20th-century novelists

Peruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer (1936–2025)

Yugoslav novelist (1892–1975)

Kenyan writer (1938–2025)

French Algerian writer and film director (1936-2015)

1st General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

Paraguayan writer (1917–2005)

Palestinian writer (1936-1972)

Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author (1923–2007)

Senegalese writer (1929–1981)

Algerian writer

Peruvian writer (1911–1969)

Somali writer

Lebanese-Palestinian writer (1886-1941)

President of the Dominican Republic (1906-2002)

Nicaraguan writer (1924-2018)

Mozambican writer

Nepalese politician and writer (1914-1982)

Uzbek screenwriter and poet (1889-1929)

Nicaraguan writer and politician

Peruvian writer, journalist and politician (1909-1967)

writer, novelist and activist (1904-1997)

Algerian writer (1920–2003)

Latvian writer (1931-2005)

Malagasy poet who is widely considered to be Africa's first modern poet and the greatest literary artist of Madagascar. (1901–1937)

Sudanese writer and playwright

South African born Botswanan writer and teacher (1937–1986)

(1893-1975) Georgian writer

Palestinian-Arab-Israeli writer and politician (1922-1996)

Senegalese writer

Latvian writer (1930-2002)

Russian writer, Radio Liberty editor (1903–1971)

Mozambican writer

Uzbekistani writer (1903–1966)

Kabylian writer and singer (1913-1976)

Senegalese writer (1963–2013)

Ivorian and French writer and painter

Kenyan politician and writer (1930-2015)

Latvian writer (1969-2026)

writer, playwright, performer, dancer

Croatian writer (1936–2017)

Bhutanese writer

Saudi writer (1933-2004)

Mosotho writer (1876–1948)

Kenyan author (1958-2011)

Malian writer (1940–2017)

Palestinian writer

Libyan writer

Montenegrin writer (1913-1989)

Slovak writer

Surinamese novelist

Peruvian writer (1928–1983)

(1936-2019) Panamanian obstetrician gynecologist and writer

Honduran journalist and novelist (1912–1999)

Jewish writer (1891-1944)

Honduran writer (1873-1964)

Lebanese writer (1931–2018)

Jewish Holocaust survivor and writer (1909–2001)

Ghanaian politician (1866-1930)

Equatorial Guinean writer

Poet, prose writer (1884–1954)