This is a list of Tunisian writers
Ines Abassi (1982– ), poet Mohamed Bacha (1968– ) linguist. specialist in Tunisian Arabic. translator. short story writer Faouzia Aloui (1958– ), poet and short story writer Mahmoud Aslan (1902–after 1971) Hachemi Baccouche (1916–2008), novelist and essayist Hélé Béji (1948– ), novelist and essayist in French Tahar Bekri (1951– ), poet in French and Arabic Noura Bensaad, novelist and short story writer Messaouda Boubaker (1954– ), novelist and short story writer Hédi Bouraoui (1932– ), poet, novelist and academic Aïcha Chaibi, novelist Rachida el-Charni (1967– ), novelist and short story writer Brahim Dargouthi (1955– ), novelist and member of steering committee of Union of Tunisian Writers 'Ali al-Du'aji (1909–1949), novelist Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (1909–1934), poet Miled Faiza (1974– ), poet and translator Wafa Ghorbel (1975- ), novelist, translatir, singer and academic Mohamed Ghozzi (1949–2024), poet and critic Sophie el Goulli (1932–2015), novelist and art historian 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 Ibn Khaldoun (1332–1406), polymath Bashir Khrayyef (1917–1983), writer and teacher Shukri Mabkhout (1962– ), novelist and academic Lamia Makaddam (1971– ), poet Abdelwahab Meddeb (1946–2014), novelist and poet Jamila Mejri (1951– ), poet Albert Memmi (1920–2020), sociologist, novelist and essayist Mahmoud Messadi (1911–2004), novelist and playwright Amel Mokhtar (1964– ), novelist and journalist Hassouna Mosbahi (1950–2025), novelist and short story writer Amel Moussa, poet and journalist Moncef Ouahibi (1949– ), poet 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 Youssef Rzouga (1957– ), poet Amina Saïd (1953– ), poet Habib Selmi (1951– ), novelist and short story writer Walid Soliman (1975– ), writer, essayist and translator Salih al-Souissi al-Qayrawani (1871–1941), writer, and social reformer Alia Tabaï, novelist Ahmad al-Tifashi (–1253), poet, writer and anthologist Mustapha Tlili (1937–2017), novelist and academic Mohamed Ali Yousfi, writer and translator Z (active as of 2007), anonymous political cartoonist and writer Fawzia Zouari, writer and journalist Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour (1951– ), writer, historian, and politician Anis Chouchène, (1982– ), poet and activist Nejiba Hamrouni (1967–2016), journalist Wassim Ben Salah (1974- ), poet and writer. Zakia Ben Salah (1948- ) poet. Amira Ghenim (1978- ) novelist and writer. Alaa Talbi (1978- ) activist and poet. Sami Mokaddem (1982 - ) novelist, writer, and publisher. Sonya Ben Behi translator and publisher. Khaoula Hosni translator and writer. Atef Attia publisher and thriller writer. Azza Filali (1952- ) novelist and writer. Gilbert Naccache (1939 - 2020) leftist activist and writer. Hassanine Ben Amou (1948 - ) writer and novelist. Abderrazek Karabaka (1901 - 1945) poet, writer, and theater performer. Tahar Haddad (1899 - 1935) author, reformer, socialist, unionist, and scholar. See also List of African writers by country
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