# List of novelists by nationality

Well-known authors of novels, listed by country:

## Afghanistan

* Aliyeh Ataei (born 1981)
* Khaled Hosseini (born 1965)
* Jamil Jan Kochai (born 1992)
* Akram Osman (1937–2016)
* Nemat Sadat
* Rahnaward Zaryab (1944–2020)

## Albania

* Dritero Agolli (1931–2017)
* Ismail Kadare (1936–2024)
* Fatos Kongoli (born 1944)
* Faik Konitza (1875–1942)
* Migjeni (1911–1938)
* Haki Stermilli (1895–1953)
* Jakov Xoxa (1923–1979)

## Algeria

* Marguerite Taos Amrouche (1913–1976)
* Rachid Boudjedra (born 1941)
* Albert Camus (1913–1960)
* Mohammed Dib (1920–2003)
* Tahar Djaout (1954–1993)
* Assia Djebar (1936–2015)
* Frantz Fanon (1925–1961), originally from Martinique
* Mouloud Feraoun (1913–1962)
* Mouloud Mammeri (1917–1989)
* Rachid Mimouni (1945–1995)
* Ahlam Mostaghanemi (born 1953)
* Leïla Sebbar (born 1941)
* Kateb Yacine (1929–1989)

## Roman Empire|Ancient Latin authors

* Apuleius (c. 124–c. 170)
* Petronius (c. 27–66)

## Angola

* José Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960)
* Sousa Jamba (born 1966)
* Ondjaki (born 1977)
* Pepetela (born 1941)
* Oscar Ribas (1909–2004)
* Manuel Rui (born 1941)
* José Luandino Vieira (born 1935)

## Antigua and Barbuda

* Joanne C. Hillhouse (born 1973)
* Marie-Elena John
* Jamaica Kincaid (born 1949)

## Argentina

* Marcos Aguinis (born 1935)
* César Aira (born 1949)
* Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914–1999)
* Abelardo Castillo (1935–2017)
* Julio Cortázar (1914–1984)
* Macedonio Fernandez (1874–1952)
* Oscar R. Gómez (born 1956)
* Ricardo Güiraldes (1886–1927)
* Sylvia Iparraguirre (born 1947)
* Leopoldo Marechal (1900–1970)
* Manuel Puig (1932–1990)
* Andrés Rivera (1928–2016)
* Juan José Saer (1937–2005)
* Ernesto Sábato (1911–2011)
* Luisa Valenzuela (born 1938)
* Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)

## Armenia

* Michael Arlen (1895–1956)
* Zori Balayan (born 1935)
* Ruben Hovsepyan (1939–2016)
* Levon Khechoyan (1955–014)
* Yervant Odian (1869–1926)
* Alexander Shirvanzade (1858–1935)
* Zabel Yesayan (1878–1943)

## Assyria

* Khalil Gibran (1883–1931)
* Thea Halo (born 1941)
* Ivan Kakovitch (1933–2006)
* Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965)
* Obelit Yadgar (born 1945)

## Austria

* Vicki Baum (1888–1960)
* Hugo Bettauer (1872–1925)
* Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989)
* Hermann Broch (1886–1951)
* Peter Handke (born 1942)
* Josef Haslinger (born 1955)
* Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946)
* Robert Musil (1880–1942)
* Joseph Roth (1894–1939)
* Robert Schneider (born 1961)
* Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931)
* Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914)
* Stefan Zweig (1881–1942)

## Azerbaijan

* Akram Aylisli (born 1937)
* Alaviyya Babayeva (1921–2014)
* Afag Masud (born 1957)
* Elchin Safarli (born 1984)
* Kurban Said

## Bangladesh

* Humayun Ahmed (1948–2012)
* Shaheen Akhtar (born 1962)
* Monica Ali (born 1967)
* Tahmima Anam (born 1975)
* Humayun Azad (1947–2004)
* Dilara Hashem (1935–2022)
* Taslima Nasrin (born 1962)
* Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899–1976)
* Rizia Rahman (1939–2019)
* Muhammad Yunus (born 1940)

## Barbados

* Austin Clarke (1934–2016)
* Geoffrey Drayton (1924–2017)
* J. B. Emtage (1902–1995)
* Agymah Kamau
* Anthony Kellman (born 1955)
* Odimumba Kwamdela (1942–2019)
* George Lamming (1927–2022)
* Karen Lord
* Glenville Lovell (born 1955)

## Belarus

* Vasil Bykaŭ (1924–2003)
* Uładzimir Karatkievič (1930–1984)
* Jakub Kołas (Kanstancy Mickievič) (1882–1956)
* Janka Kupała (Ivan Łucevič) (1882–1942)
* Ivan Šamiakin (1921–2004)

## Belgium

* Nicolas Ancion (born 1971)
* Cornelis de Bie (1627–c. 1715)
* Louis Paul Boon (1912–1979)
* Hendrik Conscience (1812–1883)
* Ernest Claes (1885–1968)
* Hugo Claus (1929–2008)
* Christine D'Haen (1923–2009)
* Johan Daisne (1912–1978)
* Charles De Coster (1827–1879)
* Willem Elsschot (1882–1960)
* Jef Geeraerts (1930–2015)
* Guido Gezelle (1830–1899)
* Marnix Gijsen (1899–1984)
* Hubert Lampo (1920–2006)
* Rosalie Loveling (1834–1875)
* Virginie Loveling (1836–1923)
* Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949)
* Alice Nahon (1896–1933)
* Amélie Nothomb (born 1966)
* Anne Provoost (born 1964)
* Maria Rosseels (1916–2005)
* Georges Simenon (1903–1989)
* Stijn Streuvels (1871–1969)
* Herman Teirlinck (1879–1967)
* Felix Timmermans (1886–1947)
* André Henri Constant van Hasselt (1806–1874)
* Karel Van Mander (1548–1606)
* Emile Verhaeren (1855–1916)
* Peter Verhelst (born 1962)
* Gerard Walschap (1898–1989)
* Jan Frans Willems (1793–1846)
* Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987)
* Lode Zielens (1901–1944)

## Belize

* Zee Edgell (1940–2020)
* Evan X Hyde (born 1947)
* John Alexander Watler (1938–2015)
* Colville Young (born 1932)
* Edward Broaster
* Emory King (1931–2007)

## Benin

* Berte-Evelyne Agbo (see also Senegal)
* Florent Couao-Zotti (born 1964)
* Richard Dogbeh (see also Togo, Senegal and Ivory Coast)
* Adélaïde Fassinou (born 1955)

## Bermuda

* Angela Barry
* Brian Burland (1931–2010)

## Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Ivo Andrić (1892–1975)
* Andrej Nikolaidis (born 1974)
* Meša Selimović (1910–1982)

## Botswana

* Caitlin Davies (born 1964), born in Britain
* Unity Dow (born 1959)
* Bessie Head (1937–1986), born in South Africa
* Andrew Sesinyi (born 1952)
* Mositi Torontle (born 1964)

