List of Venezuelan writers

*Salvador Garmendia (1928–2001), author of “Los Pequeños Seres” (1959), “Los Habitantes” (1961), “Día de Ceniza” (1968), and “La Mala Vida” (1968)
*Adriano González León (1931 - 2008), author of “Las Hogueras más Altas” (1957), “Asfalto Infierno” (1963), “Hombre que Daba Sed” (1967), and “País Portátil” (1968)
* [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Chirinos Juan Carlos Chirinos] (1967) author of “El niño malo cuenta hasta cien y se retira” (2004), “Homero haciendo "zapping"” (2003) and “Leerse los gatos” (1997)
*Enrique Hernández D'Jesus (born 1947), author of Mi Sagrada Familia (1968)
*Eduardo Liendo (born 1941), author of “Los Platos del Diablo” (1985) and “El Mago de la Cara de Vidrio” (1973)
*Juan Liscano (1915–2001), author of "Nombrar Contra el Tiempo" (anthology of his first six books of poetry), “Espiritualidad y Literatura”, and “Los Mitos de la Sexualidad” (about mankind’s fate in a world lacking religious values)
*José Ramón Medina (born 1921), founder and director of Biblioteca Ayacucho, author of "Ser Verdadero" (anthology), “La Edad de la Esperanza” (1947), “Sobre la Tierra Yerma” (1971), “Certezas y Presagios” (1984), and "50 Años de Literatura Venezolana" (1969) (history book that is brought up to date every ten years)
*Guillermo Meneses (1911–1978), author of “El Falso Cuaderno de Narciso Espejo” (1952), “Cinco Novelas” (1972), and “Espejos y Disfraces” (1981)
*Guillermo Morón (born 1926), author of “Microhistorias” (1980), “El gallo de las espuelas de oro” (1984), “Los presidentes de Venezuela” (1993), among others.
*Eugenio Montejo (1938-2008), author of Algunas Palabras (1976), Terredad (1978), Trópico Absoluto (1982), Alfabeto del Mundo (1987), and “Entre el Silencio y la Palabra” (about earth and nature)
*Hanni Ossott (1946–2002), author of “Espacios de Ausencia y de Luz” (1982), “El Reino donde la Noche se Abre” (1986), and Cielo tu Arco Grande
*Miguel Otero Silva
*Gustavo Ott (born Caracas, 1963), playwright and novelist, author of more than 40 plays, including "80 dientes, 4 metros y 200 kilos" (Tirso de Molina Prize 1998), "Divorciadas, evangélicas y vegetarianas," "Tu ternura molotov," "120 vidas por minuto," "Dos amores y un bicho," "Passport," and "Pavlov: dos segundos antes del crimen"
*Antonia Palacios (1906–2001), author of Ana Isabel, una Nina Decente (1949)
*Francisco Perez Perdomo (born 1930), author of Huespedes Nocturnos (1971), Ceremonias (1976), Circulos de Sombras (1980), and Los Ritos Secretos (1988)
*Ramón Palomares (born 1935), author of Poesía (1977)
*Román Rojas Cabot author of "El Combate y el Vacío" (1996), and "Encuentros" (2004).
*Juan Sánchez Peláez (1922–2003), author of "Poesía 1951-1981" (book with all of his poems during this time frame)
*Ana Enriqueta Terán (born 1918)
*Oswaldo Trejo (born 1924), author of “También los Hombres son Ciudades” (1962), “Textos de un Texto con Teresas” (1975), and “Anden Lejano” (1968)
*Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906 - 2001), author of “Las Lanzas coloradas”, “El camino de El Dorado”, “Oficio de difuntos”, “La isla de Robinsón”, “La visita en el tiempo”.
*Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta (born 1929), author of “Aproximaciones a Bello”, “Poesía contemporánea de Venezuela”, “Literatura hispanoamericana”
*José Antonio de Armas Chitty (1908 - 1995), author of “Zaraza, Biografía de un Pueblo”, “Caracas habla en Documentos”
*José Gil Fortoul (1861 - 1943), author of “Historia Constitucional de Venezuela”, “El humo de mi pipa”

See also

* List of Latin American writers
* List of Venezuelans
* Venezuelan literature