1. Horacio Quiroga (1878)

Uruguayan Writer

Playwright, poet, and short story writer who is most known for works that emphasized the supernatural.

2. Eduardo Galeano (1940)

Uruguayan Writer

Journalist and writer who wrote the memorable Memoria del Fuego trilogy.

3. Amanda Berenguer (1921)

Uruguayan Writer

Amanda Berenguer was a Uruguayan poet. She is remembered as a member of the 'Generation of 45' a Uruguayan intellectual and literary movement: Carlos Maggi Manuel Flores Mora Ángel Rama...

4. Álvaro Ojeda (1958)

Uruguayan Writer

Álvaro Ojeda is an Uruguayan writer journalist novelist poet and reviewer.

5. Ida Vitale (1923)

Uruguayan Writer

Ida Vitale is a prolific writer from MontevideoShe played an important role in the Uruguayan art movement known as the 'Generation of 45': Carlos Maggi Manuel Flores Mora Ángel Rama...

6. Hugo Achúgar (1944)

Uruguayan Writer

Hugo Achugar is a Uruguayan poet essayist and researcher.

7. Roberto Echavarren (1944)

Uruguayan Writer

Roberto Echavarren is a Uruguayan poet and translator.

8. Rodolfo M. Fattoruso (1953)

Uruguayan Writer

Rodolfo Macías Fattoruso is a literary critic and editor. He has worked as a literary critic since 1976. He writes in Búsqueda a Montevidean weekly newspaper and teaches classic literature...

9. Horacio Bernardo (1976)

Uruguayan Writer

Horacio Bernardo is a young Uruguayan writer.

10. Roy Berocay (1955)

Uruguayan Writer

Roy Berocay is a journalist and an author of children's literature from Uruguay.

11. Gerardo de Oscar (1978)

Uruguayan Writer

Gerardo De Oscar y Araujo is a Uruguayan writer essayist and theologian. Self-taught in humanist disciplines has written stories and essays. His works are rich in narrative and dimensional parallel...

12. Humberto Megget (1926)

Uruguayan Writer

Humberto Megget was an Uruguayan writer and poet.

13. Mauricio Rosencof (1933)

Uruguayan Writer

Mauricio Rosencof is a well-known Uruguayan playwright poet and journalist from Florida Uruguay. Since 2005 he has been Director of Culture of the Municipality of Montevideo. He was a founder...

14. Alfredo Mario Ferreiro (1899)

Uruguayan Writer

Alfredo Mario Ferreiro was a Uruguayan writer and poet. He contributed to the famous weekly Uruguayan newspaper Marcha.

15. Giselda Zani (Unknow)

Uruguayan Writer

Giselda Zani was a Uruguayan poet short story writer and art critic of Italian origin. A member of the Generación del 45 he had a career as a journalist and...

16. Salvador Bécquer Puig (1939)

Uruguayan Writer

Salvador Bécquer Puig was a Uruguayan poet and journalist.

17. José Pedro Díaz (1921)

Uruguayan Writer

José Pedro Díaz was a Uruguayan essayist educator and writer. He is remembered as a member of the Generation of 45 a Uruguayan intellectual and literary movement: Carlos Maggi Manuel...

18. Gladys Castelvecchi (1922)

Uruguayan Writer

Gladys Castelvecchi was an Uruguayan poet and literature professor. A member of the Generación del 45. She moved to Flores after marrying writer Mario Arregui. Later on she returned to...

19. Jorge Medina Vidal (1925)

Uruguayan Writer

Jorge Medina Vidal is a Uruguayan poet educator and literary critic. He received his diploma at the Department of Humanities and Sciences of the Universidad de la República. As a...

20. Leonardo Garet (1949)

Uruguayan Writer

Leonardo Garet is a Uruguayan writer and teacher member of the National Academy of Uruguay.

21. José Enrique Rodó (1871)

Uruguayan Writer

José Enrique Camilo Rodó Piñeyro was a Uruguayan essayist.

22. Pilar Barrios (1889)

Uruguayan Writer

Pilar Barrios was an important poet of the black community of Uruguay and one of the founders of the Partido Autóctono Negro. He demonstrated in his poetry an understanding of...

23. Líber Falco (Unknow)

Uruguayan Writer

Líber Falco was a Uruguayan poet.

24. Manuel Pérez y Curis (1884)

Uruguayan Writer

Manuel Pérez y Curis was an Uruguayan poet born in Montevideo Uruguay. The Apolo Magazine stands out between its works that appeared monthly; the writing secretary was Ovidio Fernández Ríos...

25. Juan José Morosoli (1899)

Uruguayan Writer

Juan José Morosoli was a Uruguayan writer. His master piece is Perico a collection of short stories for children which included Arenero and La Querencia Olvida in 1947.

26. Juan Capagorry (Unknow)

Uruguayan Writer

Juan Capagorry was a Uruguayan columnist illustrator writer and poet. He was born in 1934 in Montevideo and died on June 12 1997. He was also a storyteller and his...

27. Marosa di Giorgio (Unknow)

Uruguayan Writer

Marosa di Giorgio was an acclaimed Uruguayan poet and novelist. Marosa di Giorgio is considered one of the most singular voices in Latin America. Critics tend to agree that her...

28. Enrique Amorim (1900)

Uruguayan Writer

Enrique Amorim was an Uruguayan novelist and writer best known for his story Las quitanderas whose plot centres on rural prostitution; also known for his left-wing politics. Born in Salto...

29. María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira (1875)

Uruguayan Writer

Maria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira was an Uruguayan teacher and poet. She was the younger sister of philosopher Carlos Vaz Ferreira and a contemporary of Delmira Agustini and Julio Herrera y...

30. Gabriel Pombo (1961)

Uruguayan Writer

Gabriel Antonio Pombo is a Uruguayan writer and lawyer who is known for his books essays and interviews relating to serial murderers and particularly about the famous case of Jack...

31. Carlos Rehermann (1961)

Uruguayan Writer

Carlos Rehermann is a Uruguayan novelist and playwright active since 1990. He has published four novels and staged five plays. He writes weekly columns on the arts. He won the...