The following is a list of notable Uruguayan writers:
Name | Period | Writings | Other | Places |
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Delmira Agustini | 1886–1914 | poet | ||
Marcelina Almeida | mid 19th-c | novelist, writer, poet | Montevideo | |
Enrique Amorim | 1900–1960 | novelist, writer | ||
Dino Armas | born 1941 | playwright | theater director | |
Teresita de Barbieri | 1937-2018 | writer | sociologist | Mexico City |
Ana Barrios Camponovo | born 1961 | writer, illustrator | actress | Montevideo, Spain |
Roberto Barry | 1920-1980 | writer, musician, comedian | Montevideo | |
Guzmán Carriquiry Lecour | born 1944 | writer | Vatican employee | Rome |
Mario Benedetti | 1920–2009 | journalist, novelist, poet | ||
Horacio Bernardo | born 1976 | writer and philosopher | ||
Marcia Collazo | born 1959 | novelist, poet | lawyer, teacher | |
Helena Corbellini | born 1959 | novelist, poet | professor | |
Ismael Cortinas | 1884–1940 | journalist, playwright | politics | |
Gerardo de Oscar | 1978 | writer, essayist | teacher | |
Eduardo Acevedo Díaz | 1851–1921 | writer, journalist | politician | |
Emilio Frugoni | 1880–1969 | poet, essayist, journalist | politician, lawyer | |
Eduardo Galeano | 1940–2015 | journalist, writer, novelist | ||
Malí Guzmán | born 1961 | playwright, journalist, scenographer, writer | ||
Alicia Haber | born 1946 | historian, art critic, curator, teacher | Montevideo | |
Felisberto Hernández | 1902–1964 | writer | pianist | |
Ernesto Herrera | 1889–1917 | playwright, short story, journalist | ||
Julio Herrera y Reissig | 1875–1910 | poet, playwright, essayist | ||
Suleika Ibáñez | 1930–2013 | novelist, essayist, poet | teacher, and translator | Montevideo |
Sara de Ibáñez | 1909–1971 | poet, literary critic | educator | Montevideo |
Juana de Ibarbourou | 1892–1979 | poet | ||
Lola Larrosa de Ansaldo | 1859–1895 | writer | Buenos Aires | |
Circe Maia | born 1932 | poet | translator | Montevideo - Tacuarembó |
Jorge Majfud | born 1969 | novelist, essayist | architect, prof. of mathematics and art | Tacuarembó - elsewhere |
Leo Maslíah | born 1954 | novelist, poet, short story, playwright | musician, singer | Montevideo - Buenos Aires |
Tomás de Mattos | 1947–2016 | writer | librarian | Tacuarembó |
Jesús Moraes | born 1955 | short story | Artigas | |
Alvaro Ojeda | born 1958 | 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 | born 1941 | novelist, poet, short story | translator | |
Carmen Posadas | born 1953 | books for children, writes for film & TV | Montevideo | |
Fanny Puyesky | 1939–2010 | books, columns, plays | lawyer | Montevideo |
Horacio Quiroga | 1878–1937 | playwright, poet, short story | Salto, Buenos Aires | |
Ana Ribeiro | born 1955 | historical essays, novels | professor | Montevideo |
José Enrique Rodó | 1872–1917 | essayist | Montevideo | |
Mauricio Rosencof | born 1933 | playwright, poet, journalist | Florida | |
Florencio Sánchez | 1875–1910 | playwright, journalist | politician | Montevideo |
Ramiro Sanchiz | born 1978 | novelist, short story writer | translator | Montevideo |
Beatriz Santos Arrascaeta | born 1947 | writer | activist, educator | Montevideo |
Daniel Vidart | 1920–2019 | anthropologist, historian | Paysandú | |
Constancio C. Vigil | 1876–1954 | writer | publisher | Rocha, Buenos Aires |
Ida Vitale | born 1923 | poet | Montevideo | |
Giselda Zani | 1909–1975 | poet, short story writer | art critic | |
Juan Zorrilla de San Martín | 1855–1931 | epic poet | politician | Montevideo |
Roy Berocay | born 1955 | journalist | author | Montevideo |