Author |
Birth Year |
Country |
Number of Books |
Genre(s) |
Peter Ackroyd | 1949 | United Kingdom | 22 | novel, biography, essays, poetry |
Naja Marie Aidt | 1963 | Denmark | 33 | poetry, short story, novel, drama |
César Aira | 1949 | Argentina | 36 | novel, short story, essays, translation |
Ibrahim al-Koni | 1948 | Libya | 31 | novel, essays, history |
Isabel Allende | 1942 | Chile | 35 | novel, short story, memoirs |
José Eduardo Agualusa | 1960 | Angola | 21 | novel, short story, essays |
Homero Aridjis | 1940 | Mexico | 70 | poetry, novel, drama, short story, essays |
Margaret Atwood | 1939 | Canada | 129 | novel, short story, poetry, essays, literary criticism |
Bernardo Atxaga | 1951 | Spain | 23 | novel, short story, poetry |
John Banville | 1945 | Ireland | 23 | novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays |
Alessandro Baricco | 1958 | Italy | 25 | novel, drama, short story, essays |
Julian Barnes | 1946 | United Kingdom | 33 | novel, short story, essays |
Bei Dao | 1949 | China | 45 | poetry, short story, essays, memoirs |
Tahar Ben Jelloun | 1944 | Morocco | 66 | novel, short story, poetry, essays |
Stefano Benni | 1947 | Italy | 26 | novel, short story, poetry, drama, essays |
Aase Berg | 1967 | Sweden | 24 | poet, literary critic |
Wolf Biermann | 1936 | Germany | 23 | poetry, songwriting |
Ana Blandiana | 1942 | Romania | 25 | novel, poetry, essays, drama, translation |
Can Xue | 1953 | China | 24 | novel, short story, literary criticism |
Emmanuel Carrère | 1957 | France | 20 | novel, essays, biography, screenplay |
Anne Carson | 1950 | Canada | 49 | poetry, essays |
Mircea Cărtărescu | 1958 | Romania | 41 | novel, poetry, short story, literary criticism, essays |
Patrick Chamoiseau | 1953 | Martinique | 30 | novel, essays, autobiography, screenplay |
Hélène Cixous | 1937 | France | 91 | essays, literary criticism, philosophy, drama, poetry |
Mia Couto | 1955 | Mozambique | 61 | novel, short story, essays |
Rachel Cusk | 1967 | United Kingdom | 24 | novel, essays, drama |
Lydia Davis | 1947 | United States | 23 | short story, novel, essays |
Don DeLillo | 1936 | United States | 59 | novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays |
Anita Desai | 1937 | India | 25 | novel, short story |
Ananda Devi | 1957 | Mauritius | 26 | novel, short story, poetry |
Jean Echenoz | 1947 | France | 25 | novel, short story, essays |
Inger Edelfeldt | 1956 | Sweden | 33 | novel, short story, translation |
Kerstin Ekman | 1933 | Sweden | 71 | novel, essays, screenplay |
Anna Enquist | 1945 | Netherlands | 23 | novel, poetry |
Viktor Yerofeyev | 1947 | Russia | 23 | novel, essays |
Jenny Erpenbeck | 1967 | Germany | 22 | novel, short story, drama, essays |
Knut Faldbakken | 1941 | Norway | 21 | novel, short story, essays |
Nuruddin Farah | 1945 | Somalia | 25 | novel, short story, drama |
Jean-Pierre Faye | 1925 | France | 22 | philosophy, essays, novel, poetry |
Dominique Fernandez | 1929 | France | 21 | novel, essays |
Elena Ferrante | 1943 | Italy | 25 | novel, essays |
Aris Fioretos | 1960 | Sweden | 47 | novel, essays, translation |
Magnus Florin | 1955 | Sweden | 32 | novel, drama, essays |
Kjartan Fløgstad | 1944 | Norway | 48 | novel, short story, poetry, essays |
Richard Ford | 1944 | United States | 22 | novel, short story, screenplay |
Tua Forsström | 1947 | Sweden | 37 | poetry, drama, essays |
Niels Frank | 1963 | Denmark | 22 | poetry, essays |
