List of Egyptian writers
This is a list of Egyptian writers.
A
- Abaza family
- Fekry Pasha Abaza
- Aziz Pasha Abaza
- Tharwat Abaza
- Duaa Abdelrahman
- Abdel Rahman El Abnudi
- Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi
- Yasser Abdel Hafez
- Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
- Ihsan Abdel Quddous
- Yahya Taher Abdullah
- Hamdy Abowgliel
- Yusuf Abu Rayya
- Tatamkulu Afrika, also connected with South Africa
- Leila Ahmed
- Abbas Al Akkad
- Jamila al-'Alayili
- Edwar al-Kharrat
- Muhammad Aladdin, novelist, short story writer and script writer
- Ahmed Alaidy
- Idris Ali
- Karim Alrawi
- Samir Amin
- Gaber Asfour
- Radwa Ashour
- Alaa Al Aswany
- Abdel Rahim Ahmed
B
C
- Constantine Cavafy
- Andrée Chedid, poet and novelist
D
E
F
G
- Fathy Ghanem, novelist, journalist and editor
- Gamal Al-Ghitani
- Sayed Gouda
- Mohammed Lotfy Gomaa
- Moawad GadElrab
H
- Mohammad Moustafa Haddara
- Tawfik El Hakim, playwright
- Yehia Hakki, short-story writer, novelist, critic
- Muhammad Husayn Haykal
- Ihab Husni
- Taha Hussein
I
J
K
M
- Naguib Mahfouz, novelist, short story writer and playwright; awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Mustafa Mahmud
- Zaki Naguib Mahmoud
- Abd Al Rasheed Al Sadiq Mahmmudi
- Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti
- Ahmad Al Mallawani
- Anis Mansour
- Ibrahim al-Mazini
- Iman Mersal
- Ahmed Mourad
- Salama Moussa
- Ra'ouf Mus'ad
N
Q
R
S
- Nawâl El Saadâwi, feminist writer and activist
- Mekkawi Said, novelist and short story writer
- Salama Ahmed Salama, journalist and author
- Ibtihal Salem, short story writer, novelist and translator
- Muhammad Jamal Saqr, poet
- Khairy Shalaby, novelist and author
- Ahmed Shawqi, poet laureate
- Gilbert Sinoué, guitarist and author
- Laila Soliman, playwright
- Ahdaf Soueif, novelist and political and cultural commentator
T
- Miral al-Tahawy
- Bahaa Taher
- Ahmed Khaled Tawfik
- Sahar Tawfiq
- Sherin Hanaey
- Aisha Taymur
- May Telmissany
- Munira Thabit, first woman lawyer in Egypt, journalist and writer
- Affaf Tobbala
- Ahmad Khaled Towfeq
V
- Mireille Vincendon, French-language poet and writer