List of Egyptian writers
A
- Abaza family
- Fekry Pasha Abaza
- Abdel Rahman El Abnudi
- Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi
- Yasser Abdel Hafez
- Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
- Ihsan Abdel Quddous
- Yahya Taher Abdullah
- Hamdy Abowgliel
- Yusuf Abu Rayya
- Tatamkulu Afrika, also connected with South Africa
- Leila Ahmed
- Abbas Al Akkad
- Jamila al-'Alayili
- Edwar al-Kharrat
- Muhammad Aladdin, novelist, short story writer and script writer
- Ahmed Alaidy
- Idris Ali
- Karim Alrawi
- Samir Amin
- Gaber Asfour
- Radwa Ashour
- Alaa Al Aswany
B
- Hala el Badry
- Hussein Bassir, archaeologist
- Siham Bayoumi
C
- Constantine Cavafy
- Andrée Chedid, poet and novelist
E
- Abo El Seoud El Ebiary
- Mohamed Osman Elkhosht
- Mansoura Ez Eldin
F
- Fawzia Fahim
- Nabil Farouk
G
- Fathy Ghanem, novelist, journalist and editor
- Gamal Al-Ghitani
- Sayed Gouda
- Mohammed Lotfy Gomaa
H
- Mohammad Moustafa Haddara
- Tawfik El Hakim, playwright
- Yehia Hakki
- Muhammad Husayn Haykal
- Taha Hussein
I
- Hafez Ibrahim
- Sonallah Ibrahim
- Yusuf Idris
J
- Edmond Jabès
K
- Ezzat el Kamhawi
- Ahmad Al-Khamisi
- Edwar al-Kharrat
M
- Naguib Mahfouz, novelist, short story writer and playwright; awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Mustafa Mahmud
- Zaki Naguib Mahmoud
- Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti
- Anis Mansour
- Ibrahim al-Mazini
- Ahmed Mourad
- Salama Moussa
- Ra'ouf Mus'ad
N
- Nicos Nicolaides
P
Q
