List of Spanish writers
This is a list of writers, including novelists, essayists, poets, playwrights, and journalists, who were born in Spain or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
- Iñaki Abad, novelist and journalist
- Brianda de Acuña, nun and autobiographer
- Pilar Adón, novelist, short story writer, poet, translator
- Silvia Agüero, Roma feminist writer and human rights activist
- Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, novelist
- Rafael Alberti, poet, Cervantes Prize laureate
- Vicente Alberti y Vidal, writer
- Daniela Albizu, Basque teacher, writer, and councillor
- Jerónimo de Alcalá, physician and writer
- José Alcalá Galiano, writer, poet and humorist
- Baltasar del Alcázar, poet
- Ignacio Aldecoa, novelist and poet
- Mateo Alemán, novelist
- Vicente Aleixandre, poet, Nobel Prize laureate
- Florina Alías, writer
- Dámaso Alonso, poet, Cervantes Prize laureate
- Núria Añó, novelist and biographer
- Tomás de Añorbe y Corregel, playwright and poet
- Jerónimo de Arbolanche, writer
- Trinidad Ardura, writer
- Juan de Arguijo, writer, poet and musician during the Spanish Golden Age
- Juan Ariza, Romantic novelist, poet, and playwright
- Raimon Arola, art historian specializing in sacred symbolism and hermetic tradition
- Alfonso Clemente de Arostegui y Cañavate, Catholic bishop, writer, lawyer, and diplomat
- Francisco Asensi, religious writer
- Francisco Ayala, novelist, Cervantes Prize laureate
- Wenceslao Ayguals de Izco, writer and editor
- Azorín (José Martínez Ruiz), journalist, poet, novelist and essayist
B
- Lola Badia, philologist, medievalist
- Frutos Baeza, poet and writer in the Murcian dialect
- Gaspar de Baeza, humanist, lawyer, translator and writer known during the Spanish Golden Age
- Ricardo Baeza Durán
- Rafael Balanzat y Baranda, writer and military man
- Andrés Baquero, teacher, researcher, and writer
- Bárbara de Santo Domingo, Catholic mystic writer
- Elia Barceló, writer
- Juan Barcia Caballero, Spanish physician and writer
- Pío Baroja, novelist of the Generation of '98
- Pedro Barrantes, writer, journalist
- Joaquín Bastús, writer and pedagogue
- Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, romantic poet and tale writer
- Diego Beltrán Hidalgo, poet and critic
- Elísabet Benavent, romance writer
- Jacinto Benavente, dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Francisco Bermúdez de Pedraza, writer, jurist and historian
- Joan Binimelis, scientist and writer
- Carmen Blanco y Trigueros, writer, poet, and journalist
- Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, novelist, wrote The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
- Isidoro Bosarte, historian and writer
- Vicente Botín, journalist
- Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo, Galician linguist
- Antonio Buero Vallejo, playwright of the Generation of '36
C
- Cabret, translator
- Javier Cacho Gomez, scientific writer and novelist
- Fernando Cagigal, poet and playwright
- Pedro Calderón de la Barca, playwright and poet of the Spanish Golden Age
- Luis Carandell Robusté, journalist and writer
- Manuel Casal, poet and polymath
- Félix Casanova de Ayala, poet
- Francisco Cascales, humanist and writer
- Alejandro Casona
- Abraham Castanho,, poet
- José Manuel Castañón, novelist and essayist
- Rosalía de Castro, romanticist and poet
- Juan Francisco de Castro Fernández, priest, lawyer and writer
- José Carlos Cataño, poet
- José Joaquín Casasús, writer
- Cecilia del Nacimiento, nun, mystic, writer, and poet
- María Cegarra Salcedo, chemist, teacher, poet, councillor
- Camilo José Cela, novelist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Pancracio Celdrán, academic and journalist
- Francisco Cerdá y Rico, humanist, jurist and writer
- Francisco Cerecedo, journalist
- Miguel de Cervantes, novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote
- Edith Checa Oviedo, writer, poet, journalist
- Matilde Cherner, novelist, dramatist, literary critic, and journalist
- Clarín (Leopoldo Alas), novelist, dramatist, literary critic, and journalist
- Gerónimo de la Concepción, writer
- Andrés del Corral, writer and archeologist
- Javier Cosnava, novelist
- Eusebio Cuerno de la Cantolla, journalist and businessman
D
- Filomena Dato, feminist, writer
- Pedro Víctor Debrigode, novelist
- Miguel Delibes, novelist, Cervantes Prize laureate
- Demófilo
- Agustín Díaz Pacheco, journalist and novelist
- Gerardo Diego, poet, Cervantes Prize laureate
- Rafael Dieste
- María Magdalena Domínguez, poet
- María Dueñas
E
- José Echegaray, dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Francisco de Enciso Zárate,, writer of chivalric romance novels
- Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán, playwright of the Spanish Golden Age
- Antonio Escohotado, philosopher and essayist
- Juan Escoiquiz, ecclesiastic, politician and writer
