List of Tunisian writers

This is a list of Tunisian writers.

• Mahmoud Aslan (1902–?).^[Gikandi]
• Hachemi Baccouche (1916–2008), novelist and essayist.^[Gikandi]
• Hélé Béji (1948– ), novelist and essayist in French.^[Gikandi]
• Tahar Bekri (1951– ), poet in French and Arabic.^[Gikandi]
• Rafik Ben Salah (1948– ), novelist.^[Gikandi]
• Claude Bénady (1922– ), poet.^[Gikandi]
• Slaheddine Bhiri (1947– ), novelist and poet.^[Gikandi]
• Robert Blum (1901–?), French-language writer.^[Gikandi]
• Hédi Bouraoui (1932– ), poet, novelist and academic.
• Anis Debeche (1984– ), zoologist, novelist and academic.^[Gikandi]
• Hafedh Djedidi (1953– ), poet and novelist.^[Gikandi]
• 'Ali al-Du'aji (1909–1949), novelist.^[Gikandi]
• Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (1909–1934), poet.
• Salah Garmadi (1933–1982), linguist and poet.^[Gikandi]
• Moncef Ghachem (1946– ), poet.^[Gikandi]
• Sophie el Goulli (1932– ), novelist and art historian.^[Gikandi]
• Gisèle Halimi (1927– ), lawyer, feminist activist and essayist.
• Muhammad al-Mukhtar Jannat (1930– ), novelist and short story writer.^[Gikandi]
• Ibn Khaldoun (1332–1406), polymath.
• Bashir Khrayyef (1917–1983), writer and teacher.^[Gikandi]
• Muhyi al-Din Khrayyif (1932– ), poet.^[Gikandi]
• 'Izz al-Dīn al-Madanī (1938– ), playwright and short story writer.^[Gikandi]
• Mahmud al-Mis'adi (1911– ), novelist and playwright.^[Gikandi]
• Abdelwahab Meddeb (1946– ), novelist and poet.^[Gikandi]
• Jamila Mejri (1951– ), poet.
• Fawzi Mellah (1946– ), playwright and novelist.^[Gikandi]
• Albert Memmi (1920– ), sociologist, novelist and essayist.^{[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]}
• Mohamed Moncef Metoui (1943– ), playwright, director and novelist.^[Gikandi]
• Chams Nadir (1949– ), novelist and short story writer.^[Gikandi]
• Ryvel, pseudonym of Raphael Levy (1898–1972), writer and journalist.^[Gikandi]
• Youssef Rzouga (1957– ), poet.
• Amina Saïd (1953– ), poet.
• Walid Soliman (1975– ), writer, essayist and translator.
• Ahmad al-Tifashi (?–1253), poet, writer and anthologist.
• Mustapha Tlili (1937– ), novelist and academic.^[Gikandi]
• Brahim Dargouthi (1955– ), novelist and member of steering committee of Union of Tunisian Writers

See also

• List of African writers by country

References

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1. [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
2. [Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3

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