Vaca, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, born around 1490 in Spain, was a notable Spanish explorer. As one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition, he spent eig...

Valdés, Ana Luisa

Ana Luisa Valdés, born 1953, is a prominent Uruguayan writer and anthropologist. Exiled to Sweden from 1978 to 2014 due to involvement with the Tupamaros gu...

Valera, Juan

Juan Valera y Alcalá Galiano (October 18, 1824 - April 18, 1905) was a significant figure in 19th-century Spanish literature. He was not only a novelist but...

Valle-Inclán, Ramón María del

Ramón María del Valle-Inclán (October 28, 1866 – January 5, 1936) was a Spanish dramatist, novelist, and poet, known for his significant contributions to Sp...

Vallejo, César

César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza (March 16, 1892 – April 15, 1938) was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. Although he published only two book...

Vega, Lope de

Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio, also known as Lope de Vega, a pivotal figure of the Spanish Golden Age, was born in Madrid on November 25, 1562. He produced an...

Vernaci, Elizabeth

María Elizabeth Vernaci, also known as Negra Vernaci, is a celebrated Argentine actress, TV presenter, and radio host, born on September 24, 1961, in Buenos...

Verne, Jules

Jules Verne, born on February 8, 1828, in Nantes, France, and died on March 24, 1905, in Amiens, was a prolific French author whose writings laid much of th...

Vidal, Gore

Gore Vidal (1925-2012), born as Eugene Louis Vidal, an American writer and intellectual, challenged societal norms and politics through novels, essays, and ...

Vierci, Pablo

Pablo Vierci, born on July 7, 1950, in Montevideo, Uruguay, is a distinguished journalist, author, and screenwriter. He is renowned for his book "The Societ...

Vila, José María Vargas

José María de la Concepción Apolinar Vargas Vila Bonilla, commonly referred to as José María Vargas Vila, was a Colombian writer and public intellectual. Bo...

Vilariño, Idea

Idea Vilariño Romani (1920–2009) was a Uruguayan poet and critic, part of the influential Generación del ’45. Born into a literary family, she began writing...

Villarino, Juan Pablo

Juan Pablo Villarino, born in Argentina in 1978, is a renowned writer and adventurer known for his exploration of unconventional travel. He has traveled 180...

Viola, Enrique H.

Enrique H. Viola, born in 1952, is a distinguished Argentine architect specializing in Construction Management and Consultations for buildings and urban pro...

Virgil,

Virgil, also known as Publius Vergilius Maro, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He was born on October 15, 70 BCE, in Andes, near Mantua, a ...

Vitruvius,

Vitruvius, a 1st-century BC Roman architect and engineer, is best known for his treatise De Architectura, the only surviving ancient work on architectural t...

Volpi, Jorge

Jorge Volpi, full name Jorge Volpi Escalante, born on July 10, 1968, in Mexico City, is a distinguished Mexican novelist and essayist known for “In Search o...

Voltaire,

Voltaire, whose real name was François-Marie Arouet, was born on November 21, 1694, in Paris, France. He is recognized as one of the greatest French writers...

Vujicic, Nick

Nicholas James Vujicic, born on December 4, 1982, in Melbourne, Australia, is a renowned Australian-American Christian evangelist and motivational speaker o...

Vyasa,

Vyasa, also known as Krishna Dvaipayana, is a central and revered figure in most Hindu traditions. He is traditionally regarded as the author of the epic Ma...

Vásquez, Juan Gabriel

Juan Gabriel Vásquez, a Colombian writer born in Bogotá in 1973, is renowned for his novels, short stories, essays, and political commentary. His acclaimed ...

Vātsyāyana,

Valerie Thomas is a distinguished Australian writer renowned for her creation of the beloved characters Winnie and Wilbur, who have captivated audiences sin...