List of Italian writers

A

Attilio Albergoni (born 1949)

Sibilla Aleramo (1876–1960)

Vittorio Alfieri (1749–1803)

Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)

Magdi Allam (born 1951)

Ernesto Aloia (born 1965)

Corrado Alvaro (1895–1956)

Pasquale Amati (1726–1792)

Niccolò Ammaniti (born 1966)

Cecco Angiolieri (13th century)

Giulio Angioni (born 1939)

Andrea da Grosseto (13th century)

Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533)

Giovanni Arpino (1927–1987)

Antonia Arslan (born 1938)

Devorà Ascarelli (16th century)

B

Barbara Baraldi

Ermolao Barbaro (1454-1493)

Ermolao Barbaro (bishop) (1410-1474)

Francesco Barbaro (1390–1454)

Giosafat Barbaro (1413–1494)

Marco Barbaro (1511–1570)

Alessandro Baricco (born 1958)

Giorgio Bassani (1916–2000)

Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794)

Stefano Benni (born 1947)

Pietro Bembo (1470–1547)

Mario Benzing (1896 – 1958)

Giuseppe Berto (1914 – 1978)

Enzo Bettiza (born 1927)

Enzo Biagi (1920–2007)

Luciano Bianciardi (1922–1971)

Luther Blissett (born 1958)

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375)

Matteo Maria Boiardo (1434–1494)

Arrigo Boito (1842–1918)

Camillo Boito (1836 – 1914)

Franco Bolelli (born 1950)

Vitaliano Brancati (1907–1954)

Enrico Brizzi (born 1974)

Giordano Bruno (1548 – 1600)

Gesualdo Bufalino (1920 - 1996)

Aldo Busi (born 1948)

Dino Buzzati (1906 – 1972)

C

Roberto Calasso (born 1941)

Italo Calvino (1923 - 1985)

Andrea Camilleri (born 1925)

Dino Campana (1885 - 1932)

Manuela Campanelli (born 1962)

Achille Campanile (1899 - 1977)

Luigi Capuana (1839 - 1915)

Enrichetta Caracciolo (1821 – 1901)

Gianni Celati (born 1937)

Benvenuto Cellini (1500 – 1571)

Vincenzo Cerami (1940 – 2013)

John Ciardi (1916 – 1986)

Christopher Ciccone

Pietro Citati (born 1930)

Carlo Collodi (1826 – 1890)

Vincenzo Consolo (1933 – 2012)

Matteo Corradini (born 1975)

Benedetto Croce (1866 – 1952)

D

Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 – 1938)

Massimo D'Azeglio (1798 – 1866)

Arianna Dagnino (born 1963)

Edmondo De Amicis (1846 – 1908)

Giacomo Debenedetti (1901 – 1967)

Andrea De Carlo (born 1952)

Grazia Deledda (1871 – 1936)

Silvana De Mari (born 1953)

Raffaella de' Sernigi (1473 – 1557)

Paola Drigo (1876 – 1938)

E

Umberto Eco (1932-2016)

Muzi Epifani (1935-1984)

Valerio Evangelisti (born 1952)

Julius Evola (1898-1974)

F

Francesco Falconi (born 1976)

Giorgio Faletti (1950 – 2014)

Oriana Fallaci (1929 – 2006)

Beppe Fenoglio (1922 - 1963)

Ennio Flaiano (1910 – 1972)

Dario Fo (born 1926)

Antonio Fogazzaro (1842 – 1911)

Ugo Foscolo (1778 - 1827)

Bruno Forte (born 1949)

Jimmy Fratianno (1913 – 1993)

Carlo Fruttero (1926 – 2012)

G

Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893 – 1973)

Natalia Ginzburg (1916 - 1991)

Paolo Giordano (born 1982)

Cinzia Giorgio (born 1975)

Guglielmo il Giuggiola

Giambattista Giraldi Cinzio (1504 – 1573)

Carlo Goldoni (1707 – 1793)

Guido Gozzano (1883 - 1916)

Giovanni Guareschi (1908 – 1968)

Robert "Bobby" Germaine (1925 – 1986)