## Brazil

* José Alencar (1931–2011)
* Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831–1861)
* Jorge Amado (1912–2001)
* Mário de Andrade (1893–1945)
* Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954)
* Machado de Assis (1839–1908)
* Lima Barreto (1881–1922)
* Chico Buarque (born 1944)
* Lúcio Cardoso (1912–1968)
* Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
* Rubem Fonseca (1925–2020)
* Clarice Lispector (1920–1977)
* Joaquim Manoel de Macedo (1820–1882)
* Raduan Nassar (born 1935)
* Raul Pompéia (1863–1895)
* Fernando Sabino (1923–2004)
* Moacyr Scliar (1935–2011)
* Graciliano Ramos (1892–1953)
* José Lins do Rego (1901–1957)
* João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941–2014)
* João Guimarães Rosa (1908–1967)
* Murilo Rubião (1916–1991)
* Érico Veríssimo (1905–1975)
* Lygia Fagundes Telles (1923–1922)

## Bulgaria

* Dimitar Dimov
* Dimitar Talev
* Pavel Vezhinov
* Emiliyan Stanev
* Georgi Karaslavov
* Konstantin Konstantinov
* Georgi Gospodinov
* Georgi Bozhinov
* Zahari Karabashliev
* Ivan Vazov
* Emil Andreev
* Zdravka Evtimova
* Agop Melkonyan
* Albena Stambolova

## Burkina Faso

* Nazi Boni (1909–1969)
* Sarah Bouyain (born 1968)
* Norbert Zongo (1949–1998)

## Cameroon

* Marie-Thérèse Assiga Ahanda (c.1941–2014)
* Francis Bebey (1929–2001)
* Mongo Beti, pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala (1932–2001)
* Calixthe Beyala (born 1961)
* Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936–2009)
* Frieda Ekotto
* Jean-Louis Njemba Medu (1902–1966)
* Ferdinand Oyono (1929–2010)
* René Philombé (1930–2001)

## Canada

* Rebecca Agatha Armour (1845–1891)
* Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
* Irene Baird (1901–1981)
* Mary Balogh (born 1944)
* Pierre Berton (1920–2004)
* Marie-Claire Blais (1939–2021)
* Morley Callaghan (1903–1990)
* Deborah Joy Corey (born 1958)
* Robertson Davies (1913–1995)
* Ranj Dhaliwal (born 1976)
* Réjean Ducharme (1941–2017)
* Louis Emond (born 1969)
* Musharraf Ali Farooqi (born 1968)
* Timothy Findley (1930–2002) (See also France)
* Gayleen Froese (born 1972)
* Donald Jack (1924–2003)
* Hugh MacLennan (1907–1990)
* Margaret Laurence (1926–1987)
* Stephen Leacock (1869–1944)
* Yann Martel (born 1963)
* Rohinton Mistry (born 1952)
* Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942)
* Susanna Moodie (1803–1885)
* Christopher G. Moore (born 1952)
* Farley Mowat (1921–2014)
* Alice Munro (1931–2024)
* Michael Ondaatje (born 1943)
* Michèle Plomer (born 1965)
* Mordecai Richler (1931–2001)
* Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983)
* Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947)
* Arthur Scaife (c. 1855–1934)
* Carol Shields (1935–2003)
* Catharine Parr Traill (1802–1899)
* Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972)
* Jane Urquhart (born 1949)

## Cape Verde

* Germano Almeida (born 1945)
* Manuel Lopes (1907–2005)

## 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

* Isabel Allende (born 1942)
* Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003)
* Francisco Coloane (1910–2002)
* José Donoso (1924–1996)
* Jorge Edwards (1931–2023)
* Baldomero Lillo (1867–1923)
* Manuel Rojas (1924–1993)
* Luis Sepúlveda (1949–2020)
* Marcela Serrano (born 1951)
* Amelia Solar de Claro (1836–1915)
* Mercedes Valdivieso (1924–1993)

## China

* Cao Xueqin (c. 1715–1763)
* Dai Sijie (born 1954)
* Gao Xingjian (born 1940)
* Han Shaogong (born 1953)
* Lao She (1899–1966)
* Li Yu (1610–1680)
* Lu Xun (1881–1936)
* Mao Dun (1896–1981)
* Mo Yan (born 1955)
* Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998)
* Wang Shuo (born 1958)
* Wei Jingsheng (born 1950)
* Zhang Ailing (1920–1995)

## Colombia

* Héctor Abad Faciolince (born 1958)
* Jaime Manrique (born 1949)
* Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014)
* José Eustasio Rivera (1888–1928)
* Álvaro Mutis (1923–2013)

## Republic of the Congo

* Emmanuel Dongala (born 1941)
* Paul Lomami-Tshibamba (1914–1985)
* Henri Lopes (1937–2023)
* Alain Mabanckou (born 1966)
* Jeannette Balou Tchichelle (1947–2005)

## Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

## 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

* Fabián Dobles Rodríguez (1918–1997)
* Joaquín García Monge (1881–1958)
* Yolanda Oreamuno (1916–1956)
* Roxana Pinto

## Côte d'Ivoire|Ivory Coast

* Tanella Boni (born 1954)
* Micheline Coulibaly (1950–2003)
* Bernard Dadié (1916–2019)
* Richard Dogbeh (1932–2003). See also Benin, Senegal and Togo
* Fatou Keïta (born 1965)
* Ahmadou Kourouma (1927–2003)
* Werewere-Liking Gnepo (born 1950). See also Cameroon
* Véronique Tadjo (born 1955)

## Croatia

* Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873–1957)
* Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981)
* Zlata Kolarić-Kišur (1894–1990)
* Ivo Andrić (1892–1975)
* Ivan Aralica (born 1930)
* Vesna Krmpotić (1932–2018)
* Tomislav Ladan (1932–2008)
* Dubravka Ugrešić (1949–2023)
* Julijana Matanović (born 1959)

## Cuba

* Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990)
* Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980)
* Daína Chaviano (born 1957)
* José Lezama Lima (1910–1976)
* Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955)

## Czech Republic

* Karel Čapek (1890–1938)
* Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923)
* Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997)
* Milan Kundera (1929–2023)
* 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 (born 1957)
* Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847–1885)
* Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (1873–1950), Nobel Prize for Literature (1944)
* Christian Jungersen (born 1962)
* Morten Korch (1876–1954)
* Carl Erik Soya (1896–1983)

## Djibouti

* Waberi Abdourahman (born 1965)

## Ecuador

* Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009)
* Rosalía Arteaga (born 1956)
* Aminta Buenaño (born 1958)
* Benjamín Carrión (1897–1979)
* Ileana Espinel (1933–2001)
* María Fernanda Espinosa (born 1964)
* Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973)
* Jorge Icaza (1906–1978)
* Salomon Isacovici (1924–1998)
* Edna Iturralde (born 1948)
* Violeta Luna (born 1943)
* José Martínez Queirolo (1931–2008)
* Nela Martínez (1912–2004)
* Juan Montalvo (1832–1889)
* Gonzalo Zaldumbide (1884–1965)

## Egypt

* Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996)
* Ahdaf Soueif (born 1950)
* Bahaa Taher (1935–2022)
* Edward al-Kharrat (1926–2015)
* Ibrahim Aslan (1935–2012)
* Gamal Al-Ghitani (1945–2015)
* Khairy Shalaby (1938–2011)
* Muhammad Husayn Haykal (1888–1956)
* Nabil Farouk (1956–2020)
* Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006), Nobel Prize for Literature (1988), famous for the Cairo Trilogy about life in the sprawling inner city.
* Nawal El Saadawi (1931–2021)
* Saleh Morsi (1939–1996)
* Sonallah Ibrahim (born 1937)
* Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987)
* Yahya Haqqi (1905–1992)
* Youssef Ziedan (born 1958)
* Yusuf Idris (1927–1991)

