مستخدم:Chaos/قائمة الروائيين
Well-known authors of novels, listed by country:
See also: Lists of authors, List of poets, List of playwrights, List of short story authors
- Marguerite Taos Amrouche (1913–1976)
- Rachid Boudjedra (1914– )
- Albert Camus (1913–1960)
- 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)
- 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
- Jessica Anderson
- Wayne Ashton (b. 1959)
- Thea Astley
- Murray Bail
- Carmel Bird
- John Birmingham
- Rolf Boldrewood
- Martin Boyd
- James Bradley
- Lily Brett, author of Just Like That (1994)
- Geraldine Brooks
- Marion Campbell
- Gabrielle Carey
- Peter Carey
- Brian Castro
- Marcus Clarke
- James Clavell, screenwriter, director (of the original The Fly among others), author of Shogun
- Kenneth Cook
- Bryce Courtenay
- Eleanor Dark (1901-1985)
- Kathryn Deans
- Robert Dessaix
- Robert Drewe
- Nick Earls
- Greg Egan, science fiction
- M Barnard Eldershaw
- Richard Flanagan
- Tom Flood
- David Foster
- Miles Franklin
- Joseph Furphy
- Helen Garner
- Peter Goldsworthy
- Kate Grenville
- Kerry Greenwood
- Marion Halligan
- Traci Harding
- Frank Hardy
- Elizabeth Harrower (b. 1928)
- Xavier Herbert
- Dorothy Hewett
- George Johnston
- Martin Johnston
- Elizabeth Jolley
- Gail Jones
- Thomas Keneally, author of Schindler's Ark (1985), on which the film Schindler's List was based, Confederates (1979)
- Christopher Koch (b. 1932)
- Eve Langley
- Simone Lazaroo
- Joan Lindsay
- Melissa Lucashenko
- David Malouf
- John Marsden, author of the Tomorrow series
- Olga Masters
- Mardi McConnochie
- Sandy McCutcheon
- Drusilla Modjeska
- Frank Moorhouse
- Sally Morgan
- Mudrooroo (formerly Colin Johnson)
- Gerald Murnane
- Alice Nannup
- Nerida Newton
- Judy Nunn
- Ruth Park
- 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
- Kylie Tennant
- Peter Temple
- Christos Tsiolkas
- Janette Turner Hospital
- Arthur W. Upfield
- Clinton Walker
- Archie Weller
- Michael White
- Patrick White, Nobel Prize for Literature (1973), noted for his examinations of his native land
- Tim Winton
- Amy Witting
- Sue Woolfe
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)
- Joseph Roth (1894–1939), The Radetzky March
- 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
- Caitlin Davies, born in Britain
- Unity Dow
- Bessie Head, born in South Africa
- Mositi Torontle
- Paulo Coelho, (1947– )
- 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
- Ranj Dhaliwal, author of Daaku
- 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– )
- 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
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 بنين
- 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 الهند, 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 بنين, Senegal and Togo (1932–2003)
- Oklomin Kacou
- Simone Kaya (1937– )
- Alimatou Koné
- Boundou Koné
- Ahmadou Kourouma (1927–2003)
- Lauryn, also connected with Togo and بنين, 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)
- إيفو أندريتش (1892–1975)
- Ivan Aralica (1930– )
- Tomislav Ladan (1932– )
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
- 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
- هانس كريستيان أندرسن (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– )
- 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– )
- 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 بلجيكا) (1968– )
- Rene Maran, born near Martinique (1887–1960)
- Chantal Magalie Mbazoo-Kassa
- Justine Mintsa (1967– )
- Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri
See also: German literature
- هاينريش بول, (1917–1985)
- Alfred Döblin, (1878–1957), author of ميدان ألكسندر في برلين
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, (1749–1832), polymath.
- Günter Grass, (1927– ), Nobel Prize for Literature (1999)
- هرمان هيسه, (1877–1962), author of The Glass Bead Game, Steppenwolf, Nobel Prize for Literature (1946)
- Daniel Kehlmann, (1975 –)
- هاينريش فون كلايست, (1777–1811)
- 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 بلجيكا
- György Dalos, (1943– )
- إيمري كيرتيس, (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
- Pankaj Mishra
- 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
- بزرك علوي
- 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, 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
- Avraham B. Yehoshua, A Late Divorce, 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)
- إيتالو كالفينو, 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
- إينياتسيو سيلونه
- Mario Soldati
- Italo Svevo
- Antonio Tabucchi, Declares Pereira (1994)
- Susanna Tamaro
- Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
- Giovanni Verga
- Elio Vittorini
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
- هاروكي موراكامي
- 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]
- بنانا يوشيموتو
- 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
- 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
- Mohamed Choukri
- Driss Chraïbi (1926– )
- Edmond Amran El Maleh (1917– )
- Abdelkébir Khatibi
- Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
- Laila Lalami
- Ahmed Sefrioui
- Mohammed Zefzaf
- Paulina Chiziane (1955– )
- Mia Couto (1955– )
- Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa
- Lina Magaia
- Glória de Santana (1925– )
- هاري موليسش
- Tip Marugg
- Cees Nooteboom
- Willem Frederik Hermans
- Jan Wolkers
- Gerard van het Reve
- A.F.Th. van der Heijden
See also: Norwegian literature
- Ingvar Ambjørnsen
- Jens Bjørneboe
- بيورنستيارنه بيورنسون
- 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
- 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)
- بوليسلاف بروس (1847–1912)
- Władysław Reymont (1867–1925), Nobel Prize for Literature 1924, author of The Peasants
- برونو شولز (1892–1942)
- هنريك سينكيفيتش (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
- Nikolai Chernyshevsky, (1828–1889), author of What Is To Be Done?
- 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
- Maxim Gorky, (1868–1936)
- 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.
- بوريس باسترناك, (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)
- أيفان تورغينيف (1818–1883)
- Olinda Beja (1946– )
- Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990)
See: List of Senegalese writers
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
- 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
- هاري مارتنسون
- Vilhelm Moberg
- Per Nilsson
- Peter Pohl
- August Strindberg (1849–1912)
- Esaias Tegnér
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990), The Quarry
- 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 بنين (1900–1968)
- Richard Dogbeh, also connected with بنين, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire (1932–2003)
- Kossi Efoui (1962– )
- Christiane Akoua Ekue (1954– )
- Lauryn, also connected with بنين and Togo, born in France (1978– )
- V. S. Naipaul, (born 1932)
- 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
- Andrey Kurkov, (1961– )
- Larisa Alexandrovna, (1971– )
- 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
- Colin Bateman, (1962– ), Divorcing Jack
- Ronan Bennett, (1956– ), The Catastrophist
- Joyce Cary, The Horse's Mouth
- Paul Kearney, Monarchies of God
- Benedict Kiely
- Bernard MacLaverty, Cal
- Brian Moore, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
- Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman
- Amanda McKittrick Ross
- See also: List of Northern Irish writers and List of Irish novelists
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
- 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
- إساك سنجر, (1904–1991)
- Israel Joshua Singer, (1893–1944)
- Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959– )
- Chenjerai Hove (1956– )
- Doris Lessing, born in Persia (now إيران) (1919– )
- Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987)
- Nozipa Maraire (1966– )
- Charles Mungoshi
- Solomon Mutswairo (1924– )
- Alexander McCall Smith, also connected with بوتسوانا (1948– )
- Stanlake Samkange (1922–1988)
- Yvonne Vera, also connected with Canada (1964–2005)
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