List of novelists by nationality
Well-known authors of novels, listed by country:
See also: Lists of authors, List of poets, List of playwrights, List of short story authors
Albania
See also: List of Albanian women writers and Albanian literature
- Ismail Kadare (born 1936)
- Fatos Kongoli (born 1944)
- Haki Stermilli (1895–1953)
- Faik Konica (1875–1942)
- Dritero Agolli (born 1931)
- Migjeni (1911–1938)
- 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 (born 1936)
- Frantz Fanon (1925–1961), originally from Martinique
- Mouloud Feraoun (1913–1962)
- Mouloud Mammeri (1917–1989)
- Rachid Mimouni (1945–1995)
- Ahlam Mostaghanemi
- Leïla Sebbar
- Kateb Yacine (1929–1989)
Roman Empire|Ancient Latin authors
Angola
- José Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960)
- Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (born 1941)
- Oscar Ribas
- José Luandino Vieira (born 1935)
Argentina
See also: List of Argentine women writers
- Marcos Aguinis (born 1935)
- César Aira
- Adolfo Bioy Casares
- Abelardo Castillo
- Julio Cortázar (1914–1984)
Armenia
Assyrian
- Khalil Gibran (1883–1931)
- Thea Halo
- Ivan Kakovitch (1933–2006)
Australia
See: List of Australian novelists
Austria
See also: List of Austrian women writers and German literature
- Vicki Baum (1888–1960)
- Hugo Bettauer
- Thomas Bernhard
- Hermann Broch (1886–1951)
- Peter Handke (born 1942)
- Josef Haslinger
- Elfriede Jelinek
- Robert Musil (1880–1942)
- Joseph Roth (1894–1939)
- Arthur Schnitzler
- Stefan Zweig (1881–1942)
Azerbaijan
See also: List of Azerbaijani women writers
Bangladesh
See also: List of Bangladeshi women writers
Belarus
- Vasil Bykaŭ (1924–2003)
- Uładzimir Karatkievič
- Jakub Kołas (Kanstancy Mickievič)
- Janka Kupała (Ivan Łucevič)
- Ivan Šamiakin (1921–2004)
Belgium
See also: List of Belgian women writers
Benin
- Berte-Evelyne Agbo (see also Senegal)
- Florent Couao-Zotti (born 1964)
- Richard Dogbeh (see also Togo, Senegal and Ivory Coast)
- Lauryn (see also Ivory Coast and Togo)
Bolivia
See also: List of Bolivian women writers
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ivo Andrić (1892–1975)
Botswana
- Caitlin Davies, born in Britain
- Unity Dow
- Bessie Head (1937–1986), born in South Africa
- Alexander von Rudloff
Brazil
See also: List of Brazilian women writers
- Jorge Amado (1912–2001)
- Clarice Lispector
- Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
- Machado de Assis
- José Lins do Rego
- Manuel Antônio de Almeida
- José Alencar
- Lima Barreto
Bulgaria
See also: List of Bulgarian women writers
Burkina Faso
- Sarah Bouyain (born 1968)
Cameroon
- Mongo Beti (pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala)
- Calixthe Beyala
- Ferdinand Oyono (1929–2010)
Canada
See also: Canadian literature and List of Canadian writers
- Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
- Pierre Berton (1920–2004 )
- Marie-Claire Blais (born 1939)
- Morley Callaghan (1903–1990)
- Deborah Joy Corey (born 1958)
- Robertson Davies (1913–1995)
- Ranj Dhaliwal (born 1976)
- Réjean Ducharme
- Louis Emond
- Musharraf Ali Farooqi (born 1968)
- Timothy Findley (1930–2002) (See also France)
- Gayleen Froese
- Donald Jack,
- Hugh MacLennan,
- Margaret Laurence,
- Stephen Leacock
- Yann Martel
- Rohinton Mistry (born 1952)
- Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942)
- Susanna Moodie, (1803–1885)
- Christopher G. Moore (born 1952)
- Farley Mowat
- Alice Munro (born 1931)
- Michael Ondaatje (born 1943)
- Mordecai Richler (1931–2001)
- Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983)
- Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947)
- Carol Shields (1935–2003)
- Catharine Parr Traill (1802–1899)
- Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972)
- Jane Urquhart (born 1949)
Cape Verde
- Germano Almeida (born 1945)
