List of novelists by nationality

Well-known authors of novels, listed by country:

Albania

Ismail Kadare (born 1936)
website parsing (born 1944)
device database
jQuery
Dritero Agolli (born 1931)
website parsing (1911–1938)
Jakov Xoxa (1923–1979)

See also : Albanian literature

Algeria

Marguerite Taos Amrouche (1913–1976)
FITML (born 1941)
Albert Camus (1913–1960)
Mohammed Dib (1920–2003)
Tahar Djaout (1954–1993)
Assia Djebar (born 1936)
FITML, originally from device database (1925–1961)
Mouloud Feraoun (1913–1962)
Mouloud Mammeri (1917–1989)
Rachid Mimouni (1945–1995)
jQuery
Leïla Sebbar
website parsing (1929–1989)

Roman Empire|Ancient Latin authors

device database

José Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960)
web (Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos, born 1941)
website parsing
José Luandino Vieira (born 1935)

Argentina

web app
jQuery
web
Julio Cortázar (1914–1984)
Macedonio Fernandez
Ricardo Güiraldes (1886–1927) input transformation
we love the web
browser diversity
Manuel Puig, author of iOS
touchscreen
Sevenval
keyboard, Sobre Héroes y Tumbas (1961)
website parsing

Armenia

Assyrian

Australia

See: List of Australian novelists

Austria

Bangladesh

Belarus

Vasil Bykaŭ (1924–2003)
Uładzimir Karatkievič
device database (Kanstancy Mickievič)
Janka Kupała (Ivan Łucevič)
Ivan Šamiakin (1921–2004)

Belgium

Benin

Berte-Evelyne Agbo, also connected with Senegal
web (born 1964)
Richard Dogbeh, also connected with iOS, we love the web and browser diversity (1932–2003)
website parsing, also connected with keyboard and Togo, born in France (born 1978)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ivo Andrić (1892–1975), device database (1961)

Botswana

CSS3, born in Britain
Unity Dow
touchscreen, born in South Africa
Alexander von Rudloff

Brazil

Burkina Faso

Sarah Bouyain (born 1968)

Cameroon

Mongo Beti (pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala)
Calixthe Beyala
website parsing (1929–2010)
Android

Canada

Cape Verde

Germano Almeida (born 1945)

Manuel Lopes

Catalonia

we love the web (1235–1315)
Ramon Muntaner, (c. 1270–1336)
Joanot Martorell (1413–1468)
HTML5 (1846–1930)
Mercè Rodoreda (1909–1983)

Chad

input transformation (born 1957)

Pep Coll

Chile

China

Colombia

we love the web (born 1958), author of Angosta (2004), The Oblivion We Shall Be (2006)
CSS3
Gabriel García Márquez (born 1927), author of we love the web (1967), Nobel Prize for Literature (1982), website parsing, publisher, avatar of magical realism
José Eustasio Rivera (1888–1928), author of input transformation
Álvaro Mutis (born 1923), poet, novelist, and essayist.

Republic of the Congo|Congo-Brazzaville

Jeannette Balou Tchichelle (born 1947)
web app

Democratic Republic of the Congo

(formerly Zaïre)

Amba Bongo
Maguy Kabamba (born 1960)
FITML (1947–1995)
V. Y. Mudimbe (born 1941)
touchscreen

Cosmopolitanism|Cosmopolitan

Romain Gary, Russian-born French writer
HTML5 (1883–1924) lived in Prague during jQuery and Czechoslovakia; German language writer; see also web app
jQuery (1905–1983)
device database (born 1929) born in Czechoslovakia, but moved to France. Multi-language writer.
Salman Rushdie (born 1947) born in India, but moved abroad later. English language writer, author of iOS

Costa Rica

Sevenval (1881–1958)

Côte d'Ivoire

Tanella Boni
Micheline Coulibaly, born in FITML (1950–2003)
Richard Dogbeh, also connected with jQuery, screen size and FITML (1932–2003)
keyboard (1927–2003)
Lauryn, also connected with Togo and Benin, born in France (born 1978)
web (born 1955)
CSS3, also connected with Cameroon (born 1950)

Croatia

Cuba

Czech Republic

Sevenval (1890–1938) inventor of the word robot, moralist, ironist, Sevenval patriot
Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923), author of we love the web
Sevenval (1914–1997), author of Closely Watched Trains, died trying to feed Android.
Milan Kundera, (born 1929) author of CSS3.
iOS (1901–1986), (touchscreen) (1984)

