List of Egyptian writers
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- Abaza family
- Fekry Pasha Abaza (1896–1979)
- Abdel Rahman El Abnudi (1938– )
- Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi
- Yasser Abdel Hafez
- Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
- Ihsan Abdel Quddous
- Yahya Taher Abdullah
- Hamdy Abowgliel
- Yusuf Abu Rayya
- Tatamkulu Afrika (1920–2002), also connected with South Africa
- Leila Ahmed (1940– )
- Abbas Al Akkad
- Jamila al-'Alayili (1907–1991)
- Edwar al-Kharrat (1926–2015)
- Muhammad Aladdin, novelist, short story writer and script writer
- Ahmed Alaidy
- Idris Ali
- Karim Alrawi
- Samir Amin (1931– )
- Gaber Asfour
- Radwa Ashour
- Alaa Al Aswany
B
- Hala el Badry
- Hussein Bassir, archaeologist
- Siham Bayoumi
C
- Constantine Cavafy
- Andrée Chedid (1920–2011), poet and novelist[Killam & Rowe]
E
F
- Fawzia Fahim (1931– )
- Nabil Farouk
G
- Fathy Ghanem (1924–1998), novelist, journalist and editor[Killam & Rowe]
- Gamal Al-Ghitani (1945– )
- Sayed Gouda
- Mohammed Lotfy Gomaa
H
- Mohammad Moustafa Haddara (1930–1997)
- Tawfik El Hakim (1898–1987), playwright[Killam & Rowe]
- Yehia Hakki
- Muhammad Husayn Haykal (1909–1956)
- 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
- Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti
- Anis Mansour (1925–2011)
- Ibrahim al-Mazini
- Ahmed Mourad
- Salama Moussa (1887–1958)
- Ra'ouf Mus'ad
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Q
R
- Somaya Ramadan
- Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996)
S
- Nawâl El Saadâwi (1931– ), feminist writer and activist[Killam & Rowe]
- Mekkawi Said
- Salama Ahmed Salama (1932–2012), journalist and author
- Ibtihal Salem
- Khairy Shalaby
- Ahmed Shawqi (1868–1932)
- Gilbert Sinoué
- Laila Soliman (1981– ), playwright[1]
- Ahdaf Soueif (1950– )
- Sameh Sami
T
- Miral al-Tahawy
- Bahaa Taher
- Ahmed Khaled Tawfik (1962–2018)
- Sahar Tawfiq
- Aisha Taymur
- May Telmissany
- Munira Thabit (1902–1967), first woman lawyer in Egypt, journalist and writer
- Affaf Tobbala (1941– )[2]
- Ahmad Khaled Towfeq
Z
- Amina Zaydan
- May Ziadeh (1886–1941)
- Youssef Ziedan
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See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Writers from Egypt.
- ^ Fliotsos, Anne; Vierow, Wendy (2013). International Women Stage Directors. pp. 158–60. ISBN 0252095855.
- ^ "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