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)
- Francisco Coloane (1910–2002)
- José Donoso
- Baldomero Lillo (1867–1923)
- Manuel Rojas
- Luis Sepúlveda
- Marcela Serrano (born 1951)
- Mercedes Valdivieso
- Jorge Salgado-Reyes
China
See also: Chinese literature
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- Cao Xueqin (c. 1715–1763)
- Dai Sijie
- Gao Xingjian
- Han Shaogong (born 1953)
- Lao She (1899–1966)
- Li Yu (author)
- Lu Xun (1881–1936)
- Mao Dun (1896–1981)
- Mo Yan
- Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998)
- Wang Shuo
- Wei Jingsheng
- Zhang Ailing (1920–1995)
Colombia
See also: List of Colombian women writers
- Héctor Abad Faciolince (born 1958)
- Jaime Manrique
- Gabriel García Márquez (born 1927)
- José Eustasio Rivera (1888–1928)
- Álvaro Mutis (born 1923)
Republic of the Congo
- Jeannette Balou Tchichelle (born 1947)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(formerly Zaïre)
- Amba Bongo
- Maguy Kabamba (born 1960)
- Sony Labou Tansi (1947–1995)
- V. Y. Mudimbe (born 1941)
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
- Joaquín García Monge (1881–1958)
Ivory Coast
- Tanella Boni
- Micheline Coulibaly (1950–2003)
- Richard Dogbeh (See also Benin, Senegal and Togo (1932–2003))
- Ahmadou Kourouma (1927–2003)
- Lauryn (See also connected with Togo and Benin (born 1978))
- Véronique Tadjo (born 1955)
- Werewere-Liking Gnepo (see also Cameroon (born 1950))
Croatia
See also: List of Croatian women writers and Croatian literature
- Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981)
- Ivo Andrić (1892–1975)
- Ivan Aralica (born 1930)
- Tomislav Ladan (born 1932)
Cuba
See also: List of Cuban women writers
- Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980)
- 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 (born 1929)
- Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986)
Denmark
- 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
- Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (1873–1950), Nobel Prize for Literature (1944)
- Christian Jungersen
- Morten Korch (1876–1954)
- Carl Erik Soya (1896–1983)
Djibouti
- Waberi Abdourahman (born 1965)
Ecuador
See also: List of Ecuadorian women writers
Egypt
- Alifa Rifaat
- Ahdaf Soueif
- Bahaa Taher
- Edward al-Kharrat
- Ibrahim Aslan
- Gamal Al-Ghitani
- Khairy Shalaby
- Muhammad Husayn Haykal
- Nabil Farouk
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006), Nobel Prize for Literature (1988), famous for the Cairo Trilogy about life in the sprawling inner city.
- Saleh Morsi
- Sonallah Ibrahim
- Tawfiq al-Hakim
- Yahya Haqqi
- Youssef Ziedan
- Yusuf Idris
Equatorial Guinea
- María Nsué Angüe (born 1945)
- 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)
- Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878–1940)
- Enn Vetemaa (born 1936)
- Heiki Vilep (born 1960)
Ethiopia
- Haddis Alemayehu
- Āfawarq Gabra Iyasus
- Moges Kebede
- Dinaw Mengestu (born 1978)
- Maaza Mengiste (born 1971)
- Nega Mezlekia
- Hama Tuma (born 1949)
- Birhanu 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)
- Arto Paasilinna
- Kalle Päätalo (1919–2000)
- Frans Emil Sillanpää (1888–1964), Nobel Prize for Literature, 1939
- Mika Waltari (1908–1979)
France
See: French literature, List of French novelists, List of French women writers
Gabon
- Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (born 1932)
- Bessora (born in Belgium) (born 1968)
- Rene Maran, born near Martinique (1887–1960)
- Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri
Gambia
Germany
See also: German literature and List of German women writers
- Heinrich Böll (1917–1985)
- Alfred Döblin (1878–1957), author of Berlin Alexanderplatz
- Hans Fallada (1893–1947)
- Theodor Fontane (1819–1898)
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), polymath.
