List of novelists by nationality explained

Well-known authors of novels, listed by country:

See also: Lists of authors, List of poets, List of playwrights, List of short story authors

Afghanistan

• Aliyeh Ataei (born 1981)
• Khaled Hosseini (born 1965)
• Jamil Jan Kochai (born 1992)
• Akram Osman (1937–2016)
• Nemat Sadat
• Rahnaward Zaryab (1944–2020)

Albania

See also: List of Albanian women writers and Albanian literature.

• Dritero Agolli (1931–2017)
• Ismail Kadare (1936–2024)
• Fatos Kongoli (born 1944)
• Faik Konitza (1875–1942)
• Migjeni (1911–1938)
• Haki Stermilli (1895–1953)
• Jakov Xoxa (1923–1979)

Algeria

See also: List of Algerian women writers.

• Marguerite Taos Amrouche (1913–1976)
• Rachid Boudjedra (born 1941)
• Albert Camus (1913–1960)
• Mohammed Dib (1920–2003)
• Tahar Djaout (1954–1993)
• Assia Djebar (1936–2015)
• Frantz Fanon (1925–1961), originally from Martinique
• Mouloud Feraoun (1913–1962)
• Mouloud Mammeri (1917–1989)
• Rachid Mimouni (1945–1995)
• Ahlam Mostaghanemi (born 1953)
• Leïla Sebbar (born 1941)
• Kateb Yacine (1929–1989)

Roman Empire|Ancient Latin authors

• Apuleius (c. 124–c. 170)
• Petronius (c. 27–66)

Angola

• José Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960)
• Sousa Jamba (born 1966)
• Ondjaki (born 1977)
• Pepetela (born 1941)
• Oscar Ribas (1909–2004)
• 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)
• César Aira (born 1949)
• Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914–1999)
• Abelardo Castillo (1935–2017)
• Julio Cortázar (1914–1984)
• Macedonio Fernandez (1874–1952)
• Oscar R. Gómez (born 1956)
• Ricardo Güiraldes (1886–1927)
• Sylvia Iparraguirre (born 1947)
• Leopoldo Marechal (1900–1970)
• Manuel Puig (1932–1990)
• Andrés Rivera (1928–2016)
• Juan José Saer (1937–2005)
• Ernesto Sábato (1911–2011)
• Luisa Valenzuela (born 1938)
• Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)

Armenia

• Michael Arlen (1895–1956)
• Zori Balayan (born 1935)
• Ruben Hovsepyan (1939–2016)
• Levon Khechoyan (1955–014)
• Yervant Odian (1869–1926)
• Alexander Shirvanzade (1858–1935)
• Zabel Yesayan (1878–1943)

Assyria

• Khalil Gibran (1883–1931)
• Thea Halo (born 1941)
• Ivan Kakovitch (1933–2006)
• 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 (1888–1960)
• Hugo Bettauer (1872–1925)
• Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989)
• Hermann Broch (1886–1951)
• Peter Handke (born 1942)
• Josef Haslinger (born 1955)
• Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946)
• Robert Musil (1880–1942)
• Joseph Roth (1894–1939)
• Robert Schneider (born 1961)
• Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931)
• Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914)
• Stefan Zweig (1881–1942)

Azerbaijan

See also: List of Azerbaijani women writers.

• Akram Aylisli (born 1937)
• Alaviyya Babayeva (1921–2014)
• Afag Masud (born 1957)
• Elchin Safarli (born 1984)
• Kurban Said

Bangladesh

See also: List of Bangladeshi women writers.

• Humayun Ahmed (1948–2012)
• Shaheen Akhtar (born 1962)
• Monica Ali (born 1967)
• Tahmima Anam (born 1975)
• Humayun Azad (1947–2004)
• Dilara Hashem (1935–2022)
• Taslima Nasrin (born 1962)
• Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899–1976)
• Rizia Rahman (1939–2019)
• Muhammad Yunus (born 1940)

Barbados

• Austin Clarke (1934–2016)
• Geoffrey Drayton (1924–2017)
• J. B. Emtage (1902–1995)
• Agymah Kamau
• Anthony Kellman (born 1955)
• Odimumba Kwamdela (1942–2019)
• George Lamming (1927–2022)
• Karen Lord
• Glenville Lovell (born 1955)

Belarus

• Vasil Bykaŭ (1924–2003)
• Uładzimir Karatkievič (1930–1984)
• Jakub Kołas (Kanstancy Mickievič) (1882–1956)
• Janka Kupała (Ivan Łucevič) (1882–1942)
• Ivan Šamiakin (1921–2004)

Belgium

See also: List of Belgian women writers.

• Nicolas Ancion (born 1971)
• Cornelis de Bie (1627–c. 1715)
• Louis Paul Boon (1912–1979)
• Hendrik Conscience (1812–1883)
• Ernest Claes (1885–1968)
• Hugo Claus (1929–2008)
• Christine D'Haen (1923–2009)
• Johan Daisne (1912–1978)
• Charles De Coster (1827–1879)
• Willem Elsschot (1882–1960)
• Jef Geeraerts (1930–2015)
• Guido Gezelle (1830–1899)
• Marnix Gijsen (1899–1984)
• Hubert Lampo (1920–2006)
• Rosalie Loveling (1834–1875)
• Virginie Loveling (1836–1923)
• Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949)
• Alice Nahon (1896–1933)
• Amélie Nothomb (born 1966)
• Anne Provoost (born 1964)
• Maria Rosseels (1916–2005)
• Georges Simenon (1903–1989)
• Stijn Streuvels (1871–1969)
• Herman Teirlinck (1879–1967)
• Felix Timmermans (1886–1947)
• André Henri Constant van Hasselt (1806–1874)
• Karel Van Mander (1548–1606)
• Emile Verhaeren (1855–1916)
• Peter Verhelst (born 1962)
• Gerard Walschap (1898–1989)
• Jan Frans Willems (1793–1846)
• Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987)
• Lode Zielens (1901–1944)

Belize

• Zee Edgell (1940–2020)
• Evan X Hyde (born 1947)
• John Alexander Watler (1938–2015)
• Colville Young (born 1932)
• Edward Broaster
• Emory King (1931–2007)

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 (1931–2010)

Bolivia

See also: List of Bolivian women writers.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

See also: List of Bosnia and Herzegovina women writers.

• Ivo Andrić (1892–1975)
• Andrej Nikolaidis (born 1974)
• Meša Selimović (1910–1982)

Botswana

• Caitlin Davies (born 1964), born in Britain
• Unity Dow (born 1959)
• Bessie Head (1937–1986), born in South Africa
• Andrew Sesinyi (born 1952)
• Mositi Torontle (born 1964)

Brazil

See also: List of Brazilian women writers.

• José Alencar (1931–2011)
• Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831–1861)
• Jorge Amado (1912–2001)
• Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
• Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
• Machado de Assis (1839–1908)
• Lima Barreto (1881–1922)
• Chico Buarque (born 1944)
• Lúcio Cardoso (1912–1968)
• Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
• Rubem Fonseca (1925–2020)
• Clarice Lispector (1920–1977)
• Joaquim Manoel de Macedo (1820–1882)
• Raduan Nassar (born 1935)
• Raul Pompéia (1863–1895)
• Fernando Sabino (1923–2004)
• Moacyr Scliar (1935–2011)
• Graciliano Ramos (1892–1953)
• José Lins do Rego (1901–1957)
• João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941–2014)
• João Guimarães Rosa (1908–1967)
• Murilo Rubião (1916–1991)
• Érico Veríssimo (1905–1975)
• Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923–1922)

Bulgaria

See also: List of Bulgarian women writers.