## Equatorial Guinea

* María Nsué Angüe (1945–2017)
* Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (born 1950)
* Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (born 1966)

## Estonia

* Sass Henno (born 1982)
* Kaur Kender (born 1971)
* Albert Kivikas (1898–1978)
* Andrus Kivirähk (born 1970)
* Jaan Kross (1920–2007)
* Leo Kunnas (born 1967)
* Juhan Liiv (1864–1913)
* Tõnu Õnnepalu (a.k.a. Emil Tode, born 1962)
* Kersti Merilaas (1913–1986)
* Lilli Promet (1922–2007)
* Karl Ristikivi (1912–1977)
* Raivo Seppo (born 1973)
* Juhan Smuul (1922–1971)
* A. H. Tammsaare (1878–1940)
* Enn Vetemaa (1936–2017)
* Heiki Vilep (born 1960)

## Ethiopia

* Haddis Alemayehu (1910–2003)
* Āfawarq Gabra Iyasus (1868–1947)
* Moges Kebede
* Dinaw Mengestu (born 1978)
* Maaza Mengiste (born 1971)
* Nega Mezlekia (born 1958)
* Hama Tuma (born 1949)
* Berhanu Zerihun (1933/4–1987)

## 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)
* Johannes Linnankoski (1869–1913)
* Arto Paasilinna (1942–2018)
* Kalle Päätalo (1919–2000)
* Frans Emil Sillanpää (1888–1964), Nobel Prize for Literature, 1939
* Mika Waltari (1908–1979)

## Gabon

* Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (born 1932)
* Bessora (born in Belgium) (born 1968)
* Charline Effah (born 1977)
* René Maran, born near Martinique (1887–1960)
* Chantal Magalie Mbazo'o-Kassa (born 1967)
* Nadia Origo (born 1977)
* Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri (1954–2010)

## Gambia

* Ebou Dibba (1943–2000)
* Ramatoulie Othman
* Lenrie Peters (1932–2009)
* Sally Singhateh (born 1977)

## Georgia

* Mikheil Javakhishvili (1880–1937)

## Germany

* Johannes Bobrowski (1917–1965)
* Heinrich Böll (1917–1985), Nobel Prize for Literature (1972)
* Alfred Döblin (1878–1957), author of Berlin Alexanderplatz
* Paul Ernst (1866–1933)
* Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929–2022)
* Jenny Erpenbeck (born 1967)
* Hans Fallada (1893–1947)
* Theodor Fontane (1819–1898)
* Julia Franck (born 1970)
* Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), polymath
* Günter Grass (1927–2015), Nobel Prize for Literature (1999)
* Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), Nobel Prize for Literature (1912)
* Helene Hegemann (born 1992)
* Wolfgang Herrndorf (1965–2013)
* Stefan Heym (1913–2001)
* Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916–1991)
* Hermann Hesse (1877–1962), Nobel Prize for Literature (1946)
* Uwe Johnson (1934–1984)
* Ernst Jünger (1895–1998)
* Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974)
* Erich Kästner (1899–1974)
* Daniel Kehlmann (born 1975)
* Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811)
* Siegfried Lenz (1926–2014)
* Andreas Mand (born 1959)
* Heinrich Mann (1871–1950)
* Klaus Mann (1906–1949)
* Thomas Mann (1875–1955), Nobel Prize for Literature (1929)
* Eduard Mörike (1804–1875)
* Sten Nadolny (born 1942), author of The Discovery of Slowness
* Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970), author of Im Westen nichts Neues, or All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)
* Bernhard Schlink (born 1944)
* W. G. Sebald (1944–2001)
* Anna Seghers (1900–1983)
* Theodor Storm (1817–1888)
* Patrick Süskind (born 1949), author of Perfume
* Martin Walser (1927–2023)
* Peter Weiss (1916–1982)
* Christa Wolf (1929–2011)
* Arnold Zweig (1887–1968)

## Ghana

* Nana Achampong (born 1964)
* Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023)
* Ayi Kwei Armah (born 1939)
* Bediako Asare (born 1930), also connected with Tanzania
* Ayesha Harruna Attah (born 1983)
* Nana Oforiatta Ayim
* Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013)
* Yaba Badoe (born 1954)
* Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (born 1970)
* Kofi Batsa (1931–1991)
* J. Benibengor Blay (born 1915)
* William Boyd (born 1952)
* Akosua Busia (born 1966)
* J. E. Casely-Hayford (1866–1930)
* Jojo Cobbinah (born 1948)
* Meri Nana-Ama Danquah (born 1967)
* Amma Darko (born 1956)
* Lawrence Darmani (born 1956)
* Kwame Dawes (born 1962)
* Amu Djoleto (born 1929)
* Cameron Duodu (born 1937)
* Asare Konadu (1932–1994)
* B. Kojo Laing (1946–2017)
* Lesley Lokko (born 1964)
* Nii Ayikwei Parkes (born 1974)
* Kobina Sekyi (1892–1956)
* Taiye Selasi (born 1979)
* Francis Selormey (1927–1988)
* Efua Theodora Sutherland (1924–1996)

## Greece

* Aris Alexandrou (1922–1979)
* Errikos Belies (1950–2016)
* Dimitrios Hatzis (1913–1981)
* Andreas Karkavitsas (1866–1922)
* Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957)
* George Leonardos (born 1937)
* Pavlos Matesis (1933–2013)
* Alexis Stamatis (born 1960)
* Angelos Terzakis (1907–1979)
* Vassilis Vassilikos (1934–2023)
* Elias Venezis (1904–973)

## Guatemala

* Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974)
* Javier Cárcamo Guzmán (born 1980)
* Carlos Wyld Ospina (1891–1956)
* Javier Payeras (born 1974)
* Máximo Soto Hall
* Carol Zardetto

## Guinea

* Sirah Balde de Labe
* Camara Laye (1928–1980)
* Tierno Monénembo (born 1947)
* Williams Sassine (1944–1997)

## 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

* Louis Cha (1924–2018)
* Ni Kuang (1935–2022)

