This is a list of Peruvian literary figures, including poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars.
Martín Adán (1908–1985), poet
Ciro Alegría (1909–1967), indigenous novelist
Marie Arana (born 1949), Peruvian-American novelist, biographer, journalist
José María Arguedas (1911–1969), indigenous novelist and poet
Jaime Bayly (born 1965), contemporary novelist
Michael Bentine (1922–1996), Anglo-Peruvian comedian
Alfredo Bryce Echenique (born 1939), novelist
Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998), literary anthropologist
Gamaliel Churata (1897–1957), socialist essayist and journalist
José María Eguren (1874–1942), poet
Jorge Eduardo Eielson (1924–2006), poet
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (c. 1539–1616), chronicler
Manuel González Prada (1844–1918), modernista poet
Eduardo González Viaña (born 1941), short story writer and novelist
Javier Heraud (1942–1963), poet and would-be guerilla
Rodolfo Hinostroza (born 1941), influential poet, writer, novelist and essayist
Luis Jochamowitz (born 1953), journalist and biographer
José Carlos Mariátegui (1894–1930), socialist essayist and journalist
Clorinda Matto de Turner (1853–1909), novelist
Angélica Palma (1878–1935), writer, journalist and biographer
Clemente Palma (1872–1946). writer of fantastic and horror fiction
Ricardo Palma (1833–1919), folklorist
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, indigenous chronicler
Santiago Roncagliolo (born 1975), writer, scriptwriter, translator and journalist.
Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929–1994), short story writer
Isabel Sabogal (born 1958), novelist, poet and translator
Sebastián Salazar Bondy (1924–1964), essayist and poet
José Santos Chocano (1875–1934), poet
Manuel Scorza (1928–1983), novelist and poet
Hernando de Soto (economist) (born 1941), economist and essayist
Carlos Thorne Boas (born 1923), novelist, writer and lawyer
Abraham Valdelomar (1888–1919)
Blanca Varela (1926–2009), poet
Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936), novelist of the Latin American Boom
Virginia Vargas (born 1945), sociologist
Cesar Vallejo (1892–1938), influential poet, writer, journalist
José Watanabe (1946–2007), poet
Jose Luis Mejia (born 1969), poet, novelist