Tonino Guerra (1920 – 2012)

J

Fleur Jaeggy (born 1940)

L

Tommaso Landolfi (1908–1979)

Brunetto Latini (1220–1294)

Bruno Leoni (1913-1967)

Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837)

Carlo Levi (1902-1975)

Primo Levi (1919-1987)

Carlo Lucarelli (born 1960)

Emilio Lussu (1890–1975)

M

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 – 1527)

Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi (1406 – 1471)

Claudio Magris (born 1939)

Curzio Malaparte (1898 – 1957)

Marco Malvaldi (born 1974)

Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 1943)

Fabio Maniscalco (1965 - 2008)

Gianna Manzini (1896 - 1974)

Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873)

Dacia Maraini (born 1936)

Fosco Maraini (1912–2004)

Diego Marani (born 1959)

Lucrezia Marinella (1571-1653)

Chiara Matraini (1515–1604)

Margaret Mazzantini (born 1961)

Carlo Mazzoni (born 1979)

Fulvio Melia (born 1956)

Franco Mimmi (born 1942)

Federico Moccia (born 1963)

Grazyna Miller (1957 – 2009)

Massimo Mongai (born 1950)

Eugenio Montale (1896 – 1981)

Maria Montessori (1870 – 1952)

Beatrice Monroy (born 1953)

Giuliana Morandini (born 1938)

Elsa Morante (1912–1985)

Marta Morazzoni (born 1950)

Olympia Morata (1526 – 1555)

Alberto Moravia (1907 – 1990)

N

Neera (Anna Radius Zuccari) (1846–1918)

Ada Negri (1870–1945)

Ippolito Nievo (1831-1861)

P

Aldo Palazzeschi (1885–1974)

Giancarlo Pallavicini (born 1931)

Angeliki Palli (1798–1875)

Melissa Panarello (born 1985)

Giovanni Papini (1881 – 1956)

Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922 – 1975)

Cesare Pavese (1908 – 1950)

Roberto Pazzi (born 1946)

Silvio Pellico (1789 – 1854)

Danilo Pennone (born 1963)

Frank Peretti (born 1951)

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494)

Tommaso Pincio

Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936)

Fernanda Pivano (1917 – 2009)

Angelo Poliziano (1454–1494)

Marco Polo (1254 – 1324)

Vasco Pratolini (1913 – 1991)

Hugo Pratt (1927 – 1995)

Mario Praz (1896 – 1982)

Luigi Pulci (1432 – 1484)

Q

Roberto Quaglia (born 1962)

Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 – 1968)

R

Lidia Ravera (born 1951)

Mario Rigoni Stern (1921- 2008)

Gianni Rodari (1920–1980)

Lalla Romano (1906-2001)

Emanuela Da Ros (born 1959)

S

Umberto Saba (1883 – 1957)

Emilio Salgari (1862–1911)

Rubino Romeo Salmonì (1920-2011)

Emilia Salvioni (1895–1967)

Alberto Savinio (1891 – 1952)

Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1989)

Matilde Serao (1856 – 1927)

Beppe Severgnini (born 1956)

Ignazio Silone (1900 – 1978)

Mario Soldati (1906 – 1999)

Mario Spezi (born 1945)

Italo Svevo (1861 – 1928)

Roberto Saviano (born 1979)

T

Antonio Tabucchi (1943 – 2012)

Susanna Tamaro (born 1957)

Torquato Tasso (1544 – 1595)

Tiziano Terzani (1938–2004)

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896 – 1957)

Fulvio Tomizza (1935 – 1999)

Pier Vittorio Tondelli (1955 - 1991)

Marco Travaglio (born 1964)

U

Luigi Ugolini (1891 – 1980)

Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888 – 1970)

V

Giorgio van Straten (born 1955)

Giovanni Verga (1840 – 1922)

Sandro Veronesi (born 1959)

Anna Vertua Gentile (1850 - 1926)

Mitì Vigliero Lami (born 1957)

Simona Vinci (born 1970)

Ottavia Vitagliano (1894 – 1975)

Elio Vittorini (1908 – 1966)

W

Wu Ming