List of Egyptian writers

This is a list of Egyptian writers.

• Ahmed Shawki (1868–1932)
• Hafez Ibrahim (1872–1932)
• Salama Moussa (1887–1958)
• Taha Hussein (1889–1973)
• Fekry Pasha Abaza (1896–1979)
• Tawfik El Hakim (1898–1987), playwright.
• Muhammad Husayn Haykal (1909–1956)
• Abo El Seoud El Ebiary (1910–1969)
• Naguib Mahfouz, (1911–2006), novelist, short story writer and playwright awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature.
• Edmond Jabès (1912–1991)
• Tatamkulu Afrika, also connected with South Africa (1920–2002)
• Andrée Chedid (1920–2011), poet and novelist.
• Mustafa Mahmoud (1921–2009)
• Fathy Ghanem (1924–1998), novelist, journalist and editor.
• Anis Mansour (1925–2011)
• Yusuf Idris (1927–1991)
• Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996)
• Mohammad Moustafa Haddara (1930–1997)
• Samir Amin (1931– )
• Nawâl El Saadâwi (1931– ), feminist writer and activist.
• Salama Ahmed Salama (1932–2012), journalist and author.
• Sonallah Ibrahim (1937– )
• Abdel Rahman El Abnudi (1938– )
• Leila Ahmed (1940– )
• Gamal Al-Ghitani (1945– )
• Ahdaf Soueif (1950– )
• Fawzia Fahim (1931– )
• Munira Thabit (1902-1967) first woman lawyer in Egypt, journalist and writer

Birth date not known

• Muhammad Aladdin, novelist, short story writer and script writer.
• Hussein Bassir, archaeologist.
• Mona Soliman, novelist and poet.
• Abaza Family

See also

• List of African writers by country
• List of Egyptian-American writers

References