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 (born 1963), novelist and journalist
 * Brianda de Acuña (1576–1630), nun and autobiographer
 * Silvia Agüero (born 1985), Roma feminist writer and human rights activist
 * Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833–1891), novelist
 * Rafael Alberti (1902–1999), poet, Cervantes Prize laureate (1983)
 * Vicente Alberti y Vidal (1786–1859), writer
 * Jerónimo de Alcalá (1571–1632), physician and writer
 * José Alcalá Galiano (1843–1919), writer, poet and humorist
 * Baltasar del Alcázar (1530–1606), poet
 * Ignacio Aldecoa (1925–1969), novelist and poet
 * Mateo Alemán (1547–c. 1609), novelist
 * Vicente Aleixandre (1888–1984), poet, Nobel Prize laureate (1977)
 * Florina Alías (1921–1999), writer
 * Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990), poet, Cervantes Prize laureate (1978)
 * Núria Añó (b. 1973), novelist and biographer
 * Tomás de Añorbe y Corregel (1686–1741), playwright and poet
 * Jerónimo de Arbolanche (1546–1572), writer
 * Trinidad Ardura, writer
 * Juan de Arguijo (1567–1623), writer, poet and musician during the Spanish Golden Age
 * Juan Ariza (1816–1876), Romantic novelist, poet, and playwright
 * Raimon Arola (born 1956), art historian specializing in sacred symbolism and hermetic tradition
 * Alfonso Clemente de Arostegui y Cañavate (1698–1774), Catholic bishop, writer, lawyer, and diplomat
 * Francisco Asensi (1936–2013), religious writer
 * Francisco Ayala (1906–2009), novelist, Cervantes Prize laureate (1991)
 * Wenceslao Ayguals de Izco (1801–1873), writer and editor
 * Azorín (José Martínez Ruiz) (1863–1967), journalist, poet, novelist and essayist

B

 * Frutos Baeza (1861–1918), poet and writer in the Murcian dialect
 * Gaspar de Baeza (1540–1569), humanist, lawyer, translator and writer known during the Spanish Golden Age
 * Ricardo Baeza Durán (1890–1956)
 * Rafael Balanzat y Baranda (1820–1854), writer and military man
 * Andrés Baquero (1853–1916), teacher, researcher, and writer
 * Bárbara de Santo Domingo (1842–1872), Catholic mystic writer
 * Elia Barceló (born 1957), writer
 * Juan Barcia Caballero (1852–1926), Spanish physician and writer
 * Pío Baroja (1872–1956), novelist of the Generation of '98
 * Pedro Barrantes (1850–1912), writer, journalist
 * Joaquín Bastús (1799–1873), writer and pedagogue
 * Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870), romantic poet and tale writer
 * Diego Beltrán Hidalgo (17th century), poet and critic
 * Jacinto Benavente (1866–1954), dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (1922)
 * Francisco Bermúdez de Pedraza (1585–1655), writer, jurist and historian
 * Joan Binimelis (1538–1616), scientist and writer
 * Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867–1928), novelist, wrote The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916)
 * Isidoro Bosarte (1747–1807), historian and writer
 * Vicente Botín, journalist
 * Antonio Buero Vallejo (1916–2000), playwright of the Generation of '36

C

 * Cabret (late 14th century), translator
 * Javier Cacho Gomez (born 1952), scientific writer and novelist
 * Fernando Cagigal (1756–1824), poet and playwright
 * Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681), playwright and poet of the Spanish Golden Age
 * Luis Carandell Robusté (1929–2002), journalist and writer
 * Manuel Casal (1751–1837), poet and polymath
 * Félix Casanova de Ayala (1915–1990), poet
 * Francisco Cascales (1564–1642), humanist and writer
 * Alejandro Casona (1903–1965)
 * Abraham Castanho, (mid 17th century), poet
 * José Manuel Castañón (1920–2001), novelist and essayist
 * Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885), romanticist and poet
 * Juan Francisco de Castro Fernández (1721–1790), priest, lawyer and writer
 * José Carlos Cataño (born 1954), poet
 * José Joaquín Casasús (1733–1822), writer
 * Cecilia del Nacimiento (1570–1646), nun, mystic, writer, and poet
 * Camilo José Cela (1916–2002), novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (1989)
 * Pancracio Celdrán (1942–2019), academic and journalist
 * Francisco Cerdá y Rico (1739–1800), humanist, jurist and writer
 * Francisco Cerecedo (1940–1977), journalist
 * Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote
 * Edith Checa Oviedo (1957–2017), writer, poet, journalist
 * Matilde Cherner (1833–1880), novelist, dramatist, literary critic, and journalist
 * Clarín (Leopoldo Alas) (1852–1901), novelist, dramatist, literary critic, and journalist
 * Gerónimo de la Concepción (1642–1698), writer
 * Andrés del Corral (1748–1818), writer and archeologist
 * Javier Cosnava (born 1971), novelist
 * Eusebio Cuerno de la Cantolla (1850–1922), journalist and businessman

