Writers and Poets
- Tristan Bernard (1866–1947) playwright & novelist, father of Raymond Bernard and Jean-Jacques Bernard
- Jean-Jacques Bernard (1888–1974) playwright, Son of Tristan Bernard & brother of Raymond Bernard
- Henri Bernstein (1876–1953) playwright
- Henri Blowitz (1825-1903) Bohemian-born journalist
- Paul Celan (1920–1970) Romanian-born poet
- Romain Gary (1914–1980) Russian Empire-born novelist
- René Goscinny (1926–1977) comic book author and editor, co-creator of Asterix.
- Élie Halévy (1760-1826) Bavarian-born French Hebrew poet, author and secretary of the Jewish community of Paris. Father of Fromental Halévy and Léon Halévy.
- Max Jacob (1876–1944) poet
- Edmond Jabès (1912–1991) Egyptian-born poet
- Joseph Joffo (1931–) writer
- Gabriel Josipovici (1940–) novelist
- Gustave Kahn (1859–1936) poet & art critic
- Joseph Kessel (1898–1979) Argentinian-born novelist & journalist
- Justine Lévy (1974–) novelist, daughter of Bernard-Henri Lévy
- André Maurois (1885–1967) author
- Albert Memmi (1921–) Tunisian-born novelist & sociologist
- Catulle Mendès (1841-1909) poet and man of letters (half Jewish)
- Patrick Modiano (1945–) writer (half Jewish)
- Nine Moati (1938–) Tunisian-born novelist Les Belles de Tunis & screenwriter. Sister of Serge Moati.
- Irène Némirovsky (1903–1942) writer
- Georges Perec (1936–1982) novelist
- Marcel Proust (1871–1922) writer (half Jewish)
- Yasmina Reza (1959–) playwright
- Nathalie Sarraute (1900–1999) Russian-born writer
- Jean-Jacques Schuhl (1941–) writer
- Anne Sinclair (1948–) political journalist; wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn
- André Suarès (1868–1948) poet
- Elsa Triolet (1896-1970) Russian-born novelist
- Tristan Tzara (1896–1963) Romanian-born poet
- Ilarie Voronca (1903–1946) Romanian-born poet & essayist
- Bernard Werber (1961–) best-selling author
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