Well-known authors of novels, listed by country:
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Afghanistan
- Aliyeh Ataei (born 1981)
- Khaled Hosseini (born 1965)
- Jamil Jan Kochai (born 1992)
- Akram Osman (1937â2016)
- Nemat Sadat
- Rahnaward Zaryab (1944â2020)
Albania
See also: List of Albanian women writers and Albanian literature
- Dritero Agolli (1931â2017)
- Ismail Kadare (1936â2024)
- Fatos Kongoli (born 1944)
- Faik Konitza (1875â1942)
- Migjeni (1911â1938)
- Haki Stermilli (1895â1953)
- Jakov Xoxa (1923â1979)
Algeria
See also: List of Algerian women writers
- Marguerite Taos Amrouche (1913â1976)
- Rachid Boudjedra (born 1941)
- Albert Camus (1913â1960)
- Mohammed Dib (1920â2003)
- Tahar Djaout (1954â1993)
- Assia Djebar (1936â2015)
- Frantz Fanon (1925â1961), originally from Martinique
- Mouloud Feraoun (1913â1962)
- Mouloud Mammeri (1917â1989)
- Rachid Mimouni (1945â1995)
- Ahlam Mostaghanemi (born 1953)
- LeĂŻla Sebbar (born 1941)
- Kateb Yacine (1929â1989)
Roman Empire|Ancient Latin authors
Angola
- José Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960)
- Sousa Jamba (born 1966)
- Ondjaki (born 1977)
- Pepetela (born 1941)
- Oscar Ribas (1909â2004)
- Manuel Rui (born 1941)
- José Luandino Vieira (born 1935)
Antigua and Barbuda
- Joanne C. Hillhouse (born 1973)
- Marie-Elena John
- Jamaica Kincaid (born 1949)
Argentina
See also: List of Argentine women writers
- Marcos Aguinis (born 1935)
- CĂ©sar Aira (born 1949)
- Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914â1999)
- Abelardo Castillo (1935â2017)
- Julio CortĂĄzar (1914â1984)
- Macedonio Fernandez (1874â1952)
- Oscar R. GĂłmez (born 1956)
- Ricardo GĂŒiraldes (1886â1927)
- Sylvia Iparraguirre (born 1947)
- Leopoldo Marechal (1900â1970)
- Manuel Puig (1932â1990)
- AndrĂ©s Rivera (1928â2016)
- Juan JosĂ© Saer (1937â2005)
- Ernesto SĂĄbato (1911â2011)
- Luisa Valenzuela (born 1938)
- Jorge Luis Borges (1899â1986)
Armenia
- Michael Arlen (1895â1956)
- Zori Balayan (born 1935)
- Ruben Hovsepyan (1939â2016)
- Levon Khechoyan (1955â014)
- Yervant Odian (1869â1926)
- Alexander Shirvanzade (1858â1935)
- Zabel Yesayan (1878â1943)
Assyria
- Khalil Gibran (1883â1931)
- Thea Halo (born 1941)
- Ivan Kakovitch (1933â2006)
- Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965)
- Obelit Yadgar (born 1945)
Australia
See also: List of Australian novelists
Austria
See also: List of Austrian women writers and German literature
- Vicki Baum (1888â1960)
- Hugo Bettauer (1872â1925)
- Thomas Bernhard (1931â1989)
- Hermann Broch (1886â1951)
- Peter Handke (born 1942)
- Josef Haslinger (born 1955)
- Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946)
- Robert Musil (1880â1942)
- Joseph Roth (1894â1939)
- Robert Schneider (born 1961)
- Arthur Schnitzler (1862â1931)
- Bertha von Suttner (1843â1914)
- Stefan Zweig (1881â1942)
Azerbaijan
See also: List of Azerbaijani women writers
- Akram Aylisli (born 1937)
- Alaviyya Babayeva (1921â2014)
- Afag Masud (born 1957)
- Elchin Safarli (born 1984)
- Kurban Said
Bangladesh
See also: List of Bangladeshi women writers
- Humayun Ahmed (1948â2012)
- Shaheen Akhtar (born 1962)
- Monica Ali (born 1967)
- Tahmima Anam (born 1975)
- Humayun Azad (1947â2004)
- Dilara Hashem (1935â2022)
- Taslima Nasrin (born 1962)
- Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899â1976)
- Rizia Rahman (1939â2019)
- Muhammad Yunus (born 1940)
Barbados
- Austin Clarke (1934â2016)
- Geoffrey Drayton (1924â2017)
- J. B. Emtage (1902â1995)
- Agymah Kamau
- Anthony Kellman (born 1955)
- Odimumba Kwamdela (1942â2019)
- George Lamming (1927â2022)
- Karen Lord
- Glenville Lovell (born 1955)
Belarus
- Vasil BykaĆ (1924â2003)
- UĆadzimir KaratkieviÄ (1930â1984)
- Jakub KoĆas (Kanstancy MickieviÄ) (1882â1956)
- Janka KupaĆa (Ivan ĆuceviÄ) (1882â1942)
- Ivan Ć amiakin (1921â2004)
Belgium
See also: List of Belgian women writers
- Nicolas Ancion (born 1971)
- Cornelis de Bie (1627âc. 1715)
- Louis Paul Boon (1912â1979)
- Hendrik Conscience (1812â1883)
- Ernest Claes (1885â1968)
- Hugo Claus (1929â2008)
- Christine D'Haen (1923â2009)
- Johan Daisne (1912â1978)
- Charles De Coster (1827â1879)
- Willem Elsschot (1882â1960)
- Jef Geeraerts (1930â2015)
- Guido Gezelle (1830â1899)
- Marnix Gijsen (1899â1984)
- Hubert Lampo (1920â2006)
- Rosalie Loveling (1834â1875)
- Virginie Loveling (1836â1923)
- Maurice Maeterlinck (1862â1949)
- Alice Nahon (1896â1933)
- Amélie Nothomb (born 1966)
- Anne Provoost (born 1964)
- Maria Rosseels (1916â2005)
- Georges Simenon (1903â1989)
- Stijn Streuvels (1871â1969)
- Herman Teirlinck (1879â1967)
- Felix Timmermans (1886â1947)
- AndrĂ© Henri Constant van Hasselt (1806â1874)
- Karel Van Mander (1548â1606)
- Emile Verhaeren (1855â1916)
- Peter Verhelst (born 1962)
- Gerard Walschap (1898â1989)
- Jan Frans Willems (1793â1846)
- Marguerite Yourcenar (1903â1987)
- Lode Zielens (1901â1944)
Belize
- Zee Edgell (1940â2020)
- Evan X Hyde (born 1947)
- John Alexander Watler (1938â2015)
- Colville Young (born 1932)
- Edward Broaster
- Emory King (1931â2007)
Benin
- Berte-Evelyne Agbo (see also Senegal)
- Florent Couao-Zotti (born 1964)
- Richard Dogbeh (see also Togo, Senegal and Ivory Coast)
- Adélaïde Fassinou (born 1955)
Bermuda
- Angela Barry
- Brian Burland (1931â2010)
Bolivia
See also: List of Bolivian women writers
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ivo AndriÄ (1892â1975)
- Andrej Nikolaidis (born 1974)
- MeĆĄa SelimoviÄ (1910â1982)
Botswana
- Caitlin Davies (born 1964), born in Britain
- Unity Dow (born 1959)
- Bessie Head (1937â1986), born in South Africa
- Andrew Sesinyi (born 1952)
- Mositi Torontle (born 1964)
Brazil
See also: List of Brazilian women writers
- JosĂ© Alencar (1931â2011)
- Manuel AntĂŽnio de Almeida (1831â1861)
- Jorge Amado (1912â2001)
- MĂĄrio de Andrade (1893â1945)
- Oswald de Andrade (1890â1954)
- Machado de Assis (1839â1908)
- Lima Barreto (1881â1922)
- Chico Buarque (born 1944)
- LĂșcio Cardoso (1912â1968)
- Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
- Rubem Fonseca (1925â2020)
- Clarice Lispector (1920â1977)
- Joaquim Manoel de Macedo (1820â1882)
- Raduan Nassar (born 1935)
- Raul PompĂ©ia (1863â1895)
- Fernando Sabino (1923â2004)
- Moacyr Scliar (1935â2011)
- Graciliano Ramos (1892â1953)
- JosĂ© Lins do Rego (1901â1957)
- JoĂŁo Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941â2014)
- JoĂŁo GuimarĂŁes Rosa (1908â1967)
- Murilo RubiĂŁo (1916â1991)
- Ărico VerĂssimo (1905â1975)
- Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923â1922)
Bulgaria
See also: List of Bulgarian women writers
Burkina Faso
