List RulesTop writers, novels, poets, and playwrights from Spain
List of the best Spanish authors, including familiar names of novelists, poets and authors of nonfiction work that have come from Spain or have an involvement in Spanish-language writing. The list includes the author the literary work Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes, along with young adult fiction writer, Carlos Ruiz Zafron and many other Spanish authors.
The list will be votable to determine, "who is the best Spanish author?" as well as having the ability to add to the list of the top 30, if your favorite Spanish author does not already appear on the list.
The best Spanish authors do not have to be the most popular ones, and adding a few obscure names to the list can give those authors more exposure and more recognition for the work they may not be yet known for.
The list includes the author's name along with some of their best known works.1
574Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote, La Galatea2
269Federico García Lorca
Blood Wedding, Yerma3
2610Ana María Matute
Celebration in the Northwest, School of the Sun4
2712Antonio Muñoz Molina
A MAnuscript of Ashes, In Her Absence5
2511Benito Pérez Galdós
Fortunata y Jacinta, Dona Perfecta6
208Lope de Vega
The Dog in the Manger, Fuenteovejuna7
174Jacinto Benavente
The Bonds of Interest, His Widow's Husband: A Comedy8
153Juan Ramón Jiménez
The Complete Perfectionist, Invisible Reality9
189Félix José Palma Macías
The Map of Time, The Map of the Sky10
2011Miguel de Unamuno
Mist, Tragic Sense of Life11
144Antonio Machado
Campos de Castilla, There is No Road12
178Vicente Aleixandre
Shadow of Paradise, Destruction or Love13
155Enrique Vila-Matas
Montano, Bartleby & Co14
135José Ortega y Gasset
The Revolt of the Masses, What is Philosophy?15
169Francisco de Quevedo
El Buscon, Dreams and Discourses16
11Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
El estrangulador, Tres novelas ejemplares17
1610Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Rhymes and Legends18
1813Mario Vargas Llosa
The Time of the Hero, The Feast of the Goat19
2219Pedro Calderón de la Barca
The Two Lovers of Heaven, Love is No Laughing Matter20
139Arturo Pérez-Reverte
The Club Dumas, The Flanders Panel21
1917Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Prince of Mist, The Midnight Palacem The Watcher in the Shadows22
1411Rosa Montero
The delta function =23
1411Camilo José Cela
The Family of Pascual Duarte, The Hive24
95Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa
Tuareg: The Desert Warrior, Black Arrow25
1411Eduardo Mendoza Garriga
A Light Comedy, No Word from Gurb