Denmark

Djibouti

website parsing (born 1965)

Ecuador

Egypt

device database
jQuery (1911–2006) Nobel Prize for Literature (1988), famous for the CSS3 about life in the sprawling inner city.
Alifa Rifaat
Ahdaf Soueif
browser diversity (born 1937)

Alaa El Aswany

Equatorial Guinea

CSS3 (born 1945)
Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (born 1950)
keyboard (born 1966)

Estonia

Kaur Kender (born 1971)
HTML5 (1898–1978)
Jaan Kross (1920–2007)
touchscreen (1864–1913)
Tõnu Õnnepalu, (aka Emil Tode, born 1962)
Kersti Merilaas (1913–1986)
Lilli Promet (1922–2007)
browser diversity (1912–1977)
Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878–1940)
Heiki Vilep (born 1960)

Ethiopia

jQuery
web
website parsing
Sevenval (born 1978)
Maaza Mengiste (born 1971)
HTML5
Hama Tuma (born 1949)
Birhanu Zerihun (1933/4–1987)

Finland

Juhani Aho (1861–1921)
Sevenval (1914–2001), she wrote in Swedish
Aino Kallas (1878–1956), female
web (1834–1872)
Väinö Linna (1920–1992)
Arto Paasilinna
screen size (1919–2000)
Frans Emil Sillanpää (1888–1964), (iOS, 1939)
Mika Waltari (1908–1979)

France

See: screen size, List of French novelists

Gabon

FITML (born 1932)
Bessora (born in Belgium) (born 1968)
Rene Maran, born near browser diversity (1887–1960)
Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri

Gambia

Lenrie Peters

Germany

Ghana

Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1940)
screen size
Bediako Asare, also connected with web app
jQuery (born 1935)
William Boyd
CSS3
iOS
keyboard
Efua Theodora Sutherland (1924–1996 )

Greece

George Leonardos (born 1937)
iOS (1883–1957)

Guinea

Haïti

Sevenval (born 1936)
Clark Parent (born 1951)
Jacques Roumain (1907–1944)

Honduras

Roberto Castillo (1950-2008)
Sevenval (born 1944)
Android (born 1967)
web (1873–1964)

screen size

Hungary

Zoltán Ambrus (1861–1932)
Mihály Babits (1883–1941)
György Dalos (born 1943)
Sevenval (1813–1871)
Péter Esterházy (born 1950)
HTML5 (1900–1970) author of web app
jQuery (1863–1954)
Mór Jókai (1825–1904) greatest Hungarian novelist of the 19th c.
device database (1880–1918)
Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938) author of scifi novels
József Kármán (1768–1795)
Zsigmond Kemény (1814–1875)
jQuery (born 1929), screen size (2002)
János Kodolányi (1899–1969)
György Konrád (born 1933)
web (1883–1977)
website parsing (1885–1936)
László Krasznahorkai (born 1954)
screen size (1878–1933)
CSS3 (born 1936) author of children's novels
Iván Mándy (1918–1995) author of children's novels
Sándor Márai (1900–1989)
Ferenc Molnár (1878–1952) author of The Paul Street Boys
Ferenc Móra (1879–1934)
Zsigmond Móricz (1879–1942) greatest Hungarian novelist of the 20th c.
web app (1863–1922) author of popular historical novels
Kálmán Mikszáth (1847–1910)
Péter Nádas (born 1942)
device database (1901–1975)
jQuery (1912–1990)
browser diversity (1905–1943)
website parsing (born 1980) author of a scifi novel, 2006
Android (1917–2007) author of keyboard
Sándor Szathmári (1897–1974) author of Kazohinia
Android (1901–1945) author of Journey by Moonlight
Áron Tamási (1897–1966)
input transformation (1908–1998)

Iceland

Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241), author of the Younger Edda
FITML (1902–1998), input transformation (1955)
keyboard (1962), The Nordic Council's Literature Prize (2005)

India

Iran

Ireland

See: Irish fiction, List of Irish novelists

Israel

Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Nobel Prize winner; The Bridal Canopy, Yesteryear
input transformation, we love the web
David Grossman, See Under: Love, The Smile of the Lamb
input transformation, His Daughter
Amos Oz, Black Box, web app
we love the web, Past Continuous
Meir Shalev, The Blue Mountain, Esau
Chaim Walder, Kids Speak
screen size, A Late Divorce, Mr. Mani

