Hispanic authors have been quite famous for their writings since inception. Most of them received several awards for their contribution to Literation. Gabriel García Márquez acclaimed for his non-fiction works and short stories received Nobel Prize in Literature. His novels with One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera are quite famous and revolve around solitude. He talks about real experiences in his novels and set them in an imaginary place called Macondo. Paulo Coelho, famous for his novel, The Alchemist has won millions of hearts. The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros first novel that made her famous is a story of a Latin girl. Her writings towards cultural hybridity and economic inequality are quite famous. Junot Díaz, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Yuri Herrera are a few renowned Hispanic authors of all time. Continue reading to know more about the famous Hispanic authors.
Jorge Luis Borges24 August 1899, Argentinian
Poet
Federico García Lorca05 June 1898, Spanish
Poet
Isabel Allende02 August 1942, Chilean, Peruvian, American
Writer
Sandra Cisneros20 December 1954, American
Writer
Octavio Paz31 March 1914, Mexican
Writer, Poet, Diplomat and Noble Prize Laureate
Rubén Darío18 January 1867, Nicaraguan
Poet
Reinaldo Arenas16 July 1943, Cuban
Cuban poet
Gabriel Garcia Marquez06 March 1927, Colombian
Nobel Prize Winner in Literature
Alejo Carpentier26 December 1904, Swiss, Cuban
Writer, Journalist, Essayist, Musicologist,
Laura Esquivel30 September 1950, Mexican
Screenwriter, Novelist, Writer
Richard Rodriguez31 July 1944, American
Journalist, Teacher
Manuel Puig28 December 1932, Argentinian
Writer, Playwright, Screenwriter, Novelist
Cherríe Moraga25 September 1952, Mexican
Writer, Poet
Guillermo Cabrera Infante22 April 1929, Cuban, Spanish, British
Linguist, Screenwriter, Translator, Essayist,
Oscar Hijuelos24 August 1951, American
novelist, writer
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda23 March 1814, Cuban
poet, writer, playwright
Pedro Calderon de la Barca17 January 1600, Spanish