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

Contents

Albania

Ismail Kadare

Algeria

Marguerite Taos Amrouche (1913–1976)
Rachid Boudjedra (1914– )
Albert Camus (1913–1960)
Jacques Derrida (1930–2004)
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

Petronius

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
Abelardo Castillo
Julio Cortázar, (1914–1984)
Macedonio Fernandez
Rodolfo Fogwill
Ricardo Güiraldes, (1886–1927) Don Segundo Sombra
Leopoldo Marechal
Manuel Puig, author of Kiss of the Spider Woman
Andrés Rivera
Juan José Saer
Ernésto Sábato, Sobre Héroes y Tumbas (1961)
Luisa Valenzuela

Armenia

Alexander Shirvanzade

Australia

Austria

See also: German literature

Hugo Bettauer
Peter Handke, (1942– )
Josef Haslinger
Peter Henisch
Robert Musil, (1880–1942), Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften (The Man Without Qualities)
Arthur Schnitzler
Stefan Zweig, (1881–1942)

Belarus

Vasil Bykau (1924–2003)
Uladzimir Karatkevich
Yakub Kolas (Kanstantsin Mikhailavich Mitskevich)
Yanka Kupala (Ivan Daminikavich Lutsevich)
Ivan Shamiakin (1921–2004)

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 Andric, (1892–1975), Nobel Prize for Literature (1961)

Botswana

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

Brazil

Paulo Coelho, (1947– )

Burkina Faso

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

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

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
Timothy Findley (1930–2002) (See also France)
Donald Jack,
Hugh MacLennan,
Margaret Laurence,
Stephen Leacock
Yann Martel, author of "Life of Pi", 2002 Booker Prize
Rohinton Mistry, (1952– )
Lucy Maude Montgomery, (1874–1942)
Susanna Moodie, (1803–1885)
Farley Mowat
Alice Munro, (1931– )
Michael Ondaatje, (1943– ), author of The English Patient (1993)
Mordecai Richler, (1931–2001), author of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959)
Gabrielle Roy, (1909–1983)
Margaret Marshall Saunders, (1861–1947)
Carol Shields, (1935–2003)
Catharine Parr Traill, (1802–1899)
Jane Urquhart, (1949– )

Cape Verde

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

Catalonia

Raimon Llull, (1235–1315), author of Libre de meravelles
Ramon Muntaner, (circa 1270–1336), author of Cronica
Joanot Martorell, (1413–1468), author of Tirant lo Blanc
Narcís Oller, (1846–1930), author of La febre d'or
Mercè Rodoreda, (1909–1983), author of La plaça del diamant

Chad

Marie-Christine Koundja (1957– )

Chile

China

See also: Chinese literature

Lao She, (1899–1966), author of Si Shi Tong Tang
Zhang Ailing, (1920–1995), female romantic story writer
Ang Li
Li Yu
Qian Zhongshu, (1910–1998), author of Wei Cheng
Lu Xun, (1881–1936), author of The True Story of Ah Q
Mao Dun, (1896–1981), author of Zi Ye
Wang Shuo
Wei Jingsheng

Colombia

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, placed under fatwah (death sentence) by Muslim clerics

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

Cuba

Czech Republic

See also: Literature of the Czech Republic

Karel Capek, (1890–1938) inventor of the word robot, moralist, ironist, Czech patriot
Jaroslav Hasek, (1883–1923), author of The Good Soldier Svejk
Václav Havel, (born 1936, President of Czech Republic (1993–2003) and famous playwright)
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)
Isak Dinesen, (1885–1962) (real name: Karen Blixen), author of Seven Gothic Tales (1934), Out of Africa (1937)
Peter Høeg
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (1873–1950), Nobel Prize for Literature (1944)
Peter Kjaerulff (1946– )

Djibouti

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

Ecuador

P. Jaramillo Alvarado
Enrique Gil Gilbert
Luis A. Martínez
Juan Montalvo
Isacovici Salomon

Egypt

Gamal Al-Ghitani
Naguib Mahfouz, (1911– ) 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

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

Estonia

Jüri Ehlvest, (Juri Ehlvest, 1967– ), Krutsiaana (1996), Still in Baghdad (1966), An Elf is Writingl (1997), The Mask of Life (1999), The Mask of Life (1999), A Stairway to Heaven (2001), A Horse from Nowhere (2002)
Kaur Kender, (1972– ), author of Independence (Book), Yupppiegod, Abnormal (Book), Through Peaceful Eyes, Money (Book), The Bank Deception, How to Become a Fader
Heiti Kender, (1974– ), author of Elevation (Book)
Kadri Kõusaar (Kadri Kousaar, 1980– ), author of EGO, The Free Rise
Jaan Kross, (1920– ),
Tõnu Õnnepalu (Tonu Onnepalu, aka Emil Tode, 1962– ), author of The Border State

