List of novelists by nationality

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Well-known authors of novels, listed by country:

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

• Ismail Kadare

• Marguerite Taos Amrouche (1913–1976)
• Rachid Boudjedra (1914– )
• Albert Camus (1913–1960)
• Jacques Derrida (1930–2004)
• Mohammed Dib (1920–2003)
• Tahar Djaout (1954–1993)
• Assia Djebar (1936– )
• Frantz Fanon, originally from Martinique (1925–1961)
• Mouloud Feraoun (1913–1962)
• Mouloud Mammeri (1917–1989)
• Rachid Mimouni (1945–1995)
• Ahlam Mostaghanemi
• Leïla Sebbar
• Kateb Yacine (1929–1989)

Ancient Latin Authors

• Petronius

• José Eduardo Agualusa (1960– )
• Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928–1990)
• Mendes de Carvalho
• Pepetela (Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos, 1941– )
• Oscar Ribas
• José Luandino Vieira (1935– )

• Marcos Aguinis
• César Aira
• Federico Andahazi
• Roberto Arlt
• Adolfo Bioy Casares
• Jorge Luis Borges
• Abelardo Castillo
• Julio Cortázar, (1914–1984)
• Macedonio Fernandez
• Rodolfo Fogwill
• Ricardo Güiraldes, (1886–1927) Don Segundo Sombra
• Leopoldo Marechal
• Manuel Puig, author of Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Andrés Rivera
• Juan José Saer
• Ernesto Sábato, Sobre Héroes y Tumbas (1961)
• Luisa Valenzuela

• Alexander Shirvanzade

• Jessica Anderson
• Thea Astley
• Murray Bail
• Carmel Bird
• John Birmingham
• Rolf Boldrewood
• Martin Boyd
• James Bradley
• Lily Brett, author of Just Like That (1994)
• Geraldine Brooks
• Gabrielle Carey
• Peter Carey
• Marcus Clarke
• James Clavell, screenwriter, director (of the original The Fly among others), author of Shogun
• Kenneth Cook
• Bryce Courtenay
• Kathryn Deans
• Robert Dessaix
• Nick Earls
• Greg Egan, science fiction
• Richard Flanagan
• David Foster
• Miles Franklin
• Joseph Furphy
• Helen Garner
• Peter Goldsworthy
• Kate Grenville
• Kerry Greenwood
• Traci Harding
• Frank Hardy
• Xavier Herbert
• Dorothy Hewett
• George Johnston
• Elizabeth Jolley
• Thomas Keneally, author of Schindler's Ark (1985), on which the film Schindler's List was based, Confederates (1979)
• Melissa Lucashenko
• David Malouf
• John Marsden, author of the Tomorrow series
• Mardi McConnochie
• Sandy McCutcheon
• Drusilla Modjeska
• Frank Moorhouse
• Nerida Newton
• Gerald Murnane
• Alice Nannup
• Judy Nunn
• D.B.C. Pierre, 2003 Booker Prize
• Doris Pilkington
• Matthew Reilly
• Henry Handel Richardson
• Jacqui Ross
• Kim Scott
• Nevil Shute
• Kimberley Starr
• Christina Stead, author of The Man Who Loved Children (1940)
• Randolph Stow
• Arthur W. Upfield
• Clinton Walker
• Archie Weller
• Patrick White, Nobel Prize for Literature (1973), noted for his examinations of his native land
• Tim Winton
• Amy Witting

See also: German literature

• Hugo Bettauer
• Peter Handke, (1942– )
• Josef Haslinger
• Peter Henisch
• Robert Musil, (1880–1942), Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften (The Man Without Qualities)
• Arthur Schnitzler
• Stefan Zweig, (1881–1942)

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

• Berte-Evelyne Agbo, also connected with Senegal
• Florent Couao-Zotti (1964– )
• Félix Couchoro, also connected with Togo (1900–1968)
• Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Togo, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire (1932–2003)
• Flore Hazoume (1959– ), also connected with Congo-Brazzaville
• Paul Hazoumé
• Lauryn, also connected with Côte d'Ivoire and Togo, born in France (1978– )
• Hortense Mayaba

• Ivo Andrić, (1892–1975), Nobel Prize for Literature (1961)

• Caitlin Davies, born in Britain
• Unity Dow
• Bessie Head, born in South Africa
• Mositi Torontle

