León Spanish lyric poet, Augustinian friar, theologian and academic; active during the Spanish Golden Age Osvaldo Lira Chilean philosopher and theologian; priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Lope de Vega KOM Ramiro de Maeztu Juan Jose Marti Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Leopoldo Panero José María Pemán José María de Pereda Juan Pérez de Montalbán Spanish Catholic priest, dramatist, poet and novelist Dionisio Ridruejo Fernando Rielo Vicente Risco Pedro Sainz Rodríguez Luis Rosales Manuel Tamayo y Baus Maria Nestora Tellez – writer of Staurofila; Mexican female Catholic teacher and writer Gonzalo Torrente Ballester Saint Teresa of Ávila Spanish mystic, Carmelite nun and theologian; Roman Catholic saint; an author of the Counter Reformation Miguel de Unamuno Juan Vázquez de Mella Lizzie Velásquez Hugo Wast José Zorrilla Xavier Zubiri Swedish language Anders Piltz – Swedish Benedictine and Latinist; scholar of Medieval Sweden Birgitta Trotzig – Swedish novelist; member of the Swedish Academy, chair number 6 Gunnel Vallquist – Swedish writer; known for a translation of the seven-volume novel In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust Torgny Lindgren – Swedish writer; member of the Swedish Academy, chair number 9 Welsh language Richard Gwyn – Elizabethan era bard and martyr who spread the teachings of the Counter-Reformation through Welsh poetry Saunders Lewis – poet, dramatist, historian and leading figure in modern Welsh nationalism, a convert to Catholicism Dewi Nantbrân – Franciscan; wrote a catechism in Welsh Dom William Pugh – composed a Welsh poem in which loyalty to his king is combined with devotion to the Roman Catholic Church Gruffydd Robert – wrote in exile during the Elizabethan era Genre writing Mystery Anthony Boucher – American science-fiction editor, mystery novelist and short- story writer; his science-fiction short story "The Quest for Saint Aquin" shows his strong commitment to the religion G. K. Chesterton – English lay theologian, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic, biographer, and Christian apologist; wrote several books of short stories about a priest, Father Brown, who acts as a detective Antonia Fraser – English writer of history, novels, biographies and detective fiction; Roman Catholic (converted with her parents as a child); caused a public scandal in 1977 by leaving her Catholic husband for Harold Pinter Ronald Knox – English priest and theologian; wrote six mystery novels Ralph McInerny – American novelist; wrote over thirty books, including the Father