• Dimitar Dimov
• Dimitar Talev
• Pavel Vezhinov
• Emiliyan Stanev
• Georgi Karaslavov
• Konstantin Konstantinov
• Georgi Gospodinov
• Georgi Bozhinov
• Zahari Karabashliev
• Ivan Vazov

Burkina Faso

• Nazi Boni (1909–1969)
• Sarah Bouyain (born 1968)
• Norbert Zongo (1949–1998)

Cameroon

• Marie-Thérèse Assiga Ahanda (c.1941–2014)
• Francis Bebey (1929–2001)
• Mongo Beti, pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala (1932–2001)
• Calixthe Beyala (born 1961)
• Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936–2009)
• Frieda Ekotto
• Jean-Louis Njemba Medu (1902–1966)
• Ferdinand Oyono (1929–2010)
• René Philombé (1930–2001)

Canada

See also: Canadian literature.

• Rebecca Agatha Armour (1845–1891)
• Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
• Irene Baird (1901–1981)
• Mary Balogh (born 1944)
• Pierre Berton (1920–2004)
• Marie-Claire Blais (1939–2021)
• Morley Callaghan (1903–1990)
• Deborah Joy Corey (born 1958)
• Robertson Davies (1913–1995)
• Ranj Dhaliwal (born 1976)
• Réjean Ducharme (1941–2017)
• Louis Emond (born 1969)
• Musharraf Ali Farooqi (born 1968)
• Timothy Findley (1930–2002) (See also France)
• Gayleen Froese (born 1972)
• Donald Jack (1924–2003)
• Hugh MacLennan (1907–1990)
• Margaret Laurence (1926–1987)
• Stephen Leacock (1869–1944)
• Yann Martel (born 1963)
• Rohinton Mistry (born 1952)
• Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942)
• Susanna Moodie (1803–1885)
• Christopher G. Moore (born 1952)
• Farley Mowat (1921–2014)
• Alice Munro (1931–2024)
• Michael Ondaatje (born 1943)
• Michèle Plomer (born 1965)
• Mordecai Richler (1931–2001)
• Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983)
• Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947)
• Arthur Scaife (c. 1855–1934)
• Carol Shields (1935–2003)
• Catharine Parr Traill (1802–1899)
• Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972)
• Jane Urquhart (born 1949)

Cape Verde

• Germano Almeida (born 1945)
• Manuel Lopes (1907–2005)

Catalonia

• Raimon Llull (1235–1315)
• Ramon Muntaner (c. 1270–1336)
• Joanot Martorell (1413–1468)
• Narcís Oller (1846–1930)
• Mercè Rodoreda (1909–1983)

Chad

• Marie-Christine Koundja (born 1957)

Chile

See also: List of Chilean women writers.

• Isabel Allende (born 1942)
• Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003)
• Francisco Coloane (1910–2002)
• José Donoso (1924–1996)
• Jorge Edwards (1931–2023)
• Baldomero Lillo (1867–1923)
• Manuel Rojas (1924–1993)
• Luis Sepúlveda (1949–2020)
• Marcela Serrano (born 1951)
• Amelia Solar de Claro (1836–1915)
• Mercedes Valdivieso (1924–1993)

China

See also: Chinese literature.

• Cao Xueqin (c. 1715–1763)
• Dai Sijie (born 1954)
• Gao Xingjian (born 1940)
• Han Shaogong (born 1953)
• Lao She (1899–1966)
• Li Yu (1610–1680)
• Lu Xun (1881–1936)
• Mao Dun (1896–1981)
• Mo Yan (born 1955)
• Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998)
• Wang Shuo (born 1958)
• Wei Jingsheng (born 1950)
• Zhang Ailing (1920–1995)

Colombia

See also: List of Colombian women writers.

• Héctor Abad Faciolince (born 1958)
• Jaime Manrique (born 1949)
• Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014)
• José Eustasio Rivera (1888–1928)
• Álvaro Mutis (1923–2013)

Republic of the Congo

• Emmanuel Dongala (born 1941)
• Paul Lomami-Tshibamba (1914–1985)
• Henri Lopes (1937–2023)
• Alain Mabanckou (born 1966)
• Jeannette Balou Tchichelle (1947–2005)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

(formerly Zaïre)

• Amba Bongo
• Maguy Kabamba (born 1960)
• Sony Labou Tansi (1947–1995)
• V. Y. Mudimbe (born 1941)
• Yamusangie, Frederick Kambemba

Cosmopolitanism|Cosmopolitan

• Romain Gary, Russian-born French writer
• Franz Kafka (1883–1924), lived in Prague during Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovakia; German language writer; see also German literature
• Arthur Koestler (1905–1983)
• 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

• Fabián Dobles Rodríguez (1918–1997)
• Joaquín García Monge (1881–1958)
• Yolanda Oreamuno (1916–1956)
• Roxana Pinto

Côte d'Ivoire|Ivory Coast

• Tanella Boni (born 1954)
• Micheline Coulibaly (1950–2003)
• Bernard Dadié (1916–2019)
• Richard Dogbeh (1932–2003). See also Benin, Senegal and Togo
• Fatou Keïta (born 1965)
• Ahmadou Kourouma (1927–2003)
• Werewere-Liking Gnepo (born 1950). See also Cameroon
• Véronique Tadjo (born 1955)

Croatia

See also: List of Croatian women writers and Croatian literature.

• Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873–1957)
• Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981)
• Zlata Kolarić-Kišur (1894–1990)
• Ivo Andrić (1892–1975)
• Ivan Aralica (born 1930)
• Vesna Krmpotić (1932–2018)
• Tomislav Ladan (1932–2008)
• Dubravka Ugrešić (1949–2023)
• Julijana Matanović (born 1959)

Cuba

See also: List of Cuban women writers.

• Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990)
• Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980)
• Daína Chaviano (born 1957)
• José Lezama Lima (1910–1976)
• Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955)

Czech Republic

See also: List of Czech women writers and Literature of the Czech Republic.

• Karel Čapek (1890–1938)
• Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923)
• Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997)
• Milan Kundera (1929–2023)
• Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986)

Denmark

See also: Danish literature, List of Danish authors and List of Danish women writers.

• Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)
• Karen Blixen (1885–1962) (pen name: Isak Dinesen), author of Seven Gothic Tales (1934), Out of Africa (1937)
• Peter Høeg (born 1957)
• Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847–1885)
• Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (1873–1950), Nobel Prize for Literature (1944)
• Christian Jungersen (born 1962)
• Morten Korch (1876–1954)
• Carl Erik Soya (1896–1983)

Djibouti

• Waberi Abdourahman (born 1965)

Ecuador

See also: List of Ecuadorian women writers.

• Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009)
• Rosalía Arteaga (born 1956)
• Aminta Buenaño (born 1958)
• Benjamín Carrión (1897–1979)
• Ileana Espinel (1933–2001)
• María Fernanda Espinosa (born 1964)
• Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973)
• Jorge Icaza (1906–1978)
• Salomon Isacovici (1924–1998)
• Edna Iturralde (born 1948)
• Violeta Luna (born 1943)
• José Martínez Queirolo (1931–2008)
• Nela Martínez (1912–2004)
• Juan Montalvo (1832–1889)
• Gonzalo Zaldumbide (1884–1965)

Egypt

• Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996)
• Ahdaf Soueif (born 1950)
• Bahaa Taher (1935–2022)
• Edward al-Kharrat (1926–2015)
• Ibrahim Aslan (1935–2012)
• Gamal Al-Ghitani (1945–2015)
• Khairy Shalaby (1938–2011)
• Muhammad Husayn Haykal (1888–1956)
• Nabil Farouk (1956–2020)
• Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006), Nobel Prize for Literature (1988), famous for the Cairo Trilogy about life in the sprawling inner city.
• Nawal El Saadawi (1931–2021)
• Saleh Morsi (1939–1996)
• Sonallah Ibrahim (born 1937)
• Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987)
• Yahya Haqqi (1905–1992)
• Youssef Ziedan (born 1958)
• Yusuf Idris (1927–1991)

Equatorial Guinea

• María Nsué Angüe (1945–2017)
• Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (born 1950)
• Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (born 1966)

Estonia

See also: List of Estonian women writers.

• Sass Henno (born 1982)
• Kaur Kender (born 1971)
• Albert Kivikas (1898–1978)
• Andrus Kivirähk (born 1970)
• Jaan Kross (1920–2007)
• Leo Kunnas (born 1967)
• Juhan Liiv (1864–1913)
• Tõnu Õnnepalu (a.k.a. Emil Tode, born 1962)
• Kersti Merilaas (1913–1986)
• Lilli Promet (1922–2007)
• Karl Ristikivi (1912–1977)
• Raivo Seppo (born 1973)
• Juhan Smuul (1922–1971)
• A. H. Tammsaare (1878–1940)
• Enn Vetemaa (1936–2017)
• Heiki Vilep (born 1960)

Ethiopia

• Haddis Alemayehu (1910–2003)
• Āfawarq Gabra Iyasus (1868–1947)
• Moges Kebede
• Dinaw Mengestu (born 1978)
• Maaza Mengiste (born 1971)
• Nega Mezlekia (born 1958)
• Hama Tuma (born 1949)
• Berhanu Zerihun (1933/4–1987)

Faroe Islands

See also: List of Faroese women writers.

Finland

See also: List of Finnish women writers.

• Juhani Aho (1861–1921)
• Tove Jansson (1914–2001), she wrote in Swedish
• Aino Kallas (1878–1956), female
• Aleksis Kivi (1834–1872)
• Väinö Linna (1920–1992)
• Johannes Linnankoski (1869–1913)
• Arto Paasilinna (1942–2018)
• Kalle Päätalo (1919–2000)
• Frans Emil Sillanpää (1888–1964), Nobel Prize for Literature, 1939
• Mika Waltari (1908–1979)

France

See also: French literature, List of French novelists and List of French women writers.

Gabon

• Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (born 1932)
• Bessora (born in Belgium) (born 1968)
• Charline Effah (born 1977)
• René Maran, born near Martinique (1887–1960)
• Chantal Magalie Mbazo'o-Kassa (born 1967)
• Nadia Origo (born 1977)
• Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri (1954–2010)

Gambia

• Ebou Dibba (1943–2000)
• Ramatoulie Othman
• Lenrie Peters (1932–2009)
• Sally Singhateh (born 1977)

Georgia

• Mikheil Javakhishvili (1880–1937)

Germany

See also: German literature and List of German women writers.

• Johannes Bobrowski (1917–1965)
• Heinrich Böll (1917–1985), Nobel Prize for Literature (1972)
• Alfred Döblin (1878–1957), author of Berlin Alexanderplatz
• Paul Ernst (1866–1933)
• Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929–2022)
• Jenny Erpenbeck (born 1967)
• Hans Fallada (1893–1947)
• Theodor Fontane (1819–1898)
• Julia Franck (born 1970)
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), polymath
• Günter Grass (1927–2015), Nobel Prize for Literature (1999)
• Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), Nobel Prize for Literature (1912)
• Helene Hegemann (born 1992)
• Wolfgang Herrndorf (1965–2013)
• Stefan Heym (1913–2001)
• Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916–1991)
• Hermann Hesse (1877–1962), Nobel Prize for Literature (1946)
• Uwe Johnson (1934–1984)
• Ernst Jünger (1895–1998)
• Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974)
• Erich Kästner (1899–1974)
• Daniel Kehlmann (born 1975)
• Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811)
• Siegfried Lenz (1926–2014)
• Andreas Mand (born 1959)
• Heinrich Mann (1871–1950)
• Klaus Mann (1906–1949)
• Thomas Mann (1875–1955), Nobel Prize for Literature (1929)
• Eduard Mörike (1804–1875)
• Sten Nadolny (born 1942), author of The Discovery of Slowness
• Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970), author of Im Westen nichts Neues, or All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)
• Bernhard Schlink (born 1944)
• W. G. Sebald (1944–2001)
• Anna Seghers (1900–1983)
• Theodor Storm (1817–1888)
• Patrick Süskind (born 1949), author of Perfume
• Martin Walser (1927–2023)
• Peter Weiss (1916–1982)
• Christa Wolf (1929–2011)
• Arnold Zweig (1887–1968)

Ghana

• Nana Achampong (born 1964)
• Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023)
• Ayi Kwei Armah (born 1939)
• Bediako Asare (born 1930), also connected with Tanzania
• Ayesha Harruna Attah (born 1983)
• Nana Oforiatta Ayim
• Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013)
• Yaba Badoe (born 1954)
• Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (born 1970)
• Kofi Batsa (1931–1991)
• J. Benibengor Blay (born 1915)
• William Boyd (born 1952)
• Akosua Busia (born 1966)
• J. E. Casely-Hayford (1866–1930)
• 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 (1932–1994)
• B. Kojo Laing (1946–2017)
• Lesley Lokko (born 1964)
• Nii Ayikwei Parkes (born 1974)
• Kobina Sekyi (1892–1956)
• Taiye Selasi (born 1979)
• Francis Selormey (1927–1988)
• Efua Theodora Sutherland (1924–1996)

Greece

See also: List of Greek women writers.

• Aris Alexandrou (1922–1979)
• Errikos Belies (1950–2016)
• Dimitrios Hatzis (1913–1981)
• Andreas Karkavitsas (1866–1922)
• Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957)
• George Leonardos (born 1937)
• Pavlos Matesis (1933–2013)
• Alexis Stamatis (born 1960)
• Angelos Terzakis (1907–1979)
• Vassilis Vassilikos (1934–2023)
• Elias Venezis (1904–973)

Guatemala

See also: List of Guatemalan women writers.

• Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974)
• Javier Cárcamo Guzmán (born 1980)
• Carlos Wyld Ospina (1891–1956)
• Javier Payeras (born 1974)
• Máximo Soto Hall
• Carol Zardetto

Guinea

• Sirah Balde de Labe
• Camara Laye (1928–1980)
• Tierno Monénembo (born 1947)
• Williams Sassine (1944–1997)

Haïti

• Frankétienne (born 1936)
• Clark Parent (born 1951)
• Jacques Roumain (1907–1944)

Honduras

• Roberto Castillo (1950–2008)
• Julio Escoto (born 1944)
• Javier Abril Espinoza (born 1967)
• Lucila Gamero (1873–1964)

Hong Kong

• Louis Cha (1924–2018)
• Ni Kuang (1935–2022)

Hungary

See also: List of Hungarian women writers.