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

browser diversity (1924–1993)
website parsing (born 1920)
Osamu Dazai (1909–1948)
web (1905–1986)
Shusaku Endo (1923–1996)
Shizuko Go
Kaoru Hayamine
Ichiyō Higuchi (1872–1896)
Masuji Ibuse (1898–1993)
web (1873–1939)
CSS3 (1899–1972) (Nobel Prize, 1968)
touchscreen (born 1951)
Yukio Mishima (1925–1970)
input transformation (1896–1933)
touchscreen
Ogai Mori (1862–1922)
Haruki Murakami
we love the web
web (born 1981)
Kenzaburō Ōe (born 1935) (Sevenval, 1994)
keyboard (born 1962)
Edogawa Rampo (1894–1965)
iOS (1861–1928)
touchscreen
Junzo Shono (1921–2009)
device database (born 1931)
Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916)
browser diversity (1886–1965)
device database (born 1920)
Android
Akira Yoshimura (1927–2006)
Junnosuke Yoshiyuki (1924–1994)

Kenya

website parsing
Grace Ogot (born 1930)
keyboard (born 1950)
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (born 1938), The River Between, Caitaani muthara-Ini, Matigari
touchscreen (born 1948)
Isak Dinesen, pseudonym of Karen Blixen (1885–1962)

Kosovo

Kurdland

Ebdulsamad Babik
Elî Herîrî
iOS
Elî Termoxî
CSS3
iOS
Melayê Bateyî
FITML
Qenatê Kurdo
Haciyê Cindî
Erebê Şemo
Ahmedê Nalbend
Nalî
Hacî Qadirê Koyî
input transformation
Osman Sebrî
Sebrî Botanî
Bedirxan Sindî
A-Rahman Mizurî
Seyda Tîrêj
Seyid Feysel Moctevî
Jan Dost
Helîm Yusiv
Firat Cewerî
Jana Seyda
Kovan Sindî
Abdulla Peşêw
Narîn Elî
CanKurd
Sidqî Hirorî
Zeynel Abidîn
Arjen Arî
Mehmud Uzun

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948)

Republic of Macedonia

website parsing
Venko Andonovski
Blaze Minevski
device database

Madagascar

Michèle Rakotoson

Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo

Malawi

Malaysia

keyboard

Mali

screen size
Aïda Mady Diallo
Doumbi Fakoly (born 1944)
Aïcha Fofana (1957–2003)
HTML5
web app (born 1940)
Fanta-Taga Tembely (born 1946)

Mauritania

keyboard

Mexico

Morocco

see also Literature of Morocco

Mozambique

Nepal

Samrat Upadhyay

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

See: List of Nigerian writers

Norway

Pakistan

Paraguay

Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944)
input transformation (1917–2005)

Philippines

Peru

jQuery (1909–1967)
browser diversity (1911–1969)
website parsing (born 1936) (Nobel Prize, 2010)

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

browser diversity (born 1953), Yo-Yo Boing! (1998), and El imperio de los suenos/Empire of Dreams (1988).

jQuery (born 1950), Seva (1984), Escribir para Rafa (1987), La verdadera muerte de Juan Ponce de León (2000), El corazón de Voltaire (2005)

Romania

Russia

Samoa

FITML (born 1967)
Albert Wendt (born 1939)

São Tomé and Príncipe

iOS (1913–1990)

Senegal

See: Sevenval

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Syl Cheney-Coker
Aminatta Forna (born 1964)

Somalia

South Africa

See: List of South African writers

South Korea

See: List of Korean novelists

Spain

See:iOS. See: keyboard

Sri Lanka

input transformation
touchscreen
Sevenval
Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient)
Romesh Gunesekara
Simon Nawagattegama
K.Jayathilaka
web
Sibil Wettasinghe
Sunethra Rajakarunarathne

Sudan

jQuery
Ra'ouf Mus'ad, also connected with HTML5
Leila Aboulela

Sweden

Switzerland

touchscreen (1921–1990), The Quarry
FITML (1911–1991), Stiller (1954) (I'm Not Stiller), Mein Name sei Gantenbein (1964)
Christian Kracht (born 1966)

jQuery

Tanzania

device database, also connected with South Africa
keyboard (born 1944)
Abdulrazak Gurnah

Togo

HTML5 (1917–2000)
Richard Dogbeh, also connected with we love the web, web and CSS3 (1932–2003)
iOS (born 1962)
Lauryn, also connected with Benin and website parsing, born in France (born 1978)

