Spanish-language literature or Hispanic literature is the sum of the literary works written in the Spanish language across the Hispanic world. The principal elements are the Spanish literature of Spain, and Latin American literature. There is also American literature in Spanish and Philippine literature in Spanish, as well as literature from some other parts of the world.
Nobelists
Eleven Spanish-language writers have won the Nobel Prize in Literature: 1904: José Echegaray, Spain 1922: Jacinto Benavente, Spain 1945: Gabriela Mistral, Chile 1956: Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spain 1967: Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemala 1971: Pablo Neruda, Chile 1977: Vicente Aleixandre, Spain 1982: Gabriel García Márquez, Colombia 1989: Camilo José Cela, Spain 1990: Octavio Paz, Mexico 2010: Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru