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

Contents 1 Albania 2 Algeria 3 Ancient Latin Authors 4 Angola 5 Argentina 6 Armenia 7 Assyrian 8 Australia 9 Austria 10 Bangladesh 11 Belarus 12 Benin 13 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 Botswana 15 Brazil 16 Burkina Faso 17 Cameroon 18 Canada 19 Cape Verde 20 Chad 21 Chile 22 China 23 Colombia 24 Congo-Brazzaville 25 Congo-Kinshasa (formerly Zaire) 26 Cosmopolitan 27 Costa Rica 28 Côte d'Ivoire 29 Croatia 30 Cuba 31 Czech Republic 32 Denmark 33 Djibouti 34 Ecuador 35 Egypt 36 Equatorial Guinea 37 Estonia 38 Ethiopia 39 Finland 40 France 41 Gabon 42 Gambia 43 Germany 44 Ghana 45 Guinea 46 Guinea-Bissau 47 Haïti 48 Honduras 49 Hungary 50 Iceland 51 India 52 Iran 53 Ireland 54 Israel 55 Italy 56 Jamaica 57 Japan 58 Kenya 59 Latvia 60 Lebanon 61 Lesotho 62 Republic of Macedonia 63 Madagascar 64 Malawi 65 Malaysia 66 Mali 67 Malta 68 Mauritania 69 Mauritius 70 Mexico 71 Morocco 72 Mozambique 73 Nepal 74 Netherlands 75 New Zealand 76 Nigeria 77 Norway 78 Pakistan 79 Paraguay 80 Philippines 81 Peru 82 Poland 83 Portugal 84 Puerto Rico 85 Romania 86 Russia 87 Rwanda 88 Samoa 89 São Tomé and Príncipe 90 Senegal 91 Serbia 92 Sierra Leone 93 Somalia 94 South Africa 95 Spain 96 Sri Lanka 97 Sudan 98 Sweden 99 Switzerland 100 Tanzania 101 Togo 102 Trinidad and Tobago 103 Tunisia 104 Turkey 105 Uganda 106 Ukraine 107 United Kingdom 107.1 England 107.2 Scotland 107.3 Wales 107.4 Northern Ireland 108 United States 109 Uruguay 110 Venezuela 111 Vietnam 112 Yiddish 113 Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia)

[edit] Albania

• Ismail Kadare

[edit] Algeria

• 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)

[edit] Ancient Latin Authors

• Petronius

[edit] Angola

• 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– )

[edit] Argentina

• 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
• Sylvia Iparraguirre
• 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

[edit] Armenia

• Alexander Shirvanzade

[edit] Assyrian

• Khalil Gibran (1883-1931)
• Thea Halo
• Ivan Kakovitch (1933-2006)
• Montaha Kochou
• Norman Malek-Yonan
• Rosie Malek-Yonan
• Obelit Yadgar

[edit] Australia

See: List of Australian novelists

[edit] Austria

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)

[edit] Bangladesh

• Mohammed Yunus
• Taslima Nasrin

[edit] Belarus

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

[edit] Benin

• 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

[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

[edit] Botswana

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

[edit] Brazil

• Paulo Coelho, (1947– )

[edit] Burkina Faso

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

[edit] Cameroon

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

[edit] Canada

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)
• Gayleen Froese
• 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)
• Roland Michel Tremblay, (1972– )
• Jane Urquhart, (1949– )

[edit] Cape Verde

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

[edit] Chad

• Marie-Christine Koundja (1957– )

[edit] Chile

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

[edit] China

See also: Chinese literature

• Ang Li
• Cao Xueqin, (circa 1715–1763), author of Dream of the Red Chamber
• Dai Sijie, author of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
• Gao Xingjian, exile and Nobel laureate
• Han Shaogong, (born 1953)
• Lao She, (1899–1966), author of Si Shi Tong Tang
• Li Yu
• 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
• Mo Yan, author of Red Sorghum
• Qian Zhongshu, (1910–1998), author of Wei Cheng
• Wang Shuo
• Wei Jingsheng, democracy activist and political prisoner
• Zhang Ailing, (1920–1995), female romantic story writer

[edit] Colombia

• 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

[edit] Congo-Brazzaville

• 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– )

[edit] Congo-Kinshasa (formerly Zaire)

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

[edit] 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, (1929– ) born in Czechoslovakia, but moved to France. Multi-language writer.
• Salman Rushdie, (1947– ) born in India, but moved abroad later. English language writer, author of The Satanic Verses

[edit] Costa Rica

• Joaquín García Monge (1881 – 1958)

[edit] Côte d'Ivoire

• 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– )

[edit] Croatia

See also: Croatian literature

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

[edit] Cuba

• Juan Alonso
• Reinaldo Arenas
• Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980)
• Daína Chaviano
• Jose Lezama Lima
• Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955)

[edit] Czech Republic

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)

[edit] Denmark

See also: List of Danish authors

• 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)
• Peter Kjærulff (1946– )

[edit] Djibouti

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

[edit] Ecuador

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

[edit] Egypt

• Gamal Al-Ghitani
• Naguib Mahfouz, (1911-2006) Nobel Prize for Literature (1988), famous for the Cairo Trilogy about life in the sprawling inner city.
• Alifa Rifaat
• Ahdaf Soueif
• Sonallah Ibrahim, (1937– )

[edit] Equatorial Guinea

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

[edit] Estonia

• 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

[edit] Ethiopia

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

[edit] Finland

• 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)

[edit] France

See: French literature, List of French novelists

[edit] Gabon

• 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

[edit] Gambia

• Alhagi Kah
• Lenrie Peters

[edit] Germany

See also: German literature

• Heinrich Böll, (1917–1985)
• Alfred Döblin, (1878–1957), author of Berlin Alexanderplatz
• 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)
• Daniel Kehlmann, (1975 –)
• Heinrich von Kleist, (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)
• Sten Nadolny, (born 1942), author of The Discovery of Slowness
• Patrick Süskind (1949– ), author of Perfume

[edit] Ghana

• 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 )

[edit] Guinea

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

[edit] Guinea-Bissau

• Nadine Nyangoma, born in Belgium

[edit] Haïti

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

[edit] Honduras

• Marcos Carías Zapata (born 1938)
• Roberto Castillo (1950)
• Julio Escoto (born 1944)
• Javier Abril Espinoza (born 1967)
• Lucila Gamero (1873–1964)
• Roberto Quesada (born 1951)

[edit] Hungary

• Zoltán Ambrus (1861–1932)
• Mihály Babits (1883-1941)
• György Dalos (1943– )
• József Eötvös (1813-1871)
• Péter Esterházy (1950-)
• István Fekete (1900–1970) author of Vuk
• Jenő Heltai (1871–1957)
• Ferenc Herczeg (1863–1954)
• Mór Jókai (1825–1904) greatest Hungarian novelist of the 19th c.
• Margit Kaffka (1880–1918)
• Frigyes Karinthy (1887-1938) author of scifi novels
• József Kármán (1768-1795)
• Zsigmond Kemény (1814–1875)
• Imre Kertész (1929– ), Nobel Prize for Literature (2002)
• János Kodolányi (1899–1969)
• György Konrád (1933-)
• Károly Kós (1883-1977)
• Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936)
• László Krasznahorkai (1954-)
• Gyula Krúdy (1878–1933)
• Ervin Lázár (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 c.
• Géza Gárdonyi (1863–1922) author of popular historical novels
• Kálmán Mikszáth (1847—1910)
• Péter Nádas (1942-)
• László Németh (1901–1975)
• Géza Ottlik (1912-1990)
• Jenő Rejtő (1905-1943)
• Henriett Seth F. (1980-) author of a scifi novel, 2006
• Magda Szabó (1917-) author of The Door
• Sándor Szathmári [1897–1974) author of Kazohinia
• Antal Szerb (1901-1945) author of Journey by Moonlight
• Áron Tamási (1897-1966)
• Sándor Török (1904–1985) author of children's novels
• Albert Wass (1908-1998)

[edit] Iceland

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

[edit] India

See also: Indian literature

• Vikram Chandra, English
• Upamanyu Chatterjee, (born 1959), English
• tuk tuk (1838–1894), Bengali also wrote ‘Vande Mataram’
• Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876–1938), Bengali
• Amit Chaudhuri, (born 1962), English

• David Davidar
• Anita Desai, English
• Kiran Desai, English
• P. L. Deshpande (1919–2000) Marathi
• Eunice De Souza (born 1940), English
• Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

• Sunil Gangopadhyay, Bengali
• Amitav Ghosh, English

• Mir Mosharraf Hossain (1847–1912) Bengali

• Raj Kamal Jha, English

• Datta Raghunath Kavthekar (1901–1979) Marathi
• Amita Kanekar, author of A Spoke in the Wheel
• Prakash Kona

• Jhumpa Lahiri

• Kiran Nagarkar (born 1942) Marathi & English
• Bhalchandra Nemade (born 1938) Marathi

• Kamala Markandaya
• Ashok Mathur
• Pankaj Mishra
• Rohinton Mistry, English
• Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Bengali

• R. K. Narayan, (1906–2001), English

• Surender Mohan Pathak, Hindi
• Moncy Pothen, English
• Munshi Premchand, (1880–1936), Hindi

• Shona Ramaya
• Raja Rao
• Satyajit Ray, Bengali
• Arundhati Roy, English
• Salman Rushdie, (born 1947), English

• Vilas Sarang (born 1942) Marathi & English
• Vikram Seth, author of A Suitable Boy

• Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali also poet, painter, philosopher & Nobel laureate
• Shashi Tharoor, English

• Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820–1891) Bengali also educator & social reformer

[edit] Iran

• 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
• Rosie Malek-Yonan
• Sadegh Hedayat
• Sadiq Chubak
• Jalal Al-E Ahmad
• Shahrnush Parsipur
• Shiva Arastui
• Simin Daneshvar
• Taqi Modarresi
• Zeyn al-Abedin Maraghei

[edit] Ireland

See: Irish fiction, List of Irish novelists

[edit] 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
• Avraham B. Yehoshua, A Late Divorce, Mr. Mani

[edit] Italy

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

[edit] Jamaica

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

[edit] Japan

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

[edit] Kenya

• 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

[edit] Latvia

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

[edit] Lebanon

• Hanan Al-Shaykh
• Youssef Howayek (writer and sculptor)
• Elias Khoury
• Amin Maalouf

[edit] Lesotho

• Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948)
• Mzamane Nhlapo

[edit] Republic of Macedonia

• Slavko Janeski
• Venko Andonovski

[edit] Madagascar

• Michèle Rakotoson

[edit] Malawi

• Paul Tiyambe Zeleza

[edit] Malaysia

• Catherine Lim
• John Ling
• K. S. Maniam

[edit] Mali

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

[edit] Malta

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

[edit] Mauritania

• Moussa Ould Ebnou

[edit] Mauritius

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

[edit] Mexico

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

[edit] Morocco

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

[edit] Mozambique

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

[edit] Nepal

• Samrat Upadhyay

[edit] Netherlands

• 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Nigeria

See: List of Nigerian writers

[edit] Norway

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

[edit] Pakistan

See also: Pakistani literature

• Ahmed Ali
• Tariq Ali
• Zulfikar Ghose
• Mohsin Hamid
• Saadat Hasan Manto, born in India
• Uzma Aslam Khan
• Kamila Shamsie
• Bapsi Sidhwa

[edit] Paraguay

• Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (b. 1944)
• Augusto Roa Bastos (1917–2005)

[edit] Philippines

See also: Literature of the Philippines

• 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

[edit] Peru

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

[edit] Poland

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)

[edit] Portugal

• 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

[edit] Puerto Rico

• 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)

[edit] Romania

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

See also: Romanian literature

[edit] Russia

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.
• 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)
• Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)

[edit] Rwanda

• Thérèse Muamini

[edit] Samoa

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

[edit] São Tomé and Príncipe

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

[edit] Senegal

See: List of Senegalese writers

[edit] Serbia

• Ivo Andrić

[edit] Sierra Leone

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

[edit] Somalia

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

[edit] South Africa

See: List of South African writers

[edit] Spain

• 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
• 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

[edit] Sri Lanka

• Shyam Selvadurai

[edit] Sudan

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

[edit] Sweden

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

[edit] Switzerland

• Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990), The Quarry
• Max Frisch (1911–1991), Stiller (1954) (I'm Not Stiller), Mein Name sei Gantenbein (1964)

[edit] Tanzania

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

[edit] Togo

• 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– )

[edit] Trinidad and Tobago

• V. S. Naipaul, (born 1932)
• Lakshmi Persaud

[edit] Tunisia

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

[edit] Turkey

• Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
• Ahmet Mithat
• Ahmet Rasim
• Ahmet Ümit
• Ayşe Kulin
• Aziz Nesin
• Bilge Karasu, author of "Night", "Garden of Departed Cats", and "Death in Troy"
• Buket Uzuner
• Cem Akaş
• Cemil Meriç
• Elif Şafak
• Ertugrul Oğuz Fırat, author of "Sevicira"
• Haldun Taner
• Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil
• Hasan Ali Toptaş
• Mehmed Rauf
• Metin Kaçan
• Oktay Rifat
• Orhan Kemal
• Orhan Pamuk, Nobel Prize author of "Black Book" and "The White Castle"
• Peyami Safa
• Recaizade Mahmut Ekrem
• Reşat Enis
• Reşat Nuri Güntekin
• Rıfat Ilgaz
• Sabahattin Ali
• Sabri Gürses
• Sadık Yalsızuçanlar
• Sait Faik Abasıyanık
• Selim İleri
• Tarık Buğra
• Yahya Kemal
• Yaşar Kemal, author of "Mehmed, My Hawk"
• Yaşar Nabi Nayır
• Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu

[edit] Uganda

• Moses Isegawa
• China Keitetsi

[edit] Ukraine

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

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] England

See: List of English novelists

[edit] Scotland

See: List of Scottish novelists

[edit] Wales

• • 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)
  • Mark Robson
• Welsh language
  • Daniel Owen, (1836–1895)
  • Kate Roberts, (1891–1985)

See also: List of Welsh writers

[edit] Northern Ireland

• 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

[edit] United States

See: List of novelists from the United States

[edit] Uruguay

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

[edit] Venezuela

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

[edit] Vietnam

• Dương Thu Hương (born 1947) Paradise of the Blind
• Pham Thi Hoai (born 1960)
• Phung Le Ly Hayslip (born 1949)
• Bao Ninh (born 1952)

[edit] 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)
• 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)
• Anzia Yezierska (c. 1880–1970)

[edit] Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia)

• 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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