WRITERS from Nicaragua

Top 4

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Nicaraguan Writers of all time. This list of famous Nicaraguan Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Rubén Darío (1867 - 1916)

With an HPI of 62.24, Rubén Darío is the most famous Nicaraguan Writer.  His biography has been translated into 65 different languages on wikipedia.

Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (18 January 1867 – 6 February 1916), known as Rubén Darío (US: dah-REE-oh, Spanish: [ruˈβen daˈɾi.o]), was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-language literary movement known as modernismo (modernism) that flourished at the end of the 19th century. Darío had a great and lasting influence on 20th-century Spanish-language literature and journalism.

2. Gioconda Belli (b. 1948)

With an HPI of 51.64, Gioconda Belli is the 2nd most famous Nicaraguan Writer.  Her biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Gioconda Belli (born December 9, 1948) is a Nicaraguan-born novelist and poet known for her contributions to Nicaraguan literature.

3. Sergio Ramírez (b. 1942)

With an HPI of 51.36, Sergio Ramírez is the 3rd most famous Nicaraguan Writer.  His biography has been translated into 23 different languages.

Sergio Ramírez Mercado (Latin American Spanish: [ˈseɾxjo raˈmiɾes]; born 5 August 1942 in Masatepe, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who was a key figure in 1979 revolution, served in the leftist Government Junta of National Reconstruction and as vice president of the country 1985–1990 under the presidency of Daniel Ortega. He has been described as Nicaragua's "best-known living writer". Since the 1990s, he has been involved in the left-wing opposition to the Nicaraguan government, in particular in the Movimiento de Renovación Sandinista. He was exiled from the country in 2021 and stripped of his nationality by the government in 2023.

4. Claribel Alegría (1924 - 2018)

With an HPI of 50.34, Claribel Alegría is the 4th most famous Nicaraguan Writer.  Her biography has been translated into 29 different languages.

Clara Isabel Alegría Vides (May 12, 1924 – January 25, 2018), also known by her pseudonym Claribel Alegría, was a Nicaraguan-Salvadoran poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central America. She was awarded the 2006 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.