## Hungary

* Zoltán Ambrus (1861–1932)
* Mihály Babits (1883–1941)
* Zsófia Bán (born 1957)
* Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950)
* Ágota Bozai (born 1965)
* György Dalos (born 1943)
* Anna Dániel (1908–2003)
* József Eötvös (1813–1871)
* Péter Esterházy (1950–2016)
* Klára Fehér (1919–1996)
* István Fekete (1900–1970), author of Vuk
* Géza Gárdonyi (1863–1922)
* Ágnes Gergely (born 1933)
* Ferenc Herczeg (1863–1954)
* Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003), also children's writer
* Mór Jókai (1825–1904), foremost 19th-century novelist
* Margit Kaffka (1880–1918)
* Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938), author of science-fiction novels
* József Kármán (1768–1795)
* Zsigmond Kemény (1814–1875)
* Rivka Keren (born 1946), writing also in Hebrew
* Imre Kertész (1929–2016), Nobel Prize for Literature (2002)
* János Kodolányi (1899–1969)
* György Konrád (1933–2019)
* Károly Kós (1883–1977)
* Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936)
* László Krasznahorkai (born 1954)
* Gyula Krúdy (1878–1933)
* Ervin Lázár (1936–2006), author of children's novels
* Laura Leiner (born 1985), author of young-adult series
* Iván Mándy (1918–1995), author of children's novels
* Sándor Márai (1900–1989)
* Ferenc Molnár (1878–1952), author of The Paul Street Boys
* Ferenc Móra (1879–1934)
* Zsigmond Móricz (1879–1942), foremost novelist of the earlier 20th century
* Kálmán Mikszáth (1847–1910)
* Terézia Mora (born 1971), writing in German
* Péter Nádas (born 1942)
* Borbála Nádasdy (born 1939)
* László Németh (1901–1975)
* Emma Orczy (Baroness Orczy, 1865–1947), writing in English
* Géza Ottlik (1912–1990)
* Jenő Rejtő (1905–1943)
* Henriett Seth F. (born 1980), science-fiction author
* Magda Szabó (1917–2007), author of The Door
* Sándor Szathmári (1897–1974), author of Kazohinia
* Noémi Szécsi (born 1976)
* Júlia Székely (1906–1986)
* Mária Szepes (1908–2007)
* Antal Szerb (1901–1945), author of Journey by Moonlight
* Edina Szvoren (born 1974)
* Áron Tamási (1897–1966)
* Kata Tisza (born 1980)
* Cécile Tormay (1876–1937)
* Albert Wass (1908–1998)

## Iceland

* Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241), author of the Younger Edda
* Halldór Laxness (1902–1998), Nobel Prize for Literature (1955)
* Sjón (born 1962), The Nordic Council's Literature Prize (2005)

## Indian subcontinent

* Aravind Adiga (born 1974), English
* Ahmed Ali (1910–1994), English, Urdu
* Mulk Raj Anand (1905–2004), English
* Chaudhry Afzal Haq (1891–1942), Urdu, English, Hindi
* Manik Bandopadhyay (1908–1956), Bengali
* Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (1899–1970), Bengali
* Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894–1950), Bengali
* Tarashankar Banerjee (1898–1971), Bengali
* Ratan Lal Basu (born 1948), English, Bengali
* D. R. Bendre (1896–1981), Kannada
* Ramavriksha Benipuri (1899–1968), Hindi
* Ruskin Bond (born 1934), English
* Buddhadeb Bosu (1908–1974), Bengali, English
* Nirendranath Chakravarty (1924–2018), Bengali
* Vikram Chandra (born 1961), English
* Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838–1894), Bengali
* Upamanyu Chatterjee (born 1959), English
* Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876–1938), Bengali
* Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962), English
* Rajkamal Chaudhary (1929–1967), Hindi
* Jibanananda Das (1899–1954), Bengali
* Manoj Das (1934–2021), Oriya
* David Davidar (born 1958)
* Shobhaa De (born 1948), English
* Anita Desai (born 1937), English
* Kiran Desai (born 1971), English
* P. L. Deshpande (1919–2000) Marathi
* Eunice De Souza (1940–2017), English
* Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956)
* Michael Madhusudan Dutta (1824–1873), Bengali, English, French
* Lalon Fakir (c. 1772–1890), Bengali
* Sunil Gangopadhyay (1934–2012), Bengali
* Amitav Ghosh (born 1956), English
* Subodh Ghosh (1909–1980), Bengali
* Mir Mosharraf Hossain (1847–1912) Bengali
* Raj Kamal Jha (born 1966), English
* Amita Kanekar (born 1965), English
* Umar Alisha Kavisekhara (1885–1945), Telugu
* Datta Raghunath Kavthekar (1901–1979), Marathi
* Prakash Kona (born 1967)
* Kuvempu (1904–1994), Kannada
* Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967)
* Pankaj Mishra (born 1969)
* Piyush Jha (living), English
* Rohinton Mistry (born 1952), English
* Narendranath Mitra (1916–1975), Bengali
* Gopinath Mohanty (1914–1991), Oriya
* Jagadish Mohanty (1951–2013), Odia
* Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay (born 1935), Bengali
* Kiran Nagarkar (1942–2019) Marathi, English
* R. K. Narayan (1906–2001), English
* Bhalchandra Nemade (born 1938), Marathi
* Dibyendu Palit (1939–2019), Bengali, English
* Surender Mohan Pathak (born 1940), Hindi
* Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937), Hindi
* Munshi Premchand (1880–1936), Hindi
* Tushar Raheja (born 1984), English
* Indra Bahadur Rai (1927–2018) Nepali
* Rajashree, English
* Raja Rao (1908–2006), English
* Satyajit Ray (1921–1992), Bengali
* Arundhati Roy (born 1961), English
* Rammohan Roy (1772–1833), Bengali, English, Sanskrit
* Salman Rushdie (born 1947), English
* Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956) Odia
* Rahul Sankrityayan (1893–1963), Hindi, Bhojpuri, Tibetan, Sanskrit
* Vilas Sarang (1942–2015) Marathi, English
* D. Selvaraj (1938–2009), Tamil
* Samar Sen (1916–1987), Bengali, English
* Fakir Mohan Senapati (1843–1918), Oriya
* Durjoy Datta (born 1987), English
* Vikram Seth (born 1952), author of A Suitable Boy
* Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali also poet, painter, philosopher & Nobel laureate
* Shashi Tharoor (born 1956), English
* Chetan Bhagat (born 1971), English
* Rajeeva Nayan Pathak (born 1972), English
* Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820–1891) Bengali
* Vijayakrishnan (born 1952), Malayalam
* Kalki Krishnamurthy (1899–1954), Tamil
* Sujatha (1935–2008), Tamil language
* Lakshminath Bezbaroa (1864–1938), Assamese
* Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942–2011), Assamese, English
* Bhabendra Nath Saikia (1932–2003), Assamese
* Hiren Gohain (born 1939), Assamese
* Nabakanta Barua (1926–2002), Assamese
* Bishnu Prasad Rabha, Assamese
* Kulpreet Yadav (born 1968), English
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1933–2024), Malayalam
* Sudha Murthy (born 1950), Kannada, Marathi, English
* Atul Kumar Rai (born 1992), Hindi

## Indonesia

* Andrea Hirata (born 1967), Tetralogy of "Laskar Pelangi" (The Rainbow Troops)
* Dewi Lestari (born 1976)
* Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925–2006), author of the banned 1980 novel This Earth of Mankind

## Iran

* Ahmad Mahmoud (1931–2002)
* Azar Nafisi (born 1948)
* Bozorg Alavi (1904–1997)
* Houshang Golshiri (1937–2000)
* Jamal Mirsadeghi
* Mahmud Doulatabadi (born 1930)
* Reza Baraheni (born 1935)
* Sadegh Hedayat (1903–1951)
* Sadiq Chubak (1916–1998)
* Shahrnush Parsipur (born 1946)
* Simin Daneshvar (1921–2012)
* Zoya Pirzad (born 1952)
* Arash Hejazi (born 1971)
* Abbas Maroufi (born 1957)
* Shahryar Mandanipour (born 1957)
* Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923–1969)

## Iraq

* Ahmed Saadawi (born 1973), author of the award-winning Iraqi novel Frankenstein in Baghdad
* Diaa Jubaili
* Fouad al-Tikerly, best known for his novel al-Rajea al-Baeed, translated into English as The Long Way Back
* Haifa Zangana (born 1950), in Baghdad
* Hazim Kamaledin (born 1954), best known for his novel Desertified Waters, translated in Ducht as Schoonheid raast in mij tot ik sterf, Longlist International Prize for Arabic Fiction
* Ibtisam Abdallah
* Inaam Kachachi (born 1952)
* Iqbal al-Qazwini
* Samīra al-Māni'
* Samuel Shimon
* Selim Matar
* Sinan Antoon

## Ireland

* Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
* James Joyce (1882–1941)
* Flann O'Brien (1911–1966)
* Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

## Israel

* Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888–1970), Nobel Prize winner; The Bridal Canopy, Yesteryear
* Aharon Appelfeld, Badenheim 1939
* Naomi Frankel (1918–2009), Shaul ve-Yohannah (Saul and Joanna) trilogy
* David Grossman (born 1954), See Under: Love, The Smile of the Lamb
* Gail Hareven
* Yoram Kaniuk (1930–2013), His Daughter
* Amos Oz (1939–2018), Black Box, My Michael
* Yaakov Shabtai (1934–1981), Past Continuous
* Meir Shalev (born 1948), The Blue Mountain, Esau
* Michal Govrin (born 1960), The Name, Snapshots
* Chaim Walder (born 1969), Kids Speak
* Avraham B. Yehoshua (born 1936), A Late Divorce, Mr. Mani

## Italy

* Giulio Angioni (1939–2017)
* Riccardo Bacchelli (1891–1985)
* Alessandro Baricco (born 1958)
* Giorgio Bassani (1916–2000)
* Stefano Benni, journalist, poet, novelist, Terra (1985) is most popular work in English
* Alberto Bevilacqua (1934–2013)
* Vitaliano Brancati (1907–1954)
* Gesualdo Bufalino (1920–1996)
* Aldo Busi (born 1948)
* Dino Buzzati (1906–1972), Il deserto dei Tartari (1940)
* Italo Calvino (1923–1985), Cosmicomics, If On a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979)
* Luigi Capuana (1839–1915)
* Andrea Camilleri (1925–2019)
* Carlo Cassola (1917–1987)
* Saveria Chemotti (born 1947)
* Carlo Collodi (1826–1890)
* Carmen Covito (born 1948)
* Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863–1938)
* Massimo D'Azeglio (1798–1866)
* Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908)
* Grazia Deledda (1871–1936)
* Umberto Eco (1932–2016)
* Elena Ferrante
* Beppe Fenoglio (né Giuseppe)
* Antonio Fogazzaro (1842–1911)
* Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893–1973)
* Natalia Ginzburg (1916–1991)
* Primo Levi (1919–1987), chemist and novelist
* Emilio Lussu (1890–1975)
* Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873)
* Dacia Maraini (born 1936)
* Franco Mimmi (born 1942)
* Elsa Morante (1912–1985)
* Alberto Moravia (1907–1990)
* Cesare Pavese (1908–1950)
* Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936), playwright, Six Characters in Search of an Author
* Vasco Pratolini (1913–1991)
* Andrea di Robilant
* Emilio Salgari (1862–1911)
* Alberto Savinio (1891–1952)
* Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1989)
* Ignazio Silone (1900–1978)
* Mario Soldati (1906–1999)
* Italo Svevo (1861–1928)
* Antonio Tabucchi (1943–2012), Pereira Declares (1994)
* Susanna Tamaro (born 1957)
* Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896–1957), The Leopard
* Giovanni Verga (1840–1922)
* Elio Vittorini (1908–1966)

## Jamaica

* Opal Palmer Adisa (born 1954)
* Lindsay Barrett (born 1941)
* Edward Baugh (1936–2023)
* James Berry (1924–2017)
* Eliot Bliss (1903–1990)
* Erna Brodber (born 1940)
* Colin Channer (born 1963)
* Kwame Dawes (born 1962)
* Jean D'Costa (born 1937)
* Nicole Dennis-Benn (born 1982)
* John Hearne (1926–1994)
* Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960)
* Herbert de Lisser (1878–1944)
* Roger Mais (1905–1955)
* Claude McKay (1889–1948)
* Pamela Mordecai (born 1942)
* Geoffrey Philp (born 1958)
* Velma Pollard (1937–2025)
* Patricia Powell (born 1966)
* Victor Stafford Reid (1913–1987)
* Joan Riley (born 1958)
* Leone Ross (born 1969)
* Andrew Salkey (1928–1995)
* Olive Senior (born 1941)
* Makeda Silvera (born 1955)
* Elean Thomas (1947–2004)
* Sylvia Wynter (born 1928)

## Japan

* Kōbō Abe (1924–1993)
* Hiroyuki Agawa (1920–2015)
* Sawako Ariyoshi (1931–1984)
* Osamu Dazai (1909–1948)
* Fumiko Enchi (1905–1986)
* Shusaku Endo (1923–1996)
* Ichiyō Higuchi (1872–1896)
* Masuji Ibuse (1898–1993)
* Kyōka Izumi (1873–1939)
* Yasunari Kawabata (1899–1972) (Nobel Prize, 1968)
* Natsuo Kirino (born 1951)
* Yukio Mishima (1925–1970)
* Kenji Miyazawa (1896–1933)
* Minae Mizumura (born 1951)
* Haruki Murakami (born 1949)
* Ryū Murakami
* Nisioisin (born 1981)
* Kenzaburō Ōe (born 1935) (Nobel Prize, 1994)
* Yōko Ogawa (born 1962)
* Fuyumi Ono (born 1961)
* Edogawa Rampo (1894–1965)
* Hirotsu Ryurō (1861–1928)
* Murasaki Shikibu
* Junzo Shono (1921–2009)
* Ayako Sono (1931–2025)
* Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916)
* Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886–1965)
* Shōtarō Yasuoka (1920–2013)
* Banana Yoshimoto (born 1964)
* Akira Yoshimura (1927–2006)
* Junnosuke Yoshiyuki (1924–1994)

## Kenya

* Margaret Ogola (1958–2011)
* Grace Ogot (1930–2015)
* M. G. Vassanji (born 1950)
* Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (born 1938), The River Between, Caitaani muthara-Ini, Matigari
* Meja Mwangi (born 1948)
* Isak Dinesen, pseudonym of Karen Blixen (1885–1962)

## Kosovo

* Xhevdet Bajraj
* Pjetër Bogdani
* Ali Podrimja
* Azem Shkreli

## Turkey (Kurds)

* Bachtyar Ali (born 1960)
* Jalal Barzanji (born 1953)
* Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015)
* Ata Nahai
* Farhad Pirbal (born 1961)
* Mehmed Uzun (1953–2007)

## Latvia

* Andrejs Upīts (1877–1970)
* Marģeris Zariņš (1910–1993)
* Aleksandrs Čaks (1901–1950)

## Laos

* Douangdeuane Bounyavong
* Outhine Bounyavong
* Daoviang Butnakho

## Lebanon

* Hanan al-Shaykh (born 1945)
* Youssef Howayek (1883–1962), writer and sculptor
* Elias Khoury (born 1948)
* Amin Maalouf (born 1949)
* Widad Sakakini (1913–1991)