• Zoltán Ambrus (1861–1932)
• Mihály Babits (1883–1941)
• Zsófia Bán (born 1957)
• Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950)
• Ágota Bozai (born 1965)
• György Dalos (born 1943)
• Anna Dániel (1908–2003)
• József Eötvös (1813–1871)
• Péter Esterházy (1950–2016)
• Klára Fehér (1919–1996)
• István Fekete (1900–1970), author of Vuk
• Géza Gárdonyi (1863–1922)
• Ágnes Gergely (born 1933)
• Ferenc Herczeg (1863–1954)
• Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003), also children's writer
• Mór Jókai (1825–1904), foremost 19th-century novelist
• Margit Kaffka (1880–1918)
• Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938), author of science-fiction novels
• József Kármán (1768–1795)
• Zsigmond Kemény (1814–1875)
• Rivka Keren (born 1946), writing also in Hebrew
• Imre Kertész (1929–2016), Nobel Prize for Literature (2002)
• János Kodolányi (1899–1969)
• György Konrád (1933–2019)
• Károly Kós (1883–1977)
• Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936)
• László Krasznahorkai (born 1954)
• Gyula Krúdy (1878–1933)
• Ervin Lázár (1936–2006), author of children's novels
• Laura Leiner (born 1985), author of young-adult series
• Iván Mándy (1918–1995), author of children's novels
• Sándor Márai (1900–1989)
• Ferenc Molnár (1878–1952), author of The Paul Street Boys
• Ferenc Móra (1879–1934)
• Zsigmond Móricz (1879–1942), foremost novelist of the earlier 20th century
• Kálmán Mikszáth (1847–1910)
• Terézia Mora (born 1971), writing in German
• Péter Nádas (born 1942)
• Borbála Nádasdy (born 1939)
• László Németh (1901–1975)
• Emma Orczy (Baroness Orczy, 1865–1947), writing in English
• Géza Ottlik (1912–1990)
• Jenő Rejtő (1905–1943)
• Henriett Seth F. (born 1980), science-fiction author
• Magda Szabó (1917–2007), author of The Door
• Sándor Szathmári (1897–1974), author of Kazohinia
• Noémi Szécsi (born 1976)
• Júlia Székely (1906–1986)
• Mária Szepes (1908–2007)
• Antal Szerb (1901–1945), author of Journey by Moonlight
• Edina Szvoren (born 1974)
• Áron Tamási (1897–1966)
• Kata Tisza (born 1980)
• Cécile Tormay (1876–1937)
• Albert Wass (1908–1998)

Iceland

See also: List of Icelandic writers and List of Icelandic women writers.

• Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241), author of the Younger Edda
• Halldór Laxness (1902–1998), Nobel Prize for Literature (1955)
• Sjón (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 (1910–1994), English, Urdu
• Mulk Raj Anand (1905–2004), English
• Chaudhry Afzal Haq (1891–1942), Urdu, English, Hindi
• Manik Bandopadhyay (1908–1956), Bengali
• Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (1899–1970), Bengali
• Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894–1950), Bengali
• Tarashankar Banerjee (1898–1971), Bengali
• Ratan Lal Basu (born 1948), English, Bengali
• D. R. Bendre (1896–1981), Kannada
• Ramavriksha Benipuri (1899–1968), Hindi
• Ruskin Bond (born 1934), English
• Buddhadeb Bosu (1908–1974), Bengali, English
• Nirendranath Chakravarty (1924–2018), Bengali
• Vikram Chandra (born 1961), English
• Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838–1894), Bengali
• Upamanyu Chatterjee (born 1959), English
• Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876–1938), Bengali
• Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962), English
• Rajkamal Chaudhary (1929–1967), Hindi
• Jibanananda Das (1899–1954), Bengali
• Manoj Das (1934–2021), Oriya
• David Davidar (born 1958)
• Shobhaa De (born 1948), English
• Anita Desai (born 1937), English
• Kiran Desai (born 1971), English
• P. L. Deshpande (1919–2000) Marathi
• Eunice De Souza (1940–2017), English
• Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956)
• Michael Madhusudan Dutta (1824–1873), Bengali, English, French
• Lalon Fakir (c. 1772–1890), Bengali
• Sunil Gangopadhyay (1934–2012), Bengali
• Amitav Ghosh (born 1956), English
• Subodh Ghosh (1909–1980), Bengali
• Mir Mosharraf Hossain (1847–1912) Bengali
• Raj Kamal Jha (born 1966), English
• Amita Kanekar (born 1965), English
• Umar Alisha Kavisekhara (1885–1945), Telugu
• Datta Raghunath Kavthekar (1901–1979), Marathi
• Prakash Kona (born 1967)
• Kuvempu (1904–1994), Kannada
• Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967)
• Pankaj Mishra (born 1969)
• Piyush Jha (living), English
• Rohinton Mistry (born 1952), English
• Narendranath Mitra (1916–1975), Bengali
• Gopinath Mohanty (1914–1991), Oriya
• Jagadish Mohanty (1951–2013), Odia
• Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay (born 1935), Bengali
• Kiran Nagarkar (1942–2019) Marathi, English
• R. K. Narayan (1906–2001), English
• Bhalchandra Nemade (born 1938), Marathi
• Dibyendu Palit (1939–2019), Bengali, English
• Surender Mohan Pathak (born 1940), Hindi
• Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937), Hindi
• Munshi Premchand (1880–1936), Hindi
• Tushar Raheja (born 1984), English
• Indra Bahadur Rai (1927–2018) Nepali
• Rajashree, English
• Raja Rao (1908–2006), English
• Satyajit Ray (1921–1992), Bengali
• Arundhati Roy (born 1961), English
• Rammohan Roy (1772–1833), Bengali, English, Sanskrit
• Salman Rushdie (born 1947), English
• Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956) Odia
• Rahul Sankrityayan (1893–1963), Hindi, Bhojpuri, Tibetan, Sanskrit
• Vilas Sarang (1942–2015) Marathi, English
• D. Selvaraj (1938–2009), Tamil
• Samar Sen (1916–1987), Bengali, English
• Fakir Mohan Senapati (1843–1918), Oriya
• Durjoy Datta (born 1987), English
• Vikram Seth (born 1952), author of A Suitable Boy
• Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) 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 (1820–1891) Bengali
• Vijayakrishnan (born 1952), Malayalam
• Kalki Krishnamurthy (1899–1954), Tamil
• Sujatha (1935–2008), Tamil language
• Lakshminath Bezbaroa (1864–1938), Assamese
• Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942–2011), Assamese, English
• Bhabendra Nath Saikia (1932–2003), Assamese
• Hiren Gohain (born 1939), Assamese
• Nabakanta Barua (1926–2002), 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 (1925–2006), author of the banned 1980 novel This Earth of Mankind

Iran

See also: List of Iranian writers.

• Ahmad Mahmoud (1931–2002)
• Azar Nafisi (born 1948)
• Bozorg Alavi (1904–1997)
• Houshang Golshiri (1937–2000)
• Jamal Mirsadeghi
• Mahmud Doulatabadi (born 1930)
• Reza Baraheni (born 1935)
• Sadegh Hedayat (1903–1951)
• Sadiq Chubak (1916–1998)
• Shahrnush Parsipur (born 1946)
• Simin Daneshvar (1921–2012)
• Zoya Pirzad (born 1952)
• Arash Hejazi (born 1971)
• Abbas Maroufi (born 1957)
• Shahryar Mandanipour (born 1957)
• Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923–1969)

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
• Samīra al-Māni'
• Samuel Shimon
• Selim Matar
• Sinan Antoon

Ireland

See also: Irish fiction, List of Irish novelists and List of Irish women writers.

• Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
• James Joyce (1882–1941)
• Flann O'Brien (1911–1966)
• Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

Israel

• Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888–1970), Nobel Prize winner; The Bridal Canopy, Yesteryear
• Aharon Appelfeld, Badenheim 1939
• Naomi Frankel (1918–2009), Shaul ve-Yohannah (Saul and Joanna) trilogy
• David Grossman (born 1954), See Under: Love, The Smile of the Lamb
• Gail Hareven
• Yoram Kaniuk (1930–2013), His Daughter
• Amos Oz (1939–2018), Black Box, My Michael
• Yaakov Shabtai (1934–1981), 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

See also: Italian literature, List of Italian writers and List of Italian women writers.

• Giulio Angioni (1939–2017)
• Riccardo Bacchelli (1891–1985)
• Alessandro Baricco (born 1958)
• Giorgio Bassani (1916–2000)
• Stefano Benni, journalist, poet, novelist, Terra (1985) is most popular work in English
• Alberto Bevilacqua (1934–2013)
• Vitaliano Brancati (1907–1954)
• Gesualdo Bufalino (1920–1996)
• Aldo Busi (born 1948)
• Dino Buzzati (1906–1972), Il deserto dei Tartari (1940)
• Italo Calvino (1923–1985), Cosmicomics, If On a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979)
• Luigi Capuana (1839–1915)
• Andrea Camilleri (1925–2019)
• Carlo Cassola (1917–1987)
• Saveria Chemotti (born 1947)
• Carlo Collodi (1826–1890)
• Carmen Covito (born 1948)
• Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863–1938)
• Massimo D'Azeglio (1798–1866)
• Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908)
• Grazia Deledda (1871–1936)
• Umberto Eco (1932–2016)
• Elena Ferrante
• Beppe Fenoglio (né Giuseppe)
• Antonio Fogazzaro (1842–1911)
• Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893–1973)
• Natalia Ginzburg (1916–1991)
• Primo Levi (1919–1987), chemist and novelist
• Emilio Lussu (1890–1975)
• Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873)
• Dacia Maraini (born 1936)
• Franco Mimmi (born 1942)
• Elsa Morante (1912–1985)
• Alberto Moravia (1907–1990)
• Cesare Pavese (1908–1950)
• Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936), playwright, Six Characters in Search of an Author
• Vasco Pratolini (1913–1991)
• Andrea di Robilant
• Emilio Salgari (1862–1911)
• Alberto Savinio (1891–1952)
• Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1989)
• Ignazio Silone (1900–1978)
• Mario Soldati (1906–1999)
• Italo Svevo (1861–1928)
• Antonio Tabucchi (1943–2012), Pereira Declares (1994)
• Susanna Tamaro (born 1957)
• Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896–1957), The Leopard
• Giovanni Verga (1840–1922)
• Elio Vittorini (1908–1966)

Jamaica

• Opal Palmer Adisa (born 1954)
• Lindsay Barrett (born 1941)
• Edward Baugh (1936–2023)
• James Berry (1924–2017)
• Eliot Bliss (1903–1990)
• Erna Brodber (born 1940)
• Colin Channer (born 1963)
• Kwame Dawes (born 1962)
• Jean D'Costa (born 1937)
• Nicole Dennis-Benn (born 1982)
• John Hearne (1926–1994)
• Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960)
• Herbert de Lisser (1878–1944)
• Roger Mais (1905–1955)
• Claude McKay (1889–1948)
• Pamela Mordecai (born 1942)
• Geoffrey Philp (born 1958)
• Velma Pollard (born 1937)
• Patricia Powell (born 1966)
• Victor Stafford Reid (1913–1987)
• Joan Riley (born 1958)
• Leone Ross (born 1969)
• Andrew Salkey (1928–1995)
• Olive Senior (born 1941)
• Makeda Silvera (born 1955)
• Elean Thomas (1947–2004)
• Sylvia Wynter (born 1928)

Japan

See also: Japanese literature and List of Japanese authors.

• Kōbō Abe (1924–1993)
• Hiroyuki Agawa (1920–2015)
• Sawako Ariyoshi (1931–1984)
• Osamu Dazai (1909–1948)
• Fumiko Enchi (1905–1986)
• Shusaku Endo (1923–1996)
• Ichiyō Higuchi (1872–1896)
• Masuji Ibuse (1898–1993)
• Kyōka Izumi (1873–1939)
• Yasunari Kawabata (1899–1972) (Nobel Prize, 1968)
• Natsuo Kirino (born 1951)
• Yukio Mishima (1925–1970)
• Kenji Miyazawa (1896–1933)
• Minae Mizumura (born 1951)
• Haruki Murakami (born 1949)
• Ryū Murakami
• Nisioisin (born 1981)
• Kenzaburō Ōe (born 1935) (Nobel Prize, 1994)
• Yōko Ogawa (born 1962)
• Fuyumi Ono (born 1961)
• Edogawa Rampo (1894–1965)
• Hirotsu Ryurō (1861–1928)
• Murasaki Shikibu
• Junzo Shono (1921–2009)
• Ayako Sono (born 1931)
• Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916)
• Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886–1965)
• Shōtarō Yasuoka (1920–2013)
• Banana Yoshimoto (born 1964)
• Akira Yoshimura (1927–2006)
• Junnosuke Yoshiyuki (1924–1994)

Kenya

• Margaret Ogola (1958–2011)
• Grace Ogot (1930–2015)
• M. G. Vassanji (born 1950)
• Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (born 1938), The River Between, Caitaani muthara-Ini, Matigari
• Meja Mwangi (born 1948)
• Isak Dinesen, pseudonym of Karen Blixen (1885–1962)

Korea

See also: List of Korean women writers.

Kosovo

• Sinan Hasani (1922–2010)
• Teki Dervishi (1943–2011)
• Rifat Kukaj (1938–2005)

Turkey (Kurds)

• Bachtyar Ali (born 1960)
• Jalal Barzanji (born 1953)
• Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015)
• Ata Nahai
• Farhad Pirbal (born 1961)
• Mehmed Uzun (1953–2007)

Latvia

See also: List of Latvian women writers.

• Andrejs Upīts (1877–1970)
• Marģeris Zariņš (1910–1993)
• Aleksandrs Čaks (1901–1950)

Laos

• Douangdeuane Bounyavong
• Outhine Bounyavong
• Daoviang Butnakho

Lebanon

See also: List of Lebanese women writers.

• Hanan al-Shaykh (born 1945)
• Youssef Howayek (1883–1962), writer and sculptor
• Elias Khoury (born 1948)
• Amin Maalouf (born 1949)
• Widad Sakakini (1913–1991)

Lesotho

• Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948)

Luxembourg

See also: List of Luxembourg women writers.

Republic of Macedonia

• Slavko Janevski (1920–2000)

Madagascar

• Michèle Rakotoson (born 1948)
• Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901 or 1903–1937)

Malawi

• Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (born 1955)
• Felix Mnthali (born 1933)

Malaysia

See also: List of Malaysian women writers.

• K. S. Maniam (1942–2020)

Mali

• Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1901–1991)
• Aïda Mady Diallo
• Doumbi Fakoly (born 1944)
• Moussa Konaté (1951–2013)
• Yambo Ouologuem (1940–2017)

Mauritania

• Moussa Ould Ebnou (born 1956)

Mexico

See also: List of Mexican women writers.