• Paulo Coelho, (1947– )

• Sarah Bouyain (1968– )
• Monique Ilboudo
• Honorine Mare (1972– )
• Suzy Henrique Nikiéma
• Adiza Sanoussi

• Mongo Beti (pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala)
• Calixthe Beyala
• Ferdinand Oyono (1929– )
• Evelyne Mpoudi Ngole (1953– )
• Francis Bebey

See also: Canadian literature, List of Canadian writers

• Margaret Atwood, (1939– ), author of The Handmaid's Tale (1985)
• Pierre Berton, (1920–2004 )
• Marie-Claire Blais, (1939– )
• Morley Callaghan, (1903–1990) author of Strange Fugitive (1928)
• Deborah Joy Corey, (1958– ) winner Books in Canada First Novel Award
• Robertson Davies, (1913–1995), author of Fifth Business
• Réjean Ducharme
• Louis Emond
• Timothy Findley (1930–2002) (See also France)
• Donald Jack,
• Hugh MacLennan,
• Margaret Laurence,
• Stephen Leacock
• Yann Martel, author of "Life of Pi", 2002 Booker Prize
• Rohinton Mistry, (1952– )
• Lucy Maude Montgomery, (1874–1942)
• Susanna Moodie, (1803–1885)
• Farley Mowat
• Alice Munro, (1931– )
• Michael Ondaatje, (1943– ), author of The English Patient (1993)
• Mordecai Richler, (1931–2001), author of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959)
• Gabrielle Roy, (1909–1983)
• Margaret Marshall Saunders, (1861–1947)
• Carol Shields, (1935–2003)
• Catharine Parr Traill, (1802–1899)
• Jane Urquhart, (1949– )

• Germano Almeida (1945– )
• Manuel Lopes
• Dina Salústio (1941– )
• Rosa de Saron

• Raimon Llull, (1235–1315), author of Libre de meravelles
• Ramon Muntaner, (circa 1270–1336), author of Cronica
• Joanot Martorell, (1413–1468), author of Tirant lo Blanc
• Narcís Oller, (1846–1930), author of La febre d'or
• Mercè Rodoreda, (1909–1983), author of La plaça del diamant

• Marie-Christine Koundja (1957– )

• Allende, Isabel
• Coloeane, Francisco
• José Donoso
• Rojas, Manuel
• Sepúlveda, Luis

See also: Chinese literature

• Ang Li
• Dai Sijie, author of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
• Gao Xingjian, exile and Nobel laureate
• Lao She, (1899–1966), author of Si Shi Tong Tang
• Li Yu
• Mo Yan, author of Red Sorghum
• Qian Zhongshu, (1910–1998), author of Wei Cheng
• Lu Xun, (1881–1936), author of The True Story of Ah Q and first modernist writer in China
• Mao Dun, (1896–1981), author of Zi Ye
• Wang Shuo
• Wei Jingsheng, democracy activist and political prisoner
• Zhang Ailing, (1920–1995), female romantic story writer

• Jaime Manrique
• Gabriel García Márquez, (1928– ), author of One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), Nobel Prize for Literature (1982), journalist, publisher, avatar of magical realism
• José Eustasio Rivera, (1888–1928), author of La Vorágine

• Jeannette Balou Tchichelle (1947– )
• Noëlle Bizi Bazouma (1959– )
• Emmanuel Dongala
• Aleth Felix-Tchicaya (1955– )
• Flore Hazoume (1959– ), also connected with Benin
• Francine Laurans (1962– )
• Ghislaine Sathoud (1969– )

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

• 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, (1929– ) born in Czechoslovakia, but moved to France. Multi-language writer.
• Salman Rushdie, (1947– ) born in India, but moved abroad later. English language writer, placed under fatwah (death sentence) by Muslim clerics

