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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

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• Ismail Kadare

• 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)

• Petronius

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

• Marcos Aguinis
• César Aira
• Federico Andahazi
• Roberto Arlt
• Adolfo Bioy Casares
• Jorge Luis Borges
• Abelardo Castillo
• Julio Cortázar, (1914–1984)
• Macedonio Fernandez
• Rodolfo Fogwill
• Ricardo Güiraldes, (1886–1927) Don Segundo Sombra
• 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

• Alexander Shirvanzade

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

See: List of Australian novelists

See also: German literature

• Hugo Bettauer
• Thomas Bernhard
• Peter Handke, (1942– )
• Josef Haslinger
• Peter Henisch
• Elfriede Jelinek
• 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)

• Mohammed Yunus
• Taslima Nasrin
• Kazi Nazrul Islam

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

• Cornelis de Bie
• Louis Paul Boon
• Hendrik Conscience
• Ernest Claes
• Hugo Claus
• Christine D'Haen
• Johan Daisne
• Charles De Coster
• Willem Elsschot
• Jef Geeraerts
• Guido Gezelle
• Marnix Gijsen
• Hubert Lampo
• Rosalie Loveling
• Virginie Loveling
• Maurice Maeterlinck
• Alice Nahon
• Amélie Nothomb
• Maria Rosseels
• Stijn Streuvels
• Herman Teirlinck
• Felix Timmermans
• André Henri Constant van Hasselt
• Karel Van Mander
• Emile Verhaeren]
• Peter Verhelst
• Gerard Walschap
• Jan Frans Willems
• Lode Zielens

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

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

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

• Paulo Coelho, (1947– )

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

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

See also: Canadian literature, List of Canadian writers

• Eduardo Paz-Martinez, "Inside The Volcano" (2001)
• 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– )

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

• Marie-Christine Koundja (1957– )

• Allende, Isabel
• Calderón, Teresa
• Coloane, Francisco
• Donoso, José
• Guelfenbein, Carla
• Gumucio, Manuela
• Maturana, Andrea
• Queirolo B., Jorge
• Rojas, Manuel
• Sepúlveda, Luis
• Serrano, Marcela

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

• Héctor Abad Faciolince, (1958– ), author of Angosta(2004), The Oblivion We Shall Be (2006)
• Jaime Manrique
• Gabriel García Márquez, (1928– ), author of One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), Nobel Prize for Literature (1982), journalist, publisher, avatar of magical realism
• José Eustasio Rivera, (1888–1928), author of La Vorágine

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

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

• Romain Gary, Russian-born French writer
• Franz Kafka, (1883–1924) lived in Prague during Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovakia; German language writer; see also German literature
• Arthur Koestler (1905–1983)
• Milan Kundera, (1929– ) born in Czechoslovakia, but moved to France. Multi-language writer.
• Salman Rushdie, (1947– ) born in India, but moved abroad later. English language writer, author of The Satanic Verses

• Joaquín García Monge (1881 – 1958)

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

See also: Croatian literature

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

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

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

• 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– )

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

• P. Jaramillo Alvarado
• Enrique Gil Gilbert
• Luis A. Martínez
• Juan Montalvo
• Jorge Queirolo B.
• Isacovici Salomon
• Alicia Yánez

• 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– )

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

• Jüri Ehlvest, (1967– )
• Kaur Kender, (1971– )
• Heiti Kender, (1973– )
• Albert Kivikas, (1898–1978)
• Kadri Kõusaar, (1980– )
• Jaan Kross, (1920– )
• Juhan Liiv (1864–1913)
• Tõnu Õnnepalu, (aka Emil Tode, 1962– )
• Lilli Promet, (1922–2007)
• Karl Ristikivi, (1912–1977)
• Anton Hansen Tammsaare, (1878–1940)
• Heiki Vilep, (1960– )

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

• Juhani Aho, (1861–1921)
• Tove Jansson, (1914–2001), she wrote in Swedish
• Aino Kallas, (1878–1956), female
• Aleksis Kivi, (1834–1872)
• Väinö Linna, (1920–1992)
• Arto Paasilinna
• Kalle Päätalo, (1919–2000)
• Frans Emil Sillanpää, (1888–1964), (Nobel Prize for Literature, 1939)
• Mika Waltari, (1908–1979)

See: French literature, List of French novelists

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

• Alhagi Kah
• Lenrie Peters

See also: German literature

• Heinrich Böll, (1917–1985)
• Alfred Döblin, (1878–1957), author of Berlin Alexanderplatz
• 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

• 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
• Cameron Duodu, author of The Gab Boys (1967)
• Marilyn Heward-Mills, author of The Cloth Girl (2006)
• Efua Theodora Sutherland (1924–1996 )

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

• Nadine Nyangoma, born in Belgium

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

• 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)

• 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)

