List of Tunisian writers

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This is a list of Tunisian writers

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• Ines Abassi, poet{{listref|Banipal}}
• Mohamed Bacha (1968– ) linguist. specialist in Tunisian Arabic. translator. short story writer
• Faouzia Aloui (1958– ), poet and short story writer{{listref|Banipal}}
• Mahmoud Aslan (1902–after 1971){{listref|Gikandi}}
• Hachemi Baccouche (1916–2008), novelist and essayist{{listref|Gikandi}}
• Hélé Béji (1948– ), novelist and essayist in French{{listref|Gikandi}}
• Tahar Bekri (1951– ), poet in French and Arabic{{listref|Gikandi}}
• Noura Bensaad, novelist and short story writer{{listref|Banipal}}
• Messaouda Boubaker (1954– ), novelist and short story writer{{listref|Oxford}}
• Hédi Bouraoui (1932– ), poet, novelist and academic
• Aïcha Chaibi, novelist
• Rachida el-Charni (1967– ), novelist and short story writer{{listref|Banipal}}
• Brahim Dargouthi (1955– ), novelist and member of steering committee of Union of Tunisian Writers
• 'Ali al-Du'aji (1909–1949), novelist{{listref|Gikandi}}
• Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (1909–1934), poet
• Miled Faiza (1974– ), poet and translator{{listref|Banipal}}
• Mohamed Ghozzi (1949–2024), poet and critic{{listref|Banipal}}
• Sophie el Goulli (1932–2015), novelist and art historian{{listref|Gikandi}}
• Gisèle Halimi (1927–2020), lawyer, feminist activist and essayist
• Faraj Hawwar (1954– ), writer, novelist, and researcher
• Fethia Hechmi (1955– ), novelist, short story writer and poet{{listref|Oxford}}
• Ibn Khaldoun (1332–1406), polymath
• Bashir Khrayyef (1917–1983), writer and teacher{{listref|Gikandi}}
• Shukri Mabkhout (1962– ), novelist and academic{{listref|Oxford}}
• Lamia Makaddam (1971– ), poet
• Abdelwahab Meddeb (1946–2014), novelist and poet{{listref|Gikandi}}
• Jamila Mejri (1951– ), poet
• Mahmoud Messadi (1911–2004), novelist and playwright{{listref|Gikandi}}
• Albert Memmi (1920–2020), sociologist, novelist and essayist{{listref|Gikandi}} {{listref|Killam & Rowe}}
• Amel Mokhtar (1964– ), novelist and journalist{{listref|Oxford}}
• Amel Moussa, poet and journalist{{listref|Banipal}}
• Hassouna Mosbahi (1950– ), novelist and short story writer{{listref|Banipal}}
• Moncef Ouahibi (1949– ), poet{{listref|Banipal}}
• Perpetua (died 203), writer of a prison diary from Carthage, The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity
• Najwa Al-Rayyahi (1962– ) writer and academic
• Kamel Riahi (1974– ), novelist and short story writer{{listref|Banipal}}
• Youssef Rzouga (1957– ), poet
• Amina Saïd (1953– ), poet
• Habib Selmi (1951– ), novelist and short story writer{{listref|Banipal}}
• Walid Soliman (1975– ), writer, essayist and translator
• Alia Tabaï, novelist{{listref|Allen}}
• Ahmad al-Tifashi (–1253), poet, writer and anthologist
• Mustapha Tlili (1937–2017), novelist and academic{{listref|Gikandi}}
• Mohamed Ali Yousfi, writer and translator{{listref|Banipal}}
• Z (active as of 2007), anonymous political cartoonist and writer
• Fawzia Zouari, writer and journalist{{listref|Banipal}}
• Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour (1951– ), writer, historian, and politician
• Anis Chouchène, (1982– ), poet and activist{{div col end}}

• Nejiba Hamrouni (1967–2016), journalist