- Nazi Boni (1909â1969)
- Sarah Bouyain (born 1968)
- Norbert Zongo (1949â1998)
Cameroon
- Marie-ThĂ©rĂšse Assiga Ahanda (c.1941â2014)
- Francis Bebey (1929â2001)
- Mongo Beti, pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala (1932â2001)
- Calixthe Beyala (born 1961)
- Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936â2009)
- Frieda Ekotto
- Jean-Louis Njemba Medu (1902â1966)
- Ferdinand Oyono (1929â2010)
- RenĂ© PhilombĂ© (1930â2001)
Canada
See also: Canadian literature and List of Canadian writers
- Rebecca Agatha Armour (1845â1891)
- Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
- Irene Baird (1901â1981)
- Mary Balogh (born 1944)
- Pierre Berton (1920â2004)
- Marie-Claire Blais (1939â2021)
- Morley Callaghan (1903â1990)
- Deborah Joy Corey (born 1958)
- Robertson Davies (1913â1995)
- Ranj Dhaliwal (born 1976)
- RĂ©jean Ducharme (1941â2017)
- Louis Emond (born 1969)
- Musharraf Ali Farooqi (born 1968)
- Timothy Findley (1930â2002) (See also France)
- Gayleen Froese (born 1972)
- Donald Jack (1924â2003)
- Hugh MacLennan (1907â1990)
- Margaret Laurence (1926â1987)
- Stephen Leacock (1869â1944)
- Yann Martel (born 1963)
- Rohinton Mistry (born 1952)
- Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874â1942)
- Susanna Moodie (1803â1885)
- Christopher G. Moore (born 1952)
- Farley Mowat (1921â2014)
- Alice Munro (1931â2024)
- Michael Ondaatje (born 1943)
- MichĂšle Plomer (born 1965)
- Mordecai Richler (1931â2001)
- Gabrielle Roy (1909â1983)
- Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861â1947)
- Arthur Scaife (c. 1855â1934)
- Carol Shields (1935â2003)
- Catharine Parr Traill (1802â1899)
- Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972)
- Jane Urquhart (born 1949)
Cape Verde
- Germano Almeida (born 1945)
- Manuel Lopes (1907â2005)
Catalonia
- Raimon Llull (1235â1315)
- Ramon Muntaner (c. 1270â1336)
- Joanot Martorell (1413â1468)
- NarcĂs Oller (1846â1930)
- MercĂš Rodoreda (1909â1983)
Chad
- Marie-Christine Koundja (born 1957)
Chile
See also: List of Chilean women writers
- Isabel Allende (born 1942)
- Roberto Bolaño (1953â2003)
- Francisco Coloane (1910â2002)
- JosĂ© Donoso (1924â1996)
- Jorge Edwards (1931â2023)
- Baldomero Lillo (1867â1923)
- Manuel Rojas (1924â1993)
- Luis SepĂșlveda (1949â2020)
- Marcela Serrano (born 1951)
- Amelia Solar de Claro (1836â1915)
- Mercedes Valdivieso (1924â1993)
China
See also: Chinese literature
- Cao Xueqin (c. 1715â1763)
- Dai Sijie (born 1954)
- Gao Xingjian (born 1940)
- Han Shaogong (born 1953)
- Lao She (1899â1966)
- Li Yu (1610â1680)
- Lu Xun (1881â1936)
- Mao Dun (1896â1981)
- Mo Yan (born 1955)
- Qian Zhongshu (1910â1998)
- Wang Shuo (born 1958)
- Wei Jingsheng (born 1950)
- Zhang Ailing (1920â1995)
Colombia
See also: List of Colombian women writers
- HĂ©ctor Abad Faciolince (born 1958)
- Jaime Manrique (born 1949)
- Gabriel GarcĂa MĂĄrquez (1927â2014)
- JosĂ© Eustasio Rivera (1888â1928)
- Ălvaro Mutis (1923â2013)
Republic of the Congo
- Emmanuel Dongala (born 1941)
- Paul Lomami-Tshibamba (1914â1985)
- Henri Lopes (1937â2023)
- Alain Mabanckou (born 1966)
- Jeannette Balou Tchichelle (1947â2005)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(formerly ZaĂŻre)
- Amba Bongo
- Maguy Kabamba (born 1960)
- Sony Labou Tansi (1947â1995)
- V. Y. Mudimbe (born 1941)
- Yamusangie, Frederick Kambemba
Cosmopolitanism|Cosmopolitan
- Romain Gary, Russian-born French writer
- Franz Kafka (1883â1924), lived in Prague during Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovakia; German language writer; see also German literature
- Arthur Koestler (1905â1983)
- Milan Kundera (born 1929), born in Czechoslovakia, but moved to France. Multi-language writer.
- Salman Rushdie (born 1947), born in India, but moved abroad later. English language writer, author of The Satanic Verses
Costa Rica
- FabiĂĄn Dobles RodrĂguez (1918â1997)
- JoaquĂn GarcĂa Monge (1881â1958)
- Yolanda Oreamuno (1916â1956)
- Roxana Pinto
- Tanella Boni (born 1954)
- Micheline Coulibaly (1950â2003)
- Bernard DadiĂ© (1916â2019)
- Richard Dogbeh (1932â2003). See also Benin, Senegal and Togo
- Fatou KeĂŻta (born 1965)
- Ahmadou Kourouma (1927â2003)
- Werewere-Liking Gnepo (born 1950). See also Cameroon
- VĂ©ronique Tadjo (born 1955)
Croatia
See also: List of Croatian women writers and Croatian literature
- Marija JuriÄ Zagorka (1873â1957)
- Miroslav KrleĆŸa (1893â1981)
- Zlata KolariÄ-KiĆĄur (1894â1990)
- Ivo AndriÄ (1892â1975)
- Ivan Aralica (born 1930)
- Vesna KrmpotiÄ (1932â2018)
- Tomislav Ladan (1932â2008)
- Dubravka UgreĆĄiÄ (1949â2023)
- Julijana MatanoviÄ (born 1959)
Cuba
See also: List of Cuban women writers
- Reinaldo Arenas (1943â1990)
- Alejo Carpentier (1904â1980)
- DaĂna Chaviano (born 1957)
- JosĂ© Lezama Lima (1910â1976)
- Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955)
Czech Republic
See also: List of Czech women writers and Literature of the Czech Republic
- Karel Äapek (1890â1938)
- Jaroslav HaĆĄek (1883â1923)
- Bohumil Hrabal (1914â1997)
- Milan Kundera (1929â2023)
- Jaroslav Seifert (1901â1986)
Denmark
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805â1875)
- Karen Blixen (1885â1962) (pen name: Isak Dinesen), author of Seven Gothic Tales (1934), Out of Africa (1937)
- Peter HĂžeg (born 1957)
- Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847â1885)
- Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (1873â1950), Nobel Prize for Literature (1944)
- Christian Jungersen (born 1962)
- Morten Korch (1876â1954)
- Carl Erik Soya (1896â1983)
Djibouti
- Waberi Abdourahman (born 1965)
Ecuador
See also: List of Ecuadorian women writers
- Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926â2009)
- RosalĂa Arteaga (born 1956)
- Aminta Buenaño (born 1958)
- BenjamĂn CarriĂłn (1897â1979)
- Ileana Espinel (1933â2001)
- MarĂa Fernanda Espinosa (born 1964)
- Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912â1973)
- Jorge Icaza (1906â1978)
- Salomon Isacovici (1924â1998)
- Edna Iturralde (born 1948)
- Violeta Luna (born 1943)
- JosĂ© MartĂnez Queirolo (1931â2008)
- Nela MartĂnez (1912â2004)
- Juan Montalvo (1832â1889)
- Gonzalo Zaldumbide (1884â1965)
Egypt
- Alifa Rifaat (1930â1996)
- Ahdaf Soueif (born 1950)
- Bahaa Taher (1935â2022)
- Edward al-Kharrat (1926â2015)
- Ibrahim Aslan (1935â2012)
- Gamal Al-Ghitani (1945â2015)
- Khairy Shalaby (1938â2011)
- Muhammad Husayn Haykal (1888â1956)
- Nabil Farouk (1956â2020)
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911â2006), Nobel Prize for Literature (1988), famous for the Cairo Trilogy about life in the sprawling inner city.
