This is a list of Egyptian writers.
A 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 Abdel Rahim Ahmed 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 Amenemope (author) Amenhotep Samir Amin (1931–2018) Apion Apollonius of Egypt Gaber Asfour (1944–2021) Radwa Ashour (1946–2014) Alaa Al Aswany (1957– ) Asclepiades Mendes
B Hala el Badry Kerolos Bahgat Salwa Bakr Sherin Hanaey Hussein Bassir, archaeologist Siham Bayoumi
C Chaeremon of Alexandria Constantine Cavafy Andrée Chedid (1920–2011), poet and novelist
D Doha Assy E Ragab Elbanna (1936- ) Abo El Seoud El Ebiary (1910–1969) Mohammad Elsannour Mansoura Ez Eldin (1976– ) Radwa El Aswad (1974– )
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 (1886–1953) Moawad GadElrab (1929–1983)
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) Hephaestion of Thebes 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 (1961– ) Lutis Abd Al Karim Ahmad Al-Khamisi (1948– ) Edwar al-Kharrat (1926–2015) Out el Kouloub
L Leon of Pella Lysimachus of Alexandria
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 (1876–1924) Ahmad Al Mallawani Anis Mansour (1925–2011) Ibrahim al-Mazini (1889–1949) Iman Mersal Ahmed Mourad (1978– ) Salama Moussa (1887–1958) Ra'ouf Mus'ad (1937– )
N Noor Naga Mohamed Nagui (1947–2014) Nicos Nicolaides (1884–1956) Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006)
P Pamphile of Epidaurus
Q Rawhiya al-Qallini (1915–1980) Abdel Hakim Qasem (1934–1990) Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966) Abd al-Qadir Qitt (1916–c. 2002)
R Somaya Ramadan (1951–2024) 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 Sobekemsaf Laila Soliman (1981– ), playwright Ahdaf Soueif (1950– ), novelist and political and cultural commentator
T Miral al-Tahawy Bahaa Taher (1935–2022) 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 (1962–2018)
V Mireille Vincendon (1910–?), French-language poet and writer
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Amina Zaydan (1966– ) May Ziadeh (1886–1941) Youssef Ziedan (1958– )
See also List of African writers by country List of Egyptian-American writers List of Egyptian women writers
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