List of Uruguayan writers
A list of notable Uruguayan writers:
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Name | Period | Writings | Other | Places |
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Delmira Agustini | 1886-1914 | poet | ||
Enrique Amorim | 1900-1960 | novelist, writer | ||
Mario Benedetti | 1920-2009 | journalist, novelist, poet | ||
Ismael Cortinas (Uruguayan politician) | 1884-1940 | journalist, playwright | politics | |
Eduardo Acevedo Díaz | 1851-1921 | writer, journalist | politician | |
Emilio Frugoni | 1880-1969 | poet, essayist, journalist | politician, lawyer | |
Eduardo Galeano | 1940-present | journalist, writer, novelist | ||
Felisberto Hernández | 1902-1964 | writer | pianist | |
Ernesto Herrera | 1889-1917 | playwright, short story, journalist | ||
Julio Herrera y Reissig | 1875-1910 | poet, playwright, essayist | ||
Juana de Ibarbourou | 1892-1979 | poet | ||
Circe Maia | 1932-present | poet | translator | Montevideo - Tacuarembó |
Jorge Majfud | 1969-present | novelist, essayist | architect, prof. of mathematics and art | Tacuarembó - elsewhere |
Leo Maslíah | 1954-present | novelist, poet, short story, playwright | musician, singer | Montevideo - Buenos Aires |
Tomás de Mattos | 1947-present | writer | librarian | Tacuarembó |
Jesús Moraes | 1955-present | short story | Artigas | |
Alvaro Ojeda | 1958-present | writer, journalist, novelist, poet | reviewer | |
Juan Carlos Onetti | 1909-1994 | novelist, short story | ||
Emilio Oribe | 1893-1975 | poet, essayist | philosopher, doctor | |
Danilo Pallares Echeverría | ?-present | writer | musician | Flores |
Manuel Pérez y Curis | 1884-1920 | poet | Montevideo | |
Cristina Peri Rossi | 1941-present | novelist, poet, short story | translator | |
Carmen Posadas | 1953-present | books for children, writes for film & TV | Montevideo | |
Horacio Quiroga | 1878-1937 | playwright, poet, short story | Salto, Buenos Aires | |
José Enrique Rodó | 1872-1917 | essayist | Montevideo | |
Mauricio Rosencof | 1933-present | playwright, poet, journalist | Florida | |
Florencio Sánchez | 1875-1910 | playwright, journalist | politician | Montevideo |
Beatriz Santos Arrascaeta | 1947-present | writer | activist, educator | Motevideo |
Daniel Vidart | 1920-present | anthropologist, historian | Paysandú | |
Constancio C. Vigil | 1876-1954 | writer | publisher | Rocha, Buenos Aires |
Giselda Zani | 1909-1975 | poet, short story writer | art critic | |
Juan Zorrilla de San Martín | 1855-1931 | epic poet, | politician | Montevideo |
List of Uruguayan poets
- Washington Benavides
- Mario Benedetti
- Amanda Berenguer
- Selva Casal
- Roberto Echavarren
- Amir Hamed
- Circe Maia
- Jorge Meretta
- Eduardo Milan
- Salvador Puig
- María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira
- Idea Vilariño
See also
- List of Uruguayan women writers
- List of Latin American writers
- List of Uruguayans
- Uruguayan literature
- List of contemporary writers from northern Uruguay
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