- Nawal El Saadawi (1931â2021)
- Saleh Morsi (1939â1996)
- Sonallah Ibrahim (born 1937)
- Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898â1987)
- Yahya Haqqi (1905â1992)
- Youssef Ziedan (born 1958)
- Yusuf Idris (1927â1991)
Equatorial Guinea
- MarĂa NsuĂ© AngĂŒe (1945â2017)
- Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (born 1950)
- Juan TomĂĄs Ăvila Laurel (born 1966)
Estonia
See also: List of Estonian women writers
- Sass Henno (born 1982)
- Kaur Kender (born 1971)
- Albert Kivikas (1898â1978)
- Andrus KivirÀhk (born 1970)
- Jaan Kross (1920â2007)
- Leo Kunnas (born 1967)
- Juhan Liiv (1864â1913)
- TĂ”nu Ănnepalu (a.k.a. Emil Tode, born 1962)
- Kersti Merilaas (1913â1986)
- Lilli Promet (1922â2007)
- Karl Ristikivi (1912â1977)
- Raivo Seppo (born 1973)
- Juhan Smuul (1922â1971)
- A. H. Tammsaare (1878â1940)
- Enn Vetemaa (1936â2017)
- Heiki Vilep (born 1960)
Ethiopia
- Haddis Alemayehu (1910â2003)
- Äfawarq Gabra Iyasus (1868â1947)
- Moges Kebede
- Dinaw Mengestu (born 1978)
- Maaza Mengiste (born 1971)
- Nega Mezlekia (born 1958)
- Hama Tuma (born 1949)
- Berhanu Zerihun (1933/4â1987)
Faroe Islands
See also: List of Faroese women writers
Finland
See also: List of Finnish women writers
- Juhani Aho (1861â1921)
- Tove Jansson (1914â2001), she wrote in Swedish
- Aino Kallas (1878â1956), female
- Aleksis Kivi (1834â1872)
- VĂ€inö Linna (1920â1992)
- Johannes Linnankoski (1869â1913)
- Arto Paasilinna (1942â2018)
- Kalle PÀÀtalo (1919â2000)
- Frans Emil SillanpÀÀ (1888â1964), Nobel Prize for Literature, 1939
- Mika Waltari (1908â1979)
France
Gabon
- Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (born 1932)
- Bessora (born in Belgium) (born 1968)
- Charline Effah (born 1977)
- RenĂ© Maran, born near Martinique (1887â1960)
- Chantal Magalie Mbazo'o-Kassa (born 1967)
- Nadia Origo (born 1977)
- AngĂšle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri (1954â2010)
Gambia
- Ebou Dibba (1943â2000)
- Ramatoulie Othman
- Lenrie Peters (1932â2009)
- Sally Singhateh (born 1977)
Georgia
- Mikheil Javakhishvili (1880â1937)
Germany
See also: German literature and List of German women writers
- Johannes Bobrowski (1917â1965)
- Heinrich Böll (1917â1985), Nobel Prize for Literature (1972)
- Alfred Döblin (1878â1957), author of Berlin Alexanderplatz
- Paul Ernst (1866â1933)
- Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929â2022)
- Jenny Erpenbeck (born 1967)
- Hans Fallada (1893â1947)
- Theodor Fontane (1819â1898)
- Julia Franck (born 1970)
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749â1832), polymath
- GĂŒnter Grass (1927â2015), Nobel Prize for Literature (1999)
- Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), Nobel Prize for Literature (1912)
- Helene Hegemann (born 1992)
- Wolfgang Herrndorf (1965â2013)
- Stefan Heym (1913â2001)
- Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916â1991)
- Hermann Hesse (1877â1962), Nobel Prize for Literature (1946)
- Uwe Johnson (1934â1984)
- Ernst JĂŒnger (1895â1998)
- Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901â1974)
- Erich KĂ€stner (1899â1974)
- Daniel Kehlmann (born 1975)
- Heinrich von Kleist (1777â1811)
- Siegfried Lenz (1926â2014)
- Andreas Mand (born 1959)
- Heinrich Mann (1871â1950)
- Klaus Mann (1906â1949)
- Thomas Mann (1875â1955), Nobel Prize for Literature (1929)
- Eduard Mörike (1804â1875)
- Sten Nadolny (born 1942), author of The Discovery of Slowness
- Erich Maria Remarque (1898â1970), author of Im Westen nichts Neues, or All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)
- Bernhard Schlink (born 1944)
- W. G. Sebald (1944â2001)
- Anna Seghers (1900â1983)
- Theodor Storm (1817â1888)
- Patrick SĂŒskind (born 1949), author of Perfume
- Martin Walser (1927â2023)
- Peter Weiss (1916â1982)
- Christa Wolf (1929â2011)
- Arnold Zweig (1887â1968)
Ghana
- Nana Achampong (born 1964)
- Ama Ata Aidoo (1940â2023)
- Ayi Kwei Armah (born 1939)
- Bediako Asare (born 1930), also connected with Tanzania
- Ayesha Harruna Attah (born 1983)
- Nana Oforiatta Ayim
- Kofi Awoonor (1935â2013)
- Yaba Badoe (born 1954)
- Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (born 1970)
- Kofi Batsa (1931â1991)
- J. Benibengor Blay (born 1915)
- William Boyd (born 1952)
- Akosua Busia (born 1966)
- J. E. Casely-Hayford (1866â1930)
- Jojo Cobbinah (born 1948)
- Meri Nana-Ama Danquah (born 1967)
- Amma Darko (born 1956)
- Lawrence Darmani (born 1956)
- Kwame Dawes (born 1962)
- Amu Djoleto (born 1929)
- Cameron Duodu (born 1937)
- Asare Konadu (1932â1994)
- B. Kojo Laing (1946â2017)
- Lesley Lokko (born 1964)
- Nii Ayikwei Parkes (born 1974)
- Kobina Sekyi (1892â1956)
- Taiye Selasi (born 1979)
- Francis Selormey (1927â1988)
- Efua Theodora Sutherland (1924â1996)
Greece
See also: List of Greek women writers
- Aris Alexandrou (1922â1979)
- Errikos Belies (1950â2016)
- Dimitrios Hatzis (1913â1981)
- Andreas Karkavitsas (1866â1922)
- Nikos Kazantzakis (1883â1957)
- George Leonardos (born 1937)
- Pavlos Matesis (1933â2013)
- Alexis Stamatis (born 1960)
- Angelos Terzakis (1907â1979)
- Vassilis Vassilikos (1934â2023)
- Elias Venezis (1904â973)
Guatemala
See also: List of Guatemalan women writers
- Miguel Ăngel Asturias (1899â1974)
- Javier CĂĄrcamo GuzmĂĄn (born 1980)
- Carlos Wyld Ospina (1891â1956)
- Javier Payeras (born 1974)
Guinea
- Sirah Balde de Labe
- Camara Laye (1928â1980)
- Tierno Monénembo (born 1947)
- Williams Sassine (1944â1997)
HaĂŻti
- Frankétienne (born 1936)
- Clark Parent (born 1951)
- Jacques Roumain (1907â1944)
Honduras
- Roberto Castillo (1950â2008)
- Julio Escoto (born 1944)
- Javier Abril Espinoza (born 1967)
- Lucila Gamero (1873â1964)
Hong Kong
Hungary
See also: List of Hungarian women writers
- ZoltĂĄn Ambrus (1861â1932)
- MihĂĄly Babits (1883â1941)
- ZsĂłfia BĂĄn (born 1957)
- MiklĂłs BĂĄnffy (1873â1950)
- Ăgota Bozai (born 1965)
- György Dalos (born 1943)
- Anna DĂĄniel (1908â2003)
- JĂłzsef Eötvös (1813â1871)
- PĂ©ter EsterhĂĄzy (1950â2016)
- KlĂĄra FehĂ©r (1919â1996)
- IstvĂĄn Fekete (1900â1970), author of Vuk
- GĂ©za GĂĄrdonyi (1863â1922)
- Ăgnes Gergely (born 1933)
- Ferenc Herczeg (1863â1954)
- Ăva Janikovszky (1926â2003), also children's writer
- MĂłr JĂłkai (1825â1904), foremost 19th-century novelist
- Margit Kaffka (1880â1918)
- Frigyes Karinthy (1887â1938), author of science-fiction novels
- JĂłzsef KĂĄrmĂĄn (1768â1795)
- Zsigmond KemĂ©ny (1814â1875)
- Rivka Keren (born 1946), writing also in Hebrew
- Imre KertĂ©sz (1929â2016), Nobel Prize for Literature (2002)
- JĂĄnos KodolĂĄnyi (1899â1969)
- György KonrĂĄd (1933â2019)
- KĂĄroly KĂłs (1883â1977)
- DezsĆ KosztolĂĄnyi (1885â1936)
- LĂĄszlĂł Krasznahorkai (born 1954)
- Gyula KrĂșdy (1878â1933)
- Ervin LĂĄzĂĄr (1936â2006), author of children's novels
- Laura Leiner (born 1985), author of young-adult series
