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List of novelists by nationality

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Well-known authors of novels, listed by country:

Afghanistan[edit]

Aliyeh Ataei (born 1981)

Khaled Hosseini (born 1965)

Jamil Jan Kochai (born 1992)

Akram Osman (1937–2016)

Nemat Sadat

Rahnaward Zaryab (1944–2020)

Albania[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Apuleius (c. 124–c. 170)

Petronius (c. 27–66)

Angola[edit]

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[edit]

Joanne C. Hillhouse (born 1973)

Marie-Elena John

Jamaica Kincaid (born 1949)

Argentina[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Khalil Gibran (1883–1931)

Thea Halo (born 1941)

Ivan Kakovitch (1933–2006)

Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965)

Obelit Yadgar (born 1945)

Australia[edit]

Austria[edit]

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[edit]

Akram Aylisli (born 1937)

Alaviyya Babayeva (1921–2014)

Afag Masud (born 1957)

Elchin Safarli (born 1984)

Kurban Said

Bangladesh[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Angela Barry

Brian Burland (1931–2010)

Bolivia[edit]

Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit]

Ivo Andrić (1892–1975)

Andrej Nikolaidis (born 1974)

Meša Selimović (1910–1982)

Botswana[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Dimitar Dimov

Konstantin Konstantinov

Burkina Faso[edit]

Nazi Boni (1909–1969)

Sarah Bouyain (born 1968)

Norbert Zongo (1949–1998)

Cameroon[edit]

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[edit]

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 (born 1931)

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[edit]

Germano Almeida (born 1945)

Manuel Lopes (1907–2005)

Catalonia[edit]

Raimon Llull (1235–1315)

Ramon Muntaner (c. 1270–1336)

Joanot Martorell (1413–1468)

Narcís Oller (1846–1930)

Mercè Rodoreda (1909–1983)

Chad[edit]

Marie-Christine Koundja (born 1957)

Chile[edit]

Isabel Allende (born 1942)

Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003)

Francisco Coloane (1910–2002)

José Donoso (1924–1996)

Jorge Edwards (born 1931)

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

(formerly Zaïre)

Amba Bongo

Maguy Kabamba (born 1960)

Sony Labou Tansi (1947–1995)

V. Y. Mudimbe (born 1941)

Yamusangie, Frederick Kambemba

Cosmopolitanism|Cosmopolitan[edit]

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[edit]

Fabián Dobles Rodríguez (1918–1997)

Joaquín García Monge (1881–1958)

Yolanda Oreamuno (1916–1956)

Roxana Pinto

Côte d'Ivoire|Ivory Coast[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990)

Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980)

Daína Chaviano (born 1957)

José Lezama Lima (1910–1976)

Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955)

Czech Republic[edit]

Karel Čapek (1890–1938)

Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923)

Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997)

Milan Kundera (1929–2023)

Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986)

Denmark[edit]

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[edit]

Waberi Abdourahman (born 1965)

Ecuador[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

María Nsué Angüe (1945–2017)

Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (born 1950)

Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (born 1966)

Estonia[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Finland[edit]

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[edit]

Gabon[edit]

Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (born 1932)

Bessora (born in Belgium) (born 1968)

Charline Effah (born 1977)

Rene Maran, born near Martinique (1887–1960)

Chantal Magalie Mbazo'o-Kassa (born 1967)

Nadia Origo (born 1977)

Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri (1954–2010)

Gambia[edit]

Ebou Dibba (1943–2000)

Ramatoulie Othman

Lenrie Peters (1932–2009)

Sally Singhateh (born 1977)

Georgia[edit]

Mikheil Javakhishvili (1880–1937)

Germany[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 (born 1934)
Elias Venezis (1904–973)

Guatemala[edit]

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[edit]

Sirah Balde de Labe

Camara Laye (1928–1980)

Tierno Monénembo (born 1947)

Williams Sassine (1944–1997)

Haïti[edit]

Frankétienne (born 1936)

Clark Parent (born 1951)

Jacques Roumain (1907–1944)

Honduras[edit]

Roberto Castillo (1950–2008)

Julio Escoto (born 1944)

Javier Abril Espinoza (born 1967)

Lucila Gamero (1873–1964)

Hong Kong[edit]

Louis Cha (1924–2018)

Ni Kuang (born 1935)

Hungary[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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)

Ireland[edit]

Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

James Joyce (1882–1941)

Flann O'Brien (1911–1966)

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

Israel[edit]

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[edit]

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 (1920–19960

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Kosovo[edit]

Sinan Hasani (1922–2010)

Teki Dervishi (1943–2011)

Rifat Kukaj (1938–2005)

Turkey (Kurds)[edit]

Bachtyar Ali (born 1960)

Jalal Barzanji (born 1953)

Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015)

Ata Nahai

Farhad Pirbal (born 1961)

Mehmed Uzun (1953–2007)

Latvia[edit]

Andrejs Upīts (1877–1970)

Marģeris Zariņš (1910–1993)

Aleksandrs Čaks (1901–1950)

Laos[edit]

Douangdeuane Bounyavong

Outhine Bounyavong

Daoviang Butnakho

Lebanon[edit]

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[edit]

Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948)

Luxembourg[edit]

Republic of Macedonia[edit]

Slavko Janevski (1920–2000)

Madagascar[edit]

Michèle Rakotoson (born 1948)

Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901 or 1903–1937)

Malawi[edit]

Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (born 1955)

Felix Mnthali (born 1933)

Malaysia[edit]

K. S. Maniam (1942–2020)

Mali[edit]

Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1901–1991)

Aïda Mady Diallo

Doumbi Fakoly (born 1944)

Moussa Konaté (1951–2013)

Yambo Ouologuem (1940–2017)

Mauritania[edit]

Moussa Ould Ebnou (born 1956)

Mexico[edit]

Juan José Arreola

Morocco[edit]

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[edit]

Paulina Chiziane (born 1955)

Mia Couto (born 1955)

Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa (born 1957)

Lina Magaia (1940–2011)

Nepal[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Gioconda Belli (born 1948)

Nigeria[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 (born 1935)

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[edit]

Ghassan Kanafani (1936–1972)

Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008)

Susan Abulhawa (born 1970)

Panama[edit]

Paraguay[edit]

Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944)

Augusto Roa Bastos (1917–2005)

Peru[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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)