• Josette D. Abondio
• Anne-Marie Adiaffi (1951– )
• Marie-Danielle Aka
• Assamala Amoi, born in France (1960– )
• Michele Assamoua, originally from France (1941– )
• Khadi Sy Bizet
• Fatou Bolli
• Tanella Boni
• Isabelle Boni-Claverie
• Marie Anne Caro
• Micheline Coulibaly, born in Vietnam (1950–2003)
• Marion Diby Zinnanti (1960– )
• Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Benin, Senegal and Togo (1932–2003)
• Oklomin Kacou
• Simone Kaya (1937– )
• Alimatou Koné
• Boundou Koné
• Ahmadou Kourouma (1927–2003)
• Lauryn, also connected with Togo and Benin, born in France (1978– )
• Mariama Méité (1967– )
• Isabelle Montplaisir
• Goley Niantié Lou
• Marinette Secco, born in France (1921– )
• Haïdara Fatoumata Sirantou
• Véronique Tadjo (1955– )
• Werewere-Liking Gnepo, also connected with Cameroon (1950– )
• Caroline Angèle Yao
• Regina Yaou (1955– )

See also: Croatian literature

• Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981)
• Ivo Andrić (1892–1975)
• Ivan Aralica (1930– )
• Tomislav Ladan (1932– )

• Juan Alonso
• Reinaldo Arenas
• Jose Lezama Lima

See also: Literature of the Czech Republic

• Karel Čapek, (1890–1938) inventor of the word robot, moralist, ironist, Czech patriot
• Jaroslav Hašek, (1883–1923), author of The Good Soldier Svejk
• Václav Havel, (born 1936, President of Czech Republic (1993–2003) and famous playwright)
• Bohumil Hrabal, (1914–1997), author of Closely Watched Trains, died trying to feed pigeons.
• Milan Kundera, (born 1929) author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
• Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986), (Nobel Prize for Literature) (1984)

See also: List of Danish authors

• Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)
• Isak Dinesen, (1885–1962) (real name: Karen Blixen), author of Seven Gothic Tales (1934), Out of Africa (1937)
• Peter Høeg
• Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (1873–1950), Nobel Prize for Literature (1944)
• Peter Kjaerulff (1946– )

• Mouna-Hodan Ahmed (1972– )
• Waberi Abdourahman (1965– )

• P. Jaramillo Alvarado
• Enrique Gil Gilbert
• Luis A. Martínez
• Juan Montalvo
• Isacovici Salomon

• Gamal Al-Ghitani
• Naguib Mahfouz, (1911– ) Nobel Prize for Literature (1988), famous for the Cairo Trilogy about life in the sprawling inner city.
• Alifa Rifaat
• Ahdaf Soueif
• Sonallah Ibrahim, (1937– )

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

• Jüri Ehlvest, (Juri Ehlvest, 1967– ), Krutsiaana (1996), Still in Baghdad (1966), An Elf is Writingl (1997), The Mask of Life (1999), The Mask of Life (1999), A Stairway to Heaven (2001), A Horse from Nowhere (2002)
• Kaur Kender, (1971– ), author of Independence Day (Book), Yupppiegod (Book), Abnormal (Book), Through Peaceful Eyes (novels), Money (Book), The Bank Deception (Book), How to Become a Father (Book)
• Heiti Kender, (1973– ), author of Elevation (Book)
• Kadri Kõusaar (Kadri Kousaar, 1980– ), author of EGO, The Free Rise
• Jaan Kross, (1920– ),
• Tõnu Õnnepalu (Tonu Onnepalu, aka Emil Tode, 1962– ), author of The Border State

• Innānu Āggonāfir (pseudonym of Nagāsh Gabra Māryām)
• Haddis Alemayehu
• Āfawarq Gabra Iyasus
• Moges Kebede
• Nega Mezlekia
• Girmācchaw Takla Hāwāryāt
• Hama Tuma (1949– )
• Birhānu Zarīhun

• 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)
• Arto Paasilinna
• Kalle Päätalo, (1919–2000)
• Frans Emil Sillanpää, (1888–1964), (Nobel Prize for Literature, 1939)
• Mika Waltari, (1908–1979)

See: French literature, List of French novelists

• Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (1932– )
• Bessora (born in Belgium) (1968– )
• Rene Maran, born near Martinique (1887–1960)
• Chantal Magalie Mbazoo-Kassa
• Justine Mintsa (1967– )
• Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri

• Alhagi Kah
• Lenrie Peters

See also: German literature

• Heinrich Böll, (1917–1985)
• Alfred Döblin, (1878–1957), author of Berlin Alexanderplatz
• Friedrich Duerrenmatt (1921–1990), author of The Visit
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, (1749–1832), polymath.
• Günter Grass, (1927– ), Nobel Prize for Literature (1999)
• Hermann Hesse, (1877–1962), author of The Glass Bead Game, Steppenwolf, Nobel Prize for Literature (1946)
• Siegfried Lenz, (1926– )
• Thomas Mann, (1875–1955)
• Erich Maria Remarque, (1898–1970), author of Im Westen nichts Neues, or All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)
• Patrick Süskind (1949– ), author of Perfume

• Ama Ata Aidoo (1940– )
• Ayi Kwei Armah
• Bediako Asare, also connected with Tanzania
• Kofi Awoonor (1935– )
• William Boyd
• Akosua Busia
• J.E. Casely-Hayford
• Amma Darko
• Efua Theodora Sutherland (1924–1996 )

• Sirah Balde de Labe
• Kesso Barry (1948– )
• Mariama Barry, also connected with Senegal
• Laye Camara
• Koumanthio Zeinab Diallo (1956– )
• Tierno Monénembo
• Williams Sassine

• Nadine Nyangoma, born in Belgium

• György Dalos, (1943– )
• Imre Kertész, (1929– ), (Nobel Prize for Literature) (2002)
• Mór Jókai, (1825–1904)
• István Örkény, (1912–1979)
• Sándor Petőfi, (19th century poet)
• Frigyes Karinthy, (20th century humorist)
• Ferenc Molnár, (20th century writer, born as Ferenc Neumann)
• Zsigmond Moricz, (20th century writer, born as Ferenc Neumann)
• Janos Arany
• Endre Ady
• Géza Gárdonyi
• Kálmán Mikszáth
• Jenő Heltai

• Snorri Sturluson, (1179–1241), author of the Younger Edda
• Halldór Laxness, (1903–1998), Nobel Prize for Literature (1955)

• Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908–1994)
• Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
• Jhumpa Lahiri
• Ashok Mathur
• R. K. Narayan, (1906–2001), English
• Munshi Premchand, (1880, 1936)–Hindi
• Shona Ramaya
• Arundhati Roy
• Salman Rushdie, (1947– ), English
• Vikram Seth, author of 'A Suitable Boy'

• Abbas Marufi
• Afshin Ellian
• Ahmad Mahmoud
• Akhtar Naraghi
• Azar Nafisi
• Bozorg Alavi
• Dariush Shayegan
• Fereydun Esfandiari
• Fereydoun Hoveyda
• Houshang Golshiri
• Jamal Mirsadeghi
• Kader Abdolah
• Mahmud Doulatabadi
• Marjane Satrapi, graphic novelist
• Mohammad Hejazi
• Nassim Khaksar
• Reza Baraheni
• Sadegh Hedayat
• Sadiq Chubak
• Jalal Al-E Ahmad
• Shahrnush Parsipur
• Shiva Arastui
• Simin Daneshvar
• Taqi Modarresi
• Zeyn al-Abedin Maraghei

See: Irish fiction, List of Irish novelists

• Shmuel Yosef Agnon, author of The Bridal Canopy and Yesteryear
• Aharoni, Ada, author, professor, founder of IFLAC international Forum for Literature and Culture for Peace
• David Grossman, author of See Under: Love, The Smile of the Lamb
• Amos Oz, author of Black Box, My Michael
• Meir Shalev, suthor of The Blue Mountain, Four Meals
• Abraham B. Yehoshua, author of Mr. Mani

See also: Italian literature, List of Italian writers

• Riccardo Bacchelli
• Alessandro Baricco
• Giorgio Bassani
• Stefano Benni, journalist, poet, novelist, Terra (1985) is most popular work in English
• Alberto Bevilacqua
• Giovanni Boccaccio
• Vitaliano Brancati
• Gesualdo Bufalino
• Aldo Busi
• Dino Buzzati, Il deserto dei Tartari (1940)
• Italo Calvino, Cosmicomics, If On a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979)
• Luigi Capuana
• Andrea Camilleri
• Carlo Cassola
• Carlo Collodi
• Carmen Covito
• Gabriele D'Annunzio, revolutionary
• Massimo D'Azeglio
• Dario de Judicibus
• Grazia Deledda
• Giuseppe Dessi
• Umberto Eco
• Carlo Emilio Gadda
• Natalia Ginzburg
• Primo Levi, resistance fighter, chemist and novelist
• Emilio Lussu
• Alessandro Manzoni
• Dacia Maraini
• Franco Mimmi
• Elsa Morante
• Alberto Moravia
• Elina Patanè
• Cesare Pavese
• Luigi Pirandello, playwright, Six Characters in Search of an Author
• Vasco Pratolini
• Andrea di Robilant
• Salvatore Satta
• Alberto Savinio
• Leonardo Sciascia
• Ignazio Silone
• Mario Soldati
• Italo Svevo
• Antonio Tabucchi, Declares Pereira (1994)
• Susanna Tamaro
• Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
• Giovanni Verga
• Elio Vittorini