Ethiopia

Innānu Āggonāfir (pseudonym of Nagāsh Gabra Māryām)
Haddis Alemayehu
Āfawarq Gabra Iyasus
Moges Kebede
Nega Mezlekia
Girmācchaw Takla Hāwāryāt
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

Alhagi Kah
Lenrie Peters

Germany

See also: German literature

Heinrich Böll, (1917–1985)
Alfred Döblin, (1878–1957), author of Berlin Alexanderplatz
Friedrich Duerrenmatt (1921–1990), author of The Visit
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)
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)
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
Efua Theodora Sutherland (1924–1996 )

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

Hungary

György Dalos, (1943– )
Imre Kertész, (1929– ), (Nobel Prize for Literature) (2002)
Mór Jókai, (1825–1904)
István Örkény, (1912–1979)

Iceland

Snorri Sturluson, (1179–1241), author of the Younger Edda
Halldór Laxness, (1903–1998), Nobel Prize for Literature (1955)

India

Iran

Abbas Marufi
Afshin Ellian
Ahmad Mahmoud
Akhtar Naraghi
Azar Nafisi
Bozorg Alavi
Dariush Shayegan
Fereydun Esfandiari
Fereydoun Hoveyda
Houshang Golshiri
Kader Abdolah
Mahmud Doulatabadi
Marjane Satrapi, graphic novelist
Mohammad Hejazi
Nassim Khaksar
Reza Baraheni
Sadegh Hedayat
Shahrnush Parsipur
Shiva Arastui
Simin Daneshvar
Taqi Modarresi
Zeyn al-Abedin Maraghei

Ireland

See: Irish fiction, List of Irish novelists

Israel

Shmuel Yosef Agnon, author of The Bridal Canopy and Yesteryear
Aharoni, Ada, author, professor, founder of IFLAC international Forum for Literature and Culture for Peace
David Grossman, author of See Under: Love, The Smile of the Lamb
Amos Oz, author of Black Box, My Michael
Meir Shalev, suthor of The Blue Mountain, Four Meals
Abraham B. Yehoshua, author of Mr. Mani

Italy

See also: Italian literature, List of Italian writers

Jamaica

Opal Palmer Adisa
John La Rose
Patricia Powell
Andrew Salkey

Japan

See also: Japanese literature, List of Japanese authors

Kobo Abe (1924–1993) The Woman In the Dunes, The Magic Chalk
Ryunosuke 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
Ichiyo Higuchi, (1872–1896) Child's Play, The Thirteenth Night
Masuji Ibuse, (1898–1993) Black Rain
Yasunari Kawabata (1899–1972) Snow Country, The Izu Dancer (Winner of the Nobel Prize, 1968)
Yukio Mishima, (1925–1970), The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Confessions of a Mask
Kenji Miyazawa, (1896–1933) Night Train to the Stars, Matasaburo the Wind Imp
Ogai Mori, (1862–1922), The Wild Goose, The Dancing Girl
Haruki Murakami
Ryu Murakami
Soseki Natsume, (1867–1916), Kokoro, I Am a Cat
Kenzaburo Oe (1935– ) Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids, A Personal Matter (Nobel Prize, 1994)
Junichiro Tanizaki (1886–1965) Some Prefer Nettles, The Makioka Sisters
Edogawa Rampo (1894–1965)
Hisaye Yamamoto]
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

Lebanon

Hanan Al-Shaykh
Amin Maalouf

Lesotho

Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948)
Mzamane Nhlapo

Madagascar

Michèle Rakotoson

Malawi

Paul Tiyambe Zeleza

Malaysia

Catherine Lim

Mali

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

Mauritania

Moussa Ould Ebnou

Mauritius

Carl de Souza (1949– )
Ananda Devi
Jean Fanchette

Mexico

Morocco

Mohammed Choukri
Driss Chraïbi (1926– )
Edmond Amran El Maleh (1917– )
Abdelkébir Khatibi
Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
Ahmed Sefrioui
Mohammed Zefzaf

Mozambique

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

Nepal

Samrat Upadhyay

Netherlands

Nigeria

See: List of Nigerian writers

Norway

See also: Norwegian literature

Pakistan

See also: Pakistani literature

Peru

Mario Vargas Llosa, (1936– ), ran for president, author of Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

Poland

See also: Polish literature

Maria Dabrowska (1889–1965)
Tadeusz Dolega-Mostowicz (1898–1939)
Tadeusz Konwicki (1926– )
Ignacy Krasicki (1735–1801)
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887)
Zofia Nalkowska (1885–1954)
Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969)
Stanislaw Lem (1921– )
Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910)
Jan Potocki (1761–1815)
Boleslaw Prus (1847–1912)
Wladyslaw 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 Zeromski (1864–1925)
Eugeniusz Zytomirski (1911–1975)

Portugal

António Lobo Antunes
Fernando de Campos
Eça de Queirós
Aqulino Ribeiro
Albino Forjaz de Sampaio, (1884–1949)
José Saramago, (1922– ), Nobel Prize for Literature 1998

