List of Tunisian writers explained
This is a list of Tunisian writers
- Ines Abassi, poet
- Mohamed Bacha (1968–) linguist. specialist in Tunisian Arabic. translator. short story writer
- Faouzia Aloui (1958–), poet and short story writer
- Mahmoud Aslan (1902–after 1971)
- Hachemi Baccouche (1916–2008), novelist and essayist
- Hélé Béji (1948–), novelist and essayist in French
- Tahar Bekri (1951–), poet in French and Arabic
- Noura Bensaad, novelist and short story writer
- Messaouda Boubaker (1954–), novelist and short story writer
- Hédi Bouraoui (1932–), poet, novelist and academic
- Aïcha Chaibi, novelist
- Rachida el-Charni (1967–), novelist and short story writer
- Brahim Dargouthi (1955–), novelist and member of steering committee of Union of Tunisian Writers
- 'Ali al-Du'aji (1909–1949), novelist
- Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (1909–1934), poet
- Miled Faiza (1974–), poet and translator
- Mohamed Ghozzi (1949–), poet and critic
- Sophie el Goulli (1932–2015), novelist and art historian
- Gisèle Halimi (1927–2020), lawyer, feminist activist and essayist
- Faraj Hawwar (1954–), writer, novelist, and researcher
- Fethia Hechmi (1955–), novelist, short story writer and poet
- Ibn Khaldoun (1332–1406), polymath
- Bashir Khrayyef (1917–1983), writer and teacher
- Shukri Mabkhout (1962–), novelist and academic
- Lamia Makaddam (1971–), poet
- Abdelwahab Meddeb (1946–), novelist and poet
- Jamila Mejri (1951–), poet
- Mahmoud Messadi (1911–2004), novelist and playwright
- Albert Memmi (1920–2020), sociologist, novelist and essayist
- Amel Mokhtar (1964–), novelist and journalist
- Amel Moussa, poet and journalist
- Hassouna Mosbahi (1950–), novelist and short story writer
- Moncef Ouahibi (1949–), poet
- Perpetua (died 203), writer of a prison diary from Carthage, The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity
- Najwa Al-Rayyahi (1962–) writer and academic
- Kamel Riahi (1974–), novelist and short story writer
- Youssef Rzouga (1957–), poet
- Amina Saïd (1953–), poet
- Habib Selmi (1951–), novelist and short story writer
- Walid Soliman (1975–), writer, essayist and translator
- Alia Tabaï, novelist
- Ahmad al-Tifashi (–1253), poet, writer and anthologist
- Mustapha Tlili (1937–2017), novelist and academic
- Mohamed Ali Yousfi, writer and translator
- Z (active as of 2007), anonymous political cartoonist and writer
- Fawzia Zouari, writer and journalist
- Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour (1951–), writer, historian, and politician
- Anis Chouchène, (1982–), poet and activist
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