| Name | Year of birth/death | Portrait | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agustin Blazquez | 1944–2022 |  | Author of THE KILLER FLIES OF LUXOR: Partial Autobiography. Travel Chronicles. Dreams. Fantasies. 2023 publisher/imprintPenny-a-Page Press A collection of his essays was published in collaboration with Carlos Wotzkow by Alexandria Library under the Title Cubriendo y Descubriendo/Covering and Discovering (2001). He also did the English Translation for Luise Grave de Peralta Morel’s The Mafia of Havana: The Cuban Cosa Nostra (2002). |
| Luis Senarens | 1865–1939 |  | The most popular American science fiction writer of the late 19th century, widely known as "the American Jules Verne." |
| Alex Abella | 1950– | Mystery/crime novelist, non-fiction writer, and journalist | |
| Iván Acosta | Playwright; works includeEl Super (movie version 1979) andUn cubiche en la luna (1989)[1] | ||
| Mercedes de Acosta | 1893–1968 |  | |
| Robert Arellano | 1969– | Novelist; works includeHavana Lunar (2010Edgar Award finalist) andHavana Libre (2017). | |
| Reinaldo Arenas[2] | 1943–1990 | ||
| René Ariza | 1940–1994 | ||
| Octavio Armand [es] | 1946– | Poet[1] | |
| Joaquín Badajoz | 1972– |  | Poet, author, essayist (North American Academy of the Spanish Language, fellow member) |
| Jesús J. Barquet[3] | |||
| José Barreiro[4] | 1948– | ||
| Ruth Behar[5] | 1956– |  | |
| Juana Borrero[6] | 1877–1896 |  | Poet |
| Gaspar Betancourt Cisneros[7] | 1803–1866 | ||
| Richard Blanco[4] | 1968– | American poet, public speaker, author and civil engineer | |
| Rafael Campo[2] | 1964– | Physician and author | |
| Yanitzia Canetti | 1967– | ||
| Alejo Carpentier | 1904–1980 |  | |
| Lourdes Casal | 1938–1981 | Poet[1] | |
| Sandra M. Castillo[4] | Poet | ||
| Carlota Caulfield | Poet, academic, author ofA Mapmaker’s Diary, Ticket to Ride, At the Paper Gates with Burning Desire. | ||
| Daína Chaviano | 1957– |  | Novelist, poet, and award-winning novelist ofAzorín Prize for Best Novel (Spain), among other international awards. |
| Migdia Chinea-Varela | 1971– | ||
| Rene Cifuentes[3] | |||
| Miguel Correa[3] | |||
| Nilo Cruz | 1960– | Playwright[2] | |
| Silvia Curbelo | 1955–[4] | ||
| Belkis Cuza Malé[6] | 1942– | ||
| Frederick A. de Armas | 1945– | Literary scholar and novelist; novels includeEl abra del Yumurí (2016),Sinfonía Salvaje (2019) | |
| Miguel A. De La Torre | 1958– | ||
| Carmen Agra Deedy | |||
| Pura del Prado[6] | 1931–1996[8] | ||
| Carlos Eire | 1950– | Memoirist[2] | |
| Margarita Engle[5] | 1951– | ||
| Frank Fernández | 1934– | ||
| Roberto G. Fernández[2] | 1951– | ||
| Eugenio Florit[6] | 1903–1999 | ||
| María Irene Fornés | 1930–2018 | .jpg) | |
| Paula Fox | 1923–2017 | ||
| Carlos Franqui | 1921–2010 |  | |
| Cristina García[2] | 1958– | ||
| Carolina Garcia-Aguilera[2] | 1949– | ||
| Miguel Garcia Ramos[3] | |||
| Valentina L. Garza | |||
| Jorge Enrique González Pacheco | 1969– | Poet | |
| Ibis Gómez-Vega | 1952– | Novelist | |
| Celedonio González | Novelist; works includeLos primos (1971) andLos cuatro embajadores (1973)[1] | ||
