This is a list of Peruvian literary figures, including poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars.
- Luis Hernández (1941-1977), poet
- MartÃn Adán (1908â€"1985), poet
- Ciro AlegrÃa (1909â€"1967), indigenista novelist
- Marie Arana (born 1949), Peruvian-American novelist, biographer, journalist
- Cesar Vallejo (1892 â€" 1938), influential poet, writer, journalist
- José MarÃa Arguedas (1911â€"1969), indigenista novelist and poet
- Jaime Bayly (born 1965), contemporary novelist
- Michael Bentine (1922â€"1996), Anglo-Peruvian comedian
- Alfredo Bryce Echenique (born 1939), novelist
- Carlos Castaneda (1925â€"1998), literary anthropologist
- José MarÃa Eguren (1874â€"1942), poet
- Blanca Varela (1926â€"2009), poet
- Jorge Eduardo Eielson (1924â€"2006), poet
- Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (c. 1539 â€" 1616), chronicler
- Manuel González Prada (1844â€"1918), modernista poet
- Manuel Scorza (1928-1983), novelist and poet
- Eduardo González Viaña (born 1941), short story writer and novelist
- Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, indigenous chronicler
- Javier Heraud (1942â€"1963), poet and would-be guerrilla
- Luis Jochamowitz (born 1953), journalist and biographer
- José Carlos Mariátegui (1894â€"1930), socialist essayist and journalist
- Clorinda Matto de Turner (1853â€"1909), novelist
- Angélica Palma (1878â€"1935), writer, journalist and biographer
- Clemente Palma (1872â€"1946). writer of fantastic and horror fiction
- Ricardo Palma (1833â€"1919), folkorist
- Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929â€"1994), short story writer
- Sebastián Salazar Bondy (1924â€"1964), essayist and poet
- José Santos Chocano (1875â€"1934), poet
- Hernando de Soto (economist) (born 1941), economist and essayist
- Carlos Thorne Boas (born 1923), novelist, writer and lawyer
- Abraham Valdelomar (1888â€"1919)
- Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936), novelist of the Latin American Boom
- José Watanabe (1946â€"2007), poet
- Gamaliel Churata (1897â€"1957), socialist essayist and journalist
- Rodolfo Hinostroza (born 1941), influential poet, writer, novelist and essayist
- Jose Luis Mejia (born 1969), poet, novelist
- Jaime Bayly (born 1965), writer, journalist, television personality.
- Santiago Roncagliolo (born 1975), writer, scriptwriter, translator and journalist.
See also
- List of Latin American writers
- Jose Luis Mejia
- Peruvian literature