French LGBTQ novelists

French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)

French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)

French novelist (1821–1880)

French writer and filmmaker (1889–1963)

French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette or as Colette Willy, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her 1944 novella Gigi, which was the basis for the 1958 film and the 1973 stage production of the same name. Her short story collection The Tendrils of the Vine is also famous in France.

French writer (1935-2004)

French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist (1910-1986)

French writer (1895–1972)

American author (1900–1998)

French writer (1903–1923)

French author and journalist (1909–1945)

French journalist and novelist best known for her erotic novel Story of O

French novelist, conspiracy theorist and writer

French writer

French aristocrat and writer (1790-1857)

French diplomat and writer (1907–2000)

French novelist, essayist, travel writer

French writer

French writer involved with the surrealist movement (1900–1935)

French writer (1907–1972)

French author, filmmaker, composer, musician and actor (1957–1993)

French Symbolist poet and novelist (1855–1906)

French writer (1930-2012)

French writer (1945–2008)

French writer and sculptor

French writer

French film director

French writer

French writer (1906-1945)

French novelist and songwriter

French author of graphic novels

French writer (1939–2025)

French writer (1925–1990)

French philosopher, novelist, essayist and journalist (1946–1988)

French writer (1875–1944)

French writer (1940-1994)

French writer (1767–1839)

Novelist, poet (1880–1923)

French novelist, archivist, historian and journalist (1909–1970)

French and American writer of speculative fiction

French writer (1891-1968)

painter and writer (1925–1971)

French novelist and biographer (1883–1977)

French playwright, photographer, actor and writer

French writer, critic and poet (1892–1936)

French writer (1878-1946)

French writer (1859-1931)

French television presenter (1945–2008)

French writer (1919–1977)

French novelist

French writer (1898-1932)

French writer (1868-1936)

French lawyer and writer

French writer and publisher (1942-2022)

French writer (1930–2015)

French writer

French writer

French writer (1965-2005)