Contents
This is a list of Egyptian writers.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.A
- Abaza family
- Fekry Pasha Abaza (1896–1979)
- Aziz Pasha Abaza (1898–1973)
- Tharwat Abaza (1927–2002)
- Duaa Abdelrahman (1979–)
- Abdel Rahman El Abnudi (1938–2015)
- Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892–1955)
- Yasser Abdel Hafez (1969– )
- Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (1946– )
- Ihsan Abdel Quddous (1919–1990)
- Yahya Taher Abdullah (1938–1981)
- Hamdy Abowgliel
- Yusuf Abu Rayya (1955–2009)
- Tatamkulu Afrika (1920–2002), also connected with South Africa
- Leila Ahmed (1940– )
- Abbas Al Akkad (1889–1964)
- Jamila al-'Alayili (1907–1991)
- Edwar al-Kharrat (1926–2015)
- Muhammad Aladdin, novelist, short story writer and script writer
- Ahmed Alaidy (1974– )
- Idris Ali (1940–2010)
- Karim Alrawi
- Samir Amin (1931–2018)
- Gaber Asfour (1944–2021)
- Radwa Ashour (1946–2014)
- Alaa Al Aswany (1957– )
- Abdel Rahim Ahmed
B
- Hala el Badry
- Kerolos Bahgat
- Salwa Bakr
- Sherin Hanaey
- Hussein Bassir, archaeologist
- Siham Bayoumi
C
- Constantine Cavafy
- Andrée Chedid (1920–2011), poet and novelist
D
E
F
- Fawzia Fahim (1931– )
- Fawziya Mahran (1931–2019)
- Nabil Farouk (1956–2020)
G
- Fathy Ghanem (1924–1998), novelist, journalist and editor
- Gamal Al-Ghitani (1945–2015)
- Sayed Gouda
- Mohammed Lotfy Gomaa
- Moawad GadElrab
H
- Mohammad Moustafa Haddara (1930–1997)
- Tawfik El Hakim (1898–1987), playwright
- Yehia Hakki (1905–1992), short-story writer, novelist, critic
- Muhammad Husayn Haykal (1909–1956)
- Ihab Husni (1966– )
- Taha Hussein (1889–1973)
I
- Hafez Ibrahim (1872–1932)
- Sonallah Ibrahim (1937– )
- Yusuf Idris (1927–1991)
J
- Edmond Jabès (1912–1991)
K
- Ahmed Kafafi
- Ezzat el Kamhawi
- Lutis Abd Al Karim
- Ahmad Al-Khamisi (1948– )
- Edwar al-Kharrat (1926–2015)
- Out el Kouloub
M
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006), novelist, short story writer and playwright; awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Mustafa Mahmud (1921–2009)
- Zaki Naguib Mahmoud (1905–1993)
- Abd Al Rasheed Al Sadiq Mahmmudi
- Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti
- Ahmad Al Mallawani
- Anis Mansour (1925–2011)
- Ibrahim al-Mazini
- Iman Mersal
- Ahmed Mourad
- Salama Moussa (1887–1958)
- Ra'ouf Mus'ad
N
Q
R
- Somaya Ramadan (1951– )
- Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996)
S
- Nawâl El Saadâwi (1931–2021), feminist writer and activist
- Mekkawi Said (1956–2017), novelist and short story writer
- Salama Ahmed Salama (1932–2012), journalist and author
- Ibtihal Salem (1949–2015), short story writer, novelist and translator
- Muhammad Jamal Saqr (1966– ), poet
- Khairy Shalaby (1938–2011), novelist and author
- Ahmed Shawqi (1868–1932), poet laureate
- Gilbert Sinoué (1947– ), guitarist and author
- Laila Soliman (1981– ), playwright
- Ahdaf Soueif (1950– ), novelist and political and cultural commentator
T
- Miral al-Tahawy
- Bahaa Taher
- Ahmed Khaled Tawfik (1962–2018)
- Sahar Tawfiq
- Sherin Hanaey
- Aisha Taymur
- May Telmissany
- Munira Thabit (1902–1967), first woman lawyer in Egypt, journalist and writer
- Affaf Tobbala (1941– )
- Ahmad Khaled Towfeq
V
- Mireille Vincendon (1910– ), French-language poet and writer
Z
- Amina Zaydan (1966– )
- May Ziadeh (1886–1941)
- Youssef Ziedan (1958– )
See also
References
- Fliotsos, Anne; Vierow, Wendy (2013). International Women Stage Directors. pp. 158–60. ISBN 978-0252095856.
- "Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2016". Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
- [Gikandi & Mwangi] Simon Gikandi & Evan Mwangi, ed., The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945. Columbia University Press; 2007. ISBN 978-0-231-12520-8
- [Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3