## Lesotho

* Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948)

## Republic of Macedonia

* Slavko Janevski (1920–2000)

## Madagascar

* Michèle Rakotoson (born 1948)
* Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901 or 1903–1937)

## Malawi

* Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (born 1955)
* Felix Mnthali (born 1933)

## Malaysia

* K. S. Maniam (1942–2020)

## Mali

* Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1901–1991)
* Aïda Mady Diallo
* Doumbi Fakoly (born 1944)
* Moussa Konaté (1951–2013)
* Yambo Ouologuem (1940–2017)

## Mauritania

* Moussa Ould Ebnou (born 1956)

## Mexico

* Juan José Arreola
* Nellie Campobello
* Laura Esquivel
* Carlos Fuentes
* Elena Garro
* Martín Luis Guzmán
* José Emilio Pacheco
* Octavio Paz
* Juan Rulfo
* Agustin Yanez
* Jorge Ibargüengoitia
* Homero Aridjis

## Morocco

* Mohamed Choukri (1935–2003)
* Driss Chraïbi (1926–2007)
* Edmond Amran El Maleh (1917–2010)
* Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938–2009)
* Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine (1941–1995)
* Laila Lalami (born 1968)
* Ahmed Sefrioui (1915–13 July 2004)
* Mohamed Zafzaf (1945–2001)
* Mohamed Leftah (1946–2008)

## Mozambique

* Paulina Chiziane (born 1955)
* Mia Couto (born 1955)
* Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa (born 1957)
* Lina Magaia (1940–2011)

## Nepal

* Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (1914–1982): Sumnima, Tin Ghumti, Hitlar Ra Yahudi.
* Indra Bahadur Rai
* Jagadish Ghimire (1946–2013): Lilam, Sabiti.
* Khagendra Sangraula (born 1946): Chetanako Pahilo Dak, Amako Chhatapati, Junakiriko Sangit.
* Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909–1959)
* Narayan Wagle
* Parijat (writer) (1937–1993): Shirishko Phool (Blue Mimosa), Anido Pahadsangai, Paribhasit Ankhanharu.
* Samrat Upadhyay
* Sanu Sharma
* Sarubhakta (born 1956)
* Shrawan Mukarung
* Subin Bhattarai (born 1982)

## Netherlands

* Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969)
* Harry Mulisch (1927–2010)
* Multatuli (1820–1887)
* Tip Marugg (1923–2006)
* Cees Nooteboom (born 1933)
* Willem Frederik Hermans (1921–1995)
* Jan Wolkers (1925–2007)
* Gerard van het Reve (1923–2006)
* A.F.Th. van der Heijden (born 1951)

## New Zealand

* Barbara Anderson (1926–2013)
* Catherine Chidgey (born 1970)
* Joy Cowley (born 1936)
* Nigel Cox (1951–2006)
* Barry Crump (1935–1996)
* Tessa Duder (born 1940)
* Alan Duff (born 1950)
* Kate Duignan (born 1974)
* Janet Frame (1924–2004), author of An Angel at My Table
* Maurice Gee (born 1931)
* Patricia Grace (born 1937)
* Keri Hulme (1947–2021)
* Witi Ihimaera (born 1944)
* Annamarie Jagose (born 1965)
* Fiona Kidman (born 1940)
* John A. Lee (1891–1982)
* Ngaio Marsh (1895–1982)
* Owen Marshall (born 1941)
* Frederick Edward Maning (1812–1883)
* Ronald Hugh Morrieson (1922–1972)
* Rosie Scott (1948–2017)
* Maurice Shadbolt (1932–2004)
* C. K. Stead (born 1932)
* Philip Temple (born 1939)
* Julius Vogel (1835–1899)
* Cherry Wilder (1930–2002)

## Nicaragua

* Gioconda Belli (born 1948)

## Nigeria

* Chinua Achebe (1930–2013)
* Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977)
* Teju Cole (born 1975)
* Cyprian Ekwensi (1921–2007)
* Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017)
* Helon Habila (born 1967)
* Elnathan John (born 1982)
* Flora Nwapa (1931–1993)
* Chigozie Obioma (born 1986)
* Ben Okri (born 1959)
* Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941–1995)
* Taiye Selasi (born 1979)
* Lola Shoneyin (born 1974)
* Wole Soyinka (born 1934)
* Amos Tutuola (1920–1997)

## Norway

* Ingvar Ambjørnsen (born 1956)
* Jens Bjørneboe (1920–1976)
* Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832–1910)
* Johan Borgen (1902–1979)
* Lars Saabye Christensen (born 1953)
* Olav Duun (1876–1939)
* Johan Falkberget (1879–1967)
* Jostein Gaarder (born 1952), Sophie's World
* Erik Fosnes Hansen (born 1965)
* Knut Hamsun (1859–1952), Hunger
* Sigurd Hoel (1890–1960)
* Roy Jacobsen (born 1954)
* Alexander Kielland (1849–1906)
* Jan Kjærstad (born 1953)
* Karl Ove Knausgård (born 1968)
* Jonas Lie (1833–1908)
* Erlend Loe (born 1969)
* Gabriel Scott (1874–1958)
* Dag Solstad (born 1941)
* Sigrid Undset (1859–1952), Kristin Lavransdatter
* Tarjei Vesaas (1897–1970)
* Herbjørg Wassmo (born 1942)

## Pakistan

* Ahmed Ali, founder of Pakistan Academy of Letters, fiction writer, poet and scholar
* Chaudhry Afzal Haq (1891–1942)
* Tariq Ali (born 1943)
* Musharraf Ali Farooqi (born 1968)
* Zulfikar Ghose (1935–2022)
* Mohsin Hamid (born 1971)
* Agha Shorish Kashmiri (1917–1975)
* Saadat Hasan Manto (1912–1955), born in India
* Ali Akbar Natiq (born 1974)
* Uzma Aslam Khan
* Kamila Shamsie (born 1973)
* Bapsi Sidhwa (born 1938)
* Abdullah Hussain (1920–2014)
* Intizar Hussain (1923–2016)
* Janbaz Mirza
* Mustansar Hussain Tarar (born 1939)
* Bano Qudsia
* Ashfaq Ahmed (1925–2004)
* Mumtaz Mufti (1905–1995)
* Naseem Hijazi (c. 1914–1996)
* Ibn-e-Safi
* Ishtiaq Ahmed (c. 1941–2015)

## Palestine

* Ghassan Kanafani (1936–1972)
* Mahmoud Darwish (1941–2008)
* Susan Abulhawa (born 1970)

## Paraguay

* Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944)
* Augusto Roa Bastos (1917–2005)

## Peru

* Ciro Alegría (1909–1967)
* José María Arguedas (1911–1969)
* Manuel Scorza (1928–1983)
* Carlos Thorne (1923–2021)
* Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936) (Nobel Prize, 2010)