- IvĂĄn MĂĄndy (1918â1995), author of children's novels
- SĂĄndor MĂĄrai (1900â1989)
- Ferenc MolnĂĄr (1878â1952), author of The Paul Street Boys
- Ferenc MĂłra (1879â1934)
- Zsigmond MĂłricz (1879â1942), foremost novelist of the earlier 20th century
- KĂĄlmĂĄn MikszĂĄth (1847â1910)
- Terézia Mora (born 1971), writing in German
- PĂ©ter NĂĄdas (born 1942)
- BorbĂĄla NĂĄdasdy (born 1939)
- LĂĄszlĂł NĂ©meth (1901â1975)
- Emma Orczy (Baroness Orczy, 1865â1947), writing in English
- GĂ©za Ottlik (1912â1990)
- JenĆ RejtĆ (1905â1943)
- Henriett Seth F. (born 1980), science-fiction author
- Magda SzabĂł (1917â2007), author of The Door
- SĂĄndor SzathmĂĄri (1897â1974), author of Kazohinia
- Noémi Szécsi (born 1976)
- JĂșlia SzĂ©kely (1906â1986)
- MĂĄria Szepes (1908â2007)
- Antal Szerb (1901â1945), author of Journey by Moonlight
- Edina Szvoren (born 1974)
- Ăron TamĂĄsi (1897â1966)
- Kata Tisza (born 1980)
- CĂ©cile Tormay (1876â1937)
- Albert Wass (1908â1998)
Iceland
See also: List of Icelandic writers and List of Icelandic women writers
- Snorri Sturluson (1179â1241), author of the Younger Edda
- HalldĂłr Laxness (1902â1998), Nobel Prize for Literature (1955)
- SjĂłn (born 1962), The Nordic Council's Literature Prize (2005)
Indian subcontinent
See also: Indian literature and List of Indian women writers
- Aravind Adiga (born 1974), English
- Ahmed Ali (1910â1994), English, Urdu
- Mulk Raj Anand (1905â2004), English
- Chaudhry Afzal Haq (1891â1942), Urdu, English, Hindi
- Manik Bandopadhyay (1908â1956), Bengali
- Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (1899â1970), Bengali
- Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894â1950), Bengali
- Tarashankar Banerjee (1898â1971), Bengali
- Ratan Lal Basu (born 1948), English, Bengali
- D. R. Bendre (1896â1981), Kannada
- Ramavriksha Benipuri (1899â1968), Hindi
- Ruskin Bond (born 1934), English
- Buddhadeb Bosu (1908â1974), Bengali, English
- Nirendranath Chakravarty (1924â2018), Bengali
- Vikram Chandra (born 1961), English
- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838â1894), Bengali
- Upamanyu Chatterjee (born 1959), English
- Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876â1938), Bengali
- Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962), English
- Rajkamal Chaudhary (1929â1967), Hindi
- Jibanananda Das (1899â1954), Bengali
- Manoj Das (1934â2021), Oriya
- David Davidar (born 1958)
- Shobhaa De (born 1948), English
- Anita Desai (born 1937), English
- Kiran Desai (born 1971), English
- P. L. Deshpande (1919â2000) Marathi
- Eunice De Souza (1940â2017), English
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956)
- Michael Madhusudan Dutta (1824â1873), Bengali, English, French
- Lalon Fakir (c. 1772â1890), Bengali
- Sunil Gangopadhyay (1934â2012), Bengali
- Amitav Ghosh (born 1956), English
- Subodh Ghosh (1909â1980), Bengali
- Mir Mosharraf Hossain (1847â1912) Bengali
- Raj Kamal Jha (born 1966), English
- Amita Kanekar (born 1965), English
- Umar Alisha Kavisekhara (1885â1945), Telugu
- Datta Raghunath Kavthekar (1901â1979), Marathi
- Prakash Kona (born 1967)
- Kuvempu (1904â1994), Kannada
- Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967)
- Pankaj Mishra (born 1969)
- Piyush Jha (living), English
- Rohinton Mistry (born 1952), English
- Narendranath Mitra (1916â1975), Bengali
- Gopinath Mohanty (1914â1991), Oriya
- Jagadish Mohanty (1951â2013), Odia
- Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay (born 1935), Bengali
- Kiran Nagarkar (1942â2019) Marathi, English
- R. K. Narayan (1906â2001), English
- Bhalchandra Nemade (born 1938), Marathi
- Dibyendu Palit (1939â2019), Bengali, English
- Surender Mohan Pathak (born 1940), Hindi
- Jaishankar Prasad (1889â1937), Hindi
- Munshi Premchand (1880â1936), Hindi
- Tushar Raheja (born 1984), English
- Indra Bahadur Rai (1927â2018) Nepali
- Rajashree, English
- Raja Rao (1908â2006), English
- Satyajit Ray (1921â1992), Bengali
- Arundhati Roy (born 1961), English
- Rammohan Roy (1772â1833), Bengali, English, Sanskrit
- Salman Rushdie (born 1947), English
- Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956) Odia
- Rahul Sankrityayan (1893â1963), Hindi, Bhojpuri, Tibetan, Sanskrit
- Vilas Sarang (1942â2015) Marathi, English
- D. Selvaraj (1938â2009), Tamil
- Samar Sen (1916â1987), Bengali, English
- Fakir Mohan Senapati (1843â1918), Oriya
- Durjoy Datta (born 1987), English
- Vikram Seth (born 1952), author of A Suitable Boy
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861â1941) Bengali also poet, painter, philosopher & Nobel laureate
- Shashi Tharoor (born 1956), English
- Chetan Bhagat (born 1971), English
- Rajeeva Nayan Pathak (born 1972), English
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820â1891) Bengali
- Vijayakrishnan (born 1952), Malayalam
- Kalki Krishnamurthy (1899â1954), Tamil
- Sujatha (1935â2008), Tamil language
- Lakshminath Bezbaroa (1864â1938), Assamese
- Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942â2011), Assamese, English
- Bhabendra Nath Saikia (1932â2003), Assamese
- Hiren Gohain (born 1939), Assamese
- Nabakanta Barua (1926â2002), Assamese
- Bishnu Prasad Rabha, Assamese
- Kulpreet Yadav (born 1968), English
- M. T. Vasudevan Nair (born 1933), Malayalam
- Sudha Murthy (born 1950), Kannada, Marathi, English
- Atul Kumar Rai (born 1992), Hindi
Indonesia
- Andrea Hirata (born 1967), Tetralogy of "Laskar Pelangi" (The Rainbow Troops)
- Dewi Lestari (born 1976)
- Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925â2006), author of the banned 1980 novel This Earth of Mankind
Iran
See also: List of Iranian writers
- Ahmad Mahmoud (1931â2002)
- Azar Nafisi (born 1948)
- Bozorg Alavi (1904â1997)
- Houshang Golshiri (1937â2000)
- Jamal Mirsadeghi
- Mahmud Doulatabadi (born 1930)
- Reza Baraheni (born 1935)
- Sadegh Hedayat (1903â1951)
- Sadiq Chubak (1916â1998)
- Shahrnush Parsipur (born 1946)
- Simin Daneshvar (1921â2012)
- Zoya Pirzad (born 1952)
- Arash Hejazi (born 1971)
- Abbas Maroufi (born 1957)
- Shahryar Mandanipour (born 1957)
- Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923â1969)
Iraq
- Ahmed Saadawi (born 1973), author of the award-winning Iraqi novel Frankenstein in Baghdad
- Diaa Jubaili
- Fouad al-Tikerly, best known for his novel al-Rajea al-Baeed, translated into English as The Long Way Back
- Haifa Zangana (born 1950), in Baghdad
- Hazim Kamaledin (born 1954), best known for his novel Desertified Waters, translated in Ducht as Schoonheid raast in mij tot ik sterf, Longlist International Prize for Arabic Fiction
- Ibtisam Abdallah
- Inaam Kachachi (born 1952)
- Iqbal al-Qazwini
- SamÄ«ra al-MÄni'
- Samuel Shimon
- Selim Matar
- Sinan Antoon
Ireland
- Samuel Beckett (1906â1989)
- James Joyce (1882â1941)
- Flann O'Brien (1911â1966)
- Oscar Wilde (1854â1900)
