Spanish-language literature or Hispanic literature is the sum of the literary works written in the Spanish language across the Hispanic world. The principal elements are the Spanish literature of Spain, and Latin American literature. There is also American literature in Spanish and Philippine literature in Spanish, as well as literature from some other parts of the world including Spanish-speaking Africa.

Nobelists Eleven Spanish-language writers have won the Nobel Prize in Literature: 1904: José Echegaray, Spain 1922: Jacinto Benavente, Spain 1945: Gabriela Mistral, Chile 1956: Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spain 1967: Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemala 1971: Pablo Neruda, Chile 1977: Vicente Aleixandre, Spain 1982: Gabriel García Márquez, Colombia 1989: Camilo José Cela, Spain 1990: Octavio Paz, Mexico 2010: Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru

Literature by nationality American literature in Spanish Argentine literature Bolivian literature Chilean literature Colombian literature Costa Rican literature Cuban literature Dominican literature Ecuadorian literature Equatoguinean literature in Spanish Guatemalan literature Honduran literature Mexican literature Nicaraguan literature Panamanian literature Paraguayan literature Peruvian literature Philippine literature in Spanish Puerto Rican literature Salvadoran literature Spanish literature Uruguayan literature Venezuelan literature

See also

List of Spanish-language authors List of Spanish-language poets List of countries and territories where Spanish is an official language

References