Best writer in spanish?

Answer 1

Pablo Neruda. Won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971. Awesome. He influenced gerenations with his beauty and his ideas. One of the giants of 20th century literature.

Answer 2

I think that the best writer is Ortega y Gasset who not only writes a lot of essays about German philosophy which has enriched Spanish culture but also he founded "Revista de Occidente" which was an inspiration for a lot of spanish writers along 20th century.

Answer 3

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Answer 4

Nice question, impossible answer... As always, it depends on your personal literary tastes: what genres you have in mind (prose, poetry, drama) and what aesthetic you prefer (classical, modern, vanguardist).

If you like classic literature (XVI and XVII century literature), Cervantes is the most reputated prose writer ("Don Quixote", his "Novelas ejemplares", etc.), although the anonimous "Lazarillo de Tormes" is also a masterpiece of Rennaissance art and language. If you prefer poetry, Lope de Vega, Francisco de Quevedo and Luis de Góngora are the ones to read, each with a unique and mnay times provocative style: Lope has written what is probably the best love poetry ever; Quevedo is famous for his satyrical and senequist poems, whereas Góngora took Spanish language to a whole different level with his "Soledades" and his "Fábula de Polifemo and Galatea". And finally, for drama, Lope de Vega is again the one to read, together with Calderón de la Barca: only Shakespeare can compare to them in dramatic strength.

If you enjoy "the age of novels" (i.e., XIX century literature), two names come into my mind: Benito Pérez Galdós, who wrote dozens of fantastic novels (his "Episodios Nacionales" tell the history of Spain from the early 1800s to the first quarter of the XX century and are a fantastic and cautivating read!) and Leopoldo Alas Clarín, whose novel "La Regenta" is considered amongst the best European novels of the XIX century (its about the love relationship between a young bored married lady and one of the local priests. Drama and poetry are not as great compared to prose, although José Zorrilla's play "Don Juan Tenorio" is really famous and powerful.

Finally, if you prefer modern literature, there are dozens of authors. In Latinamerican literature, Gabriel García Marquéz, already mentioned here, has created some fascinating novels ("Cien años de soledad" is his most famous), but I think Jorge Luis Borges is far superior: his knowledge of Spanish and his incredible culture allowed him to write some of the best short stories in history: check books such as "El Aleph" or "Ficciones": they are stunning! Other great Spanish prose writers are Azorín, Pío baroja o Ramón del Valle-Inclán. For poetry, Rubén Darío and Antonio Machado stand as probably the greatest figures, along with the younger generation of Federico García Lorca, Vicente Aleixandre o Pedro Salinas. And for drama, Ramón del Valle-Inclán invented a whole new genre, called "esperpento", which linked Spanish theater to the avantgard movement.

So, as you can see there too many names to choose a "best" writer in Spanish.

If the list had to be nailed to four, these would be:

Miguel de Cervantes
Lope de Vega
Antonio Machado
Jorge Luis Borges

Answer 5

Arturo Perez-Reverte is my favorite. He's written great novels like "The Flanders Panel," "The Fencing Master", and "The Club Dumas."

Answer 6

Isabelle Allende is my favourite. She has written "City of the Beasts" and the "House of the Spirits". Her writing is very deep but also humorous at times.

Answer 7

Of course it's Pablo Neruda.

Answer 8

Miguel Cervantes, surely.

But there are so many others depending on your personal preference: e,g., poetry--Antonio Machado, prose--Benavent, stories-Becquer, and so on.

I hope that this answer is helpful. Cheers.

Answer 9

My mother, Teresa Estevez. She is not very popular yet, but , in a few years.....
see her web pages (in spanish) http://www.teresaestevez.com
and after my mother, Cervantes, Borges and Perez-Reverte

Answer 10

gabriel Garcia marquez