Katarina Frostenson | 1953 | Sweden | 99 | poetry, biography, essays, drama, translation |
Robin Fulton | 1937 | United Kingdom | 32 | poetry, essays, translation |
Eric Fylkeson | 1950 | Sweden | 24 | poetry, essays |
Jonas Gardell | 1963 | Sweden | 24 | novel, drama, screenplay |
Jörgen Gassilewski | 1961 | Sweden | 22 | poetry, essays |
Sylvie Germain | 1954 | France | 23 | novel, short story, essays |
Amitav Ghosh | 1956 | India | 27 | novel, essays |
Pere Gimferrer | 1945 | Spain | 55 | poetry, novel, essays, translation, literary criticism |
David Grossman | 1954 | Israel | 35 | novel, essays |
Vigdís Grímsdóttir | 1953 | Iceland | 21 | poetry, short story, drama |
Durs Grünbein | 1962 | Germany | 73 | poetry, essays, novel |
Einar Már Guðmundsson | 1954 | Iceland | 47 | novel, short story, poetry, essays |
Lennart Hagerfors | 1946 | Sweden | 24 | novel, essays |
Gunnar Harding | 1940 | Sweden | 81 | poetry, novel, essays, translation |
Dick Harrison | 1966 | Sweden | 34 | history, essays, novel |
Paal-Helge Haugen | 1945 | Norway | 27 | novel, poetry, drama |
Christoph Hein | 1944 | Germany | 28 | novel, drama, essays |
Christina Hesselholdt | 1962 | Denmark | 23 | novel, short story, essays |
Michel Houellebecq | 1957 | France | 49 | novel, poetry, essays |
Siri Hustvedt | 1955 | United States | 22 | novel, essays, translation |
Roy Jacobsen | 1954 | Norway | 37 | novel, short story, autobiography |
Drago Jančar | 1948 | Slovenia | 25 | novel, short story, drama, essays |
Ann Jäderlund | 1955 | Sweden | 32 | poetry, drama |
Carsten Jensen | 1952 | Netherlands | 21 | novel, essays, literary criticism |
Per Christian Jersild | 1935 | Sweden | 42 | novel, essays |
Lídia Jorge | 1946 | Portugal | 33 | novel, short story, essays, poetry |
Theodor Kallifatides | 1938 | Sweden | 43 | novel, poetry, essays, translation |
Einar Kárason | 1955 | Iceland | 20 | novel, poetry, essays |
Daniel Kehlmann | 1975 | Germany | 22 | novel, drama |
Vénus Khoury-Ghata | 1937 | France | 53 | novel, poetry, short story |
Eeva Kilpi | 1928 | Finland | 24 | novel, short story, poetry, essays |
Jamaica Kincaid | 1949 | United States | 26 | novel, essays, short story |
Esther Kinsky | 1956 | Germany | 20 | novel, poetry, translation |
Erling Kittelsen | 1946 | Norway | 20 | poetry, novel, short story, drama, translation |
Jan Kjærstad | 1953 | Norway | 31 | novel, short story, essays |
Ivan Klíma | 1931 | Czechia | 49 | novel, drama, memoirs |
Bengt af Klintberg | 1938 | Sweden | 34 | short story, essays |
Alexander Kluge | 1932 | Germany | 28 | essays, philosophy, drama |
Karl Ove Knausgård | 1968 | Norway | 52 | novel, autobiography, essays |
Ko Un | 1933 | South Korea | 37 | poetry, essays |
Pavel Kohout | 1928 | Czechia | 24 | novel, drama, poetry, autobiography |
Hanna Krall | 1935 | Poland | 70 | novel, essays |
László Krasznahorkai | 1954 | Hungary | 40 | novel, short story, translation |
Julia Kristeva | 1941 | France | 38 | novel, essays, philosophy |
Ryszard Krynicki | 1943 | Poland | 20 | poetry, translation |
Stig Larsson | 1955 | Sweden | 39 | novel, short story, drama, poetry, essays, screenplay |
Peter Laugesen | 1942 | Denmark | 38 | poetry, drama |
Kristoffer Leandoer | 1962 | Sweden | 49 | poetry, short story, novel, essays |
Mara Lee | 1972 | Sweden | 23 | poetry, novel, translation |
Sven-Eric Liedman | 1939 | Sweden | 26 | essays, philosophy, history |
Rosa Liksom | 1958 | Sweden | 24 | novel, short story |
