List of Italian writers

This is a list of Italian writers.

A

• Attilio Albergoni (born 1949)
• Sibilla Aleramo (1876–1960)
• Vittorio Alfieri (1749–1803)
• Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)
• Magdi Allam (born 1951)
• Ernesto Aloia (born 1965)
• Corrado Alvaro (1895–1956)
• Pasquale Amati (1726–1792)
• Niccolò Ammaniti (born 1966)
• Cecco Angiolieri (13th century)
• Giulio Angioni (born 1939)
• Andrea da Grosseto (13th century)
• Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533)
• Giovanni Arpino (1927–1987)
• Antonia Arslan (born 1938)
• Devorà Ascarelli (16th century)

B

• Barbara Baraldi
• Ermolao Barbaro (1454-1493)
• Ermolao Barbaro (bishop) (1410-1474)
• Francesco Barbaro (1390–1454)
• Giosafat Barbaro (1413–1494)
• Marco Barbaro (1511–1570)
• Alessandro Baricco (born 1958)
• Giorgio Bassani (1916–2000)
• Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794)
• Stefano Benni (born 1947)
• Pietro Bembo (1470–1547)
• Mario Benzing (1896 – 1958)
• Giuseppe Berto (1914 – 1978)
• Enzo Bettiza (born 1927)
• Enzo Biagi (1920–2007)
• Luciano Bianciardi (1922–1971)
• Luther Blissett (born 1958)
• Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375)
• Matteo Maria Boiardo (1434–1494)
• Arrigo Boito (1842–1918)
• Camillo Boito (1836 – 1914)
• Franco Bolelli (born 1950)
• Vitaliano Brancati (1907–1954)
• Enrico Brizzi (born 1974)
• Giordano Bruno (1548 – 1600)
• Gesualdo Bufalino (1920 - 1996)
• Aldo Busi (born 1948)
• Dino Buzzati (1906 – 1972)

C

• Roberto Calasso (born 1941)
• Italo Calvino (1923 - 1985)
• Andrea Camilleri (born 1925)
• Dino Campana (1885 - 1932)
• Manuela Campanelli (born 1962)
• Achille Campanile (1899 - 1977)
• Luigi Capuana (1839 - 1915)
• Enrichetta Caracciolo (1821 – 1901)
• Gianni Celati (born 1937)
• Benvenuto Cellini (1500 – 1571)
• Vincenzo Cerami (1940 – 2013)
• John Ciardi (1916 – 1986)
• Christopher Ciccone
• Pietro Citati (born 1930)
• Carlo Collodi (1826 – 1890)
• Vincenzo Consolo (1933 – 2012)
• Matteo Corradini (born 1975)
• Benedetto Croce (1866 – 1952)

D

• Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 – 1938)
• Massimo D'Azeglio (1798 – 1866)
• Arianna Dagnino (born 1963)
• Edmondo De Amicis (1846 – 1908)
• Giacomo Debenedetti (1901 – 1967)
• Andrea De Carlo (born 1952)
• Grazia Deledda (1871 – 1936)
• Silvana De Mari (born 1953)
• Raffaella de' Sernigi (1473 – 1557)
• Paola Drigo (1876 – 1938)

E

• Umberto Eco (1932-2016)
• Muzi Epifani (1935-1984)
• Valerio Evangelisti (born 1952)
• Julius Evola (1898-1974)

F

• Francesco Falconi (born 1976)
• Giorgio Faletti (1950 – 2014)
• Oriana Fallaci (1929 – 2006)
• Beppe Fenoglio (1922 - 1963)
• Ennio Flaiano (1910 – 1972)
• Dario Fo (born 1926)
• Antonio Fogazzaro (1842 – 1911)
• Ugo Foscolo (1778 - 1827)
• Bruno Forte (born 1949)
• Jimmy Fratianno (1913 – 1993)
• Carlo Fruttero (1926 – 2012)

G

• Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893 – 1973)
• Natalia Ginzburg (1916 - 1991)
• Paolo Giordano (born 1982)
• Cinzia Giorgio (born 1975)
• Guglielmo il Giuggiola
• Giambattista Giraldi Cinzio (1504 – 1573)
• Carlo Goldoni (1707 – 1793)
• Guido Gozzano (1883 - 1916)
• Giovanni Guareschi (1908 – 1968)
• Robert "Bobby" Germaine (1925 – 1986)
• Tonino Guerra (1920 – 2012)