## Philippines

* Francisco Arcellana (1916–2002)
* Lualhati Bautista (born 1945)
* Carlos Bulosan (1913–1956)
* Jose Dalisay (born 1954)
* Eric Gamalinda (born 1956)
* N. V. M. Gonzalez (1915–1999)
* Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949)
* Amado Hernandez (1903–1970)
* Stevan Javellana (1918–1977)
* Nick Joaquin (1917–2004)
* Edgardo Reyes (1936–2012)
* José Rizal (1861–1896)
* Ninotchka Rosca (born 1946)
* Bienvenido Santos (1911–1996)
* Lope K. Santos (1879–1963)
* Rogelio Sicat (1940–1997)
* F. Sionil José (1924–2022)
* Edilberto Tiempo (1913–1996)
* Edith Tiempo (1919–2011)
* Linda Ty-Casper (born 1931)

## Poland

* Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965)
* Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (1898–1939)
* Tadeusz Konwicki (1926–2015)
* Ignacy Krasicki (1735–1801)
* Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887)
* Zofia Nałkowska (1885–1954)
* Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969)
* Stanisław Lem (1921–2006)
* Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910)
* Jan Potocki (1761–1815)
* Bolesław Prus (1847–1912)
* Władysław Reymont (1867–1925), Nobel Prize for Literature 1924, author of The Peasants
* Bruno Schulz (1892–1942)
* Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916), Nobel Prize for Literature 1905, author of Quo Vadis
* Olga Tokarczuk
* Gabriela Zapolska (1857–1921)
* Stefan Żeromski (1864–1925)
* Eugeniusz Żytomirski (1911–1975)

## Portugal

* Antonio Lobo Antunes (born 1942)
* Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019)
* Camilo Castelo Branco (1825–1890)
* Júlio Dinis (1839–1871)
* Almeida Garrett (1799–1854)
* Alexandre Herculano (1810–1877)
* José Cardoso Pires (1925–1998)
* Eça de Queirós (1845–1900)
* José Saramago (1922–2010)
* Luís de Camões

## Puerto Rico

* 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

* Gabriela Adameșteanu (born 1942)
* Camil Baciu (1926–2005)
* Maria Baciu (born 1942)
* Max Blecher (1909–1938))
* Nicolae Breban (born 1934)
* Augustin Buzura (1938–2017)
* Mateiu Caragiale (1885–1936)
* George Călinescu (1899–1965)
* Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956)
* Gheorghe Crăciun (1950–2007)
* Mircea Eliade (1907–1986)
* Mihai Eminescu (1850–1889)
* Radu Pavel Gheo (born 1969)
* Virgil Gheorghiu (1916–1992)
* Panait Istrati (1884–1935)
* Alexandru Ivasiuc (1894–1935)
* Norman Manea (born 1936)
* Gib Mihăescu (1894–1935)
* Mircea Nedelciu (1950–1999)
* Costache Negruzzi (1808–1868)
* Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876–1955)
* Dora Pavel (born 1946)
* Camil Petrescu (1894–1957)
* Cezar Petrescu (1892–1961)
* Dumitru Radu Popescu (born 1935)
* Marin Preda (1922–1980)
* Liviu Rebreanu (1885–1944)
* Doina Ruști (born 1938)
* Mihail Sadoveanu (1880–1961)
* Zaharia Stancu (1902–1974)
* Bogdan Suceavă (born 1969)
* Duiliu Zamfirescu (1858–1922)

## Russia

* Andrey Bely (1880–1934)
* Andrey Bitov (1937–2018)
* 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 (1937–2017)
* 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)
* Viatcheslav Repin (born 1960), author of novels, short stories and essays in Russian and French
* 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)

## Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

* Phyllis Joyce McClean Punnett (1917–2004)

## Samoa

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

## São Tomé and Príncipe

* Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990)

## Serbia

* David Albahari
* Ivo Andrić
* Vladimir Arsenijević
* Miodrag Bulatović
* Miloš Crnjanski (1893–1977)
* Dobrica Ćosić (1921–2014)
* Jelena Dimitrijević (1862–1945)
* Danilo Kiš (1935–1989)
* Milorad Pavić
* Borislav Pekić (1930–1992)
* Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958)
* Meša Selimović (1910–1982)
* Srđan Srdić (born 1977)
* Svetlana Velmar-Janković (1933–2014)

## Sierra Leone

* Syl Cheney-Coker (born 1945)
* Aminatta Forna (born 1964)
* Namina Forna (born 1987)

## Somalia

* Maxamed Daahir Afrax
* Faarax M. J. Cawl (1937–1991)
* Nuruddin Farah (born 1945)
* Abdi Sheik Abdi (born 1942)
* Waris Dirie (born 1965)

## South Africa

* Lionel Abrahams (1928–2004)
* Peter Abrahams (1919–2017)
* Elleke Boehmer (born 1961)
* J. M. Coetzee (born 1940)
* K. Sello Duiker (1974–2005)
* Athol Fugard (born 1932)
* Damon Galgut (born 1963)
* Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014)
* Bessie Head (1937–1986)
* Christopher Hope (born 1944)
* Cynthia Jele (living)
* Fred Khumalo (born 1966)
* Alex La Guma (1925–1985)
* Mandla Langa (born 1950)
* Christine Barkhuizen le Roux (1959–2020)
* Arthur Maimane (1932–2005)
* Zakes Mda (born 1948)
* Kirsten Miller (living)
* Lauretta Ngcobo (1931–2015)
* Lewis Nkosi (1936–2010)
* Alan Paton (1903–1988)
* Olive Schreiner (1855–1920)
* Sipho Sepamla (1932–2007)
* Gillian Slovo (born 1952)
* Zukiswa Wanner (born 1976)
* Zoe Wicomb (born 1948)

## Spain

* Maria Dolores Acevedo
* Leopoldo Alas (1852–1901)
* Jesusa Alfau Galván de Solalinde (1895–1943)
* Núria Añó (born 1973)
* Elísabet Benavent (born 1984)
* Teresa Cameselle (born 1968)
* Camilo José Cela (1916–2002)
* Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), Don Quixote
* Matilde Cherner (1833–1880)
* Trini de Figueroa (1918-1972), Spanish romance novelist
* Pérez Galdós (1843–1920)
* Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer (1850-1919)
* Juan Goytisolo (1931–2017)
* Carmela Gutiérrez de Gambra (1921-1984), Spanish scholar, translator, romance novelist, Christian feminist
* Javier Marías (born 1951)
* Juan Marsé (1933–2020)
* Marina Mayoral (1942)
* Eduardo Mendoza (born 1943)
* Antonio Muñoz Molina (born 1956)
* Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951)
* Carlos Ruiz Zafón (born 1964)
* María del Pilar Sinués de Marco (1835–1893)
* Sara Torres (born 1991)
* Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936)
* Marika Vila (born 1949)

## Sri Lanka

* Gunadasa Amarasekara (born 1929)
* Anuk Arudpragasam (born 1988)
* Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008)
* Romesh Gunesekera (born 1954)
* Karunasena Jayalath (1928–1994)
* Shehan Karunatilaka (born 1975)
* Rosalind Mendis (1903–1992)
* Carl Muller (1935–2019)
* Simon Navagattegama (1940–2005)
* Michael Ondaatje (born 1943), The English Patient
* Shyam Selvadurai (born 1965)
* W. A. Silva (1890–1957)
* S. J. Sindu (born 1987)
* Ambalavaner Sivanandan (1923–2018)
* Martin Wickremasinghe (1890–1976)