Birgitta Lillpers | 1958 | Sweden | 21 | novel, poetry |
Ewa Lipska | 1945 | Poland | 43 | poetry, essays |
Lotta Lotass | 1964 | Sweden | 44 | novel, short story, drama, essays |
António Lobo Antunes | 1942 | Portugal | 98 | novel, short story, essays |
Ulf Lundell | 1949 | Sweden | 25 | songwriting, novel, poetry |
Marie Lundquist | 1950 | Sweden | 39 | poetry, essays, translation |
Alain Mabanckou | 1966 | Republic of Congo | 31 | novel, poetry, essays |
Svend Åge Madsen | 1939 | Denmark | 32 | novel, short story, drama |
Claudio Magris | 1939 | Italy | 107 | essays, translation, novel, short story |
Andreï Makine | 1957 | France | 27 | novel |
David Malouf | 1934 | Australia | 25 | novel, short story, poetry, essays, drama |
Norman Manea | 1936 | Romania | 23 | novel, essays |
Dacia Maraini | 1936 | Italy | 27 | novel, short story, essays, drama |
Merete Mazzarella | 1945 | Finland | 38 | essays, novel, autobiography, literary criticism |
Ian McEwan | 1948 | United Kingdom | 38 | novel, short story, screenplay, drama |
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga | 1943 | Spain | 27 | novel, short story, drama, essays |
Rosa Montero | 1951 | Spain | 20 | novel, short story |
Quim Monzó | 1952 | Spain | 24 | novel, short story, essays |
Terézia Mora | 1971 | Hungary | 20 | novel, poetry, screenplays |
Paul Muldoon | 1951 | Ireland | 40 | poetry, essays, literary criticism |
Antonio Muñoz Molina | 1956 | Spain | 48 | novel, short story, essays |
Haruki Murakami | 1949 | Japan | 47 | novel, short story, essays |
Gerald Murnane | 1939 | Australia | 26 | novel, short story, essays, poetry, memoirs |
Adolf Muschg | 1934 | Switzerland | 26 | novel, poetry, essays |
Péter Nádas | 1942 | Hungary | 69 | novel, drama, essays |
Marie NDiaye | 1967 | France | 28 | novel, short story, essays, drama, screenplay |
Carlos Nejar | 1939 | Brazil | 24 | poetry, novel, essays, translation |
Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson | 1965 | Sweden | 23 | poetry, essays |
Cees Nooteboom | 1933 | Netherlands | 76 | novel, short story, poetry, essays |
Svante Nordin | 1946 | Sweden | 36 | essays, philosophy |
Amélie Nothomb | 1966 | Belgium | 35 | novel, short story |
Fredrik Nyberg | 1968 | Sweden | 20 | poetry, essays |
Joyce Carol Oates | 1938 | United States | 179 | novel, drama, poetry, short story, essays, literary criticism |
Yōko Ogawa | 1962 | Japan | 31 | novel, short story |
Ben Okri | 1959 | Nigeria | 30 | novel, short story, poetry, essays |
Tommy Olofsson | 1960 | Sweden | 25 | poetry, essays |
Michael Ondaatje | 1943 | Canada | 30 | novel, poetry, essays |
Cynthia Ozick | 1928 | United States | 26 | novel, short story, essays |
Vasilis Papageorgiou | 1955 | Sweden | 22 | novel, drama, poetry, essays |
Victor Pelevin | 1962 | Russia | 46 | novel, short story, essays |
Malte Persson | 1976 | Sweden | 26 | poetry, essays, translation |
Lyudmila Petrushevskaya | 1938 | Russia | 46 | novel, short story, drama, poetry, essays |
Agneta Pleijel | 1940 | Sweden | 57 | novel, poetry, drama, essays, literary criticism |
Álvaro Pombo | 1939 | Spain | 23 | novel, short story, poetry |
Thomas Pynchon | 1937 | United States | 20 | novel, short story, essays |
Yann Queffélec | 1949 | France | 20 | novel, essays |
Pascal Quignard | 1948 | France | 50 | novel, short story, essays |
Björn Ranelid | 1949 | Sweden | 35 | novel, short story, biography, essays |