- Günter Grass (1927–2015), Nobel Prize for Literature (1999)
- Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916–1991)
- Hermann Hesse (1877–1962), Nobel Prize for Literature (1946)
- Uwe Johnson (1934–1984)
- Ernst Jünger (1895–1998)
- Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–974)
- Daniel Kehlmann (born 1975)
- Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811)
- Siegfried Lenz (born 1926)
- Andreas Mand (born 1959)
- Heinrich Mann (1871–1950)
- Thomas Mann (1875–1955), Nobel Prize for Literature (1929)
- 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)
- Patrick Süskind (born 1949), author of Perfume
- Martin Walser (born 1927)
- Peter Weiss (1916–1982)
- Christa Wolf (1929–2011)
- Arnold Zweig (1887–1968)
Ghana
- Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1940)
- Ayi Kwei Armah
- Bediako Asare, also connected with Tanzania
- Kofi Awoonor (born 1935)
- William Boyd
- Akosua Busia
- J.E. Casely-Hayford
- Amma Darko
- Efua Theodora Sutherland (1924–1996)
Greece
See also: List of Greek women writers
- George Leonardos (born 1937)
- Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957)
Guatemala
See also: List of Guatemalan women writers
Guinea
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
Hungary
See also: List of Hungarian women writers
- Zoltán Ambrus (1861–1932)
- Mihály Babits (1883–1941)
- György Dalos (born 1943)
- József Eötvös (1813–1871)
- Péter Esterházy (born 1950)
- István Fekete (1900–1970) author of Vuk
- Ferenc Herczeg (1863–1954)
- Mór Jókai (1825–1904) greatest Hungarian novelist of the 19th century
- Margit Kaffka (1880–1918)
- Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938) author of scifi novels
- József Kármán (1768–1795)
- Zsigmond Kemény (1814–1875)
- Imre Kertész (born 1929), Nobel Prize for Literature (2002)
- János Kodolányi (1899–1969)
- György Konrád (born 1933)
- Károly Kós (1883–1977)
- Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936)
- László Krasznahorkai (born 1954)
- Gyula Krúdy (1878–1933)
- Ervin Lázár (born 1936) author of children's novels
- 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) greatest Hungarian novelist of the 20th century
- Géza Gárdonyi (1863–1922) author of popular historical novels
- Kálmán Mikszáth (1847–1910)
- Péter Nádas (born 1942)
- László Németh (1901–1975)
- Géza Ottlik (1912–1990)
- Jenő Rejtő (1905–1943)
- Henriett Seth F. (born 1980) author of a scifi novel, 2006
- Magda Szabó (1917–2007) author of The Door
- Sándor Szathmári (1897–1974) author of Kazohinia
- Antal Szerb (1901–1945) author of Journey by Moonlight
- Áron Tamási (1897–1966)
- Albert Wass (1908–1998)
- Miklós Bánffy
Iceland
See also: List of Icelandic women writers
- Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241), author of the Younger Edda
- Halldór Laxness (1902–1998), Nobel Prize for Literature (1955)
- Sjón (1962), The Nordic Council's Literature Prize (2005)
Indian subcontinent
See also: Indian literature and List of Indian women writers
- Aravind Adiga (1974–)
- Ahmed Ali (1910–1994), English, Urdu
- Mulk Raj Anand, English
- Chaudhry Afzal Haq, Urdu, English, Hindi
- Manik Bandopadhyay, Bengali
- Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Bengali
- Bibhutibhushan Banerjee, Bengali
- Tarashankar Banerjee, Bengali
- Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, Kannada
- Ramavriksha Benipuri, Hindi
- Ruskin Bond, English
- Buddhadev Bose, Bengali, English
- Nirendranath Chakraborty, Bengali
- Vikram Chandra, 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, Hindi
- Jibanananda Das, Bengali
- Manoj Das,Oriya
- David Davidar
- Shobhaa De, English
- Anita Desai, English
- Kiran Desai, English
- P. L. Deshpande (1919–2000) Marathi
- Eunice De Souza (born 1940), English
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Michael Madhusudan Dutta, Bengali, English, French
- Lalon Fakir, Bengali
- Sunil Gangopadhyay, Bengali
- Amitav Ghosh, English
- Subodh Ghosh, Bengali
- Mir Mosharraf Hossain (1847–1912) Bengali
- Raj Kamal Jha, English
- Amita Kanekar
- Umar Alisha Kavisekhara Telugu
- Datta Raghunath Kavthekar (1901–1979) Marathi
- Prakash Kona
- Kuvempu, Kannada
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- Pankaj Mishra
- Piyush Jha, English
- Rohinton Mistry, English
- Narendranath Mitra, Bengali
- Gopinath Mohanty,Oriya
- Jagadish Mohanty (born 1951) Odia
- Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Bengali
- Kiran Nagarkar (born 1942) Marathi & English
- R. K. Narayan (1906–2001), English
- Bhalchandra Nemade (born 1938) Marathi
- Dibyendu Palit, Bengali, English
- Surender Mohan Pathak, Hindi
- Munshi Premchand (1880–1936), Hindi
- Tushar Raheja, English
- Indra Bahadur Rai (1927) Nepali
- Rajashree, English
- Raja Rao, English
- Satyajit Ray, Bengali
- Arundhati Roy, English
- Shomprakash Sinha Roy, English
- Rammohan Roy, Bengali, English, Sanskrit
- Salman Rushdie (born 1947), English
- Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956) Odia
- Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan, Hindi, Bhojpuri, Tibetan, Sanskrit
- Vilas Sarang (born 1942) Marathi & English
- D.Selvaraj, Tamil
- Samar Sen, Bengali, English
- Fakir Mohan Senapati,Oriya
- Durjoy Datta, English
- Vikram Seth, author of A Suitable Boy
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali also poet, painter, philosopher & Nobel laureate
- Shashi Tharoor, English
- Chetan Bhagat, English
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820–1891) Bengali
- Vijayakrishnan, Malayalam
- Harilal Upadhyay (1916–1994) Gujarati
- Kalki Krishnamurthy, Tamil
- Sujatha Rangarajan, Tamil
- Lakshminath Bezbaroa, Assamese
- Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Assamese, English
- Bhabendra Nath Saikia, Assamese
- Hiren Gohain, Assamese
- Nabakanta Barua, Assamese
- Bishnu Prasad Rabha, Assamese
Indonesia
- Andrea Hirata, Tetralogy of "Laskar Pelangi" (The Rainbow Troops)
- Dewi Lestari
Iran
See also: List of Iranian women writers
- Ahmad Mahmoud
- Azar Nafisi
- Bozorg Alavi
- Houshang Golshiri
- Jamal Mirsadeghi
- Mahmud Doulatabadi
- Reza Baraheni
- Sadegh Hedayat
- Sadiq Chubak
- Shahrnush Parsipur
- Simin Daneshvar
- Zoya Pirzad
- Arash Hejazi
- Abbas Maroufi
- Shahryar Mandanipour
Ireland
See: Irish fiction, List of Irish novelists, List of Irish women writers
Israel
- Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Nobel Prize winner; The Bridal Canopy, Yesteryear
- Aharon Appelfeld, Badenheim 1939
- David Grossman, See Under: Love, The Smile of the Lamb
- Yoram Kaniuk, His Daughter
- Amos Oz, Black Box, My Michael