• Juan José Arreola
• Nellie Campobello
• Laura Esquivel
• Carlos Fuentes
• Elena Garro
• Martín Luis Guzmán
• José Emilio Pacheco
• Octavio Paz
• Juan Rulfo
• Agustin Yanez
• Jorge Ibargüengoitia
• Homero Aridjis

Morocco

See also: Literature of Morocco and List of Moroccan women writers.

• Mohamed Choukri (1935–2003)
• Driss Chraïbi (1926–2007)
• Edmond Amran El Maleh (1917–2010)
• Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938–2009)
• Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine (1941–1995)
• Laila Lalami (born 1968)
• Ahmed Sefrioui (1915–13 July 2004)
• Mohamed Zafzaf (1945–2001)
• Mohamed Leftah (1946–2008)

Mozambique

• Paulina Chiziane (born 1955)
• Mia Couto (born 1955)
• Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa (born 1957)
• Lina Magaia (1940–2011)

Nepal

• Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (1914–1982): Sumnima, Tin Ghumti, Hitlar Ra Yahudi.
• Indra Bahadur Rai
• Jagadish Ghimire (1946–2013): Lilam, Sabiti.
• Khagendra Sangraula (born 1946): Chetanako Pahilo Dak, Amako Chhatapati, Junakiriko Sangit.
• Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909–1959)
• Narayan Wagle
• Parijat (writer) (1937–1993): 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 (1927–2010)
• Multatuli (1820–1887)
• Tip Marugg (1923–2006)
• Cees Nooteboom (born 1933)
• Willem Frederik Hermans (1921–1995)
• Jan Wolkers (1925–2007)
• Gerard van het Reve (1923–2006)
• A.F.Th. van der Heijden (born 1951)

New Zealand

See also: New Zealand literature.

• Barbara Anderson (1926–2013)
• Catherine Chidgey (born 1970)
• Joy Cowley (born 1936)
• Nigel Cox (1951–2006)
• Barry Crump (1935–1996)
• Tessa Duder (born 1940)
• Alan Duff (born 1950)
• Kate Duignan (born 1974)
• Janet Frame (1924–2004), author of An Angel at My Table
• Maurice Gee (born 1931)
• Patricia Grace (born 1937)
• Keri Hulme (1947–2021)
• Witi Ihimaera (born 1944)
• Annamarie Jagose (born 1965)
• Fiona Kidman (born 1940)
• John A. Lee (1891–1982)
• Ngaio Marsh (1895–1982)
• Owen Marshall (born 1941)
• Frederick Edward Maning (1812–1883)
• Ronald Hugh Morrieson (1922–1972)
• Rosie Scott (1948–2017)
• Maurice Shadbolt (1932–2004)
• C. K. Stead (born 1932)
• Philip Temple (born 1939)
• Julius Vogel (1835–1899)
• Cherry Wilder (1930–2002)

Nicaragua

See also: List of Nicaraguan women writers.

• Gioconda Belli (born 1948)

Nigeria

See also: List of Nigerian novelists.

• Chinua Achebe (1930–2013)
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977)
• Teju Cole (born 1975)
• Cyprian Ekwensi (1921–2007)
• Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017)
• Helon Habila (born 1967)
• Elnathan John (born 1982)
• Flora Nwapa (1931–1993)
• Chigozie Obioma (born 1986)
• Ben Okri (born 1959)
• Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941–1995)
• Taiye Selasi (born 1979)
• Lola Shoneyin (born 1974)
• Wole Soyinka (born 1934)
• Amos Tutuola (1920–1997)

Norway

See also: Norwegian literature and List of Norwegian women writers.

• Ingvar Ambjørnsen (born 1956)
• Jens Bjørneboe (1920–1976)
• Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832–1910)
• Johan Borgen (1902–1979)
• Lars Saabye Christensen (born 1953)
• Olav Duun (1876–1939)
• Johan Falkberget (1879–1967)
• Jostein Gaarder (born 1952), Sophie's World
• Erik Fosnes Hansen (born 1965)
• Knut Hamsun (1859–1952), Hunger
• Sigurd Hoel (1890–1960)
• Roy Jacobsen (born 1954)
• Alexander Kielland (1849–1906)
• Jan Kjærstad (born 1953)
• Karl Ove Knausgård (born 1968)
• Jonas Lie (1833–1908)
• Erlend Loe (born 1969)
• Gabriel Scott (1874–1958)
• Dag Solstad (born 1941)
• Sigrid Undset (1859–1952), Kristin Lavransdatter
• Tarjei Vesaas (1897–1970)
• Herbjørg 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 (1891–1942)
• Tariq Ali (born 1943)
• Musharraf Ali Farooqi (born 1968)
• Zulfikar Ghose (1935–2022)
• Mohsin Hamid (born 1971)
• Agha Shorish Kashmiri (1917–1975)
• Saadat Hasan Manto (1912–1955), born in India
• Ali Akbar Natiq (born 1974)
• Uzma Aslam Khan
• Kamila Shamsie (born 1973)
• Bapsi Sidhwa (born 1938)
• Abdullah Hussain (1920–2014)
• Intizar Hussain (1923–2016)
• Janbaz Mirza
• Mustansar Hussain Tarar (born 1939)
• Bano Qudsia
• Ashfaq Ahmed (1925–2004)
• Mumtaz Mufti (1905–1995)
• Naseem Hijazi (c. 1914–1996)
• Ibn-e-Safi
• Ishtiaq Ahmed (c. 1941–2015)

Palestine

See also: List of Palestinian women writers.

• Ghassan Kanafani (1936–1972)
• Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008)
• 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 (1917–2005)

Peru

See also: List of Peruvian women writers.

• Ciro Alegría (1909–1967)
• José María Arguedas (1911–1969)
• Manuel Scorza (1928–1983)
• Carlos Thorne (1923–2021)
• Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936) (Nobel Prize, 2010)

Philippines

See also: Literature of the Philippines.

• Francisco Arcellana (1916–2002)
• Lualhati Bautista (born 1945)
• Carlos Bulosan (1913–1956)
• Jose Dalisay (born 1954)
• Eric Gamalinda (born 1956)
• N. V. M. Gonzalez (1915–1999)
• Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949)
• Amado Hernandez (1903–1970)
• Stevan Javellana (1918–1977)
• Nick Joaquin (1917–2004)
• Edgardo Reyes (1936–2012)
• José Rizal (1861–1896)
• Ninotchka Rosca (born 1946)
• Bienvenido Santos (1911–1996)
• Lope K. Santos (1879–1963)
• Rogelio Sicat (1940–1997)
• F. Sionil José (1924–2022)
• Edilberto Tiempo (1913–1996)
• Edith Tiempo (1919–2011)
• Linda Ty-Casper (born 1931)

Poland

See also: List of Polish women writers and Polish literature.

See main article: List of Polish novelists.

• Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965)
• Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (1898–1939)
• Tadeusz Konwicki (1926–2015)
• Ignacy Krasicki (1735–1801)
• Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887)
• Zofia Nałkowska (1885–1954)
• Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969)
• Stanisław Lem (1921–2006)
• Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910)
• Jan Potocki (1761–1815)
• Bolesław Prus (1847–1912)
• Władysław Reymont (1867–1925), Nobel Prize for Literature 1924, author of The Peasants
• Bruno Schulz (1892–1942)
• Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916), Nobel Prize for Literature 1905, author of Quo Vadis
• Olga Tokarczuk
• Gabriela Zapolska (1857–1921)
• Stefan Żeromski (1864–1925)
• Eugeniusz Żytomirski (1911–1975)

Portugal

See also: List of Portuguese novelists and List of Portuguese women writers.