Renzo Ricchi | 1936 | Italy | 22 | drama, poetry, short story, essays |
Carme Riera | 1948 | Spain | 30 | novel, short story, essays, screenplay |
Marilynne Robinson | 1943 | United States | 21 | novel, essays |
Dina Rubina | 1953 | Israel | 20 | novel, short story, essays |
Luiz Ruffato | 1961 | Brazil | 20 | novel, short story, poetry, essays |
Salman Rushdie | 1947 | United Kingdom | 60 | novel, short story, essays, autobiography |
Ali Ahmad Said | 1930 | Syria | 77 | poetry, essays, translation |
Olga Sedakova | 1949 | Russia | 33 | poetry, essays, translation |
Steve Sem-Sandberg | 1958 | Sweden | 41 | novel, essays |
Sigurjón "Sjón" Sigurðsson | 1962 | Iceland | 38 | novel, poetry, drama, screenplay |
Ali Smith | 1962 | United Kingdom | 26 | novel, short story, drama, essays |
Zadie Smith | 1975 | United Kingdom | 22 | novel, short story, essays, drama |
Vladimir Sorokin | 1955 | Russia | 41 | novel, short story, drama, screenplay, essays |
Peter Stamm | 1963 | Switzerland | 25 | drama, novel, essays |
Andrzej Stasiuk | 1960 | Poland | 46 | novel, short story, essays |
Jón Kalman Stefánsson | 1963 | Iceland | 20 | novel, poetry |
Botho Strauss | 1944 | Germany | 64 | drama, novel, essays |
Su Tong | 1963 | China | 22 | novel, short story, essays |
Graham Swift | 1949 | United Kingdom | 23 | novel, short story |
Pia Tafdrup | 1952 | Denmark | 55 | poetry, essays |
Yoko Tawada | 1960 | Japan | 41 | novel, short story, poetry |
Paul Theroux | 1941 | United States | 26 | novel, short story, essays |
Søren Ulrik Thomsen | 1956 | Denmark | 20 | poetry, essays |
Kirsten Thorup | 1942 | Denmark | 24 | novel, short story |
Pär Thörn | 1977 | Sweden | 21 | poetry, essays |
Thomas Tidholm | 1943 | Sweden | 20 | poetry, drama, short story, translation |
Enrico Tiozzo | 1945 | Italy | 50 | essays, literary criticism |
Jean-Philippe Toussaint | 1957 | Belgium | 22 | novel, screenplay |
Colm Tóibín | 1955 | Ireland | 47 | novel, short story, essays |
Viktoriya Tokareva | 1937 | Russia | 25 | novel, short story, screenplay |
Tatyana Tolstaya | 1951 | Russia | 31 | novel, short story, essays |
Michel Tremblay | 1942 | Canada | 29 | novel, short story, drama, screenplay |
Antti Tuuri | 1944 | Finland | 21 | novel, translation, screenplay |
Anne Tyler | 1941 | United States | 21 | novel, short story, literary criticism |
Lyudmila Ulitskaya | 1943 | Russia | 67 | novel, short story, drama |
Zoé Valdés | 1959 | Cuba | 21 | novel, poetry, screenplay |
René Vázquez Díaz | 1952 | Cuba | 29 | novel, poetry, drama |
Tomas Venclova | 1937 | Lithuania | 31 | poetry, essays, philology |
Enrique Vila-Matas | 1948 | Spain | 60 | novel, short story, essays |
Ivan Vladislavic | 1957 | South Africa | 26 | novel, short story, essays |
Jan Erik Vold | 1939 | Norway | 60 | poetry, essays, novel, drama |
Kjell Westö | 1961 | Finland | 24 | novel, short story, poetry, essays |
Magnus William-Olsson | 1960 | Sweden | 54 | poetry, essays, translation |
Dorrit Willumsen | 1940 | Denmark | 20 | novel, short story, poetry |
Jeanette Winterson | 1959 | United Kingdom | 45 | novel, short story, memoirs |
Per Wästberg | 1933 | Sweden | 257 | novel, poetry, biography, essays, literary criticism |
Yan Lianke | 1958 | China | 41 | novel, short story |
Yang Lian | 1955 | China | 41 | poetry, essays |
Yu Hua | 1960 | China | 38 | novel, short story, essays |
Serhiy Zhadan | 1974 | Ukraine | 22 | poetry, short story, essays |