- Yaakov Shabtai, Past Continuous
- Meir Shalev, The Blue Mountain, Esau
- Michal Govrin, The Name, Snapshots
- Chaim Walder, Kids Speak
- Avraham B. Yehoshua, A Late Divorce, Mr. Mani
Italy
- Giulio Angioni
- Riccardo Bacchelli
- Alessandro Baricco
- Giorgio Bassani
- Stefano Benni, journalist, poet, novelist, Terra (1985) is most popular work in English
- Alberto Bevilacqua
- 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,
- Massimo D'Azeglio
- Edmondo De Amicis
- Grazia Deledda
- Umberto Eco
- Beppe Fenoglio (né Giuseppe)
- Antonio Fogazzaro
- Carlo Emilio Gadda
- Natalia Ginzburg
- Primo Levi, chemist and novelist
- Emilio Lussu
- Alessandro Manzoni
- Dacia Maraini
- Franco Mimmi
- Elsa Morante
- Alberto Moravia
- Cesare Pavese
- Luigi Pirandello, playwright, Six Characters in Search of an Author
- Vasco Pratolini
- Andrea di Robilant
- Emilio Salgari
- Alberto Savinio
- Leonardo Sciascia
- Ignazio Silone
- Mario Soldati
- Italo Svevo
- Antonio Tabucchi, Pereira Declares (1994)
- Susanna Tamaro
- Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
- Giovanni Verga
- Elio Vittorini
Jamaica
Japan
See also: Japanese literature and List of Japanese authors
- Kōbō Abe (1924–1993)
- Hiroyuki Agawa (born 1920)
- 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
- Ogai Mori (1862–1922)
- Haruki Murakami
- Ryū Murakami
- Nisioisin (born 1981)
- Kenzaburō Ōe (born 1935) (Nobel Prize, 1994)
- Yoko 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 (born 1920)
- Banana Yoshimoto
- Akira Yoshimura (1927–2006)
- Junnosuke Yoshiyuki (1924–1994)
Kenya
- Margaret Ogola
- Grace Ogot (born 1930)
- 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
Kurdland
Latvia
See also: List of Latvian women writers
Lebanon
See also: List of Lebanese women writers
- Hanan Al-Shaykh
- Youssef Howayek (writer and sculptor)
- Elias Khoury
- Amin Maalouf
Lesotho
- Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948)
Luxembourg
See also: List of Luxembourg women writers
Republic of Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
See also: List of Malaysian women writers
Mali
- Amadou Hampâté Bâ
- Aïda Mady Diallo
- Doumbi Fakoly (born 1944)
- Moussa Konaté
- Yambo Ouologuem (born 1940)
Mauritania
Mexico
See also: List of Mexican women writers
- Juan Jose Arreola
- Nellie Campobello
- Laura Esquivel
- Carlos Fuentes
- Elena Garro
- Martín Luis Guzmán
- José Emilio Pacheco
- Octavio Paz
- Juan Rulfo
- Agustin Yanez
- Jorge Ibargüengoitia
Morocco
See also: Literature of Morocco and List of Moroccan women writers
- Mohamed Choukri
- Driss Chraïbi (1926–2007)
- Edmond Amran El Maleh (1917–2010)
- Abdelkebir Khatibi
- Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
- Laila Lalami
- Ahmed Sefrioui
- Mohamed Zafzaf
Mozambique
- Paulina Chiziane (born 1955)
- Mia Couto (born 1955)
- Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa
- Lina Magaia
Nepal
- Samrat Upadhyay
- Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (1914–1982): Sumnima, Tin Ghumti, Hitlar Ra Yahudi.
- Parijat (writer) (1937–1993): Shirishko Phool (Blue Mimosa), Anido Pahadsangai, Paribhasit Ankhanharu.
- Jagadish Ghimire (1945): Lilam, Sabiti.
- Khagendra Sangraula (1946): Chetanako Pahilo Dak, Amako Chhatapati, Junakiriko Sangit.
- Ismali (1955): Seto Atanka, Zero Mile.
