Editing List of Spanish-language poets

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This is a list of notable [[poets]] who have written in the [[Spanish language]].
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==Argentina==

* [[Jorge Luis Borges]] (1899–1986)
* [[Nemer ibn el Barud]] (1925–2010)
* [[Jacobo Fijman]] (1898–1970)
* [[Juan Gelman]] (1930–2014)
* [[Oliverio Girondo]] (1891–1967)
* [[José Hernández (writer)|José Hernández]] (1834–1886)
* [[Roberto Juarroz]] (1925–1995)
* [[Nydia Lamarque]] (1906–1982)
* [[Leopoldo Lugones]] (1874–1938)
* [[Alejandra Pizarnik]] (1936–1972)
* [[Alfonsina Storni]] (1892–1938)

==Bolivia==
* [[Jaime Saenz]] (1921–1986)
* [[Javier del Granado]] (1913–1996)

==Chile==
[[File:Roberto bolaño.jpg|thumb|right|200px|While Roberto Bolaño gained commercial success as a novelist, he considered himself primarily a poet.]]
* [[Miguel Arteche]] (1926–2012)
* [[Roberto Bolaño]] (1953–2003)
* [[Sergio Badilla Castillo]] (born 1947)
* [[Javier Campos]] (born 1947)
* [[Oscar Hahn]] (born 1938)
* [[Vicente Huidobro]] (1893–1948)
* [[Víctor Jara]] (1932–1973)
* [[Enrique Lihn]] (1929–1988)
* [[Patricio Manns]] (1937–2021)
* [[Carmen Marai]] - born Carmen María Bassa
* [[Gabriela Mistral]] - born Lucila Godoy, (1889–1957) [[Nobel Prize for Literature|Nobel laureate]] in 1945
* [[Pablo Neruda]] - born Neftalí Ricardo Reyes, (1904–1973) [[Nobel Prize for Literature|Nobel laureate]] in 1971
* [[Nicanor Parra]] (1914–2018)
* [[Carlos Pezoa Véliz]] (1879–1908)
* [[Mauricio Redolés]] (born 1953)
* [[Gonzalo Rojas]] (1917–2011)
* [[Pablo de Rokha]] - born Carlos Díaz Loyola (1894–1968)
* [[David Rosenmann-Taub]] (1927–2023)
* [[Daniel de la Vega (poet)|Daniel de la Vega]] (1892–1971)

==Colombia==
* [[Luisa Ballesteros Rosas]] (born 1957)
* [[Porfirio Barba Jacob]] (1883–1942)
* [[Jorge Isaacs]]
* [[Rafael Pombo]]
* [[José Asunción Silva]] (1865–1896)
* [[Gabriel García Márquez]] (1927–2014) [[Nobel Laureate]] 1982
* [[Olga Elena Mattei]] (born 1933)

==Cuba==
* [[Mariano Brull]]
* [[Julián del Casal]] (1863–1893)
* [[Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda]] (1814–1873)
* [[Nicolás Guillén]] (1902–1989)
* [[Pedro Juan Gutiérrez]] (born 1950)
* [[José María Heredia]]
* [[José Lezama Lima]] (1910–1976)
* [[Mary Stanley Low]] (1912–2007)
* [[Dulce María Loynaz]]
* [[José Martí]] (1853–1895)
* [[Nancy Morejón]] (born 1944)
* [[Virgilio Piñera]] (1912–1979)
* [[Roberto Fernández Retamar]] (1930–2019)
* [[Severo Sarduy]] (1937–1993)

==Dominican Republic==
* [[Joaquín Balaguer]]
* [[Juan Bosch (politician)|Juan Bosch]]
* [[Aída Cartagena Portalatín]]
* [[Leopoldo Minaya]]
* [[Pedro Mir]]
* [[Juan Esteban Ariza Mendoza]]
* [[Frank Báez]]
* [[León Félix Batista]]
* [[Rei Berroa]]
* [[Manuel del Cabral]]
* [[Fernando Cabrera (writer)]]
* [[Aída Cartagena Portalatín]]
* [[Tulio Manuel Cestero]]
* [[Jaime Colson]]
* [[Alfredo Fernández Simó]]
* [[Fabio Fiallo]]
* [[Cristino Gómez]]
* [[Chico Gonzalez]]
* [[Angela Hernández Nuñez]]
* [[Blas Jiménez]]
* [[Miguel D. Mena]]
* [[Leopoldo Minaya]]
* [[Domingo Moreno Jimenes]]
* [[Juan Isidro Moreno]]
* [[Mateo Morrison]]
* [[César Nicolás Penson]]
* [[Andrea Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo]]
* [[Rosa Silverio]]
* [[Salomé Ureña]]
* [[Jael Uribe]]
* [[Marcio Veloz Maggiolo]]