• Antonio Lobo Antunes (born 1942)
• Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019)
• Camilo Castelo Branco (1825–1890)
• Júlio Dinis (1839–1871)
• Almeida Garrett (1799–1854)
• Alexandre Herculano (1810–1877)
• José Cardoso Pires (1925–1998)
• Eça de Queirós (1845–1900)
• José Saramago (1922–2010)
• Luís de Camões

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 López Nieves (born 1950), Seva (1984), Escribir para Rafa (1987), La verdadera muerte de Juan Ponce de León (2000), El corazón de Voltaire (2005)

Romania

See also: List of Romanian women writers and Romanian literature.

• Gabriela Adameșteanu (born 1942)
• Camil Baciu (1926–2005)
• Maria Baciu (born 1942)
• Max Blecher (1909–1938))
• Nicolae Breban (born 1934)
• Augustin Buzura (1938–2017)
• Mateiu Caragiale (1885–1936)
• George Călinescu (1899–1965)
• Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956)
• Gheorghe Crăciun (1950–2007)
• Mircea Eliade (1907–1986)
• Mihai Eminescu (1850–1889)
• Radu Pavel Gheo (born 1969)
• Virgil Gheorghiu (1916–1992)
• Panait Istrati (1884–1935)
• Alexandru Ivasiuc (1894–1935)
• Norman Manea (born 1936)
• Gib Mihăescu (1894–1935)
• Mircea Nedelciu (1950–1999)
• Costache Negruzzi (1808–1868)
• Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876–1955)
• Dora Pavel (born 1946)
• Camil Petrescu (1894–1957)
• Cezar Petrescu (1892–1961)
• Dumitru Radu Popescu (born 1935)
• Marin Preda (1922–1980)
• Liviu Rebreanu (1885–1944)
• Doina Ruști (born 1938)
• Mihail Sadoveanu (1880–1961)
• Zaharia Stancu (1902–1974)
• Bogdan Suceavă (born 1969)
• Duiliu Zamfirescu (1858–1922)

Russia

See also: Russian literature, List of Russian-language novelists and List of Russian women writers.

• Andrey Bely (1880–1934)
• Andrey Bitov (1937–2018)
• Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940), author of The Master and Margarita
• Nikolai Chernyshevsky (1828–1889), author of What Is To Be Done?
• Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881), author of The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment
• Gaito Gazdanov (1903–1971)
• Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852), author of Dead Souls
• Ivan Goncharov (1812–1891), Oblomov, a tale of a "superfluous" man
• Maxim Gorky (1868–1936)
• Anna Kashina, author of The Princess of Dhagabad
• Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841)
• Leonid Leonov (1899–1994)
• Nikolai Leskov (1831–1895)
• Vladimir Makanin (1937–2017)
• Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) early novels in Russian, later, including Lolita, in English.
• Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), refused the Nobel Prize for Literature, Doctor Zhivago
• Aleksandr Pushkin (1799–1837)
• Viatcheslav Repin (born 1960), author of novels, short stories and essays in Russian and French
• Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889)
• Ilia Shtemler (born 1933)
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
• Aleksey K. Tolstoy (1817–1875)
• Aleksey N. Tolstoy (1883–1945)
• Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910), author of War and Peace, Anna Karenina
• Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Phyllis Joyce McClean Punnett (1917–2004)

Samoa

• Sia Figiel (born 1967)
• Albert Wendt (born 1939)

São Tomé and Príncipe

• Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990)

Senegal

See also: List of Senegalese writers.

Serbia

See also: Serbian literature and List of Serbian women writers.

• David Albahari
• Ivo Andrić
• Vladimir Arsenijević
• Miodrag Bulatović
• Miloš Crnjanski (1893–1977)
• Dobrica Ćosić (1921–2014)
• Jelena Dimitrijević (1862–1945)
• Danilo Kiš (1935–1989)
• Milorad Pavić
• Borislav Pekić (1930–1992)
• Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958)
• Meša Selimović (1910–1982)
• Srđan Srdić (born 1977)
• Svetlana Velmar-Janković (1933–2014)

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 (1937–1991)
• Nuruddin Farah (born 1945)
• Abdi Sheik Abdi (born 1942)
• Waris Dirie (born 1965)

South Africa

See also: List of South African writers.

• Lionel Abrahams (1928–2004)
• Peter Abrahams (1919–2017)
• Elleke Boehmer (born 1961)
• J. M. Coetzee (born 1940)
• K. Sello Duiker (1974–2005)
• Athol Fugard (born 1932)
• Damon Galgut (born 1963)
• Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014)
• Bessie Head (1937–1986)
• Christopher Hope (born 1944)
• Cynthia Jele (living)
• Fred Khumalo (born 1966)
• Alex La Guma (1925–1985)
• Mandla Langa (born 1950)
• Christine Barkhuizen le Roux (1959–2020)
• Arthur Maimane (1932–2005)
• Zakes Mda (born 1948)
• Kirsten Miller (living)
• Lauretta Ngcobo (1931–2015)
• Lewis Nkosi (1936–2010)
• Alan Paton (1903–1988)
• Olive Schreiner (1855–1920)
• Sipho Sepamla (1932–2007)
• Gillian Slovo (born 1952)
• Zukiswa Wanner (born 1976)
• Zoe Wicomb (born 1948)

South Korea

See also: List of Korean novelists.

Spain

See also: List of Spanish language authors, Spanish Literature and List of Spanish women writers.

• Leopoldo Alas (1852–1901)
• Jesusa Alfau Galván de Solalinde (1895–1943)
• Núria Añó (born 1973)
• Elísabet Benavent (born 1984)
• Camilo José Cela (1916–2002)
• Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), Don Quixote
• Matilde Cherner (1833–1880)
• Pérez Galdós (1843–1920)
• Juan Goytisolo (1931–2017)
• Javier Marías (born 1951)
• Juan Marsé (1933–2020)
• Eduardo Mendoza (born 1943)
• Antonio Muñoz Molina (born 1956)
• Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951)
• Carlos Ruiz Zafón (born 1964)
• María del Pilar Sinués de Marco (1835–1893)
• Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936)
• Marika Vila (born 1949)

Sri Lanka

• Gunadasa Amarasekara (born 1929)
• Anuk Arudpragasam (born 1988)
• Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008)
• Romesh Gunesekera (born 1954)
• Karunasena Jayalath (1928–1994)
• Shehan Karunatilaka (born 1975)
• Rosalind Mendis (1903–1992)
• Carl Muller (1935–2019)
• Simon Navagattegama (1940–2005)
• Michael Ondaatje (born 1943), The English Patient
• Shyam Selvadurai (born 1965)
• W. A. Silva (1890–1957)
• S. J. Sindu (born 1987)
• Ambalavaner Sivanandan (1923–2018)
• Martin Wickremasinghe (1890–1976)

Sudan

• Leila Aboulela (born 1964)
• Ibrahim Ishaq (1946–2021)
• Rania Mamoun
• Ra'ouf Mus'ad, also connected with Egypt
• Tayeb Salih (1929–2009)
• Sabah Sanhouri (born 1990)

Sweden

See also: List of Swedish language writers and List of Swedish women writers.