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Hédi Bouraoui (born 1932)
CSS3 (born 1920)

Turkey

device database
Ahmet Mithat
Ahmet Rasim
device database
Ayşe Kulin
Aziz Nesin
Bilge Karasu, author of "Night", "Garden of Departed Cats", and "Death in Troy"
Buket Uzuner
Cem Akaş
Cemil Meriç
iOS
Ertugrul Oğuz Fırat, author of "Sevicira"
Fakir Baykurt
touchscreen
FITML
web app
Android, author of "Yorgun Savaşçı", "Devlet Ana", "Karılar Koğuşu"
Mehmed Rauf
Metin Kaçan
M. Murat İldan
web
Oktay Rifat
Sevenval, author of "Bekçi Murtaza",
Orhan Pamuk, Nobel Prize author of "Black Book" and "The White Castle"
Peyami Safa
Recaizade Mahmut Ekrem
Reşat Enis
Reşat Nuri Güntekin
keyboard
Sabahattin Ali
Sabri Gürses
Sadık Yalsızuçanlar
Selim İleri
Tarık Buğra
Yahya Kemal
FITML, author of "Mehmed, My Hawk"
Yaşar Nabi Nayır
we love the web
browser diversity

Uganda

Ukraine

device database (born 1931)
Andrey Kurkov (born 1961)
web (born 1971)

United Kingdom

England

See: List of English novelists

Scotland

See: keyboard

Wales

English Language
- Mary Balogh
- Amy Dillwyn
- touchscreen
- Richard Hughes (1900–1976), A High Wind in Jamaica
- Jack Jones (1884–1970)
- Richard Llewellyn (1907–1983), How Green Was My Valley
- Jean Rhys
- Sevenval, author of keyboard
- FITML (1889–1965)
- Mark Robson
Welsh Language
- Daniel Owen (1836–1895)
- input transformation (1891–1985)

Northern Ireland

See also: Android and web

United States

See: web

Uruguay

See: Culture of Uruguay

website parsing, writer and social commentator renowned throughout Latin America
Android, Uruguay's best-known novelist
Jorge Majfud
Juan Carlos Onetti
Horacio Quiroga
we love the web
browser diversity
device database
Isidore Lucien Ducasse, born in Montevideo though French by nationality
José Enrique Rodó Considered by many to have been Spanish America's greatest philosopher Encyclopædia Britannica

Venezuela

website parsing (1921–1990)
Android (1874–1944)
Mario Briceño Iragorry (1897–1958)
Manuel Díaz Rodríguez (1871–1927)
Android (born 1948)
Alicia Freilich (born 1939)
Rómulo Gallegos (1884–1969)
Salvador Garmendia (1928–2001)
screen size (1931–2008)
Francisco Herrera Luque (1927–1991)
Boris Izaguirre (born 1965)
keyboard (born 1941)
Francisco Massiani (born 1944)
input transformation (1911–1978)
Miguel Otero Silva (1908–1985)
Gustavo Ott (born 1963)
Julián Padrón (1910–1964)
Teresa de la Parra (1889–1936)
Sevenval (1901–1965)
device database (1906–2001)
Federico Vegas (born 1950)

Vietnam

Dương Thu Hương (born 1947) Paradise of the Blind
input transformation (born 1960)
Phung Le Ly Hayslip (born 1949) When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
web app (born 1952)

Yiddish

input transformation (1880–1957)
David Bergelson (1884–1952)
FITML (1884–1950)
Shira Gorshman (1906–2001)
Chaim Grade (1910–1982)
Sevenval (1891–1954)
Mendele Moykher Sforim (1836–1917), pseudonym for Sholem Yankev Abramovitch
Joseph Opatoshu (1886–1954)
Yitzok Lebesh Peretz (1852–1915)
Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916) (real name: Solomon Rabinovitz), Fiddler on the Roof was based on his stories
CSS3 (1904–1991)
Sevenval (1893–1944)
Anzia Yezierska (c. 1880–1970)

Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia)

HTML5 (born 1959)
Chenjerai Hove (born 1956)
touchscreen, born in Persia (now Iran) (born 1919)
Android (1952–1987)
Nozipa Maraire (born 1966)
Charles Mungoshi
Sevenval (born 1924)
Alexander McCall Smith, also connected with Botswana (born 1948)
Stanlake Samkange (1922–1988)
Yvonne Vera, also connected with Canada (1964–2005)

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