| Lillian Guerra | Historian; works includeThe Myth of José Martí: Conflicting Nationalisms in Early Twentieth-Century Cuba (2005) andVisions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption and Resistance, 1959-1971 (2012)[9] | ||
| Jorge Guitart[4] | Poet | ||
| Andrea O'Reilly Herrera[4] | Novelist, academic[1] | ||
| Oscar Hijuelos[2] | 1951–2013 | ||
| Daniel Iglesias Kennedy | 1950– |  | Novelist, academic, author ofEsta tarde se pone el sol(2001)Espacio vacío (2003) El marmitón apacible (2006) among others. |
| Enrique Labrador Ruiz[6] | 1902–1991 | ||
| Robert Lima | 1935– | Poet, playwright and literary critic; grandson of Cuban patriot Col. Alfredo Lima Tardiff | |
| Melinda Lopez | Playwright[2] | ||
| Eduardo Machado[2] | 1953– | ||
| José Martí[2] | 1853–1895 |  | |
| Dionisio D. Martinez[4] | 1956– | ||
| Pablo Medina | 1960– | Poet[1] | |
| Ana Menéndez | 1970– | ||
| Matías Montes Huidobro [es] | 1931– | Novelist; works includeDesterrados al fuego (1975)[1] | |
| Gean Moreno | 1972–[4] | ||
| Elías Miguel Muñoz | 1954–[4] | Poet and novelist, author ofCrazy Love (1988) andThe Greatest Performance (1991), as well as works in Spanish[1] | |
| Victor Nickolich[10][circular reference] | 1951– |  | Non-fiction writer, historian and athlete. His works includeThe Lynx Book (2016)[11] and the Spanish version El Lince (2018)[12] |
| Anaïs Nin | 1903–1977 |  | |
| Lino Novás Calvo [es] | 1903–1983 | Novelist; works includeManeras de contar (1970)[1] | |
| Ana Rosa Núñez[6] | 1926–1999 | Poet, librarian | |
| Achy Obejas[2] | 1956– | ||
| Mirta Ojito[3] | |||
| Herberto Padilla[6] | 1932–2000 | ||
| Ricardo Pau-Llosa | 1954– | Poet[2] | |
| Luis de la Paz [es][3] | |||
| Manuel Pereiras García | 1950– | ||
| Gustavo Pérez Firmat | 1949– | "Poet, memoirist, literary critic"[2] | |
| Carlos Pintado | 1974– | Author, playwright and award-winning poet of Sant Jordi International Prize for Poetry | |
| Juana Rosa Pita[6] | 1939– | ||
| Dolores Prida | 1943–2013 | Playwright; English-language works include those collected inBeautiful Señoritas and Other Plays (1991)[1] | |
| Jorge Reyes | 1972–2015 | ||
| Beatriz Rivera[4] | Novelist | ||
| Isel Rivero | Poet[1] | ||
| Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés[2] | Poet, academic[2] | ||
| Enrique Sacerio-Garí | 1945– | Author ofPoemas interreales,Para llegar a La Habana, andEl mercado de la memoria | |
| Antonio Sacre | 1968– | ||
| José Sánchez-Boudy | Poet[1] | ||
| Pedro Santacilia [es][7] | 1826–1910 | ||
| Armando Simon | 1951– | Novelist-A Cuban from Kansas, Very Peculiar Stories, The Cult of Suicide and Other SciFi Stories. Dramatist-Conundrum, Pro Se, Carnada, Infidel! | |
| Virgil Suárez | 1962– | Novelist, poet[2] | |
| Piri Thomas | 1928–2011 | ||
| Miguel Teurbe Tolón[7] | 1820–1857 |  | |
| Omar Torres | Novelist; works includeApenas un bolero (1981),Al partir (1986), andFallen Angels Sing (1991)[1] | ||
| Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez | 1969– | ||
| Roberto Valero[3] | |||
| Félix Varela[6] | 1788–1853 |  | |
| Charlie Vázquez | 1971– | ||
| Dan Vera | |||
| Carlos Victoria [es][3] | |||
| Cirilo Villaverde[7] | 1812–1894 | ||
| Rubén Martínez Villena[6] | 1899–1934 |  | |
| José Yglesias[4] | 1919–1995 | ||
| Juan Clemente Zenea[7] | 1832–1871 |