• Stig Dagerman (1923–1954)
• Marianne Fredriksson (1927–2007)
• Gustaf Fröding (1860–1911)
• Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783–1847)
• Jan Guillou (born 1944)
• Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976)
• Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974)
• Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940), Nobel Prize for Literature 1909, author of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (novel), The Emperor of Portugallia
• Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002)
• Henning Mankell (1948–2015)
• Harry Martinson (1904–1978)
• Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973)
• Peter Pohl (born 1940)
• Hjalmar Söderberg (1869–1941)
• Esaias Tegnér

Switzerland

See also: List of Swiss women writers.

• Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990), The Quarry
• Max Frisch (1911–1991), 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 (1943–1991)

Tanzania

• Mark Behr, also connected with South Africa (1963–2015)
• Nahida Esmail
• Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944–2020)
• Aniceti Kitereza (1896–1981)
• Abdulrazak Gurnah (born 1948)
• Peter K. Palangyo (1939–1993)
• Gabriel Ruhumbika (born 1938)
• Edwin Semzaba

Togo

• Jeannette D. Ahonsou (born 1954)
• Gad Ami
• Theo Ananissoh (born 1962)
• David Ananou (1917–2000)
• Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Benin, Senegal and Ivory Coast (1932–2003)
• Kossi Efoui (born 1962)
• Christiane Akoua Ekué (born 1954)

Trinidad and Tobago

• André Alexis (born 1957
• Lisa Allen-Agostini (born 1960s)
• Michael Anthony (1930–2023)
• Robert Antoni (born 1958)
• Dionne Brand (born 1953)
• Ralph de Boissière (1907–2008)
• Ramabai Espinet (born 1948)
• Rosa Guy (1922–2012)
• Merle Hodge (born 1944)
• Kevin Jared Hosein (born 1986)
• C. L. R. James (1901–1989)
• Barbara Jenkins
• Marion Patrick Jones (1931–2016)
• Anthony Joseph (born 1966)
• Earl Lovelace (born 1935)
• Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985)
• V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018)
• Elizabeth Nunez
• Lakshmi Persaud
• M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947)
• Monique Roffey (born 1965)
• Lawrence Scott (born 1943)
• Samuel Selvon (1923–1994)
• Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw (born 1964)

Tunisia

See also: List of Tunisian women writers.

• Hédi Bouraoui (born 1932)
• Aïcha Chaibi
• Faten Fazaâ
• Sophie el Goulli (1932–2015)
• Hubert Haddad (born 1947)
• Khawla Hamdi (born 1984)
• Albert Memmi (1920–2020)
• Amel Mokhtar (born 1964)
• Mustapha Tlili (1937–2017)

Turkey

See also: List of Turkish women writers.

• Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, author of Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü, Huzur
• Ahmet Ümit, author of Beyoğlu Rapsodisi
• Ayşe Kulin (born 1941)
• Aziz Nesin (1915–1995)
• Buket Uzuner (born 1955)
• Elif Şafak (born 1971)
• Haldun Taner (1915–1986)
• Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil, author of Mai ve Siyah, Aşkı Memnu
• Hasan Ali Toptaş (born 1958)
• Kemal Tahir, author of Yorgun Savaşçı, Devlet Ana, Karılar Koğuşu
• Metin Kaçan (1961–2013)
• Oğuz Atay (1934–1977), author of Tutunamayanlar
• Oktay Rifat (1914–1988)
• Orhan Kemal (1923–2015), author of Bekçi Murtaza,
• Orhan Pamuk, Nobel Prize author of My Name Is Red and The White Castle
• Reşat Nuri Güntekin (1889–1956)
• Rıfat Ilgaz (1911–1993)
• Sabahattin Ali (1907–1948), author of Kuyucaklı Yusuf, Kürk Mantolu Madonna
• Sevim Burak (1931–1983)
• Sabri Gürses (born 1972)
• Yahya Kemal (1884–1958)
• Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015), author of Mehmed, My Hawk
• Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu (1879–1945)
• 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 (1943–2015)
• 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 (1831–1905)
• Halyna Pahutiak (born 1958)
• Mykhailo Stelmakh (1912–1983)
• 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 (1845–1935)
• Ken Follett (born 1949)
• Richard Hughes (1900–1976), A High Wind in Jamaica
• Jack Jones (1884–1970)
• Richard Llewellyn (1907–1983), How Green Was My Valley
• Stephen Maybery (born 1949)
• Jean Rhys (1890–1979)
• Bernice Rubens, author of A Solitary Grief
• Howard Spring (1889–1965)

Welsh language

• Daniel Owen (1836–1895)
• Eigra Lewis Roberts (born 1939)
• Kate Roberts (1891–1985)

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 (1888–1957), The Horse's Mouth
• Paul Kearney (born 1967), Monarchies of God
• Benedict Kiely (1919–2007)
• Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942), Cal
• Brian Moore (1921–1999), The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
• Flann O'Brien (1911–1966), The Third Policeman
• Amanda McKittrick Ross (1860–1939)

Uruguay

See also: List of Uruguayan women writers and Culture of Uruguay.

• Eduardo Galeano (1940–2015), writer and social commentator.
• Mario Benedetti (1920–2009), Uruguay's best-known novelist
• Jorge Majfud (born 1969)
• Juan Carlos Onetti (1909–1997)
• Horacio Quiroga (1878–1937)
• Juana de Ibarbourou (1892–1979)
• Maria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira (1875–1924)
• Delmira Agustini (1886–1914)
• Isidore Lucien Ducasse (1846–1870), born in Montevideo though French by nationality
• José Enrique Rodó (1871–1917), considered by many to have been Spanish America's greatest philosopher

Venezuela

• Alfredo Armas Alfonzo (1921–1990)
• Rufino Blanco Fombona (1874–1944)
• Mario Briceño Iragorry (1897–1958)
• Manuel Díaz Rodríguez (1871–1927)
• Mercedes Franco (born 1948)
• Alicia Freilich (born 1939)
• Rómulo Gallegos (1884–1969)
• Salvador Garmendia (1928–2001)
• Adriano González León (1931–2008)
• Francisco Herrera Luque (1927–1991)
• Boris Izaguirre (born 1965)
• Eduardo Liendo (born 1941)
• Francisco Massiani (1944–2019)
• Guillermo Meneses (1911–1978)
• Miguel Otero Silva (1908–1985)
• Julián Padrón (1910–1964)
• Teresa de la Parra (1889–1936)
• Mariano Picón Salas (1901–1965)
• Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906–2001)

Vietnam

• Dương Thu Hương (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 (1880–1957)
• David Bergelson (1884–1952)
• Der Nister (1884–1950)
• Shira Gorshman (1906–2001)
• Chaim Grade (1910–1982)
• Esther Kreitman (1891–1954)
• Mendele Moykher Sforim (1836–1917), pseudonym for Sholem Yankev Abramovitch
• Joseph Opatoshu (1886–1954)
• Yitzok Lebesh Peretz (1852–1915)
• Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916) (real name: Solomon Rabinovitz), Fiddler on the Roof was based on his stories
• Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904–1991)
• Israel Joshua Singer (1893–1944)
• Anzia Yezierska (c. 1880–1970)

Zimbabwe

• Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 1959)
• Chenjerai Hove (1956–2015)
• Doris Lessing, born in Persia, now Iran (1919–2013)
• Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987)
• Nozipa Maraire (born 1966)
• Charles Mungoshi (1947–2019)
• Solomon Mutswairo (1924–2005)
• Alexander McCall Smith, also connected with Botswana (born 1948)
• Stanlake Samkange (1922–1988)
• Yvonne Vera, also connected with Canada (1964–2005)