THE 5 MOST IMPORTANT HONDURAN NOVEL WRITERS - LITERATURE - 2025

The writers of novels Honduran began to emerge in the colonial era, in the seventeenth century. However, the most renowned novel writers were born in the 19th century.

In this century, writers stood out with a series of novels with themes related to history.

It is relevant to know that Honduran writing in recent years has had a boom that has allowed it to obtain important literature awards.

Some of these awards are regional. For example, the 2013 Rogelio Prize for Literature and the Central American and Caribbean Novel Prize.

Top 5 Honduran Novel Writers

1- José Froylán de Jesús Turcios Canelas

This writer was born on July 7, 1875 in Juticalpa and died on November 19, 1943 in Costa Rica. He was one of the most influential men in Honduras during the 20th century.

His first novel was El Vampiro, a modernist style writing published in 1910. In 1911 he published another famous novel entitled El Fantasma Blanco.

2- Lucila Gamero Moncada

This writer was born in Danlí on June 12, 1873, and died in the same city in 1964. She was the first woman to produce a solid and famous novel.

The first novel she wrote was Amalia Montiel, in 1895. This was published in Froylan Turcios, the first literary medium that gave space to women of that time. A few years later she published two more novels: Adriana and Margarita and Pages of the Heart.

Years later he gave life to the famous novel Blanca Olmedo, one of the most recognized in Honduras. It is a romantic story that attracted the attention of the youngest women of the time.

Other novels written by Lucila Gamero were: Betina, Aída, Exotic Love, The Secretary and El Dolor de Amar.

3- Rafael Heliodoro

He was born in Tegucigalpa on July 3, 1891 and died in Mexico in 1959. This writer focused on the field of history and literature. His first novel was published in 1944 and was named Iturbide, Varón de Dios.

4- Argentina Díaz Lozano

He was born in Santa Rosa de Copan on December 15, 1912, and died in Tegucigalpa on August 13, 1999.

Her original name was Argentina Bueso Mejía, but she married and acquired her husband's two surnames as literary ones.

Argentina Díaz Lozano has been the only Central American woman to be a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970.

Among the novels written by Argentina Díaz are: Time to Live, Pilgrimage, Mayapan, 49 days in the life of a woman and, finally, A woman has arrived in 1991. The novel Mayapan was the most recognized, it was even translated into different languages.

5- Ramón Amaya Amador

He was a writer and journalist born in Olanchito on April 29, 1916. He died in a plane crash in Slovakia on November 24, 1966. His literary production was declared a national cultural treasure, 25 years after his death.

Green Prison written in 1945 was the most recognized novel by this writer. However, he has a long list of works.

Among these are: Amanecer, El Indio Sánchez, Under the sign of peace, Builders, The Lord of the Close, among others.

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