21st-century novelists

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

South Korean writer

Albanian writer (1936–2024)

Kenyan writer (1938–2025)

Zimbabwean author and filmmaker

Moroccan naturalized French writer

Spanish writer (1920–2010)

Algerian writer

Somali writer

Nicaraguan writer (1924-2018)

Mozambican writer

Nicaraguan writer and politician

Ivorian writer (1927-2003)

British-American philosopher and writer

Sudanese writer and playwright

Macedonian writer

Senegalese writer

Arabic scholar and writer

Moroccan author (1926–2007)

Ghanaian writer (born 1939)

Guyanese politician and novelist

Mozambican writer

Sri Lankan writer

Ivorian and French writer and painter

writer, playwright, performer, dancer

Taiwanese writer and film producer (1938-2024)

Latvian writer (1969-2026)

Spanish anthropologist and novelist

Bhutanese writer

Saudi writer (1933-2004)

Moroccan writer (1950–)

Egyptian writer (1935 – 2022)

Spanish journalist, writer and novelist

Ghanaian-born fiction writer

Libyan writer

Peruvian writer

Albanian photographer and writer

Surinamese novelist

Moroccan politician (1919-2017)

Iranian novelist and writer

Thai writer

Chadian writer and diplomat

British writer

Mongolian writer (born 1944)

Cape Verdean poet, human rights activist, government minister and politician

novelist

Ivorian writer

Cape Verdean writer and lawyer

Kittian-British writer (born 1958)

author and human rights activist

Malaysian writer

writer and poet (1936-2015)

Malagasy writer

Zimbabwean writer, journalist and business lawyer

Ukrainian writer

Malian writer and politician (1928–2018)

writer from Benin

Malaysian writer

Iranian novelist (1977-2014)

Beninese writer and Benin's General Secretary for UNESCO