D

 * Filomena Dato (1856–1926), feminist, writer
 * Pedro Víctor Debrigode (1914–1982), novelist
 * Miguel Delibes (1920–2010), novelist, Cervantes Prize laureate (1993)
 * Demófilo (1848–1893)
 * Agustín Díaz Pacheco (born 1953), journalist and novelist
 * Gerardo Diego (1896–1987), poet, Cervantes Prize laureate (1979)
 * Rafael Dieste (1899–1981)
 * María Magdalena Domínguez (1922–2021), poet
 * María Dueñas (born 1964)

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 * José Echegaray (1832–1916), dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (1904)
 * Francisco de Enciso Zárate, (?–1570), writer of chivalric romance novels
 * Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán (1569–c. 1644), playwright of the Spanish Golden Age
 * Antonio Escohotado (1941–2021), philosopher and essayist
 * Juan Escoiquiz (1762–1820), ecclesiastic, politician and writer
 * Vicente Espinel (1550–1624), poet and novelist
 * José de Espronceda (1808–1842), romantic poet
 * Cristina Fernández Cubas (born 1945), novelist and short story writer
 * César Fernández García (born 1967), novelist
 * Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760–1828), dramatist and neoclassical poet
 * Pastora Filigrana (born 1981), non-fiction writer, columnist

G-H

 * José María Gabriel y Galán (1870–1905), poet
 * Antonio Gala (1930–2023), poet, dramatist and novelist
 * Rafael Gambra Ciudad (1920–2004), philosopher and author
 * Gabriel García-Badell (1936–1994), writer
 * Cecilia García de Guilarte (1915–1989), essayist, playwright, novelist and journalist
 * Juan García Hortelano (1928–1992)
 * María Esther García López (born, 1948), poet and writer; president, Asturias Writers Association
 * Vincent García de la Huerta (1734–1787), dramatist, poet, and critic
 * Federico García Lorca (1898–1936), poet and dramatist of the Generation of '27
 * Ignacio García Malo (1760–1812), playwright, translator, and writer
 * Luis García San Miguel (1929–2006), jurist and author
 * Blanca de Gassó y Ortiz (1846–1877), writer and poet
 * Juan Givanel (1868–1946), philologist and literary critic
 * Ramón Gómez de la Serna (1888–1963), writer, dramatist and avant-garde agitator
 * Luis de Góngora (1561–1627), lyric poet considered to be among the most prominent Spanish poets of all time
 * Beremundo González Rodríguez (1909–1986), Galician writer and politician
 * Enriqueta González Rubín (1832–1877), Asturian writer
 * Juan Goyanarte (1900–1955), editor and writer
 * Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658), Baroque prose writer and philosopher
 * Josep Guijarro Triadó (born 1967), writer and journalist
 * Jorge Guillén (1893–1984), poet, Cervantes Prize laureate (1976), four-time Nobel Prize nominee
 * Miguel Hernández (1910–1942), poet
 * Carla Herrero (born 1994), writer, blogger
 * Juan López de Hoyos (1511–1583), Renaissance author

I–L

 * Antonio Iturbe (born 1967), journalist, professor, and editor
 * Juan Antonio de Iza Zamácola (1756–1826), journalist, historian and writer
 * Pablo de Jérica (1781–1841), writer and journalist
 * Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881–1958), poet, Nobel Prize laureate (1956)
 * John of the Cross (1542–1591), mystic poet
 * Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744–1811), major figure of the Spanish Age of Enlightenment, philosopher, statesman, poet and essayist
 * Robert Juan-Cantavella (born 1976), novelist and editor
 * Jon Juaristi (born 1951), poet and essayist
 * Rogelia León (1828–1870), poet, playwright, essayist, and narrative writer
 * Juana Teresa Juega López (1885–1979), poet
 * Use Lahoz (born 1976), novelist
 * Mariano José de Larra (1809–1837), literary journalist
 * Fray Luis de León (1527–1591), poet of the Spanish Golden Age
 * Antonio F. Lera (born 1952), writer, translator, journalist, and publisher
 * Julio Llamazares (born 1955), poet, novelist and journalist
 * Jorge Llopis (1919–1976), satirist and playwright
 * Francisco de Paula López de Castro (1771–1827), Neoclassical poet and writer

