List of Egyptian writers

This is a list of Egyptian writers.

A

 * Abaza family
 * Fekry Pasha Abaza (1896–1979)
 * Aziz Pasha Abaza (1898–1973)
 * Tharwat Abaza (1927–2002)
 * Duaa Abdelrahman (1979–)
 * Abdel Rahman El Abnudi (1938–2015)
 * Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892–1955)
 * Yasser Abdel Hafez (1969– )
 * Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (1946– )
 * Ihsan Abdel Quddous (1919–1990)
 * Yahya Taher Abdullah (1938–1981)
 * Hamdy Abowgliel
 * Yusuf Abu Rayya (1955–2009)
 * Tatamkulu Afrika (1920–2002), also connected with South Africa
 * Leila Ahmed (1940– )
 * Abbas Al Akkad (1889–1964)
 * Jamila al-'Alayili (1907–1991)
 * Edwar al-Kharrat (1926–2015)
 * Muhammad Aladdin, novelist, short story writer and script writer
 * Ahmed Alaidy (1974– )
 * Idris Ali (1940–2010)
 * Karim Alrawi
 * Samir Amin (1931–2018)
 * Gaber Asfour (1944–2021)
 * Radwa Ashour (1946–2014)
 * Alaa Al Aswany (1957– )
 * Abdel Rahim Ahmed

B

 * Hala el Badry
 * Kerolos Bahgat
 * Salwa Bakr
 * Sherin Hanaey
 * Hussein Bassir, archaeologist
 * Siham Bayoumi

C

 * Constantine Cavafy
 * Andrée Chedid (1920–2011), poet and novelist

D

 * Doha Assy

E

 * Abo El Seoud El Ebiary (1910–1969)
 * Mohammad Elsannour
 * Mansoura Ez Eldin
 * Radwa El Aswad

F

 * Fawzia Fahim (1931– )
 * Fawziya Mahran (1931–2019)
 * Nabil Farouk (1956–2020)

G

 * Fathy Ghanem (1924–1998), novelist, journalist and editor
 * Gamal Al-Ghitani (1945–2015)
 * Sayed Gouda
 * Mohammed Lotfy Gomaa
 * Moawad GadElrab

H

 * Mohammad Moustafa Haddara (1930–1997)
 * Tawfik El Hakim (1898–1987), playwright
 * Yehia Hakki (1905–1992), short-story writer, novelist, critic
 * Muhammad Husayn Haykal (1909–1956)
 * Ihab Husni (1966– )
 * Taha Hussein (1889–1973)

I

 * Hafez Ibrahim (1872–1932)
 * Sonallah Ibrahim (1937– )
 * Yusuf Idris (1927–1991)

J

 * Edmond Jabès (1912–1991)

K

 * Ahmed Kafafi
 * Ezzat el Kamhawi
 * Lutis Abd Al Karim
 * Ahmad Al-Khamisi (1948– )
 * Edwar al-Kharrat (1926–2015)

M

 * Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006), novelist, short story writer and playwright; awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature
 * Mustafa Mahmud (1921–2009)
 * Zaki Naguib Mahmoud (1905–1993)
 * Abd Al Rasheed Al Sadiq Mahmmudi
 * Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti
 * Ahmad Al Mallawani
 * Anis Mansour (1925–2011)
 * Ibrahim al-Mazini
 * Iman Mersal
 * Ahmed Mourad
 * Salama Moussa (1887–1958)
 * Ra'ouf Mus'ad

N

 * Noor Naga
 * Nicos Nicolaides
 * Naguib Mahfouz

Q

 * Rawhiya al-Qallini
 * Abdel Hakim Qasem
 * Sayyid Qutb
 * Abd al-Qadir Qitt

R

 * Somaya Ramadan (1951– )
 * Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996)

S

 * Nawâl El Saadâwi (1931–2021), feminist writer and activist
 * Mekkawi Said (1956–2017), novelist and short story writer
 * Salama Ahmed Salama (1932–2012), journalist and author
 * Ibtihal Salem (1949–2015), short story writer, novelist and translator
 * Muhammad Jamal Saqr (1966– ), poet
 * Khairy Shalaby (1938–2011), novelist and author
 * Ahmed Shawqi (1868–1932), poet laureate
 * Gilbert Sinoué (1947– ), guitarist and author
 * Laila Soliman (1981– ), playwright
 * Ahdaf Soueif (1950– ), novelist and political and cultural commentator

T

 * Miral al-Tahawy
 * Bahaa Taher
 * Ahmed Khaled Tawfik (1962–2018)
 * Sahar Tawfiq
 * Sherin Hanaey
 * Aisha Taymur
 * May Telmissany
 * Munira Thabit (1902–1967), first woman lawyer in Egypt, journalist and writer
 * Affaf Tobbala (1941– )
 * Ahmad Khaled Towfeq

V

 * Mireille Vincendon (1910– ), French-language poet and writer

Z

 * Amina Zaydan (1966– )
 * May Ziadeh (1886–1941)
 * Youssef Ziedan (1958– )