Caribbean writers

Martinican writer, poet and politician (1913–2008)

President of the Dominican Republic (1906-2002)

Jamaican novelist

Jamaican American writer, poet (1889–1948)

'''Jean-Pierre Basilic Dantor Franck Étienne d'Argent (; 12 April 1936 – 20 February 2025), known by his pen name Frankétienne''', was a Haitian writer, poet, playwright, and painter. He is recognized as one of Haiti's leading writers and playwrights in both French and Haitian Creole, and is "known as the father of Haitian letters". He was a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2009, made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of the Arts and Letters), and was named UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2010.

Cuban writer (1812-1894)

Canadian writer

Dominican politician and writer

Barbadian novelist and sociologist of religion

Barbadian novelist, essayist and poet (1927–2022)

Haitian novelist (1873–1928)

Cuban writer, journalist and academic

Curaçaoan writer (1952-2011)

Curaçaoan/Aruban psychologist and poet

Caymanian filmmaker

Cuban writer