- Vicente Espinel, poet and novelist
- José de Espronceda, romantic poet
- Cristina Fernández Cubas, novelist and short story writer
- César Fernández García, novelist
- Leandro Fernández de Moratín, dramatist and neoclassical poet
- Pastora Filigrana, non-fiction writer, columnist
G-H
- José María Gabriel y Galán, poet
- Antonio Gala, poet, dramatist and novelist
- Rafael Gambra Ciudad, philosopher and author
- Gabriel García-Badell, writer
- Cecilia García de Guilarte, essayist, playwright, novelist and journalist
- Juan García Hortelano
- María Esther García López, poet and writer; president, Asturias Writers Association
- Vincent García de la Huerta, dramatist, poet, and critic
- Federico García Lorca, poet and dramatist of the Generation of '27
- Ignacio García Malo, playwright, translator, and writer
- Luis García San Miguel, jurist and author
- Blanca de Gassó y Ortiz, writer and poet
- Consuelo Gil children's illustrated magazine publisher, editor, translator, and writer
- Juan Givanel, philologist and literary critic
- Ramón Gómez de la Serna, writer, dramatist and avant-garde agitator
- Luis de Góngora, lyric poet considered to be among the most prominent Spanish poets of all time
- Beremundo González Rodríguez, Galician writer and politician
- Enriqueta González Rubín, Asturian writer
- Juan Goyanarte, editor and writer
- Baltasar Gracián, Baroque prose writer and philosopher
- Josep Guijarro Triadó, writer and journalist
- Jorge Guillén, poet, Cervantes Prize laureate, four-time Nobel Prize nominee
- , lawyer, politician and writer
- Miguel Hernández, poet
- Carla Herrero, writer, blogger
- Juan López de Hoyos, Renaissance author
I–L
- Antonio Iturbe, journalist, professor, and editor
- Juan Antonio de Iza Zamácola, journalist, historian and writer
- Pablo de Jérica, writer and journalist
- Juan Ramón Jiménez, poet, Nobel Prize laureate
- John of the Cross, mystic poet
- Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, major figure of the Spanish Age of Enlightenment, philosopher, statesman, poet and essayist
- Robert Juan-Cantavella, novelist and editor
- Jon Juaristi, poet and essayist
- Rogelia León, poet, playwright, essayist, and narrative writer
- Juana Teresa Juega López, poet
- Use Lahoz, novelist
- Mariano José de Larra, literary journalist
- Fray Luis de León, poet of the Spanish Golden Age
- Antonio F. Lera, writer, translator, journalist, and publisher
- Julio Llamazares, poet, novelist and journalist
- Jorge Llopis, satirist and playwright
- Francisco de Paula López de Castro, Neoclassical poet and writer
- María López Sández, Galician philologist and essayist
M
- Antonio Machado, leading poet of the Generation of '98
- Salvador de Madariaga, essayist and two-time Nobel Prize nominee
- César Mallorquí
- José Mallorquí Figuerola
- Pedro Malón de Chaide, religious author
- Jorge Manrique, major Castilian poet
- Manuel Mantero, poet and literary critic
- José María Díaz, Romantic journalist and playwright
- Salvador María Granés, journalist and author of comic theatre
- Francisco Mariano Nipho, writer and journalist
- Javier Marías, novelist and translator
- Manuel Marliani Cassens, writer, diplomat, and politician
- Juan Marquez, ascetic writer
- Juan Marsé, novelist and Cervantes prize laureate
- Rossend Marsol Clua, journalist and writer
- Alfons Marti, writer
- Carmen Martín Gaite, novelist, essayist, and author of short stories
- Pablo Martín Asuero, academic in Oriental studies
- Francisco Martínez Motiño
- Manuel Martínez Barrionuevo, poet and writer
- Pedro Luis Martínez Larriba, playwright
- Augusto Martínez Olmedilla, novelist and journalist
- Joanot Martorell, author of the first novel, Tirant lo Blanc
- Juan Francisco Masdeu, Jesuit historian
- Juan María Maury, writer
- Patricia Mayayo, art historian
- Marina Mayoral, novelist, essayist
- Gonçal Mayos Solsona, philosopher and essayist
- Fernando Rodríguez Méndez, journalist and novelist
- Rodrigo Méndez Silva, historian, genealogist, geographer and writer
- Rosa Méndez Fonte, Galician writer, poet, and researcher
- Eduardo Mendoza, novelist and Cervantes prize laureate
- Juan González Mesa
- Agustín Millares Sall, poet
- Juan Millé Giménez, writer and professor of literature
- Domingo Miras, dramatist
- José Manuel Mójica Legarre, writer
- Tirso de Molina, playwright
- Gaspar de Molina y Zaldívar, architect, painter, poet and writer
- Francisco Antonio de Monteser, dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age]
- Francisco Morales Lomas, poet
- Iñigo Moré, researcher and non-fiction writer
- Agustín Moreto y Cavana, dramatist and playwright
- José Luis Munárriz, literary critic, translator and writer
- Juan Jacinto Muñoz Rengel, novelist
O-Q
- Ramón Ortega y Frías, writer
- José Ortega y Gasset, essayist
- José Ovejero, novelist, essayist and poet
- Juan Lorenzo Obras se Palmireno, playwright and educator