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

See also: Indian literature

• Rammohan Roy, Bengali, English, Sanskrit
• Kaji Nazrul Islam, Bengali, Persian, Arabic
• Jibanananda Das, Bengali
• Buddhadev Bose, Bengali, English
• Samar Sen, Bengali, English
• Tarashankar Banerjee, Bengali
• Bibhutibhushan Banerjee, Bengali
• Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Bengali
• Manik Bandopadhyay, Bengali
• Lalon Fakir, Bengali
• Dibyendu Palit, Bengali, English
• Samaresh Bose, Bengali
• Nirendranath Chakraborty, Bengali
• Subodh Ghosh, Bengali
• Narendranath Mitra, Bengali
• Amit Chaudhuri, English
• Upamanyu Chatterjee, English
• Michael Madhusudan Dutta, Bengali, English, French
• Buddhadev Guha, Bengali
• Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar', Hindi
• Vikram Chandra, English
• Upamanyu Chatterjee, (born 1959), English
• Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838–1894), Bengali also wrote ‘Vande Mataram’
• Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876–1938), Bengali
• Amit Chaudhuri, (born 1962), English
• Ramavriksha Benipuri, Hindi
• David Davidar
• Anita Desai, English
• Kiran Desai, English
• P. L. Deshpande (1919–2000) Marathi
• Eunice De Souza (born 1940), English
• Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
• Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan, Hindi, Bhojpuri, Tibetan, Sanskrit.
• 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
• Sugan Prabhu
• Pankaj Mishra
• Rohinton Mistry, English
• Sarojini Sahoo, (born 1956) Oriya
• Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Bengali
• R. K. Narayan, (1906–2001), English
• Surender Mohan Pathak, Hindi
• Moncy Pothen, English
• Munshi Premchand, (1880–1936), Hindi
• 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
• Kavisekhara Dr Umar AlishaTelugu Language, written many novel in Telugu. He is a Poet, Freedom Fighter and a Social Reformer.
• Jagadish Mohanty, (born 1951) Oriya

• Ahmad Mahmoud
• Azar Nafisi
• Bozorg Alavi
• Dariush Shayegan
• Fereydun Esfandiari
• Houshang Golshiri
• Jamal Mirsadeghi
• Mahmud Doulatabadi
• Reza Baraheni
• Sadegh Hedayat
• Sadiq Chubak
• Shahrnush Parsipur
• Shiva Arastui
• Simin Daneshvar
• Taqi Modarresi
• Zoya Pirzad
• Arash Hejazi
• soumik roy

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)
• Italo Calvino, Cosmicomics, If On a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979)
• Luigi Capuana
• Andrea Camilleri
• Carlo Cassola
• Carlo Collodi
• Carmen Covito
• Gabriele D'Annunzio, revolutionary
• Massimo D'Azeglio
• Dario de Judicibus
• Grazia Deledda
• Giuseppe Dessi
• Umberto Eco
• Carlo Emilio Gadda
• Natalia Ginzburg
• Primo Levi, resistance fighter, chemist and novelist
• Emilio Lussu
• Alessandro Manzoni
• Dacia Maraini
• Franco Mimmi
• Elsa Morante
• Alberto Moravia
• Elina Patanè
• Cesare Pavese
• Luigi Pirandello, playwright, Six Characters in Search of an Author
• Vasco Pratolini
• Andrea di Robilant
• Salvatore Satta
• Alberto Savinio
• Leonardo Sciascia
• Ignazio Silone
• Mario Soldati
• Italo Svevo
• Antonio Tabucchi, Declares Pereira (1994)
• Susanna Tamaro
• Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
• Giovanni Verga
• Elio Vittorini

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

See also: Japanese literature, List of Japanese authors

• Kobo Abe (1924–1993) The Woman In the Dunes, The Magic Chalk
• Ryūnosuke 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
• Kaoru Hayamine, Yumemizu Kiyoshiro mysteries
• 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
• Natsume Sōseki, (1867–1916), Kokoro, I Am a Cat
• Kenzaburo Oe (1935– ) Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids, A Personal Matter (Nobel Prize, 1994)
• Murasaki Shikibu
• Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886–1965) Some Prefer Nettles, The Makioka Sisters
• Edogawa Rampo (1894–1965)
• Hisaye Yamamoto]
• Banana Yoshimoto

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

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

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

• Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948)
• Mzamane Nhlapo

• Slavko Janevski
• Venko Andonovski

• Michèle Rakotoson

• Paul Tiyambe Zeleza

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

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

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

• Moussa Ould Ebnou

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

• Eduardo Paz-Martinez, author of "Inside the Volcano" (2001) and "The Rain in Spain" (2003)
• Sandra Cisneros, "The House on Mango Street"
• Laura Esquivel
• Carlos Fuentes, "The Old Gringo"
• Martín Luis Guzmán
• Vicky Nizri
• José Emilio Pacheco
• Juan Rulfo

see also Literature of Morocco

• Mohamed Choukri
• Driss Chraïbi (1926–2007)
• Edmond Amran El Maleh (1917– )
• Abdelkebir Khatibi
• Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
• Laila Lalami
• Ahmed Sefrioui
• Mohamed Zafzaf

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

• Samrat Upadhyay

• 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

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)

See: List of Nigerian writers

See also: Norwegian literature

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

See also: Pakistani literature

• Ahmed Ali
• Tariq Ali
• Zulfikar Ghose
• Mohsin Hamid
• Saadat Hasan Manto, born in India
• Uzma Aslam Khan
• Kamila Shamsie
• Bapsi Sidhwa
• Ahmed Hamid
• Abdullah Hussain
• Intizar Hussain
• Mustansar Hussain Tararr
• Khadija Mastoor
• Asim Butt

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

See also: Literature of the Philippines

• Francisco Arcellana
• Enrico Antiporda
• Lualhati Bautista
• Carlos Bulosan
• Jose Dalisay
• Lazaro Francisco
• Eric Gamalinda
• N.V.M. Gonzalez
• Jessica Hagedorn
• Amado Hernandez
• Stevan Javellana
• Nick Joaquin