Puerto Rico

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 Adameşteanu
Nicolae Breban
Mateiu Caragiale
George Călinescu
Mircea Cărtărescu
Ioan Mihai Cochinescu
Alexandru Ivasiuc
Mircea Nedelciu
Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu
Camil Petrescu
Marin Preda
Mihail Sadoveanu
Constantin Ţoiu
Duiliu Zamfirescu

See also: Romanian literature

Russia

See also: Russian literature

Andrey Bely, (1880–1934)
Mikhail Bulgakov, (1891–1940), author of The Master and Margarita
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, (1821–1881), author of The Brothers Karamazov, The Possessed
Nikolai Gogol, (1809–1852), author of Dead Souls
Ivan Goncharov, (1812–1891), Oblomov, a tale of a "superfluous" man
Mikhail Lermontov, (1814–1841)
Nikolai Leskov, (1831–1895)
Eduard Limonov, author of It's Me, Eddie and Memoir of a Russian Punk
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)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, (1918– ), One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, also historian
Aleksey K. Tolstoy, (1817–1875)
Aleksey N. Tolstoy, (1883–1945)
Leo Tolstoy, (1828–1910) of whose greatest book it was said, "Loved the war, hated the peace".

Rwanda

Thérèse Muamini

São Tomé and Príncipe

Olinda Beja (1946– )
Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990)

Senegal

See: List of Senegalese writers

Serbia and Montenegro

Ivo Andric

Sierra Leone

Syl Cheney-Coker
Aminatta Forna (b. 1964)

Somalia

Faarax MJ Cawl
Nuruddin Farah (1945– )
Abdi Sheikh Abdi
Abdisalam M. Issa-Salwe

South Africa

See: List of South African writers

Spain

Leopoldo Alas, author of 'La Regenta'
Miguel de Cervantes, : El Quijote, or Don Quixote
Pérez Galdós
Juan Goytisolo: El sitio de los sitios
Javier Marías
Juan Marsé: La Muchacha de las bragas de oro (Premio Planeta)
Eduardo Mendoza: La ciudad de los prodigios, Sin Noticias de Gurp, El Misterio de la cripta embrujada
Arturo Pérez-Reverte: El Club Dumas, Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste
Miguel de Unamuno: Niebla, San Manuel Bueno Martir

Sri Lanka

Shyam Selvadurai

Sudan

Tayeb Salih
Ra'ouf Mus'ad, also connected with Egypt
Leila Aboulela
Jamal Mahjoub

Sweden

See also: List of Swedish language writers

Switzerland

Max Frisch (1911–1991), Stiller (1954) (I'm Not Stiller), Mein Name sei Gantenbein (1964)

Tanzania

Mark Behr, also connected with South Africa
Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944– )
Shafi Adam Shafi

Togo

Gad Ami (1958– )
David Ananou (1917–2000)
Félix Couchoro, also connected with Benin (1900–1968)
Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Benin, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire (1932–2003)
Kossi Efoui (1962– )
Christiane Akoua Ekue (1954– )
Lauryn, also connected with Benin and Togo, born in France (1978– )

Trinidad and Tobago

Lakshmi Persaud

Tunisia

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

Turkey

Cem Akas
Ertugrul Oguz Firat, author of "Sevicira"
Metin Kacan
Bilge Karasu, author of "Night", "Garden of Departed Cats", and "Death in Troy"
Yahya Kemal
Yasar Kemal, author of "Mehmed, My Hawk"
Orhan Pamuk, author of "Black Book" and "The White Castle"
Aziz Nesin
Haldun Taner

Uganda

Moses Isegawa
China Keitetsi

Ukraine

Andrey Kurkov, (1961– )
Larisa Alexandrovna, (1971– )

United Kingdom

England

See: List of English novelists

Scotland

- William Auld writes mainly in Esperanto
- Iain Banks aka Iain M. Banks, (1954– ) writes mainstream novels under the first name, science-fiction novels under the second.
- J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan among others.
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the Great Detective, discoverer of the Lost World, believer in fairies.
- James Kelman
- Helen Clark MacInnes wrote suspense novels
- Ken MacLeod, (1954– ), science fiction
- Ian Rankin
- Sir Walter Scott, (1771–1832), innovator of the historical novel
- Robert Louis Stevenson, (1850–1894), author of Treasure Island
- Mary Stewart, (1916– )
- Nigel Tranter, (1909–2000), Scottish historical novels.
- Irvine Welsh, (1961– )
- Christopher Brookmyre

Wales

- Mary Balogh
- Amy Dillwyn
- Ken Follett
- Richard Hughes, (1900–1976), A High Wind in Jamaica
- Jack Jones, (1884–1970)
- Richard Llewellyn, (1907–1983), How Green Was My Valley
- Jean Rhys
- Bernice Rubens, author of A Solitary Grief
- Howard Spring, (1889–1965)
Welsh language
- Daniel Owen, (1836–1895)
- Kate Roberts, (1891–1985)