List of Algerian writers

A

• Ferhat Abbas, political leader and essayist
• Salim Aïssa, pseudonym of Boukella, writer of detective fiction
• Wasini al-A'raj, novelist and short story writer
• Atif Ali
• Abdelkader Alloula
• Malek Alloula, poet and critic
• Djamal Amrani, poet and essayist
• Jean Amrouche, poet
• Marguerite Taos Amrouche, writer and singer
• Leila Aouchal, novelist
• Mohammed Arkoun
• Maya Arriz Tamza, storyteller, novelist and playwright
• Augustine of Hippo
• Zighen Aym

  B

• Fatima Bakhaï
• Azouz Begag, social scientist and novelist
• Rabah Belamri, poet, short story writer and critic
• Farida Belghoul
• Omar Belhouchet
• Myriam Ben, novelist, poet and activist
• 'Abdelhamid Ben Hadouga, novelist and short story writer
• Latifa Ben Mansour, writer and linguist
• Mohammed Benchicou
• Salah Benlabed
• Malek Bennabi
• Jacqueline Benslimane, poet
• Réda Bensmaia, novelist and critic
• Albert Bensoussan, novelist, translator and academic
• Fatiha Berezak, poet and performer
• Yve-Alain Bois
• Aïcha Bouabaci, poet and short story writer
• Rachid Boudjedra, writer and educator
• Nina Bouraoui, novelist
• Hocine Bouzaher, poet, politician and editor

  C

• Albert Camus, author, philosopher and journalist
• Martianus Capella
• Mehdi Charef
• Corinne Chevallier
• Hélène Cixous, feminist writer and critic

  D

• , he wrote the first play in Arabic.
• Kamel Daoud, journalist and writer
• Djamila Debeche, novelist and essayist
• Jacques Derrida, philosopher
• Mohammed Dib, novelist and poet
• Tahar Djaout, journalist, poet and fiction writer
• Assia Djebar, Francophone writer, film-maker and academic

  F

• Frantz Fanon, originally from Martinique, psychiatrist, philosopher and political theorist
• Nabile Farès
• Fadhila El Farouk
• Achour Fenni, poet and academic
• Mouloud Feraoun
• Touati Fettouma, Francophone novelist of the Maghreb
• Catherine Filloux

  G

• Fatima Gallaire, playwright
• Salima Ghezali
• François Giuliani
• Anna Greki, pseudonym of Colette Anna Grégoire, poet
• Faïza Guène

  H

• Malek Haddad, novelist and poet
• Mohamed Harbi

  K

• Yasmina Khadra
• Aïssa Khelladi

  L

• Djanet Lachmet
• Aicha Lemsine, novelist

  M

• Mouloud Mammeri, Kabyle writer, anthropologist and linguist
• Leïla Marouane
• Rachid Mimouni, writer, teacher and activist
• Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari
• Si Mohand
• Malika Mokeddem
• Ahlam Mostaghanemi, novelist

  O

• Mohammed Ould Cheikh, poet and novelist

  R

• Pierre Rabhi
• Nabila Ramdani
• Leila Rezzoug, novelist
• Emmanuel Roblès

  S

• Boualem Sansal novelist
• Leïla Sebbar, novelist
• Jean Sénac, poet
• Benjamin Stora

  T

• Wassyla Tamzali
• Habib Tengour

  W

• al-Tāhir Wattar, novelist

  Y

• Kateb Yacine, novelist and playwright
• Mohammed Yacine

  Z

• Moufdi Zakaria
• Salem Zenia
• Mohammed Chaouki Zine
• Ahmed Zitouni, novelist