M

 * Antonio Machado (1875–1939), leading poet of the Generation of '98
 * Salvador de Madariaga (1886–1978), essayist and two-time Nobel Prize nominee
 * César Mallorquí (born 1953)
 * José Mallorquí Figuerola (1913–1972)
 * Pedro Malón de Chaide (1530–1589), religious author
 * Jorge Manrique (1440–1479), major Castilian poet
 * Manuel Mantero (born 1930), poet and literary critic
 * José María Díaz (1813–1888), Romantic journalist and playwright
 * Salvador María Granés (1840–1911), journalist and author of comic theatre
 * Francisco Mariano Nipho (1719–1803), writer and journalist
 * Javier Marías (1951–2022), novelist and translator
 * Manuel Marliani Cassens (1795–1873), writer, diplomat, and politician
 * Juan Marquez (1565–1621), ascetic writer
 * Juan Marsé (1933–2020), novelist and Cervantes prize laureate
 * Rossend Marsol Clua (1922–2006), journalist and writer
 * Alfons Marti (born 1968), writer
 * Carmen Martín Gaite (1925–2000), novelist, essayist, and author of short stories
 * Pablo Martín Asuero (born 1967), academic in Oriental studies
 * Francisco Martínez Motiño
 * Manuel Martínez Barrionuevo (1857–1917), poet and writer
 * Pedro Luis Martínez Larriba (born 1946), playwright
 * Augusto Martínez Olmedilla (1880–1965), novelist and journalist
 * Joanot Martorell (1413–1468), author of the first novel, Tirant lo Blanc (1490)
 * Juan Francisco Masdeu, Jesuit historian
 * Juan María Maury (1772–1845), writer
 * Patricia Mayayo (born 1967), art historian
 * Gonçal Mayos Solsona (born 1957), philosopher and essayist
 * Fernando Rodríguez Méndez, journalist and novelist
 * Rodrigo Méndez Silva (1606–1670), historian, genealogist, geographer and writer
 * Rosa Méndez Fonte (born 1957), Galician writer, poet, and researcher
 * Eduardo Mendoza (born 1943), novelist and Cervantes prize laureate
 * Juan González Mesa (born 1975)
 * Agustín Millares Sall (1917–1989), poet
 * Juan Millé Giménez (1884–1945), writer and professor of literature
 * Domingo Miras (1934–2022), dramatist
 * José Manuel Mójica Legarre (born 1955), writer
 * Tirso de Molina (1571–1648), playwright
 * Gaspar de Molina y Zaldívar (1741–1806), architect, painter, poet and writer
 * Francisco Antonio de Monteser (c. 1620–1668), dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age]
 * Francisco Morales Lomas (b.1957), poet
 * Iñigo Moré (born 1968), researcher and non-fiction writer
 * Agustín Moreto y Cavana (1618–1661), dramatist and playwright
 * José Luis Munárriz (1752–1830), literary critic, translator and writer
 * Juan Jacinto Muñoz Rengel (born 1974), novelist

O-Q

 * Ramón Ortega y Frías (1825–1883), writer
 * José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955), essayist
 * José Ovejero (born 1958), novelist, essayist and poet
 * Juan Lorenzo Obras se Palmireno (1514/1524–1579/1580), playwright and educator
 * Constanza Ossorio (1595–1637), poet and writer
 * Pilar Pallarés (born 1957), poet
 * Carmelo Palomino Kayser (1952–2000), poet
 * Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851–1921), writer of prose and poetry who introduced naturalism and feminist ideas to Spanish literature
 * Jerónimo de Pasamonte (1553–after 1605), writer during the Spanish Golden Age
 * Paul Pen (born 1979), author of literary fiction, thriller and suspense
 * Andrés Pascual (born 1969), novelist
 * Ánxeles Penas (born 1943), poet
 * Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920), realist novelist considered by some to be second only to Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist
 * Narcisa Pérez Reoyo (1849–1876), writer
 * Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951), best-selling novelist and journalist, member of the Royal Spanish Academy
 * Marta Pessarrodona (born 1941), poet, literary critic, essayist, biographer
 * Francisco Pi y Arsuaga (1865–1912)
 * Francesc Pi i Margall (1824–1901), romanticist writer who was briefly president of the short-lived First Spanish Republic
 * Berta Piñán (born 1963), writer, poet, politician
 * Francisco de Pisa (1534–1616), Spanish historian and writer
 * José Antonio Porcel (1715–1794), poet and writer
 * Alana Portero (1978), writer, poet and playwright
 * Miguel de Portilla y Esquivel (1660–1732), writer
 * Gervasio Posadas (1962), novelist
 * Santiago Posteguillo (born 1967), novelist
 * Luz Pozo Garza (1922–2020), poet
 * Núria Pradas (born 1954), Spanish philologist and writer
 * Isabel Prieto de Landázuri (1833–1876), poet and dramatist
 * James Prohens (1911–2007), Spanish-American poet
 * Francisco de Quevedo (1580–1645), novelist, essayist and poet, master of Conceptism
 * Eduardo Quiles (born 1940), playwright and writer
 * Raúl Quinto (born 1978), poet and essayist

