- Rafael Arévalo Martínez
- Born: 24 JUL 1884 – Guatemala City
- Died: 12 JUN 1975 – Guatemala City
- Type: Prose writer, poet
- Achievements:
- Founding editor of Juan Chapín (1913-1915)
- Editor of Centro América (1915-1920)
- Director of the National Library of Guatemala (1926-1945)
- Great Cross of Rubén Darío (Nicaragua, 1958)
- Order of the Quetzal (Guatemala, 1958)
- Miguel Angel Asturias
- Born: 19 OCT 1899 – Guatemala City
- Died: 09 JUN 9, 1974 – Madrid, Spain
- Type: Novelist
- Achievements:
- Founder of Tiempos Nuevos (1923)
- Sylla Monsegur Prize for Translation (1932)
- William Faulkner Foundation Latin America Award (1962)
- International Lenin Peace Prize (1966)
- Nobel Prize for Literature (1967)
- Augusto Monterroso
- Born: 21 DEC 1921 – Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- Died: ?? ??? ????
- Type: Guatemalan/Mexican prose writer
- Achievements:
- Xavier Villaurrutia Prize (1975 – normally only for Mexican citzens)
- Mexican Premio Nacional de la Crítica (1992)
- Premio Letterario Istituto Italo-Latino-Americano Prize (1993)
- Order of the Aquila Azteca (1988)
- Carlos Solórzano
- Born: 01 MAY 1922 – San Marcos, Guatemala
- Died: ?? ??? ????
- Type: Guatemalan/Mexican playwright
- Achievements:
- Rockefeller Foundation Grant (1948)
- Founder and Director of Teatro Universitario Profesional (1950-1960)
- Founder and Director of Teatro Estudiantil Universitario (1950-1952)
- Premio Universidad from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma (1989)
- Miguel Angel Asturias National Literature Prize (Guatemala, 1989)
- Born: 24 JUL 1884 – Guatemala City