- Constanza Ossorio, poet and writer
- Pilar Pallarés, poet
- Carmelo Palomino Kayser, poet
- Emilia Pardo Bazán, writer of prose and poetry who introduced naturalism and feminist ideas to Spanish literature
- Jerónimo de Pasamonte, writer during the Spanish Golden Age
- Paul Pen, author of literary fiction, thriller and suspense
- Andrés Pascual, novelist
- Ánxeles Penas, poet
- Benito Pérez Galdós, realist novelist considered by some to be second only to Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist
- Narcisa Pérez Reoyo, writer
- Arturo Pérez-Reverte, best-selling novelist and journalist, member of the Royal Spanish Academy
- Marta Pessarrodona, poet, literary critic, essayist, biographer
- Francisco Pi y Arsuaga
- Francesc Pi i Margall, romanticist writer who was briefly president of the short-lived First Spanish Republic
- Berta Piñán, writer, poet, politician
- Francisco de Pisa, Spanish historian and writer
- Álvaro Pombo,, Spanish poet and novelist
- José Antonio Porcel, poet and writer
- Alana Portero, writer, poet and playwright
- Miguel de Portilla y Esquivel, writer
- Gervasio Posadas, novelist
- Santiago Posteguillo, novelist
- Luz Pozo Garza, poet
- Núria Pradas, Spanish philologist and writer
- Isabel Prieto de Landázuri, poet and dramatist
- James Prohens, Spanish-American poet
- Francisco de Quevedo, novelist, essayist and poet, master of Conceptism
- Eduardo Quiles, playwright and writer
- Raúl Quinto, poet and essayist
R
- Juan Antonio Ramírez Domínguez, essayist
- Manuel Ramírez Fernández de Córdoba, journalist
- María del Carmen Reina Jiménez, essayist, writer, activist, and politician
- Miguel del Rey Vicente, military historian
- José Amador de los Ríos historian, archaeologist, art and literature
- David Roas, short story writer and critic
- Fátima Rodríguez, writer, translator
- Pepe Rodríguez
- Rafael Rodríguez Mohedano, historian and writer
- Fernando de Rojas, novelist, author of La Celestina
- Carlos Rojas Vila
- Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, dramatist
- Luis Romero
- Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, dramatist
- Víctor Ruiz Iriarte, dramatist
- Carlos Ruiz Zafón, best-selling novelist
S
- Luis Sáenz de la Calzada, poet
- Pedro Salinas, poet
- Félix María Samaniego
- Manuel Sánchez Cuesta, philosopher
- Agustín Sánchez Vidal, novelist
- Fernando Sánchez Dragó
- Paloma Sánchez Garnica
- Miguel de los Santos Álvarez, romantic writer
- Francisca Sarasate, fiction writer, non-fiction writer, poet
- Marta Segarra, philologist, university professor, and researcher
- Ramón J. Sender, novelist and journalist
- Manuel Siles Artés, writer
- Mariana de Silva-Bazán y Sarmiento,, aristocrat, poet, translator, painter
- María del Pilar Sinués de Marco, novelist, poet, non-fiction writer
- Antonio Soler, novelist
- Dolores Soler-Espiauba, novelist
T-U
- Diego Tadeo González, poet
- Sofía Tartilán, novelist, essayist, journalist, editor
- Enrique Tierno Galván, essayist and lawyer who served as Mayor of Madrid from 1979 to 1986
- Juan Tizón, writer and politician
- Saulo Torón Navarro, poet
- Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, novelist
- Domingo Traggia, military academic, historian and writer
- Juan Manuel Trujillo, essayist and publisher
- Fernando Trujillo Sanz
- Pablo Tusset, novelist
- Miguel de Unamuno, Basque essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, professor of Greek and Classics, and later rector at the University of Salamanca
- Chusé Raúl Usón, publisher and a Spanish writer in the Aragonese language
V
- Antonio Valladares de Sotomayor, playwright, poet and journalist
- Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, radical dramatist, novelist and member of the Generation of '98
- José Rafael Valles Calatrava, academic author and professor
- Juan Antonio Vallejo-Nágera Botas
- Maria Vallejo-Nágera, writer in Spanish
- Diego Valverde Villena, poet and essayist
- Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa, novelist
- Alonso Vázquez
- Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, writer
- Garcilaso de la Vega, Renaissance poet who was influential in introducing Italian Renaissance verse forms, poetic techniques, and themes to Spain
- "El Inca" Garcilaso de la Vega, first mestizo author in Spanish language, known for his chronicles of Inca history
- Félix Lope de Vega, one of the key literary figures of the Spanish Golden Age
- José Miguel Vilar-Bou, short story writer and novelist
Y-Z
- Tomás Yerro, writer, academic, and literary critic.
- Josep Yxart, writer and translator
- Pedro Zarraluki, writer
- María de Zayas y Sotomayor, female novelist of the Spanish Golden Age, and one of the first Spanish feminist authors
- Asunción de Zea-Bermúdez, writer and essayist
- José Zorrilla y Moral, poet and dramatist, author of ''Don Juan Tenorio''