- Delmira Agustini
- Born: 24 DEC 1886 – Montevideo
- Died: 06 JUL 1914
- Type: – poet
- Achievements:
- Enrique Amorim
- Born: 25 JUL 1900 – Saltu, Uruguay
- Died: 28 JUL 1960 – Buenos Aires
- Type: Prose writer, poet
- Achievements:
- Mario Benedetti
- Born: 14 SEP 1920 – Paso de los Toros, Uruguay
- Died: ?? ??? ????
- Type: Prose writer, dramatist, poet
- Achievements:
- Eduardo Galeano
- Born: 03 SEP 1940 – Montevideo
- Died: ?? ??? ????
- Type: Essayist, journalist
- Achievements:
- Founder of the magazine Crisis (Buenos Aires, 1973)
- Premio Casa de las Américas (1975, 1978)
- University of Washington’s American Book Award (Seattle, 1989)
- His book Las Venas Abiertas de Ameríca Latina has been translated into 20 languages with over 50 Spanish-language editions and is one of Latin America’s best selling books of all time.
- Felisberto Hernández
- Born: 20 OCT 1902 – Montevideo
- Died: 15 JAN 1964 – Montevideo
- Type: Short story writer
- Achievements:
- Julio Herrera y Reissig
- Born: 09 JAN 1875 – Montevideo
- Died: ?? ??? 1910
- Type: Poet, prose writer, dramatist
- Achievements:
- Juana de Ibarbourou
- Born: 08 MAR 1892 (?) – Melo, Uruguay
- Died: 15 JUL 1979 – Monevideo
- Type: Poet, prose writer
- Achievements:
- Member of the Uruguayan Academy of Letters (1947)
- President of the Uruguayan Writers’ Association (1949)
- Elected Woman of the Américas by the Union of American Women (New York, 1953)
- Emeritus member of the National Academy of Letters (1960)
- Nominated for a Nobel Prize (1958)
- Carlos Martínez Moreno
- Born: 01 SEP 1917 – Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
- Died: 06 FEB 1986 – Mexico City
- Type: Prose writer
- Achievements:
- Juan Carlos Onetti
- Born: 01 JUL 1909 – Montevideo
- Died: 30 MAY 1994 – Madrid, Spain
- Type: Prose writer
- Achievements:
- Director of the Municipal Library, Montevideo (1957)
- National Literature Prize (1962)
- William Faulkner Foundation Ibero-American Award (1963)
- Casa de las Américas Prize (1965)
- Italian-Latin American Institute Prize (1972)
- Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1980)
- Christina Peri Rossi
- Born: 12 NOV 1941 – Montevideo
- Died: ?? ??? ????
- Type: Prose writer, poet
- Achievements:
- Guggenheim Foundation Grant (1994)
- Inventarios Provisionales Prize (1976)
- City of Palma de Mallorca Prize (1979)
- Benito Pérez Galdós Prize (1980)
- City of Barcelona Prize (1991)
- Horacio Quiroga
- Born: 31 DEC 1878 – Salto, Uruguay
- Died: 19 FEB 1937
- Type: Short story writer
- Achievements:
- Appointed Honorary Consul in San Ignacio for Uruguay (1935)
- José Enrique Rodó
- Born: 15 JUL 1871 – Montevideo
- Died: 01 MAY 1917 – Palermo, Italy
- Type: Essayist
- Achievements:
- Co-founder Revista Nacional de Literatura y Ciencias Sociales (1895-1897)
- Director of the National Library (1902-1905 and 1908-1914)
- Corresponding member of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language (1912)
- Juan Zorilla de San Martín
- Born: 28 DEC 1855 – Montevideo
- Died: 03 NOV 1931 – Montevideo
- Type: Poet, essayist, orator
- Achievements:
- Born: 24 DEC 1886 – Montevideo