==Ecuador==
* [[Jorge Carrera Andrade]] (1903–1978)
* [[Alejandro Carrión]] (1915–1992)
* [[Jorge Enrique Adoum]] (1926–2009)
* [[Ignacio Lasso]] (1911–1943)
* [[Adalberto Ortiz]] (1914–2003)
* [[Pedro Jorge Vera]] (1915–1999)
* [[Medardo Ángel Silva]] (1898–1919)
* [[Joaquín Gallegos Lara]] (1911–1947)
* [[Sonia Manzano Vela]] (born 1947)

==El Salvador==
* [[Alfredo Espino]] ([[1900 in poetry|1900]]–[[1928 in poetry|1928]])
* [[Roque Dalton]] ([[1935 in poetry|1935]]–[[1975 in poetry|1975]])
* [[Alberto Masferrer]] (born [[1959 in poetry|1959]])

==Honduras==
* [[Óscar Acosta]] (1933–2014)
* [[Juan Ramón Molina]] (1875–1908)
* [[Roberto Sosa (poet)|Roberto Sosa]] (1930–2011)
* [[Froylán Turcios]] (1875–1943)

==Mexico==
[[File:Paz0.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Octavio Paz, Nobel laureate]]
''See also [[List of Mexican poets]]''

* [[Elvia Ardalani]] (born 1963)
* [[José Carlos Becerra]] (1936–1970)
* [[Rubén Bonifaz Nuño]] (1923–2013)
* [[Rosario Castellanos]] (1925–1974)
* [[Elsa Cross]] (born 1946)
* [[Jorge Cuesta]] (1903–1942)
* [[Salvador Díaz Mirón]] (1853–1928)
* [[Enrique González Martínez]] (1871–1952)
* [[José Gorostiza]] (1901–1973)
* [[Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera]] (1859–1895)
* [[Germán List Arzubide]] (1898–1998)
* [[Ramón López Velarde]] (1888–1921)
* [[Manuel Maples Arce]] (1898–1981)
* [[Amado Nervo]] (1870–1919)
* [[Salvador Novo]] (1904–1974)
* [[José Emilio Pacheco]] (1939–2014)
* [[Octavio Paz]] (1914–1998) [[Nobel Laureate]] (1990)
* [[Carlos Pellicer]] (1897–1977)
* [[Alfonso Reyes]] (1889–1959)
* [[Jaime Sabines]] (1926–1999)
* [[Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz]] (1651–1695)
* [[José Juan Tablada]] (1871–1945)
* [[Xavier Villaurrutia]] (1903–1950)
* [[Gabriel Zaid]] (born 1934)
* [[Esperanza Zambrano]] (1901–1992)

==Nicaragua==
[[File:Rubén Darío.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Rubén Darío, founder of [[modernismo]]]]
* [[Rubén Darío]] (1867–1916)
* [[Azarías Pallais]] (1888–1954)
* [[Salomón de la Selva]] (1893–1959)
* [[Alfonso Cortés]] (1893–1969)
* [[José Coronel Urtecho]] (1906–1994)
* [[Pablo Antonio Cuadra]] (1912–2002)
* [[Joaquín Pasos]] (1914–1947)
* [[Claribel Alegría]] (1924–2018)
* [[Ernesto Cardenal]] (1925–2020)
* [[Gioconda Belli]] (born 1948)
* [[Daisy Zamora]] (born 1950)
* [[Blanca Castellón]] (born 1958)

==Paraguay==
* [[Julio Correa]] (1890–1926)
* [[Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga]] (born 1944)
* [[José Ricardo Mazó]] (1927–1987)
* [[Manuel Ortiz Guerrero]] (1894–1933)
* [[Josefina Pla]] (1909–1999)
* [[Roque Vallejos]] (1943–2006)

==Peru==
* [[Jose Santos Chocano]] (1875–1934) - author of ''Alma América''
* [[Manuel González Prada]] (1844–1918)
* [[César Vallejo]] (1892–1938)
* [[Ana María Llona Málaga]] (born 1936) - author of ''Animal tan Albo''
* [[Isabel Sabogal]] (born 1958)

==The Philippines==
* [[Pedro Paterno]] (1858–1911)
* [[José Rizal]] (1861–1896)
* [[Fernando María Guerrero]] (1873–1929)
* [[Jesús Balmori]] (1887–1948)
* [[Claro M. Recto]] (1890–1960)
* [[Adelina Gurrea]] (1896–1971)
* [[Guillermo Gómez Rivera]] (born 1936)
* [[Edmundo Farolan]] (born 1943)

