Notable Latin American Poets
Pre-Columbian
Colonial Period
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
19th Century
Andrés Bello
José Marti
Ruben Dario
20th Century
Jorge Luis Borges
Giannina Braschi
Nicolas Guillen
Vicente Huidobro
Vinicius de Moraes
Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Gabriela Mistral
Pablo Neruda
Nicanor Parra
Cesar Vallejo
Emilio Adolfo Westphalen
Raúl Zurita
Andrés Morales
Emeterio Cerro
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