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

Albania

Dritero Agolli (1931–2017)
Ismail Kadare (born 1936)
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 (born 1936)
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)
Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (born 1941)
Sousa Jamba (born 1966)
Ondjaki (born 1977)
Oscar Ribas (1909–2004)
José Luandino Vieira (born 1935)

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)
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)
Marcos Ricardo Barnatan (born 1946)

Armenia

Michael Arlen (1895–1956)
Yervant Odian (1869–1926)
Alexander Shirvanzade (1858–1935)
Zabel Yesayan (1878–1943)

Assyrian

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

Australia

See: List of Australian novelists

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

Bangladesh

Humayun Ahmed (1948–2012)
Muhammad Yunus (born 1940)
Taslima Nasrin (born 1962)
Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899–1976)
Humayun Azad (1947–2004)

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)

Benin

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

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ivo Andrić (1892–1975)

Botswana

Caitlin Davies (born 1964), born in Britain
Unity Dow (born 1959)
Bessie Head (1937–1986), born in South Africa

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 (born 1925)
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 (born 1923)

Bulgaria

Emil Andreev (born 1956)
Zdravka Evtimova (born 24 July 1959)
Agop Melkonyan (1949–2006)
Albena Stambolova (born 1957)

Burkina Faso

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

Cameroon

Mongo Beti, pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala (1932–2001)
Calixthe Beyala (born 1961)
Ferdinand Oyono (1929–2010)
Francis Bebey (1929–2001)

Canada

Rebecca Agatha Armour (1845–1891)
Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
Mary Balogh (born 1944)
Pierre Berton (1920–2004)
Marie-Claire Blais (born 1939)
Morley Callaghan (1903–1990)
Deborah Joy Corey (born 1958)
Robertson Davies (1913–1995)
Ranj Dhaliwal (born 1976)
Réjean Ducharme (born 1941)
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)
Mordecai Richler (1931–2001)
Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983)
Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947)
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 (born 1949)
Marcela Serrano (born 1951)
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

Jeannette Balou Tchichelle (born 1947)
Emmanuel Dongala (born 1941)

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

Ivory Coast

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

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 (born 1949)
Julijana Matanović (born 1959)

Cuba

Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990)
Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980)
Daína Chaviano (born 1957)
Jose 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 (born 1929)
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 (born 1935)
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 (born 1956)
Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006), Nobel Prize for Literature (1988), famous for the Cairo Trilogy about life in the sprawling inner city.
Nawal El Saadawi (born 1931)
Saleh Morsi (born 1939)
Sonallah Ibrahim (born 1937)
Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987)
Yahya Haqqi (1905–1992)
Youssef Ziedan (born 1958)
Yusuf Idris (1927–1991)

Equatorial Guinea

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)
Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878–1940)
Enn Vetemaa (born 1936)
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)
Birhanu Zerihun (1933/4–1987)

Faroe Islands

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)

France

Gabon

Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (born 1932)
Bessora (born in Belgium) (born 1968)
Rene Maran, born near Martinique (1887–1960)
Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri (1954–2010)

Gambia

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

Germany

Heinrich Böll (1917–1985)
Alfred Döblin (1878–1957), author of Berlin Alexanderplatz
Hans Fallada (1893–1947)
Theodor Fontane (1819–1898)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), polymath.
Günter Grass (1927–2015), Nobel Prize for Literature (1999)
Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916–1991)
Hermann Hesse (1877–1962), Nobel Prize for Literature (1946)
Uwe Johnson (1934–1984)
Ernst Jünger (1895–1998)
Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–974)
Daniel Kehlmann (born 1975)
Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811)
Siegfried Lenz (1926–2014)
Andreas Mand (born 1959)
Heinrich Mann (1871–1950)
Thomas Mann (1875–1955), Nobel Prize for Literature (1929)
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)
Patrick Süskind (born 1949), author of Perfume
Martin Walser (born 1927)
Peter Weiss (1916–1982)
Christa Wolf (1929–2011)
Arnold Zweig (1887–1968)

Ghana

Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1940)
Ayi Kwei Armah (born 1939)
Bediako Asare, also connected with Tanzania
Ayesha Harruna Attah (born 1983)
Nana Oforiatta Ayim
Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013)
Yaba Badoe (born 1955)
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 (born 1946)
Lesley Lokko
Nii Ayikwei Parkes (born 1974)
Kobina Sekyi (1892–1956)
Taiye Selasi (born 1979)
Francis Selormey (1927–1988)
Efua Theodora Sutherland (1924–1996)
Nana Achampong (born 1964)

