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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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Albania

Ismail Kadare

Algeria

Marguerite Taos Amrouche (1913–1976)
Rachid Boudjedra (1914– )
Albert Camus (1913–1960)
Mohammed Dib (1920–2003)
Tahar Djaout (1954–1993)
Assia Djebar (1936– )
Frantz Fanon, originally from Martinique (1925–1961)
Mouloud Feraoun (1913–1962)
Mouloud Mammeri (1917–1989)
Rachid Mimouni (1945–1995)
Ahlam Mostaghanemi
Leïla Sebbar
Kateb Yacine (1929–1989)

Ancient Latin Authors

Angola

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

Argentina

Marcos Aguinis
César Aira
Federico Andahazi
Roberto Arlt
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Jorge Luis Borges
Abelardo Castillo
Julio Cortázar, (1914–1984)
Macedonio Fernandez
Rodolfo Fogwill
Ricardo Güiraldes, (1886–1927) Don Segundo Sombra
Sylvia Iparraguirre
Leopoldo Marechal
Manuel Puig, author of Kiss of the Spider Woman
Andrés Rivera
Juan José Saer
Ernesto Sábato, Sobre Héroes y Tumbas (1961)
Luisa Valenzuela

Armenia

Alexander Shirvanzade

Assyrian

Australia

See: List of Australian novelists

Austria

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)

Bangladesh

Belarus

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

Belgium

Benin

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

Botswana

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

Brazil

Paulo Coelho, (1947– )

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

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

Canada

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)
Christopher G. Moore, (born 1952)
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– )

Cape Verde

Catalonia

Raimon Llull, (1235-1315)
Ramon Muntaner, (circa 1270-1336)
Joanot Martorell, (1413-1468)
Narcís Oller, (1846-1930)
Mercè Rodoreda, (1909-1983)

Chad

Marie-Christine Koundja (1957– )

Pep Coll

Chile

China

See also: Chinese literature

Ang Li
Cao Xueqin, (circa 1715–1763), author of Dream of the Red Chamber
Dai Sijie, author of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Gao Xingjian, exile and Nobel laureate
Han Shaogong, (born 1953)
Lao She, (1899–1966), author of Si Shi Tong Tang
Li Yu (author)
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

Colombia

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

Congo-Brazzaville

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

Congo-Kinshasa (formerly Zaire)

Cosmopolitan

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

Costa Rica

Joaquín García Monge (1881 – 1958)

Côte d'Ivoire

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

Croatia

See also: Croatian literature

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

Cuba

Czech Republic

See also: Literature of the Czech Republic

Karel Čapek, (1890–1938) inventor of the word robot, moralist, ironist, Czech patriot
Jaroslav Hašek, (1883–1923), author of The Good Soldier Svejk
Bohumil Hrabal, (1914–1997), author of Closely Watched Trains, died trying to feed pigeons.
Milan Kundera, (born 1929) author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986), (Nobel Prize for Literature) (1984)

Denmark

See also: List of Danish authors

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)
Karen Blixen, (1885–1962) (pen name: Isak Dinesen), author of Seven Gothic Tales (1934), Out of Africa (1937)
Peter Høeg
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (1873–1950), Nobel Prize for Literature (1944)
Peter Kjærulff (1946– )

Djibouti

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

Ecuador

Egypt

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

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

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– )

Ethiopia

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

Finland

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

France

See: French literature, List of French novelists

Gabon

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

Gambia

Germany

See also: German literature

Heinrich Böll, (1917–1985)
Alfred Döblin, (1878–1957), author of Berlin Alexanderplatz
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, (1749–1832), polymath.
Günter Grass, (1927– ), Nobel Prize for Literature (1999)
Hermann Hesse, (1877–1962), author of The Glass Bead Game, Steppenwolf, Nobel Prize for Literature (1946)
Daniel Kehlmann, (1975 –)
Heinrich von Kleist, (1777–1811)
Siegfried Lenz, (1926– )
Thomas Mann, (1875–1955)
Erich Maria Remarque, (1898–1970), author of Im Westen nichts Neues, or All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)
Sten Nadolny, (born 1942), author of The Discovery of Slowness
Patrick Süskind (1949– ), author of Perfume