Israel
- Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888â1970), Nobel Prize winner; The Bridal Canopy, Yesteryear
- Aharon Appelfeld, Badenheim 1939
- Naomi Frankel (1918â2009), Shaul ve-Yohannah (Saul and Joanna) trilogy
- David Grossman (born 1954), See Under: Love, The Smile of the Lamb
- Gail Hareven
- Yoram Kaniuk (1930â2013), His Daughter
- Amos Oz (1939â2018), Black Box, My Michael
- Yaakov Shabtai (1934â1981), Past Continuous
- Meir Shalev (born 1948), The Blue Mountain, Esau
- Michal Govrin (born 1960), The Name, Snapshots
- Chaim Walder (born 1969), Kids Speak
- Avraham B. Yehoshua (born 1936), A Late Divorce, Mr. Mani
Italy
- Giulio Angioni (1939â2017)
- Riccardo Bacchelli (1891â1985)
- Alessandro Baricco (born 1958)
- Giorgio Bassani (1916â2000)
- Stefano Benni, journalist, poet, novelist, Terra (1985) is most popular work in English
- Alberto Bevilacqua (1934â2013)
- Vitaliano Brancati (1907â1954)
- Gesualdo Bufalino (1920â1996)
- Aldo Busi (born 1948)
- Dino Buzzati (1906â1972), Il deserto dei Tartari (1940)
- Italo Calvino (1923â1985), Cosmicomics, If On a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979)
- Luigi Capuana (1839â1915)
- Andrea Camilleri (1925â2019)
- Carlo Cassola (1917â1987)
- Saveria Chemotti (born 1947)
- Carlo Collodi (1826â1890)
- Carmen Covito (born 1948)
- Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863â1938)
- Massimo D'Azeglio (1798â1866)
- Edmondo De Amicis (1846â1908)
- Grazia Deledda (1871â1936)
- Umberto Eco (1932â2016)
- Elena Ferrante
- Beppe Fenoglio (né Giuseppe)
- Antonio Fogazzaro (1842â1911)
- Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893â1973)
- Natalia Ginzburg (1916â1991)
- Primo Levi (1919â1987), chemist and novelist
- Emilio Lussu (1890â1975)
- Alessandro Manzoni (1785â1873)
- Dacia Maraini (born 1936)
- Franco Mimmi (born 1942)
- Elsa Morante (1912â1985)
- Alberto Moravia (1907â1990)
- Cesare Pavese (1908â1950)
- Luigi Pirandello (1867â1936), playwright, Six Characters in Search of an Author
- Vasco Pratolini (1913â1991)
- Andrea di Robilant
- Emilio Salgari (1862â1911)
- Alberto Savinio (1891â1952)
- Leonardo Sciascia (1921â1989)
- Ignazio Silone (1900â1978)
- Mario Soldati (1906â1999)
- Italo Svevo (1861â1928)
- Antonio Tabucchi (1943â2012), Pereira Declares (1994)
- Susanna Tamaro (born 1957)
- Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896â1957), The Leopard
- Giovanni Verga (1840â1922)
- Elio Vittorini (1908â1966)
Jamaica
- Opal Palmer Adisa (born 1954)
- Lindsay Barrett (born 1941)
- Edward Baugh (1936â2023)
- James Berry (1924â2017)
- Eliot Bliss (1903â1990)
- Erna Brodber (born 1940)
- Colin Channer (born 1963)
- Kwame Dawes (born 1962)
- Jean D'Costa (born 1937)
- Nicole Dennis-Benn (born 1982)
- John Hearne (1926â1994)
- Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960)
- Herbert de Lisser (1878â1944)
- Roger Mais (1905â1955)
- Claude McKay (1889â1948)
- Pamela Mordecai (born 1942)
- Geoffrey Philp (born 1958)
- Velma Pollard (born 1937)
- Patricia Powell (born 1966)
- Victor Stafford Reid (1913â1987)
- Joan Riley (born 1958)
- Leone Ross (born 1969)
- Andrew Salkey (1928â1995)
- Olive Senior (born 1941)
- Makeda Silvera (born 1955)
- Elean Thomas (1947â2004)
- Sylvia Wynter (born 1928)
Japan
See also: Japanese literature and List of Japanese authors
- KĆbĆ Abe (1924â1993)
- Hiroyuki Agawa (1920â2015)
- Sawako Ariyoshi (1931â1984)
- Osamu Dazai (1909â1948)
- Fumiko Enchi (1905â1986)
- Shusaku Endo (1923â1996)
- IchiyĆ Higuchi (1872â1896)
- Masuji Ibuse (1898â1993)
- KyĆka Izumi (1873â1939)
- Yasunari Kawabata (1899â1972) (Nobel Prize, 1968)
- Natsuo Kirino (born 1951)
- Yukio Mishima (1925â1970)
- Kenji Miyazawa (1896â1933)
- Minae Mizumura (born 1951)
- Haruki Murakami (born 1949)
- Ryƫ Murakami
- Nisioisin (born 1981)
- KenzaburĆ Će (born 1935) (Nobel Prize, 1994)
- YĆko Ogawa (born 1962)
- Fuyumi Ono (born 1961)
- Edogawa Rampo (1894â1965)
- Hirotsu RyurĆ (1861â1928)
- Murasaki Shikibu
- Junzo Shono (1921â2009)
- Ayako Sono (born 1931)
- Natsume SĆseki (1867â1916)
- Jun'ichirĆ Tanizaki (1886â1965)
- ShĆtarĆ Yasuoka (1920â2013)
- Banana Yoshimoto (born 1964)
- Akira Yoshimura (1927â2006)
- Junnosuke Yoshiyuki (1924â1994)
Kenya
- Margaret Ogola (1958â2011)
- Grace Ogot (1930â2015)
- M. G. Vassanji (born 1950)
- NgƩgĩ wa Thiong'o (born 1938), The River Between, Caitaani muthara-Ini, Matigari
- Meja Mwangi (born 1948)
- Isak Dinesen, pseudonym of Karen Blixen (1885â1962)
Korea
See also: List of Korean women writers
Kosovo
- Sinan Hasani (1922â2010)
- Teki Dervishi (1943â2011)
- Rifat Kukaj (1938â2005)
Turkey (Kurds)
- Bachtyar Ali (born 1960)
- Jalal Barzanji (born 1953)
- YaĆar Kemal (1923â2015)
- Ata Nahai
- Farhad Pirbal (born 1961)
- Mehmed Uzun (1953â2007)
Latvia
See also: List of Latvian women writers
- Andrejs UpÄ«ts (1877â1970)
- MarÄŁeris ZariĆĆĄ (1910â1993)
- Aleksandrs Äaks (1901â1950)
Laos
Lebanon
See also: List of Lebanese women writers
- Hanan al-Shaykh (born 1945)
- Youssef Howayek (1883â1962), writer and sculptor
- Elias Khoury (born 1948)
- Amin Maalouf (born 1949)
- Widad Sakakini (1913â1991)
Lesotho
- Thomas Mofolo (1876â1948)
Luxembourg
See also: List of Luxembourg women writers
Republic of Macedonia
- Slavko Janevski (1920â2000)
Madagascar
- MichĂšle Rakotoson (born 1948)
- Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901 or 1903â1937)
Malawi
- Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (born 1955)
- Felix Mnthali (born 1933)
Malaysia
See also: List of Malaysian women writers
- K. S. Maniam (1942â2020)
Mali
- Amadou HampĂątĂ© BĂą (1901â1991)
- AĂŻda Mady Diallo
- Doumbi Fakoly (born 1944)
- Moussa KonatĂ© (1951â2013)
- Yambo Ouologuem (1940â2017)
Mauritania
- Moussa Ould Ebnou (born 1956)
Mexico
See also: List of Mexican women writers
Morocco
See also: Literature of Morocco and List of Moroccan women writers
- Mohamed Choukri (1935â2003)
- Driss ChraĂŻbi (1926â2007)
- Edmond Amran El Maleh (1917â2010)
- Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938â2009)
- Mohammed KhaĂŻr-Eddine (1941â1995)
- Laila Lalami (born 1968)
- Ahmed Sefrioui (1915â13 July 2004)
- Mohamed Zafzaf (1945â2001)
- Mohamed Leftah (1946â2008)
Mozambique
- Paulina Chiziane (born 1955)
- Mia Couto (born 1955)
- Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa (born 1957)
- Lina Magaia (1940â2011)
Nepal
- Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (1914â1982): Sumnima, Tin Ghumti, Hitlar Ra Yahudi.
- Indra Bahadur Rai
- Jagadish Ghimire (1946â2013): Lilam, Sabiti.
- Khagendra Sangraula (born 1946): Chetanako Pahilo Dak, Amako Chhatapati, Junakiriko Sangit.
- Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909â1959)
- Narayan Wagle
- Parijat (writer) (1937â1993): Shirishko Phool (Blue Mimosa), Anido Pahadsangai, Paribhasit Ankhanharu.
