A Spanish poet born in the eastern town of Oliva in 1932, Brines studied both law and the arts. Brines, whose poems are markedly elegiac in tone, is considered a member of the post-war Generation of the ‘50s along with Claudio Rodríguez and José Ángel Valente.

This acclaimed Mexican writer was born on Nov. 11, 1928 in Panama City, where his father worked in the diplomatic service. Fuentes is one of Latin America’s best-known contemporary writers.

García Lorca was born in the southern Spanish town of Fuente Vaqueros on June 5, 1898.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born on March 6, 1927 in Aracataca, Colombia. An author, journalist and screenwriter, his most famous work is Cien años de soledad, which is regarded as one of the masterpieces of the magical realism genre and has become a classic of world literature.

Spanish author Gustavo Martín Garzo, the winner of the 1994 National Narrative Prize for “El lenguaje de las fuentes,” had already made a name for himself in literary circles with three previous novels, as well as for his literary criticism and contributions to the magazine Un Ángel Más.

Born on October 3, 1896 in Santander, Spain, Diego was a professor of language and literature who formed part of a vanguard of poets known as the Generation of ’27.

A Spanish writer and journalist born in Madrid in 1977.

Luis de Góngora y Argote, a Golden Age poet and playwright, was born in Córdoba, Spain in 1561.

Gonzalo De Berceo was a Spanish poet who was born near the end of the 12up>th century in the Riojan village of Berceo and whose writings have been traced back to 1220.

Goytisolo is a Spanish novelist who was born in Barcelona in 1931.