• Opal Palmer Adisa
• John La Rose
• Patricia Powell
• Andrew Salkey

See also: Japanese literature, List of Japanese authors

• Kobo Abe (1924–1993) The Woman In the Dunes, The Magic Chalk
• Ryunosuke Akutagawa, (1892–1927), Rashomon
• Osamu Dazai, (1909–1948), No Longer Human, Melos, Run!
• Fumiko Enchi (1905–1986) A Tale of False Fortunes, The Waiting Years
• Shusaku Endo, (1923–1996) Silence, Deep River
• Shizuko Go
• Ichiyo Higuchi, (1872–1896) Child's Play, The Thirteenth Night
• Masuji Ibuse, (1898–1993) Black Rain
• Yasunari Kawabata (1899–1972) Snow Country, The Izu Dancer (Winner of the Nobel Prize, 1968)
• Yukio Mishima, (1925–1970), The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Confessions of a Mask
• Kenji Miyazawa, (1896–1933) Night Train to the Stars, Matasaburo the Wind Imp
• Ogai Mori, (1862–1922), The Wild Goose, The Dancing Girl
• Haruki Murakami
• Ryu Murakami
• Soseki Natsume, (1867–1916), Kokoro, I Am a Cat
• Kenzaburo Oe (1935– ) Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids, A Personal Matter (Nobel Prize, 1994)
• Junichiro Tanizaki (1886–1965) Some Prefer Nettles, The Makioka Sisters
• Edogawa Rampo (1894–1965)
• Hisaye Yamamoto]
• Banana Yoshimoto

• Margaret Ogola
• Grace Ogot (1930– )
• M.G. Vassanji (1950– )
• Ngugi wa Thiong'o, (1938– ), The River Between, Caitaani muthara-Ini, Matigari
• Meja Mwangi (1948– )
• Isak Dinesen, pseudonym of Karen Blixen (1885–1962)
• Parselelo Kantai
• Francis Imbuga

• Pauls Bankovskis
• Alberts Bels
• Anšlavs Eglītis
• Nora Ikstena
• Andrejs Upīts
• Marģeris Zariņš
• Egils Venters
• Aleksandrs Čaks
• Visvaldis Lāms
• Zigmunds Skujiņš

• Hanan Al-Shaykh
• Amin Maalouf

• Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948)
• Mzamane Nhlapo

• Michèle Rakotoson

• Paul Tiyambe Zeleza

• Catherine Lim
• John Ling

• Amadou Hampâté Bâ
• Aïda Mady Diallo
• Doumbi Fakoly (1944– )
• Aïcha Fofana (1957–2003)
• Moussa Konaté
• Yambo Ouologuem (1940– )
• Fanta-Taga Tembely (1946– )

• Sabine Cassar-Alpert (1959– ), author of Angelina's Ghost

• Moussa Ould Ebnou

• Carl de Souza (1949– )
• Ananda Devi
• Jean Fanchette

• Sandra Cisneros
• Laura Esquivel
• Carlos Fuentes
• Martín Luis Guzmán
• Vicky Nizri
• José Emilio Pacheco

• Mohammed Choukri
• Driss Chraïbi (1926– )
• Edmond Amran El Maleh (1917– )
• Abdelkébir Khatibi
• Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
• Ahmed Sefrioui
• Mohammed Zefzaf

• Paulina Chiziane (1955– )
• Mia Couto (1955– )
• Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa
• Lina Magaia
• Glória de Santana (1925– )

• Samrat Upadhyay

• Harry Mulisch
• Tip Marugg
• Cees Nooteboom
• Willem Frederik Hermans
• Jan Wolkers
• Gerard van het Reve
• A.F.Th. van der Heijden