R

 * Juan Antonio Ramírez Domínguez (1948–2009), essayist
 * Manuel Ramírez Fernández de Córdoba (1948–2007), journalist
 * María del Carmen Reina Jiménez (born 1942), essayist, writer, activist, and politician
 * Miguel del Rey Vicente, military historian
 * José Amador de los Ríos (1818–1878) historian, archaeologist, art and literature
 * David Roas (born 1965), short story writer and critic
 * Fátima Rodríguez (b. 1961), writer, translator
 * Pepe Rodríguez (born 1953)
 * Rafael Rodríguez Mohedano (1725–1787), historian and writer
 * Fernando de Rojas (1465–1541), novelist, author of La Celestina (1499)
 * Carlos Rojas Vila (1928–2020)
 * Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla (1607–1660), dramatist
 * Luis Romero (1916–2009)
 * Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581–1639), dramatist
 * Víctor Ruiz Iriarte (1912–1982), dramatist
 * Carlos Ruiz Zafón (born 1964), best-selling novelist

S

 * Luis Sáenz de la Calzada (1912–1994), poet
 * Pedro Salinas (1891–1951), poet
 * Félix María Samaniego (1745–1801)
 * Manuel Sánchez Cuesta (born 1942), philosopher
 * Agustín Sánchez Vidal (born 1948), novelist
 * Fernando Sánchez Dragó (1936–2023)
 * Miguel de los Santos Álvarez (1818–1892), romantic writer
 * Marta Segarra (born 1963), philologist, university professor, and researcher
 * Ramón J. Sender (1901–1982), novelist and journalist
 * Manuel Siles Artés (1921–1984), writer
 * Mariana de Silva-Bazán y Sarmiento, (1739–1784), aristocrat, poet, translator, painter
 * María del Pilar Sinués de Marco (1835–1893), novelist, poet, non-fiction writer
 * Antonio Soler (born 1956), novelist
 * Dolores Soler-Espiauba (born 1935), novelist

T-U

 * Diego Tadeo González (1733–1794), poet
 * Sofía Tartilán (1829–1888), novelist, essayist, journalist, editor
 * Enrique Tierno Galván (1918–1986), essayist and lawyer who served as Mayor of Madrid from 1979 to 1986
 * Juan Tizón (1895–1945), writer and politician
 * Saulo Torón Navarro (1885–1974), poet
 * Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910–1999), novelist
 * Domingo Traggia (1744–1816), military academic, historian and writer
 * Juan Manuel Trujillo (1907–1976), essayist and publisher
 * Fernando Trujillo Sanz
 * Pablo Tusset (born 1965), novelist
 * Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936), 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 (1737–1820), playwright, poet and journalist
 * Ramón María del Valle-Inclán (1866–1936), radical dramatist, novelist and member of the Generation of '98
 * José Rafael Valles Calatrava (born 1957), academic author and professor
 * Juan Antonio Vallejo-Nágera Botas (1926–1990)
 * Maria Vallejo-Nágera (born 1967), writer in Spanish
 * Diego Valverde Villena (born 1967), poet and essayist
 * Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa (born 1936), novelist
 * Alonso Vázquez (155?–1615)
 * Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939–2003), writer
 * Garcilaso de la Vega (1501–1536), Renaissance poet who was influential in introducing Italian Renaissance verse forms, poetic techniques, and themes to Spain
 * "El Inca" Garcilaso de la Vega (1539–1616), first mestizo author in Spanish language, known for his chronicles of Inca history
 * Félix Lope de Vega (1562–1635), one of the key literary figures of the Spanish Golden Age
 * José Miguel Vilar-Bou (born 1979), short story writer and novelist

Y-Z

 * Josep Yxart (1852–1895), writer and translator
 * María de Zayas y Sotomayor (1590–1660), female novelist of the Spanish Golden Age, and one of the first Spanish feminist authors
 * Asunción de Zea-Bermúdez (1862–1936), writer and essayist
 * José Zorrilla y Moral (1817–1893), poet and dramatist, author of Don Juan Tenorio (1844)