Latin American Poetry - Notable Latin American Poets

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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