## Sudan

* Leila Aboulela (born 1964)
* Ibrahim Ishaq (1946–2021)
* Rania Mamoun
* Ra'ouf Mus'ad, also connected with Egypt
* Tayeb Salih (1929–2009)
* Sabah Sanhouri (born 1990)

## Sweden

* Stig Dagerman (1923–1954)
* Marianne Fredriksson (1927–2007)
* Gustaf Fröding (1860–1911)
* Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783–1847)
* Jan Guillou (born 1944)
* Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976)
* Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974)
* Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940), Nobel Prize for Literature 1909, author of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (novel), The Emperor of Portugallia
* Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002)
* Henning Mankell (1948–2015)
* Harry Martinson (1904–1978)
* Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973)
* Peter Pohl (born 1940)
* Hjalmar Söderberg (1869–1941)
* Esaias Tegnér

## Switzerland

* 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

* Pai Hsien-yung (born 1937)
* Sanmao (1943–1991)

## Tanzania

* Mark Behr, also connected with South Africa (1963–2015)
* Nahida Esmail
* Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944–2020)
* Aniceti Kitereza (1896–1981)
* Abdulrazak Gurnah (born 1948)
* Peter K. Palangyo (1939–1993)
* Gabriel Ruhumbika (born 1938)
* Edwin Semzaba

## Togo

* Jeannette D. Ahonsou (born 1954)
* Gad Ami
* Theo Ananissoh (born 1962)
* David Ananou (1917–2000)
* Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Benin, Senegal and Ivory Coast (1932–2003)
* Kossi Efoui (born 1962)
* Christiane Akoua Ekué (born 1954)

## Trinidad and Tobago

* André Alexis (born 1957
* Lisa Allen-Agostini (born 1960s)
* Michael Anthony (1930–2023)
* Robert Antoni (born 1958)
* Dionne Brand (born 1953)
* Ralph de Boissière (1907–2008)
* Ramabai Espinet (born 1948)
* Rosa Guy (1922–2012)
* Merle Hodge (born 1944)
* Kevin Jared Hosein (born 1986)
* C. L. R. James (1901–1989)
* Barbara Jenkins
* Marion Patrick Jones (1931–2016)
* Anthony Joseph (born 1966)
* Earl Lovelace (born 1935)
* Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985)
* V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018)
* Elizabeth Nunez
* Lakshmi Persaud
* M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947)
* Monique Roffey (born 1965)
* Lawrence Scott (born 1943)
* Samuel Selvon (1923–1994)
* Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw (born 1964)

## Tunisia

* Hédi Bouraoui (born 1932)
* Aïcha Chaibi
* Faten Fazaâ
* Sophie el Goulli (1932–2015)
* Hubert Haddad (born 1947)
* Khawla Hamdi (born 1984)
* Albert Memmi (1920–2020)
* Amel Mokhtar (born 1964)
* Mustapha Tlili (1937–2017)

## Turkey

* Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, author of Saatleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü, Huzur
* Ahmet Ümit, author of Beyoğlu Rapsodisi
* Ayşe Kulin (born 1941)
* Aziz Nesin (1915–1995)
* Buket Uzuner (born 1955)
* Elif Şafak (born 1971)
* Haldun Taner (1915–1986)
* Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil, author of Mai ve Siyah, Aşkı Memnu
* Hasan Ali Toptaş (born 1958)
* Kemal Tahir, author of Yorgun Savaşçı, Devlet Ana, Karılar Koğuşu
* Metin Kaçan (1961–2013)
* Oğuz Atay (1934–1977), author of Tutunamayanlar
* Oktay Rifat (1914–1988)
* Orhan Kemal (1923–2015), author of Bekçi Murtaza,
* Orhan Pamuk, Nobel Prize author of My Name Is Red and The White Castle
* Reşat Nuri Güntekin (1889–1956)
* Rıfat Ilgaz (1911–1993)
* Sabahattin Ali (1907–1948), author of Kuyucaklı Yusuf, Kürk Mantolu Madonna
* Sevim Burak (1931–1983)
* Sabri Gürses (born 1972)
* Yahya Kemal (1884–1958)
* Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015), author of Mehmed, My Hawk
* Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu (1879–1945)
* Yusuf Atilgan, author of Anayurt Oteli, Aylak Adam

## Uganda

* Jane Bakaluba (born 1939)
* Violet Barungi (born 1943)
* Dilman Dila
* Arthur Gakwandi
* Moses Isegawa (born 1963)
* Godfrey Kalimugogo (1943–2015)
* Catherine Samali Kavuma (born 1960)
* China Keitetsi (born 1976)
* Goretti Kyomuhendo (born 1965)
* Bonnie Lubega (born 1929)
* Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (born 1960s)
* Ivan Matthias Mulumba
* Glaydah Namukasa
* Julius Ocwinyo (born 1961)
* Kakwenza Rukirabashaija (born 1988)
* Eneriko Seruma (born 1944)
* Lillian Tindyebwa
* Nick Twinamatsiko
* Timothy Wangusa (born 1942)

## Ukraine

* Larisa Alexandrovna (born 1971)
* Emma Andijewska (born 1931)
* Eugenia Chuprina (born 1971)
* Markiyan Kamysh (born 1988
* Andrey Kurkov (born 1961)
* Yaroslav Melnyk (born 1959)
* Israel Orenstein (1831–1905)
* Halyna Pahutiak (born 1958)
* Mykhailo Stelmakh (1912–1983)
* Serhiy Zhadan (born 1974)

## United Kingdom
### Wales
#### English language

* Mary Balogh (born 1944)
* Amy Dillwyn (1845–1935)
* Ken Follett (born 1949)
* Richard Hughes (1900–1976), A High Wind in Jamaica
* Jack Jones (1884–1970)
* Richard Llewellyn (1907–1983), How Green Was My Valley
* Stephen Maybery (born 1949)
* Jean Rhys (1890–1979)
* Bernice Rubens, author of A Solitary Grief
* Howard Spring (1889–1965)

#### Welsh language

* Daniel Owen (1836–1895)
* Eigra Lewis Roberts (born 1939)
* Kate Roberts (1891–1985)

### Northern Ireland

* Colin Bateman (born 1962), Divorcing Jack
* Ronan Bennett (born 1956), The Catastrophist
* Joyce Cary (1888–1957), The Horse's Mouth
* Paul Kearney (born 1967), Monarchies of God
* Benedict Kiely (1919–2007)
* Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942), Cal
* Brian Moore (1921–1999), The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
* Flann O'Brien (1911–1966), The Third Policeman
* Amanda McKittrick Ross (1860–1939)

## Uruguay

* Eduardo Galeano (1940–2015), 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 (1944–2019)
* Guillermo Meneses (1911–1978)
* Miguel Otero Silva (1908–1985)
* Julián Padrón (1910–1964)
* Teresa de la Parra (1889–1936)
* Karina Sainz Borgo (born 1982)
* 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

* Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 1959)
* Chenjerai Hove (1956–2015)
* Doris Lessing, born in Persia, now Iran (1919–2013)
* Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987)
* Nozipa Maraire (born 1966)
* Charles Mungoshi (1947–2019)
* Solomon Mutswairo (1924–2005)
* Alexander McCall Smith, also connected with Botswana (born 1948)
* Stanlake Samkange (1922–1988)
* Yvonne Vera, also connected with Canada (1964–2005)