- Samrat Upadhyay
- Sanu Sharma
- Sarubhakta (born 1956)
- Shrawan Mukarung
- Subin Bhattarai (born 1982)
Netherlands
See also: List of Dutch women writers
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969)
- Harry Mulisch (1927â2010)
- Multatuli (1820â1887)
- Tip Marugg (1923â2006)
- Cees Nooteboom (born 1933)
- Willem Frederik Hermans (1921â1995)
- Jan Wolkers (1925â2007)
- Gerard van het Reve (1923â2006)
- A.F.Th. van der Heijden (born 1951)
New Zealand
See also: New Zealand literature
- Barbara Anderson (1926â2013)
- Catherine Chidgey (born 1970)
- Joy Cowley (born 1936)
- Nigel Cox (1951â2006)
- Barry Crump (1935â1996)
- Tessa Duder (born 1940)
- Alan Duff (born 1950)
- Kate Duignan (born 1974)
- Janet Frame (1924â2004), author of An Angel at My Table
- Maurice Gee (born 1931)
- Patricia Grace (born 1937)
- Keri Hulme (1947â2021)
- Witi Ihimaera (born 1944)
- Annamarie Jagose (born 1965)
- Fiona Kidman (born 1940)
- John A. Lee (1891â1982)
- Ngaio Marsh (1895â1982)
- Owen Marshall (born 1941)
- Frederick Edward Maning (1812â1883)
- Ronald Hugh Morrieson (1922â1972)
- Rosie Scott (1948â2017)
- Maurice Shadbolt (1932â2004)
- C. K. Stead (born 1932)
- Philip Temple (born 1939)
- Julius Vogel (1835â1899)
- Cherry Wilder (1930â2002)
Nicaragua
See also: List of Nicaraguan women writers
- Gioconda Belli (born 1948)
Nigeria
See also: List of Nigerian novelists
- Chinua Achebe (1930â2013)
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977)
- Teju Cole (born 1975)
- Cyprian Ekwensi (1921â2007)
- Buchi Emecheta (1944â2017)
- Helon Habila (born 1967)
- Elnathan John (born 1982)
- Flora Nwapa (1931â1993)
- Chigozie Obioma (born 1986)
- Ben Okri (born 1959)
- Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941â1995)
- Taiye Selasi (born 1979)
- Lola Shoneyin (born 1974)
- Wole Soyinka (born 1934)
- Amos Tutuola (1920â1997)
Norway
See also: Norwegian literature and List of Norwegian women writers
- Ingvar AmbjĂžrnsen (born 1956)
- Jens BjĂžrneboe (1920â1976)
- BjĂžrnstjerne BjĂžrnson (1832â1910)
- Johan Borgen (1902â1979)
- Lars Saabye Christensen (born 1953)
- Olav Duun (1876â1939)
- Johan Falkberget (1879â1967)
- Jostein Gaarder (born 1952), Sophie's World
- Erik Fosnes Hansen (born 1965)
- Knut Hamsun (1859â1952), Hunger
- Sigurd Hoel (1890â1960)
- Roy Jacobsen (born 1954)
- Alexander Kielland (1849â1906)
- Jan KjĂŠrstad (born 1953)
- Karl Ove KnausgÄrd (born 1968)
- Jonas Lie (1833â1908)
- Erlend Loe (born 1969)
- Gabriel Scott (1874â1958)
- Dag Solstad (born 1941)
- Sigrid Undset (1859â1952), Kristin Lavransdatter
- Tarjei Vesaas (1897â1970)
- HerbjĂžrg Wassmo (born 1942)
Pakistan
See also: Pakistani literature and List of Pakistani women writers
- Ahmed Ali, founder of Pakistan Academy of Letters, fiction writer, poet and scholar
- Chaudhry Afzal Haq (1891â1942)
- Tariq Ali (born 1943)
- Musharraf Ali Farooqi (born 1968)
- Zulfikar Ghose (1935â2022)
- Mohsin Hamid (born 1971)
- Agha Shorish Kashmiri (1917â1975)
- Saadat Hasan Manto (1912â1955), born in India
- Ali Akbar Natiq (born 1974)
- Uzma Aslam Khan
- Kamila Shamsie (born 1973)
- Bapsi Sidhwa (born 1938)
- Abdullah Hussain (1920â2014)
- Intizar Hussain (1923â2016)
- Janbaz Mirza
- Mustansar Hussain Tarar (born 1939)
- Bano Qudsia
- Ashfaq Ahmed (1925â2004)
- Mumtaz Mufti (1905â1995)
- Naseem Hijazi (c. 1914â1996)
- Ibn-e-Safi
- Ishtiaq Ahmed (c. 1941â2015)
Palestine
See also: List of Palestinian women writers
- Ghassan Kanafani (1936â1972)
- Mahmoud Darwish (1941â2008)
- Susan Abulhawa (born 1970)
Panama
See also: List of Panamanian women writers
Paraguay
See also: List of Paraguayan women writers
- Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944)
- Augusto Roa Bastos (1917â2005)
Peru
See also: List of Peruvian women writers
- Ciro AlegrĂa (1909â1967)
- JosĂ© MarĂa Arguedas (1911â1969)
- Manuel Scorza (1928â1983)
- Carlos Thorne (1923â2021)
- Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936) (Nobel Prize, 2010)
Philippines
See also: Literature of the Philippines
- Francisco Arcellana (1916â2002)
- Lualhati Bautista (born 1945)
- Carlos Bulosan (1913â1956)
- Jose Dalisay (born 1954)
- Eric Gamalinda (born 1956)
- N. V. M. Gonzalez (1915â1999)
- Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949)
- Amado Hernandez (1903â1970)
- Stevan Javellana (1918â1977)
- Nick Joaquin (1917â2004)
- Edgardo Reyes (1936â2012)
- JosĂ© Rizal (1861â1896)
- Ninotchka Rosca (born 1946)
- Bienvenido Santos (1911â1996)
- Lope K. Santos (1879â1963)
- Rogelio Sicat (1940â1997)
- F. Sionil JosĂ© (1924â2022)
- Edilberto Tiempo (1913â1996)
- Edith Tiempo (1919â2011)
- Linda Ty-Casper (born 1931)
Poland
See also: List of Polish women writers and Polish literature
Main article: List of Polish novelists
- Maria DÄ browska (1889â1965)
- Tadeusz DoĆÄga-Mostowicz (1898â1939)
- Tadeusz Konwicki (1926â2015)
- Ignacy Krasicki (1735â1801)
- JĂłzef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812â1887)
- Zofia NaĆkowska (1885â1954)
- Witold Gombrowicz (1904â1969)
- StanisĆaw Lem (1921â2006)
- Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841â1910)
- Jan Potocki (1761â1815)
- BolesĆaw Prus (1847â1912)
- WĆadysĆaw Reymont (1867â1925), Nobel Prize for Literature 1924, author of The Peasants
- Bruno Schulz (1892â1942)
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846â1916), Nobel Prize for Literature 1905, author of Quo Vadis
- Olga Tokarczuk
- Gabriela Zapolska (1857â1921)
- Stefan Ć»eromski (1864â1925)
- Eugeniusz Ć»ytomirski (1911â1975)
Portugal
See also: List of Portuguese novelists and List of Portuguese women writers
- Antonio Lobo Antunes (born 1942)
- Agustina Bessa-LuĂs (1922â2019)
- Camilo Castelo Branco (1825â1890)
- JĂșlio Dinis (1839â1871)
- Almeida Garrett (1799â1854)
- Alexandre Herculano (1810â1877)
- JosĂ© Cardoso Pires (1925â1998)
- Eça de QueirĂłs (1845â1900)
- JosĂ© Saramago (1922â2010)
- LuĂs de CamĂ”es
Puerto Rico
See also: List of Puerto Rican women writers
- Giannina Braschi (born 1953), Yo-Yo Boing! (1998), and El imperio de los suenos/Empire of Dreams (1988).
