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 Carrera Andrade (1903-1978)

Mexico

• Rosario Castellanos
• Salvador Díaz Mirón (1853-1928)
• Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (1859-1895)
• Ramón López Velarde (1888-1921)
• Amado Nervo (1870-1919)
• Salvador Novo
• José Emilio Pacheco
• Octavio Paz (1914-1998)
• Carlos Pellicer Cámara
• Alfonso Reyes
• Jaime Sabines (xxxx-1999)
• Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695)
• Xavier Villaurrutia (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