







The Most Famous
Writers from Uruguay
Top 10 Uruguayan Writers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Uruguayans Writers of all time. This list of famous Uruguayans Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Uruguayans Writers.
- #1

Comte de Lautréamont
1846 - 1870
HPI 73.0643 langsThe Comte de Lautréamont is most famous for his work Les Chants de Maldoror, a collection of poems and prose poems that was published...Read moreShow less
The Comte de Lautréamont is most famous for his work Les Chants de Maldoror, a collection of poems and prose poems that was published posthumously in 1869.
- #2

Eduardo Galeano
1940 - 2015
HPI 70.1854 langsEduardo Galeano is most famous for his book "Memory of Fire" which is an epic history of Latin America.
- #3

Mario Benedetti
1920 - 2009
HPI 65.2541 langsUruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet (1920-2009)
- #4

Jules Laforgue
1860 - 1887
HPI 65.1631 langsFranco-Uruguayan poet
- #5

Juan Carlos Onetti
1909 - 1994
HPI 63.9840 langsUruguayan novelist (1909-1994)
- #6

Horacio Quiroga
1878 - 1937
HPI 62.4330 langsUruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer (1878–1937)
- #7

Jules Supervielle
1884 - 1960
HPI 61.8926 langsFrench writer (1884–1960)
- #8

Delmira Agustini
1886 - 1914
HPI 61.8134 langsUruguayan writer
- #9

Cristina Peri Rossi
b. 1941
HPI 60.3326 langsUruguayan writer (born 1941)
- #10

Juana de Ibarbourou
1892 - 1979
HPI 59.7729 langsUruguayan writer (1892–1979)
People by Birth Decade
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Overlapping Lives
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