Netherlands
See also: List of Dutch women writers
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- Harry Mulisch
- Tip Marugg
- Cees Nooteboom
- Willem Frederik Hermans
- Jan Wolkers
- Gerard van het Reve
- A.F.Th. van der Heijden
- Geert van der Kolk
New Zealand
See also: New Zealand literature
- Barbara Anderson (born 1926)
- 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 (born 1947)
- 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 (born 1948)
- 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
Norway
See also: Norwegian literature and List of Norwegian women writers
- 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
- Gabriel Scott
- Dag Solstad
- Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter
- Tarjei Vesaas
- Herbjørg Wassmo
Pakistan
See also: Pakistani literature and List of Pakistani women writers
- Ahmed Ali, Founding Father Pakistan Academy of Letters, Co-founder All India Progressive Writer's Movement & Association 1933–36, Established diplomatic relations with China & Pakistan's embassy in Peking, 1951. Novelist, poet, short story writer & scholar.
- Chaudhry Afzal Haq
- Tariq Ali
- Musharraf Ali Farooqi
- Zulfikar Ghose
- Mohsin Hamid
- Agha Shorish Kashmiri
- Saadat Hasan Manto, born in India
- Uzma Aslam Khan
- Kamila Shamsie
- Bapsi Sidhwa
- Abdullah Hussain
- Intizar Hussain
- Janbaz Mirza
- Mustansar Hussain Tarar
- Bano Qudsia
- Ashfaq Ahmed
- Mumtaz Mufti
- Asim Butt
- Naseem Hijazi
- Ibn-e-Safi
- Ishtiaq Ahmed
Palestine
See also: List of Palestinian women writers
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)
- Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936) (Nobel Prize, 2010)
Philippines
See also: Literature of the Philippines
- Francisco Arcellana
- Lualhati Bautista
- Carlos Bulosan
- Jose Dalisay
- Eric Gamalinda
- N.V.M. Gonzalez
- Jessica Hagedorn
- Amado Hernandez
- Stevan Javellana
- Nick Joaquin
- Edgardo Reyes
- Jose Rizal
- Ninotchka Rosca
- Bienvenido Santos
- Lope K. Santos
- Rogelio Sicat
- F. Sionil Jose
- Edilberto Tiempo
- Edith Tiempo
- Linda Ty-Casper
Poland
See also: List of Polish women writers and Polish literature
Main article: List of Polish novelists
- Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965)
- Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (1898–1939)
- Tadeusz Konwicki (born 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)
Portugal
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
- Gabriela Adameşteanu
- Maria Baciu
- Max Blecher
- Nicolae Breban
- Augustin Buzura
- Mateiu Caragiale
- George Călinescu
- Mircea Cărtărescu
- Gheorghe Crăciun
- Mircea Eliade
- Mihai Eminescu
- Radu Pavel Gheo
- Virgil Gheorghiu
- Panait Istrati
- Alexandru Ivasiuc
- Norman Manea
- Gib Mihăescu
- Mircea Nedelciu
- Costache Negruzzi
- Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu
- Dora Pavel
- Camil Petrescu
- Cezar Petrescu
- Dumitru Radu Popescu
- Marin Preda
- Liviu Rebreanu
- Doina Ruşti
- Mihail Sadoveanu
- Zaharia Stancu
- Duiliu Zamfirescu
See also: Romanian literature
Russia
- Andrey Bely (1880–1934)
- Andrey Bitov, (born 1937)
- 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 (born 1937)
- 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)
- 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)
Samoa
- Sia Figiel (born 1967)
- Albert Wendt (born 1939)
São Tomé and Príncipe
- Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990)
Senegal
See: 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
- Dobrica Ćosić
- Jelena Dimitrijević
- Danilo Kiš
- Milorad Pavić
- Borislav Pekić
- Isidora Sekulić
- Meša Selimović
- Srđan Srdić
- Svetlana Velmar-Janković
Sierra Leone
- Syl Cheney-Coker
- Aminatta Forna (born 1964)
Slovakia
See also: List of Slovak women writers
Slovenia
See also: List of Slovenian women writers
Somalia
