vega

Uruguay

• Mario Benedetti

See also: list of poets , list of people