List of Egyptian writers

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This is a list of Egyptian writers.

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

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C

Constantine Cavafy
Andrée Chedid (1920–2011), poet and novelist^{[Killam & Rowe]}

D

Doha Assy

E

F

Fawzia Fahim (1931– )
Fawziya Mahran (1931–2019)
Nabil Farouk (1956–2020)

G

Fathy Ghanem (1924–1998), novelist, journalist and editor^{[Killam & Rowe]}
Gamal Al-Ghitani (1945–2015)
Sayed Gouda
Mohammed Lotfy Gomaa
Moawad GadElrab

H

Mohammad Moustafa Haddara (1930–1997)
Tawfik El Hakim (1898–1987), playwright^{[Killam & Rowe]}
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

M

Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006), novelist, short story writer and playwright; awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature^{[Killam & Rowe]}
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^{[Killam & Rowe]}
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^[1]
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– )^[2]
Ahmad Khaled Towfeq

V

Mireille Vincendon (1910– ), French-language poet and writer^[Gikandi]

Z

Amina Zaydan (1966– )
May Ziadeh (1886–1941)
Youssef Ziedan (1958– )

See also

References

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^ 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

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