- Luis LĂłpez Nieves (born 1950), Seva (1984), Escribir para Rafa (1987), La verdadera muerte de Juan Ponce de LeĂłn (2000), El corazĂłn de Voltaire (2005)
Romania
See also: List of Romanian women writers and Romanian literature
- Gabriela AdameÈteanu (born 1942)
- Camil Baciu (1926â2005)
- Maria Baciu (born 1942)
- Max Blecher (1909â1938))
- Nicolae Breban (born 1934)
- Augustin Buzura (1938â2017)
- Mateiu Caragiale (1885â1936)
- George CÄlinescu (1899â1965)
- Mircea CÄrtÄrescu (born 1956)
- Gheorghe CrÄciun (1950â2007)
- Mircea Eliade (1907â1986)
- Mihai Eminescu (1850â1889)
- Radu Pavel Gheo (born 1969)
- Virgil Gheorghiu (1916â1992)
- Panait Istrati (1884â1935)
- Alexandru Ivasiuc (1894â1935)
- Norman Manea (born 1936)
- Gib MihÄescu (1894â1935)
- Mircea Nedelciu (1950â1999)
- Costache Negruzzi (1808â1868)
- Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876â1955)
- Dora Pavel (born 1946)
- Camil Petrescu (1894â1957)
- Cezar Petrescu (1892â1961)
- Dumitru Radu Popescu (born 1935)
- Marin Preda (1922â1980)
- Liviu Rebreanu (1885â1944)
- Doina RuÈti (born 1938)
- Mihail Sadoveanu (1880â1961)
- Zaharia Stancu (1902â1974)
- Bogdan SuceavÄ (born 1969)
- Duiliu Zamfirescu (1858â1922)
Russia
- Andrey Bely (1880â1934)
- Andrey Bitov (1937â2018)
- Mikhail Bulgakov (1891â1940), author of The Master and Margarita
- Nikolai Chernyshevsky (1828â1889), author of What Is To Be Done?
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821â1881), author of The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment
- Gaito Gazdanov (1903â1971)
- Nikolai Gogol (1809â1852), author of Dead Souls
- Ivan Goncharov (1812â1891), Oblomov, a tale of a "superfluous" man
- Maxim Gorky (1868â1936)
- Anna Kashina, author of The Princess of Dhagabad
- Mikhail Lermontov (1814â1841)
- Leonid Leonov (1899â1994)
- Nikolai Leskov (1831â1895)
- Vladimir Makanin (1937â2017)
- Vladimir Nabokov (1899â1977) early novels in Russian, later, including Lolita, in English.
- Boris Pasternak (1890â1960), refused the Nobel Prize for Literature, Doctor Zhivago
- Aleksandr Pushkin (1799â1837)
- Viatcheslav Repin (born 1960), author of novels, short stories and essays in Russian and French
- Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826â1889)
- Ilia Shtemler (born 1933)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918â2008), One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
- Aleksey K. Tolstoy (1817â1875)
- Aleksey N. Tolstoy (1883â1945)
- Leo Tolstoy (1828â1910), author of War and Peace, Anna Karenina
- Ivan Turgenev (1818â1883)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Phyllis Joyce McClean Punnett (1917â2004)
Samoa
- Sia Figiel (born 1967)
- Albert Wendt (born 1939)
SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe
- Sara Pinto Coelho (1913â1990)
Senegal
See also: List of Senegalese writers
Serbia
See also: Serbian literature and List of Serbian women writers
- David Albahari
- Ivo AndriÄ
- Vladimir ArsenijeviÄ
- Miodrag BulatoviÄ
- MiloĆĄ Crnjanski (1893â1977)
- Dobrica ÄosiÄ (1921â2014)
- Jelena DimitrijeviÄ (1862â1945)
- Danilo KiĆĄ (1935â1989)
- Milorad PaviÄ
- Borislav PekiÄ (1930â1992)
- Isidora SekuliÄ (1877â1958)
- MeĆĄa SelimoviÄ (1910â1982)
- SrÄan SrdiÄ (born 1977)
- Svetlana Velmar-JankoviÄ (1933â2014)
Sierra Leone
- Syl Cheney-Coker (born 1945)
- Aminatta Forna (born 1964)
- Namina Forna (born 1987)
Slovakia
See also: List of Slovak women writers
Slovenia
See also: List of Slovenian women writers
Somalia
- Maxamed Daahir Afrax
- Faarax M. J. Cawl (1937â1991)
- Nuruddin Farah (born 1945)
- Abdi Sheik Abdi (born 1942)
- Waris Dirie (born 1965)
South Africa
See also: List of South African writers
- Lionel Abrahams (1928â2004)
- Peter Abrahams (1919â2017)
- Elleke Boehmer (born 1961)
- J. M. Coetzee (born 1940)
- K. Sello Duiker (1974â2005)
- Athol Fugard (born 1932)
- Damon Galgut (born 1963)
- Nadine Gordimer (1923â2014)
- Bessie Head (1937â1986)
- Christopher Hope (born 1944)
- Cynthia Jele (living)
- Fred Khumalo (born 1966)
- Alex La Guma (1925â1985)
- Mandla Langa (born 1950)
- Christine Barkhuizen le Roux (1959â2020)
- Arthur Maimane (1932â2005)
- Zakes Mda (born 1948)
- Kirsten Miller (living)
- Lauretta Ngcobo (1931â2015)
- Lewis Nkosi (1936â2010)
- Alan Paton (1903â1988)
- Olive Schreiner (1855â1920)
- Sipho Sepamla (1932â2007)
- Gillian Slovo (born 1952)
- Zukiswa Wanner (born 1976)
- Zoe Wicomb (born 1948)
South Korea
See also: List of Korean novelists
Spain
- Leopoldo Alas (1852â1901)
- Jesusa Alfau GalvĂĄn de Solalinde (1895â1943)
- NĂșria Añó (born 1973)
- ElĂsabet Benavent (born 1984)
- Camilo JosĂ© Cela (1916â2002)
- Miguel de Cervantes (1547â1616), Don Quixote
- Matilde Cherner (1833â1880)
- PĂ©rez GaldĂłs (1843â1920)
- ConcepciĂłn Gimeno de Flaquer (1850-1919)
- Juan Goytisolo (1931â2017)
- Javier MarĂas (born 1951)
- Juan MarsĂ© (1933â2020)
- Marina Mayoral (1942)
- Eduardo Mendoza (born 1943)
- Antonio Muñoz Molina (born 1956)
- Arturo PĂ©rez-Reverte (born 1951)
- Carlos Ruiz ZafĂłn (born 1964)
- MarĂa del Pilar SinuĂ©s de Marco (1835â1893)
- Sara Torres (born 1991)
- Miguel de Unamuno (1864â1936)
- Marika Vila (born 1949)
Sri Lanka
- Gunadasa Amarasekara (born 1929)
- Anuk Arudpragasam (born 1988)
- Arthur C. Clarke (1917â2008)
- Romesh Gunesekera (born 1954)
- Karunasena Jayalath (1928â1994)
- Shehan Karunatilaka (born 1975)
- Rosalind Mendis (1903â1992)
- Carl Muller (1935â2019)
- Simon Navagattegama (1940â2005)
- Michael Ondaatje (born 1943), The English Patient
- Shyam Selvadurai (born 1965)
- W. A. Silva (1890â1957)
- S. J. Sindu (born 1987)
- Ambalavaner Sivanandan (1923â2018)
- Martin Wickremasinghe (1890â1976)
Sudan
- Leila Aboulela (born 1964)
- Ibrahim Ishaq (1946â2021)
- Rania Mamoun
- Ra'ouf Mus'ad, also connected with Egypt
- Tayeb Salih (1929â2009)
- Sabah Sanhouri (born 1990)
Sweden
- Stig Dagerman (1923â1954)
- Marianne Fredriksson (1927â2007)
- Gustaf Fröding (1860â1911)
- Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783â1847)
- Jan Guillou (born 1944)
- Eyvind Johnson (1900â1976)
- PĂ€r Lagerkvist (1891â1974)
- Selma Lagerlöf (1858â1940), Nobel Prize for Literature 1909, author of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (novel), The Emperor of Portugallia
- Astrid Lindgren (1907â2002)
- Henning Mankell (1948â2015)
- Harry Martinson (1904â1978)
- Vilhelm Moberg (1898â1973)
- Peter Pohl (born 1940)
- Hjalmar Söderberg (1869â1941)
- Esaias Tegnér
Switzerland
See also: List of Swiss women writers
- Friedrich DĂŒrrenmatt (1921â1990), The Quarry
- Max Frisch (1911â1991), Stiller (1954) (I'm Not Stiller), Mein Name sei Gantenbein (1964)
- Christian Kracht (born 1966)
Republic of China|Taiwan
- Pai Hsien-yung (born 1937)
- Sanmao (1943â1991)
Tanzania
- Mark Behr, also connected with South Africa (1963â2015)
- Nahida Esmail
- Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944â2020)
- Aniceti Kitereza (1896â1981)
- Abdulrazak Gurnah (born 1948)
- Peter K. Palangyo (1939â1993)
- Gabriel Ruhumbika (born 1938)
Togo
- Jeannette D. Ahonsou (born 1954)