Ghana

Ama Ata Aidoo (1940– )
Ayi Kwei Armah
Bediako Asare, also connected with Tanzania
Kofi Awoonor (1935– )
William Boyd
Akosua Busia
J.E. Casely-Hayford
Amma Darko
Cameron Duodu, author of The Gab Boys (1967)
Marilyn Heward-Mills, author of The Cloth Girl (2006)
Efua Theodora Sutherland (1924–1996 )

Greece

George Leonardos,(1937-)

Guinea

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

Guinea-Bissau

Nadine Nyangoma, born in Belgium

Haïti

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

Honduras

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

Hungary

Zoltán Ambrus (1861–1932)
Mihály Babits (1883-1941)
György Dalos (1943– )
József Eötvös (1813-1871)
Péter Esterházy (1950-)
István Fekete (1900–1970) author of Vuk
Jenő Heltai (1871–1957)
Ferenc Herczeg (1863–1954)
Mór Jókai (1825–1904) greatest Hungarian novelist of the 19th c.
Margit Kaffka (1880–1918)
Frigyes Karinthy (1887-1938) author of scifi novels
József Kármán (1768-1795)
Zsigmond Kemény (1814–1875)
Imre Kertész (1929– ), Nobel Prize for Literature (2002)
János Kodolányi (1899–1969)
György Konrád (1933-)
Károly Kós (1883-1977)
Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936)
László Krasznahorkai (1954-)
Gyula Krúdy (1878–1933)
Ervin Lázár (1936-) author of children's novels
Iván Mándy (1918-1995) author of children's novels
Sándor Márai (1900–1989)
Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952) author of The Paul Street Boys
Ferenc Móra (1879-1934)
Zsigmond Móricz (1879–1942) greatest Hungarian novelist of the 20th c.
Géza Gárdonyi (1863–1922) author of popular historical novels
Kálmán Mikszáth (1847—1910)
Péter Nádas (1942-)
László Németh (1901–1975)
Géza Ottlik (1912-1990)
Jenő Rejtő (1905-1943)
Henriett Seth F. (1980-) author of a scifi novel, 2006
Magda Szabó (1917-) author of The Door
Sándor Szathmári [1897–1974) author of Kazohinia
Antal Szerb (1901-1945) author of Journey by Moonlight
Áron Tamási (1897-1966)
Sándor Török (1904–1985) author of children's novels
Albert Wass (1908-1998)

Iceland

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)

India

See also: Indian literature

Chetan Bhagat, (born 1974), English
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
Fakir Mohan Senapati,Oriya
Gopinath Mohanty,Oriya
Manoj Das,Oriya
Sarojini Sahoo, (born 1956) Oriya
Shobhaa De, English
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Bengali
R. K. Narayan, (1906–2001), English
Surender Mohan Pathak, Hindi
Moncy Pothen, English
Munshi Premchand, (1880–1936), Hindi
Raja Rao
Rajashree, English, author of Trust Me
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
Harilal Upadhyay, (22-January-1916, 15-January-1994) Gujarati Language

Iran

Ireland

See: Irish fiction, List of Irish novelists

Israel

Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Nobel Prize winner; The Bridal Canopy, Yesteryear
Aharon Appelfeld, Badenheim 1939
David Grossman, See Under: Love, The Smile of the Lamb
Yoram Kaniuk, His Daughter
Amos Oz, Black Box, My Michael
Yaakov Shabtai, Past Continuous
Meir Shalev, The Blue Mountain, Esau
Avraham B. Yehoshua, A Late Divorce, Mr. Mani

Italy

See also: Italian literature, List of Italian writers

Jamaica

Japan

See also: Japanese literature, List of Japanese authors

Kōbō 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
Ichiyō 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
Minae Mizumura, Light and Darkness Continued, An I-Novel from left to right, A Real Novel
Ogai Mori, (1862–1922), The Wild Goose, The Dancing Girl
Haruki Murakami
Ryu Murakami
Natsume Sōseki, (1867–1916), Kokoro, I Am a Cat
Kenzaburō Ōe (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)
Banana Yoshimoto

Kenya

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

Kosovo

Sinan Hasani

Latvia

Lebanon