Category
page 1Caribbean writers

Aimé Césaire
Martinican writer, poet and politician (1913–2008)
Joaquín Balaguer
President of the Dominican Republic (1906-2002)
Marlon James
Jamaican novelist
Claude McKay
Jamaican American writer, poet (1889–1948)
Frankétienne
'''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.
Cirilo Villaverde
Cuban writer (1812-1894)
Austin Clarke
Canadian writer

José Núñez de Cáceres
Dominican politician and writer
Karen Lord
Barbadian novelist and sociologist of religion
George Lamming
Barbadian novelist, essayist and poet (1927–2022)
Fernand Hibbert
Haitian novelist (1873–1928)
Carlos Moore
Cuban writer, journalist and academic
Joceline Clemencia
Curaçaoan writer (1952-2011)

Aletta Clémence Beaujon
Curaçaoan/Aruban psychologist and poet
Frank E. Flowers
Caymanian filmmaker
Mirta Yáñez
Cuban writer