==Puerto Rico==
* [[Aurora de Albornoz]] (1926–1990)
* [[Maria Arrillaga]] (born 1940)
* [[Giannina Braschi]] (born 1953)
* [[Julia de Burgos]] (1916–1953)
* [[Rosario Ferré]] (1938–2016)
* [[Virgilio Dávila]] (1869–1943)
* [[Luis Lloréns Torres]] (1876–1944)
* [[Mercedes Negrón Muñoz]] a.k.a. Clara Lair (1895–1973)
* [[Benito Pastoriza Iyodo]] (born 1954)
* [[Luis Palés Matos]] (1898–1959)
* [[Evaristo Ribera Chevremont]] (1896–1976)
* [[Lola Rodríguez de Tió]] (1843–1924)

==Spain==
[[File:Federico García Lorca. Huerta de San Vicente, Granada.jpg|thumb|200px|Federico García Lorca was an internationally known poet and dramatist executed during the [[Spanish Civil War]].]]
{{See also|Spanish poetry}}
* [[Rafael Alberti]] (1902–1999)
* [[Juan Ruiz]] (c. 1283–c. 1350)
* [[Juan Boscán]] (1490–1542)
* [[Vicente Aleixandre]] (1898–1984) [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Laureate]] 1977
* [[Dámaso Alonso]] (1898–1990)
* [[Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer]] (1836–1870)
* [[Matilde Camus]] (1919–2012)
* [[Luis Cernuda]] (1903–1963)
* [[Juan de la Cruz]] (1542–1591)
* [[Aurora de Albornoz]] (1926–1990)
* [[Baltasar del Alcázar]] (1530–1606)
* [[Francisco Domene]] (born 1960)
* [[León Felipe]] (1884–1968)
* [[Federico García Lorca]] (1898–1936)
* [[José Luis Giménez-Frontín]] (1943–2008)
* [[Luis de Góngora]] (?–1627)
* [[Juan Antonio González Iglesias]] (born 1964)
* [[Jorge Guillén]] (1893–1984)
* [[Miguel Hernández]] (1910–1942)
* [[Clara Janés]] (born 1940)
* [[Teresa of Ávila|Santa Teresa de Jesús]] (1515–1582)
* [[Juan Ramón Jiménez]] (1881–1958) [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Laureate]] 1956
* [[Luis de León]] (1527–1591?)
* [[Rogelia León]] (1828–1870)
* [[Antonio Machado]] (1875–1936)
* [[Manuel Machado (poet and playwright)|Manuel Machado]] (1874–1947)
* [[Jorge Manrique]] (1440–1479)
* [[Juan L. Ortiz]]
* [[Emilio Prados]] (1899–1962)
* [[Francisco de Quevedo]] (1580–1645)
* [[Pedro Salinas]] (1892–1951)
* [[Francisco Sánchez Barbero]] (1764–1819)
* [[Garcilaso de la Vega (poet)|Garcilaso de la Vega]] (1503–1536)
* [[Lope de Vega]] (1562–1635)
* [[Esteban Manuel de Villegas]] (1589–1669)
* [[Leopoldo María Panero]] (1948–2014)
* [[Manuel Curros Enríquez]]
* [[Alonso de Ercilla]]
* [[Joaquín Sabina]]
* [[Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana]]
* [[Gutierre de Cetina]]
* [[Juan del Encina]] (1469–1533)
* [[José de Espronceda]] (1808–1842)
* [[Rosalía de Castro]] (1837–1885)
* [[Francisco Domene]]
* [[Chantal Maillard]]
* [[Antonio Martínez Sarrión]]
* [[José Ortega Torres]]
* [[Sara Torres]]
* [[Leopoldo Panero]]
* [[Luisa Castro]]
* [[Clara Janés]]
* [[Enrique García-Máiquez]]
* [[Carlos Martínez Aguirre]] (born 1974)

==United States==
* [[Giannina Braschi]]
* [[Sandra Cisneros]]
* [[Benito Pastoriza Iyodo]]
* [[Juan Felipe Herrera]]

==Uruguay==
* [[Delmira Agustini]] (1886–1914)
* [[Mario Benedetti]] (1920–2009)
* [[María Herminia Sabbia y Oribe]] (1883–1961)

==Venezuela==
* [[Andrés Bello]] (1781–1865)
* [[Enrique Moya]] (born 1958)
* [[Aquiles Nazoa]] (1920–1976)
* [[Yolanda Pantin]] (born 1954)
* [[Arturo Uslar Pietri]] (1906–2001)

==See also==
* [[List of poets]]
* [[List of Latin American writers]]

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