J

• Fleur Jaeggy (born 1940)

L

• Tommaso Landolfi (1908–1979)
• Brunetto Latini (1220–1294)
• Bruno Leoni (1913-1967)
• Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837)
• Carlo Levi (1902-1975)
• Primo Levi (1919-1987)
• Carlo Lucarelli (born 1960)
• Emilio Lussu (1890–1975)

M

• Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 – 1527)
• Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi (1406 – 1471)
• Claudio Magris (born 1939)
• Curzio Malaparte (1898 – 1957)
• Marco Malvaldi (born 1974)
• Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 1943)
• Fabio Maniscalco (1965 - 2008)
• Gianna Manzini (1896 - 1974)
• Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873)
• Dacia Maraini (born 1936)
• Fosco Maraini (1912–2004)
• Diego Marani (born 1959)
• Lucrezia Marinella (1571-1653)
• Chiara Matraini (1515–1604)
• Margaret Mazzantini (born 1961)
• Carlo Mazzoni (born 1979)
• Fulvio Melia (born 1956)
• Franco Mimmi (born 1942)
• Federico Moccia (born 1963)
• Grazyna Miller (1957 – 2009)
• Massimo Mongai (born 1950)
• Eugenio Montale (1896 – 1981)
• Maria Montessori (1870 – 1952)
• Beatrice Monroy (born 1953)
• Giuliana Morandini (born 1938)
• Elsa Morante (1912–1985)
• Marta Morazzoni (born 1950)
• Olympia Morata (1526 – 1555)
• Alberto Moravia (1907 – 1990)

N

• Neera (Anna Radius Zuccari) (1846–1918)
• Ada Negri (1870–1945)
• Ippolito Nievo (1831-1861)

P

• Aldo Palazzeschi (1885–1974)
• Giancarlo Pallavicini (born 1931)
• Angeliki Palli (1798–1875)
• Melissa Panarello (born 1985)
• Giovanni Papini (1881 – 1956)
• Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922 – 1975)
• Cesare Pavese (1908 – 1950)
• Roberto Pazzi (born 1946)
• Silvio Pellico (1789 – 1854)
• Danilo Pennone (born 1963)
• Frank Peretti (born 1951)
• Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494)
• Tommaso Pincio
• Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936)
• Fernanda Pivano (1917 – 2009)
• Angelo Poliziano (1454–1494)
• Marco Polo (1254 – 1324)
• Vasco Pratolini (1913 – 1991)
• Hugo Pratt (1927 – 1995)
• Mario Praz (1896 – 1982)
• Luigi Pulci (1432 – 1484)

Q

• Roberto Quaglia (born 1962)
• Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 – 1968)

R

• Lidia Ravera (born 1951)
• Mario Rigoni Stern (1921- 2008)
• Gianni Rodari (1920–1980)
• Lalla Romano (1906-2001)
• Emanuela Da Ros (born 1959)

S

• Umberto Saba (1883 – 1957)
• Emilio Salgari (1862–1911)
• Rubino Romeo Salmonì (1920-2011)
• Emilia Salvioni (1895–1967)
• Alberto Savinio (1891 – 1952)
• Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1989)
• Matilde Serao (1856 – 1927)
• Beppe Severgnini (born 1956)
• Ignazio Silone (1900 – 1978)
• Mario Soldati (1906 – 1999)
• Mario Spezi (born 1945)
• Italo Svevo (1861 – 1928)
• Roberto Saviano (born 1979)

T

• Antonio Tabucchi (1943 – 2012)
• Susanna Tamaro (born 1957)
• Torquato Tasso (1544 – 1595)
• Tiziano Terzani (1938–2004)
• Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896 – 1957)
• Fulvio Tomizza (1935 – 1999)
• Pier Vittorio Tondelli (1955 - 1991)
• Marco Travaglio (born 1964)

U

• Luigi Ugolini (1891 – 1980)
• Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888 – 1970)

V

• Giorgio van Straten (born 1955)
• Giovanni Verga (1840 – 1922)
• Sandro Veronesi (born 1959)
• Anna Vertua Gentile (1850 - 1926)
• Mitì Vigliero Lami (born 1957)
• Simona Vinci (born 1970)
• Ottavia Vitagliano (1894 – 1975)
• Elio Vittorini (1908 – 1966)

W

• Wu Ming

See also

• List of Italian women writers
• Italian literature
• List of Italian language poets
• Lists of authors