- Andrés Bello
- Born: 29 NOV 1781 – Caracas
- Died: 15 OCT 1865
- Type: Writer, statesman, man of ideas
- Achievements:
- Rómulo Gallegos
- Born: 02 AUG 1884 – Caracas
- Died: 05 APR 1969 – Caracas
- Type: Prose writer
- Achievements:
- National Prize for Literature (1958)
- Alberdi-Sarmiento Prize (Argentina, 1959)
- American Prize (Mexico, 1967)
- His name is given to the prestigious literary prize created by the Venezuelan government in 1964.
- Miguel Otero Silva
- Born: 26 OCT 1908 – Barcelona, Venezuela
- Died: 28 AUG 1985 – Caracas
- Type: Prose writer, poet
- Achievements:
- Founded the newspaper El Nacional (1942)
- Appointed member of the Venezuelan Academy of the Language (1972)
- Teresa de la Parra (Ana Teresa Parra Sanojo)
- Born: 05 OCT 1889 – Paris, France
- Died: 23 APR 1936 – Madrid, Spain
- Type: Venezuelan prose writer
- Achievements:
- Casa Editora Franco-Ibero-Americana Prize (Paris, 1924)
- Arturo Uslar Pietri
- Born: 16 MAY 1906 – Caracas
- Died: ?? ??? ????
- Type: Prose writer
- Achievements:
- Rómulo Gallegos Prize (1990)
- Born: 29 NOV 1781 – Caracas