Greece

George Leonardos (born 1937)
Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957)

Guatemala

Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899-1974)

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)
Ágota Bozai (born 1965)
György Dalos (born 1943)
Anna Dániel (1908–2003)
József Eötvös (1813–1871)
Péter Esterházy (born 1950)
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 (born 1933)
Károly Kós (1883–1977)
Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936)
László Krasznahorkai (born 1954)
Gyula Krúdy (1878–1933)
Ervin Lázár (born 1936), 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)
Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950)

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
D. R. Bendre (1896–1981), Kannada
Ramavriksha Benipuri (1899–1968), Hindi
Ruskin Bond (born 1934), English
Nitya Prakash (born 1988), English, Hindi
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 (born 1934), 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 (born 1940), 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 (born 1951), Odia
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay (born 1935), Bengali
Kiran Nagarkar (born 1942) 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 (born 1942) Marathi, English
D. Selvaraj (born 1938), 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
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820–1891) Bengali
Vijayakrishnan (born 1952), Malayalam
Kalki Krishnamurthy (1899–1954), Tamil
Sujatha Rangarajan (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

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 novel This Earth of Mankind

Iraq

Ahmed Saadawi (born in 1973), the 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 in Baghdad 1950.
Hazim Kamaledin
Ibtisam Abdallah
Inaam Kachachi (born in 1952)
Iqbal al-Qazwini
Samīra al-Māni'
Samuel Shimon
Selim Matar
Sinan Antoon

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)

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
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)
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 (born 1936)
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
John Edgar Colwell 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 Mizumurarn 1964)
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)

Korea

Kosovo

Sinan Hasani (1922–2010)
Teki Dervishi (born 1943)
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)

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)

Luxembourg

Republic of Macedonia

Slavko Janevski (1920–2000)

Madagascar

Michèle Rakotoson
Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo

Malawi

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

Malaysia

K. S. Maniam (born 1942)

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

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

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

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 (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)

Nicaragua

Gioconda Belli (born 1948)

Nigeria

Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)

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
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

Panama

Paraguay

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

Peru

Ciro Alegría (1909–1967)
José María Arguedas (1911–1969)
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 (born 1924)
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
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)

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)
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)

Samoa

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

São Tomé and Príncipe

Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990)

Senegal

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)

Slovakia

Slovenia

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

J.M. Coetzee (born 1940)
Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014)

South Korea

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
Pérez Galdós (1843–1920)
Juan Goytisolo (1931–2017)
Javier Marías (born 1951)
Juan Marsé (born 1933)
Eduardo Mendoza (born 1943)
Antonio Muñoz Molina (born 1956)
Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951)
Carlos Ruiz Zafón (born 1964)
Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936)

Sri Lanka

Martin Wickremasinghe (1890–1976)
Shyam Selvadurai (born 1965)
Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008)
Michael Ondaatje (born 1943), The English Patient
Gunadasa Amarasekara (born 1929)

Sudan

Tayeb Salih (1929–2009)
Ra'ouf Mus'ad, also connected with Egypt
Leila Aboulela (born 1964)

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 (born 1948)
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
Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944–2020)
Abdulrazak Gurnah

Togo

David Ananou (1917–2000)
Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Benin, Senegal and Ivory Coast (1932–2003)
Kossi Efoui (born 1962)

Trinidad and Tobago

Michael Anthony (born 1930)
Earl Lovelace (born 1935)
V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018)
Lakshmi Persaud
Monique Roffey (born 1965)
Lawrence Scott (born 1943)
Samuel Selvon (1923–1994)

Tunisia

Hédi Bouraoui (born 1932)
Albert Memmi (born 1920)

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

Moses Isegawa (born 1963)
China Keitetsi (born 1976)
Goretti Kyomuhendo (born 1965)

Ukraine

Emma Andijewska (born 1931)
Andrey Kurkov (born 1961)
Larisa Alexandrovna (born 1971)

United Kingdom

England

Scotland

Wales

English language

Mary Balogh (born 1944)
Amy Dillwyn (1845–1935)
Ken Follett (born 1949)
Richard Hughes (1900–1976), A High Wind in Jamaica
Jack Jones (1884–1970)
Richard Llewellyn (1907–1983), How Green Was My Valley
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)

United States

Uruguay

Eduardo Galeano (born 1940), 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 (born 1944)
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 (born 1956)
Doris Lessing, born in Persia, now Iran (1919–2013)
Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987)
Nozipa Maraire (born 1966)
Charles Mungoshi (born 1947)
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)