This is a List of Egyptian writers. A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job. A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job.
- Hussein Abdelfatah
- Abaza family
- Fekry Pasha Abaza (1896–1979)
- Abdel Rahman El Abnudi (1938–2015)
- Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892–1955)
- Yasser Abdel Hafez (1969– )
- Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (1946– )
- Ihsan Abdel Quddous (1919–1990)
- Yahya Taher Abdullah (1938–1981)
- Hamdy Abowgliel
- Yusuf Abu Rayya (1955–2009)
- Tatamkulu Afrika (1920–2002), also connected with South Africa
- Leila Ahmed (1940– )
- Abbas Al Akkad (1889–1964)
- Jamila al-‘Alayili (1907–1991)
- Edwar al-Kharrat (1926–2015)
- Muhammad Aladdin, novelist, short story writer and script writer
- Ahmed Alaidy (1974– )
- Idris Ali (1940–2010)
- Karim Alrawi
- Samir Amin (1931–2018)
- Gaber Asfour (1944–2021)
- Radwa Ashour (1946–2014)
- Alaa Al Aswany (1957– )
- Abdel Rahim Ahmed
- Hala el Badry
- Kerolos Bahgat
- Salwa Bakr
- Sherin Hanaey
- Hussein Bassir, archaeologist
- Siham Bayoumi
- Constantine Cavafy
- Andrée Chedid (1920–2011), poet and novelist[Killam & Rowe]
- Abo El Seoud El Ebiary (1910–1969)
- Mohammad Elsannour
- Mohamed Osman Elkhosht
- Mansoura Ez Eldin
- Radwa El Aswad
- Fawzia Fahim (1931– )
- Fawziya Mahran (1931-2019)
- Nabil Farouk (1956–2020)
- Fathy Ghanem (1924–1998), novelist, journalist and editor[Killam & Rowe]
- Gamal Al-Ghitani (1945–2015)
- Sayed Gouda
- Mohammed Lotfy Gomaa
- Moawad GadElrab
- Mohammad Moustafa Haddara (1930–1997)
- Tawfik El Hakim (1898–1987), playwright[Killam & Rowe]
- Yehia Hakki (1905–1992), short-story writer, novelist, critic
- Muhammad Husayn Haykal (1909–1956)
- Ihab Husni (1966– )
- Taha Hussein (1889–1973)
- Hafez Ibrahim (1872–1932)
- Sonallah Ibrahim (1937– )
- Yusuf Idris (1927–1991)
- Edmond Jabès (1912–1991)
- Ezzat el Kamhawi
- Ahmad Al-Khamisi (1948– )
- Edwar al-Kharrat (1926–2015)
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006), novelist, short story writer and playwright; awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature[Killam & Rowe]
- Mustafa Mahmud (1921–2009)
- Zaki Naguib Mahmoud (1905–1993)
- Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti
- Anis Mansour (1925–2011)
- Ibrahim al-Mazini
- Iman Mersal
- Ahmed Mourad
- Salama Moussa (1887–1958)
- Ra’ouf Mus’ad
- Noor Naga
- Nicos Nicolaides
- Naguib Mahfouz
- Rawhiya al-Qallini
- Abdel Hakim Qasem
- Sayyid Qutb
- Somaya Ramadan (1951– )
- Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996)
- Nawâl El Saadâwi (1931–2021), feminist writer and activist[Killam & Rowe]
- Mekkawi Said (1956–2017), novelist and short story write
- Salama Ahmed Salama (1932–2012), journalist and author
- Ibtihal Salem (1949–2015), short story writer, novelist and translato
- Muhammad Jamal Saqr (1966), poet
- Khairy Shalaby (1938–2011), novelist and author
- Ahmed Shawqi (1868–1932), poet laureate
- Gilbert Sinoué (1947), guitarist and author
- Laila Soliman (1981), playwright[4]
- Ahdaf Soueif (1950), novelist and political and cultural commentator
- Sameh Sami (1978), author
- Miral al-Tahawy
- Bahaa Taher
- Ahmed Khaled Tawfik (1962–2018)
- Sahar Tawfiq
- Sherin Hanaey
- Aisha Taymur
- May Telmissany
- Munira Thabit (1902–1967), first woman lawyer in Egypt, journalist and writer
- Affaf Tobbala (1941– )[5]
- Ahmad Khaled Towfeq
- Mireille Vincendon (born 1910), French-language poet and writer.[Gikandi]
- Amina Zaydan (1966– )
- May Ziadeh (1886–1941)
- Youssef Ziedan (1958– )
This is a list of Egyptian American writers.
- Nonie Darwish, author and writer
- Victor Hassine, prison writer
- Lucette Lagnado, author and journalist