diff --git a/doc/api/index.rst b/doc/api/index.rst
index 7828a225652..a8defc86296 100644
--- a/doc/api/index.rst
+++ b/doc/api/index.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Plotting map elements
     Figure.inset
     Figure.legend
     Figure.logo
+    Figure.paragraph
     Figure.solar
     Figure.text
     Figure.timestamp
diff --git a/pygmt/figure.py b/pygmt/figure.py
index 474cd91179b..b6e5fc0f5d4 100644
--- a/pygmt/figure.py
+++ b/pygmt/figure.py
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ def _repr_html_(self) -> str:
         legend,
         logo,
         meca,
+        paragraph,
         plot,
         plot3d,
         psconvert,
diff --git a/pygmt/src/__init__.py b/pygmt/src/__init__.py
index 8905124f917..6b163a31792 100644
--- a/pygmt/src/__init__.py
+++ b/pygmt/src/__init__.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 from pygmt.src.makecpt import makecpt
 from pygmt.src.meca import meca
 from pygmt.src.nearneighbor import nearneighbor
+from pygmt.src.paragraph import paragraph
 from pygmt.src.plot import plot
 from pygmt.src.plot3d import plot3d
 from pygmt.src.project import project
diff --git a/pygmt/src/paragraph.py b/pygmt/src/paragraph.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76f653d1992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygmt/src/paragraph.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+"""
+paragraph - Typeset one or multiple paragraphs.
+"""
+
+import io
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+from typing import Literal
+
+from pygmt._typing import AnchorCode
+from pygmt.alias import Alias, AliasSystem
+from pygmt.clib import Session
+from pygmt.exceptions import GMTValueError
+from pygmt.helpers import (
+    _check_encoding,
+    build_arg_list,
+    is_nonstr_iter,
+    non_ascii_to_octal,
+)
+
+
+def paragraph(
+    self,
+    x: float | str,
+    y: float | str,
+    text: str | Sequence[str],
+    parwidth: float | str,
+    linespacing: float | str,
+    font: float | str | None = None,
+    angle: float | None = None,
+    justify: AnchorCode | None = None,
+    alignment: Literal["left", "center", "right", "justified"] = "left",
+):
+    """
+    Typeset one or multiple paragraphs.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    x/y
+        The x, y coordinates of the paragraph.
+    text
+        The paragraph text to typeset. If a sequence of strings is provided, each string
+        is treated as a separate paragraph.
+    parwidth
+        The width of the paragraph.
+    linespacing
+        The spacing between lines.
+    font
+        The font of the text.
+    angle
+        The angle of the text.
+    justify
+        The justification of the block of text, relative to the given x, y position.
+    alignment
+        The alignment of the text. Valid values are ``"left"``, ``"center"``,
+        ``"right"``, and ``"justified"``.
+    """
+    self._activate_figure()
+
+    _valid_alignments = {"left", "center", "right", "justified"}
+    if alignment not in _valid_alignments:
+        raise GMTValueError(
+            alignment,
+            description="value for parameter 'alignment'",
+            choices=_valid_alignments,
+        )
+
+    aliasdict = AliasSystem(
+        F=[
+            Alias(font, name="font", prefix="+f"),
+            Alias(angle, name="angle", prefix="+a"),
+            Alias(justify, name="justify", prefix="+j"),
+        ]
+    ).merge({"M": True})
+
+    confdict = {}
+    # Prepare the text string that will be passed to an io.StringIO object.
+    # Multiple paragraphs are separated by a blank line "\n\n".
+    _textstr: str = "\n\n".join(text) if is_nonstr_iter(text) else str(text)
+    # Check the encoding of the text string and convert it to octal if necessary.
+    if (encoding := _check_encoding(_textstr)) != "ascii":
+        _textstr = non_ascii_to_octal(_textstr, encoding=encoding)
+        confdict["PS_CHAR_ENCODING"] = encoding
+
+    with Session() as lib:
+        with io.StringIO() as buffer:  # Prepare the StringIO input.
+            buffer.write(f"> {x} {y} {linespacing} {parwidth} {alignment[0]}\n")
+            buffer.write(_textstr)
+            with lib.virtualfile_in(data=buffer) as vfile:
+                lib.call_module(
+                    "text",
+                    args=build_arg_list(aliasdict, infile=vfile, confdict=confdict),
+                )
diff --git a/pygmt/tests/baseline/test_paragraph.png.dvc b/pygmt/tests/baseline/test_paragraph.png.dvc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82906933e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygmt/tests/baseline/test_paragraph.png.dvc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+outs:
+- md5: c5b1df47e811475defb0db79e49cab3d
+  size: 27632
+  hash: md5
+  path: test_paragraph.png
diff --git a/pygmt/tests/baseline/test_paragraph_multiple_paragraphs_blankline.png.dvc b/pygmt/tests/baseline/test_paragraph_multiple_paragraphs_blankline.png.dvc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a131677880d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygmt/tests/baseline/test_paragraph_multiple_paragraphs_blankline.png.dvc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+outs:
+- md5: 0df1eb71a781f0b8cc7c48be860dd321
+  size: 29109
+  hash: md5
+  path: test_paragraph_multiple_paragraphs_blankline.png
diff --git a/pygmt/tests/baseline/test_paragraph_multiple_paragraphs_list.png.dvc b/pygmt/tests/baseline/test_paragraph_multiple_paragraphs_list.png.dvc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..879799cc5db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygmt/tests/baseline/test_paragraph_multiple_paragraphs_list.png.dvc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+outs:
+- md5: 167d4be24bca4e287b2056ecbfbb629a
+  size: 29076
+  hash: md5
+  path: test_paragraph_multiple_paragraphs_list.png
diff --git a/pygmt/tests/test_paragraph.py b/pygmt/tests/test_paragraph.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2193dc1384a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygmt/tests/test_paragraph.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+"""
+Tests for Figure.paragraph.
+"""
+
+import pytest
+from pygmt import Figure
+
+
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare
+def test_paragraph():
+    """
+    Test typesetting a single paragraph.
+    """
+    fig = Figure()
+    fig.basemap(region=[0, 10, 0, 10], projection="X10c/10c", frame=True)
+    fig.paragraph(
+        x=4,
+        y=4,
+        text="This is a long paragraph. " * 10,
+        parwidth="5c",
+        linespacing="12p",
+    )
+    return fig
+
+
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare
+def test_paragraph_multiple_paragraphs_list():
+    """
+    Test typesetting a single paragraph.
+    """
+    fig = Figure()
+    fig.basemap(region=[0, 10, 0, 10], projection="X10c/10c", frame=True)
+    fig.paragraph(
+        x=4,
+        y=4,
+        text=[
+            "This is the first paragraph. " * 5,
+            "This is the second paragraph. " * 5,
+        ],
+        parwidth="5c",
+        linespacing="12p",
+    )
+    return fig
+
+
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare
+def test_paragraph_multiple_paragraphs_blankline():
+    """
+    Test typesetting a single paragraph.
+    """
+    text = """
+This is the first paragraph.
+This is the first paragraph.
+This is the first paragraph.
+This is the first paragraph.
+This is the first paragraph.
+
+This is the second paragraph.
+This is the second paragraph.
+This is the second paragraph.
+This is the second paragraph.
+This is the second paragraph.
+"""
+    fig = Figure()
+    fig.basemap(region=[0, 10, 0, 10], projection="X10c/10c", frame=True)
+    fig.paragraph(x=4, y=4, text=text, parwidth="5c", linespacing="12p")
+    return fig