See: List of Nigerian writers

See also: Norwegian literature

• Ingvar Ambjørnsen
• Jens Bjørneboe
• Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
• Johan Borgen
• Lars Saabye Christensen
• Olav Duun
• Johan Falkberget
• Jostein Gaarder, Sophie's World
• Erik Fosnes Hansen
• Knut Hamsun, Hunger
• Sigurd Hoel
• Roy Jacobsen
• Alexander Kielland
• Jan Kjærstad
• Jonas Lie
• Erlend Loe
• Axel Sandemose
• Gabriel Scott
• Dag Solstad
• Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavrandsdatter
• Tarjei Vesaas
• Herbjørg Wassmo

See also: Pakistani literature

• Ahmed Ali
• Zulfikar Ghose
• Saadat Hasan Manto, born in India
• Bapsi Sidhwa
• Tariq Ali

• Francisco Arcellana
• Lualhati Bautista
• Carlos Bulosan
• Jose Dalisay
• Lazaro Francisco
• Eric Gamalinda
• N.V.M. Gonzalez
• Jessica Hagedorn
• Amado Hernandez
• Stevan Javellana
• Nick Joaquin
• Maximo Kalaw
• Edgardo Reyes
• Jose Rizal
• Ninotchka Rosca
• Bienvenido Santos
• Lope K. Santos
• Rogelio Sicat
• F. Sionil Jose
• Edilberto Tiempo
• Edith Tiempo
• Linda Ty-Casper

• Ciro Alegría, {1909–1967)
• José María Arguedas, (1911–1969)
• Mario Vargas Llosa, (1936– ), ran for president, author of Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

See also: Polish literature

• Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965)
• Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (1898–1939)
• Tadeusz Konwicki (1926– )
• 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
• Gabriela Zapolska (1857–1921)
• Stefan Żeromski (1864–1925)
• Eugeniusz Żytomirski (1911–1975)

• António Lobo Antunes
• Fernando de Campos
• Eça de Queirós
• Aqulino Ribeiro
• Albino Forjaz de Sampaio, (1884–1949)
• José Saramago, (1922– ), Nobel Prize for Literature 1998

• 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)

• Gabriela Adameşteanu
• T.O. Bobe
• Nicolae Breban
• Mateiu Caragiale
• George Călinescu
• Mircea Cărtărescu
• Ioan Mihai Cochinescu
• Alexandru Ivasiuc
• Mircea Nedelciu
• Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu
• Camil Petrescu
• Marin Preda
• Doina Ruşti
• Mihail Sadoveanu
• Constantin Ţoiu
• Duiliu Zamfirescu

See also: Romanian literature

See also: Russian literature

• Andrey Bely, (1880–1934)
• Mikhail Bulgakov, (1891–1940), author of The Master and Margarita
• Fyodor Dostoyevsky, (1821–1881), author of The Brothers Karamazov, The Possessed
• Nikolai Gogol, (1809–1852), author of Dead Souls
• Ivan Goncharov, (1812–1891), Oblomov, a tale of a "superfluous" man
• Anna Kashina, author of The Princess of Dhagabad
• Mikhail Lermontov, (1814–1841)
• Nikolai Leskov, (1831–1895)
• Eduard Limonov, author of It's Me, Eddie and Memoir of a Russian Punk
• 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)
• Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, (1826–1889)
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, (1918– ), One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, also historian
• Aleksey K. Tolstoy, (1817–1875)
• Aleksey N. Tolstoy, (1883–1945)
• Leo Tolstoy, (1828–1910) of whose greatest book it was said, "Loved the war, hated the peace".

