List of novelists by nationality

Well-known authors of novels, listed by country:

See also: Lists of authors, List of poets, List of playwrights, List of short story authors

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 (born 1931)
 * 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 (born 1931)
 * 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)
 * Rene 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 (born 1934)
 * 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 (born 1935)

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 (born 1933), 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 (1920–19960
 * 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 (born 1937)
 * 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 (born 1931)
 * 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

 * Sinan Hasani (1922–2010)
 * Teki Dervishi (1943–2011)
 * Rifat Kukaj (1938–2005)

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 (born 1935)
 * 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

 * Leopoldo Alas (1852–1901)
 * Jesusa Alfau Galván de Solalinde (1895–1943)
 * Núria Añó (born 1973)
 * Camilo José Cela (1916–2002)
 * Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), Don Quixote
 * Matilde Cherner (1833-1880)
 * Pérez Galdós (1843–1920)
 * Juan Goytisolo (1931–2017)
 * Javier Marías (born 1951)
 * Juan Marsé (1933–2020)
 * 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)
 * Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936)

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 (born 1930)
 * 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)

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)
 * 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)