- Gad Ami
- Theo Ananissoh (born 1962)
- David Ananou (1917â2000)
- Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Benin, Senegal and Ivory Coast (1932â2003)
- Kossi Efoui (born 1962)
- Christiane Akoua Ekué (born 1954)
Trinidad and Tobago
- André Alexis (born 1957
- Lisa Allen-Agostini (born 1960s)
- Michael Anthony (1930â2023)
- Robert Antoni (born 1958)
- Dionne Brand (born 1953)
- Ralph de BoissiĂšre (1907â2008)
- Ramabai Espinet (born 1948)
- Rosa Guy (1922â2012)
- Merle Hodge (born 1944)
- Kevin Jared Hosein (born 1986)
- C. L. R. James (1901â1989)
- Barbara Jenkins
- Marion Patrick Jones (1931â2016)
- Anthony Joseph (born 1966)
- Earl Lovelace (born 1935)
- Shiva Naipaul (1945â1985)
- V. S. Naipaul (1932â2018)
- Elizabeth Nunez
- Lakshmi Persaud
- M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947)
- Monique Roffey (born 1965)
- Lawrence Scott (born 1943)
- Samuel Selvon (1923â1994)
- Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw (born 1964)
Tunisia
See also: List of Tunisian women writers
- HĂ©di Bouraoui (born 1932)
- AĂŻcha Chaibi
- Faten FazaĂą
- Sophie el Goulli (1932â2015)
- Hubert Haddad (born 1947)
- Khawla Hamdi (born 1984)
- Albert Memmi (1920â2020)
- Amel Mokhtar (born 1964)
- Mustapha Tlili (1937â2017)
Turkey
See also: List of Turkish women writers
- Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, author of Saatleri Ayarlama EnstitĂŒsĂŒ, Huzur
- Ahmet Ămit, author of BeyoÄlu Rapsodisi
- AyĆe Kulin (born 1941)
- Aziz Nesin (1915â1995)
- Buket Uzuner (born 1955)
- Elif Ćafak (born 1971)
- Haldun Taner (1915â1986)
- Halit Ziya UĆaklıgil, author of Mai ve Siyah, AĆkı Memnu
- Hasan Ali ToptaĆ (born 1958)
- Kemal Tahir, author of Yorgun SavaĆçı, Devlet Ana, Karılar KoÄuĆu
- Metin Kaçan (1961â2013)
- OÄuz Atay (1934â1977), author of Tutunamayanlar
- Oktay Rifat (1914â1988)
- Orhan Kemal (1923â2015), author of Bekçi Murtaza,
- Orhan Pamuk, Nobel Prize author of My Name Is Red and The White Castle
- ReĆat Nuri GĂŒntekin (1889â1956)
- Rıfat Ilgaz (1911â1993)
- Sabahattin Ali (1907â1948), author of Kuyucaklı Yusuf, KĂŒrk Mantolu Madonna
- Sevim Burak (1931â1983)
- Sabri GĂŒrses (born 1972)
- Yahya Kemal (1884â1958)
- YaĆar Kemal (1923â2015), author of Mehmed, My Hawk
- Yunus Nadi AbalıoÄlu (1879â1945)
- Yusuf Atilgan, author of Anayurt Oteli, Aylak Adam
Uganda
- Jane Bakaluba (born 1939)
- Violet Barungi (born 1943)
- Dilman Dila
- Arthur Gakwandi
- Moses Isegawa (born 1963)
- Godfrey Kalimugogo (1943â2015)
- Catherine Samali Kavuma (born 1960)
- China Keitetsi (born 1976)
- Goretti Kyomuhendo (born 1965)
- Bonnie Lubega (born 1929)
- Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (born 1960s)
- Ivan Matthias Mulumba
- Glaydah Namukasa
- Julius Ocwinyo (born 1961)
- Kakwenza Rukirabashaija (born 1988)
- Eneriko Seruma (born 1944)
- Lillian Tindyebwa
- Nick Twinamatsiko
- Timothy Wangusa (born 1942)
Ukraine
See also: List of Ukrainian women writers
- Larisa Alexandrovna (born 1971)
- Emma Andijewska (born 1931)
- Eugenia Chuprina (born 1971)
- Markiyan Kamysh (born 1988
- Andrey Kurkov (born 1961)
- Yaroslav Melnyk (born 1959)
- Israel Orenstein (1831â1905)
- Halyna Pahutiak (born 1958)
- Mykhailo Stelmakh (1912â1983)
- Serhiy Zhadan (born 1974)
United Kingdom
England
See also: List of English novelists
Scotland
See also: List of Scottish novelists
Wales
See also: List of Welsh women writers and List of Welsh writers
English language
- Mary Balogh (born 1944)
- Amy Dillwyn (1845â1935)
- Ken Follett (born 1949)
- Richard Hughes (1900â1976), A High Wind in Jamaica
- Jack Jones (1884â1970)
- Richard Llewellyn (1907â1983), How Green Was My Valley
- Stephen Maybery (born 1949)
- Jean Rhys (1890â1979)
- Bernice Rubens, author of A Solitary Grief
- Howard Spring (1889â1965)
Welsh language
- Daniel Owen (1836â1895)
- Eigra Lewis Roberts (born 1939)
- Kate Roberts (1891â1985)
Northern Ireland
See also: List of Northern Irish writers and List of Irish novelists
- Colin Bateman (born 1962), Divorcing Jack
- Ronan Bennett (born 1956), The Catastrophist
- Joyce Cary (1888â1957), The Horse's Mouth
- Paul Kearney (born 1967), Monarchies of God
- Benedict Kiely (1919â2007)
- Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942), Cal
- Brian Moore (1921â1999), The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
- Flann O'Brien (1911â1966), The Third Policeman
- Amanda McKittrick Ross (1860â1939)
United States
See also: List of American novelists
Uruguay
See also: List of Uruguayan women writers and Culture of Uruguay
- Eduardo Galeano (1940â2015), writer and social commentator.
- Mario Benedetti (1920â2009), Uruguay's best-known novelist
- Jorge Majfud (born 1969)
- Juan Carlos Onetti (1909â1997)
- Horacio Quiroga (1878â1937)
- Juana de Ibarbourou (1892â1979)
- Maria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira (1875â1924)
- Delmira Agustini (1886â1914)
- Isidore Lucien Ducasse (1846â1870), born in Montevideo though French by nationality
- JosĂ© Enrique RodĂł (1871â1917), considered by many to have been Spanish America's greatest philosopher
Venezuela
- Alfredo Armas Alfonzo (1921â1990)
- Rufino Blanco Fombona (1874â1944)
- Mario Briceño Iragorry (1897â1958)
- Manuel DĂaz RodrĂguez (1871â1927)
- Mercedes Franco (born 1948)
- Alicia Freilich (born 1939)
- RĂłmulo Gallegos (1884â1969)
- Salvador Garmendia (1928â2001)
- Adriano GonzĂĄlez LeĂłn (1931â2008)
- Francisco Herrera Luque (1927â1991)
- Boris Izaguirre (born 1965)
- Eduardo Liendo (born 1941)
- Francisco Massiani (1944â2019)
- Guillermo Meneses (1911â1978)
- Miguel Otero Silva (1908â1985)
- JuliĂĄn PadrĂłn (1910â1964)
- Teresa de la Parra (1889â1936)
- Karina Sainz Borgo (born 1982)
- Mariano PicĂłn Salas (1901â1965)
- Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906â2001)
Vietnam
- DÆ°ÆĄng Thu HÆ°ÆĄng (born 1947) Paradise of the Blind
- Pham Thi Hoai (born 1960)
- Phung Le Ly Hayslip (born 1949) When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
- Bao Ninh (born 1952)
Yiddish
- Sholom Asch (1880â1957)
- David Bergelson (1884â1952)
- Der Nister (1884â1950)
- Shira Gorshman (1906â2001)
- Chaim Grade (1910â1982)
- Esther Kreitman (1891â1954)
- Mendele Moykher Sforim (1836â1917), pseudonym for Sholem Yankev Abramovitch
- Joseph Opatoshu (1886â1954)
- Yitzok Lebesh Peretz (1852â1915)
- Sholem Aleichem (1859â1916) (real name: Solomon Rabinovitz), Fiddler on the Roof was based on his stories
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904â1991)
- Israel Joshua Singer (1893â1944)
- Anzia Yezierska (c. 1880â1970)
Zimbabwe
- Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 1959)
- Chenjerai Hove (1956â2015)
- Doris Lessing, born in Persia, now Iran (1919â2013)
- Dambudzo Marechera (1952â1987)
- Nozipa Maraire (born 1966)
- Charles Mungoshi (1947â2019)
- Solomon Mutswairo (1924â2005)
- Alexander McCall Smith, also connected with Botswana (born 1948)
- Stanlake Samkange (1922â1988)
- Yvonne Vera, also connected with Canada (1964â2005)
References
This article includes a literature-related list of lists.