List of Somali writers
- Maxamed Daahir Afrax
- Shire Jama Ahmed
- Aden Ibrahim Aw Hirsi
- Ahmed Farah Ali 'Idaja'
- Amina Said Ali
- Ahmed Sheikh Ali "Burale"
- Nuruddin Farah (*1945)
- Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaariye'
- Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadrawi'
- Abdi Bashiir Indhobuur
- Faarax Maxamed Jaamac Cawl
- Afdhere Jama
- Abdi Kusow
- Abdi Sheik Abdi
- Dada Masiti
- Nadifa Mohamed
- Hassan Sheikh Mumin
- Said Sheikh Samatar
- Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade
- Abdourahman Waberi
- Cali Xuseen Xirsi
- Warsan Shire