• Thérèse Muamini

• Olinda Beja (1946– )
• Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990)

See: List of Senegalese writers

• Syl Cheney-Coker
• Aminatta Forna (b. 1964)

• Maxamed Daahir Afrax
• Faarax MJ Cawl
• Nuruddin Farah (1945– )
• Abdi Sheik Abdi
• Waris Dirie

See: List of South African writers

• Leopoldo Alas, author of 'La Regenta'
• Miguel de Cervantes, : El Quijote, or Don Quixote
• Pérez Galdós
• Juan Goytisolo: El sitio de los sitios
• Javier Marías
• Juan Marsé: La Muchacha de las bragas de oro (Premio Planeta)
• Eduardo Mendoza: La ciudad de los prodigios, Sin Noticias de Gurp, El Misterio de la cripta embrujada
• Arturo Pérez-Reverte: El Club Dumas, Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste
• Miguel de Unamuno: Niebla, San Manuel Bueno Martir
• Antonio Muñoz Molina: Beltenebros

• Shyam Selvadurai

• Tayeb Salih
• Ra'ouf Mus'ad, also connected with Egypt
• Leila Aboulela
• Jamal Mahjoub

See also: List of Swedish language writers

• Marianne Fredriksson
• Gustaf Fröding
• Erik Gustaf Geijer
• Jan Guillou
• Eyvind Johnson
• Pär Lagerkvist
• Selma Lagerlöf
• Astrid Lindgren
• Harry Martinson
• Vilhelm Moberg
• Per Nilsson
• Peter Pohl
• August Strindberg (1849–1912)
• Esaias Tegnér

• Max Frisch (1911–1991), Stiller (1954) (I'm Not Stiller), Mein Name sei Gantenbein (1964)

• Mark Behr, also connected with South Africa
• Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944– )
• Shafi Adam Shafi

• Gad Ami (1958– )
• David Ananou (1917–2000)
• Félix Couchoro, also connected with Benin (1900–1968)
• Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Benin, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire (1932–2003)
• Kossi Efoui (1962– )
• Christiane Akoua Ekue (1954– )
• Lauryn, also connected with Benin and Togo, born in France (1978– )

• Lakshmi Persaud

• Hédi Bouraoui (1932– )
• Albert Memmi (1920– )

• Cem Akas
• Ertugrul Oguz Firat, author of "Sevicira"
• Metin Kacan
• Bilge Karasu, author of "Night", "Garden of Departed Cats", and "Death in Troy"
• Yahya Kemal
• Yasar Kemal, author of "Mehmed, My Hawk"
• Orhan Pamuk, author of "Black Book" and "The White Castle"
• Aziz Nesin
• Haldun Taner

• Moses Isegawa
• China Keitetsi

• Andrey Kurkov, (1961– )
• Larisa Alexandrovna, (1971– )

See: List of English novelists

• *William Auld writes mainly in Esperanto
• *Iain Banks aka Iain M. Banks, (1954– ) writes mainstream novels under the first name, science-fiction novels under the second.
• *J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan among others.
• *Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the Great Detective, discoverer of the Lost World, believer in fairies.
• *James Kelman
• *Helen Clark MacInnes wrote suspense novels
• *Ken MacLeod, (1954– ), science fiction
• *Ian Rankin
• *Sir Walter Scott, (1771–1832), innovator of the historical novel
• *Robert Louis Stevenson, (1850–1894), author of Treasure Island
• *Mary Stewart, (1916– )
• *Nigel Tranter, (1909–2000), Scottish historical novels.
• *Irvine Welsh, (1961– )
• *Christopher Brookmyre

• *Mary Balogh
• *Amy Dillwyn
• *Ken Follett
• *Richard Hughes, (1900–1976), A High Wind in Jamaica
• *Jack Jones, (1884–1970)
• *Richard Llewellyn, (1907–1983), How Green Was My Valley
• *Jean Rhys
• *Bernice Rubens, author of A Solitary Grief
• *Howard Spring, (1889–1965)
• Welsh language
• *Daniel Owen, (1836–1895)
• *Kate Roberts, (1891–1985)

See: List of novelists from the United States

See: Culture of Uruguay

• Eduardo Galeano, writer and social commentator renowned throughout Latin America
• Mario Benedetti, Uruguay's best-known novelist
• Jorge Majfud
• Juan Carlos Onetti
• Horacio Quiroga
• Juana de Ibarbourou
• Maria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira
• Delmira Agustini
• Isidore Lucien Ducasse, born in Montevideo though French by nationality
• José Enrique Rodó Considered by many to have been Spanish America's greatest philosopher Encyclopædia Britannica

• Rómulo Gallegos, (1884–1969) Canaima, Doña Bárbara

• Dương Thu Hương
• Phung Le Ly Hayslip
• Bao Ninh, (b. 1952)

• 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)
• Sholom 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)

• Ivo Andrić

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

 

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