South Africa
See: List of South African writers
South Korea
Spain
- Leopoldo Alas
- Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote
- Pérez Galdós
- Juan Goytisolo
- Javier Marías
- Juan Marsé
- Eduardo Mendoza
- Antonio Muñoz Molina
- Arturo Pérez-Reverte
- Carlos Ruiz Zafón (born 1964)
- Miguel de Unamuno
Sri Lanka
- Martin Wickremasinghe
- Shyam Selvadurai
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient)
- Gunadasa Amarasekara
Sudan
- Tayeb Salih
- Ra'ouf Mus'ad, also connected with Egypt
- Leila Aboulela
Sweden
- Stig Dagerman
- Marianne Fredriksson
- Gustaf Fröding
- Erik Gustaf Geijer
- Jan Guillou
- Eyvind Johnson
- Pär Lagerkvist
- Selma Lagerlöf, Nobel Prize for Literature 1909, author of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (novel), The Emperor of Portugallia
- Astrid Lindgren
- Henning Mankell (born 1948)
- Harry Martinson
- Vilhelm Moberg
- Peter Pohl
- Hjalmar Söderberg
- 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
Tanzania
- Mark Behr, also connected with South Africa
- Euphrase Kezilahabi (born 1944)
- Abdulrazak Gurnah
Togo
- David Ananou (1917–2000)
- Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Benin, Senegal and Ivory Coast (1932–2003)
- Kossi Efoui (born 1962)
- Lauryn, also connected with Benin and Togo, born in France (born 1978)
Trinidad and Tobago
- Michael Anthony
- Earl Lovelace
- V. S. Naipaul (born 1932)
- Lakshmi Persaud
- Monique Roffey
- Lawrence Scott
- Samuel Selvon
Tunisia
See also: List of Tunisian women writers
- Hédi Bouraoui (born 1932)
- Albert Memmi (born 1920)
Turkey
See also: List of Turkish women writers
- Hasan Ali Toptaş
- Kemal Tahir, author of Yorgun Savaşçı, Devlet Ana, Karılar Koğuşu
- Metin Kaçan
- Oguz Atay
- Oktay Rifat
- Orhan Kemal, author of Bekçi Murtaza,
- Orhan Pamuk, Nobel Prize author of My Name Is Red and The White Castle
- Ömer Sevinçgül
- Reşat Nuri Güntekin
- Rıfat Ilgaz
- Sabahattin Ali
- Sevim Burak
- Sabri Gürses
- Yahya Kemal
- Yaşar Kemal, author of Mehmed, My Hawk
- Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu
- Yusuf Atilgan
Uganda
Ukraine
See also: List of Ukrainian women writers
- Emma Andijewska (born 1931)
- Andrey Kurkov (born 1961)
- Larisa Alexandrovna (born 1971)
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
See also: List of Welsh women writers
- English language
- 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 also: List of Welsh writers
Northern Ireland
- Colin Bateman (born 1962), Divorcing Jack
- Ronan Bennett (born 1956), The Catastrophist
- Joyce Cary (1888–1957), The Horse's Mouth
- Paul Kearney, Monarchies of God
- Benedict Kiely (1919–2007)
- Bernard MacLaverty, Cal
- Brian Moore (1921–1999), The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
- Flann O'Brien (1911–1966), The Third Policeman
- Amanda McKittrick Ross (1860–1939)
- See also: List of Northern Irish writers and List of Irish novelists
United States
See: List of novelists from the United States
Uruguay
See also: List of Uruguayan women writers and Culture of Uruguay
- Eduardo Galeano (born 1940), 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 (born 1944)
- Guillermo Meneses (1911–1978)
- Miguel Otero Silva (1908–1985)
- Gustavo Ott (born 1963)
- 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 (formerly Rhodesia)
- Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 1959)
- Chenjerai Hove (born 1956)
- Doris Lessing, born in Persia (now Iran) (born 1919)
- Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987)
- Nozipa Maraire (born 1966)
- Charles Mungoshi (born 1947)
- Solomon Mutswairo (born 1924)
- Alexander McCall Smith, also connected with Botswana (born 1948)
- Stanlake Samkange (1922–1988)
- Yvonne Vera, also connected with Canada (1964–2005)
References
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