Tunisia
- Mahmoud Aslan (1902–?).
- Hachemi Baccouche (1916–2008), novelist and essayist.
- Tahar Bekri (1951– ), poet in French and Arabic.
- Rafik Ben Salah (1948– ), novelist.
- Claude Bénady (1922– ), poet.
- Slaheddine Bhiri (1947– ), novelist and poet.
- Robert Blum (1901–?), French-language writer.
- Hédi Bouraoui (1932– ), poet, novelist and academic.
- Anis Debeche (1984– ), zoologist, novelist and academic.
- Hafedh Djedidi (1953– ), poet and novelist.
- 'Ali al-Du'aji (1909–1949), novelist.
- Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (1909–1934), poet.
- Salah Garmadi (1933–1982), linguist and poet.
- Moncef Ghachem (1946– ), poet.
- Sophie el Goulli (1932– ), novelist and art historian.
- Gisèle Halimi (1927– ), lawyer, feminist activist and essayist.
- Muhammad Rachad Hamzaoui (1934– ), short story writer, playwright and novelist.
- Muhammad al-Mukhtar Jannat (1930– ), novelist and short story writer.
- Ibn Khaldoun (1332–1406), polymath.
- Bashir Khrayyef (1917–1983), writer and teacher.
- Muhyi al-Din Khrayyif (1932– ), poet.
- 'Izz al-Dīn al-Madanī (1938– ), playwright and short story writer.
- Mahmud al-Mis'adi (1911– ), novelist and playwright.
- Abdelwahab Meddeb (1946– ), novelist and poet.
- Fawzi Mellah (1946–), playwright and novelist.
- Albert Memmi (1920– ), sociologist, novelist and essayist.
- Mohamed Moncef Metoui (1943– ), playwright, director and novelist.
- Chams Nadir (1949– ), novelist and short story writer.
- Ryvel, pseudonym of Raphael Levy (1898–1972), writer and journalist.
- Youssef Rzouga (1957– ), poet.
- Amina Saïd (1953– ), poet.
- Walid Soliman (1975– ), writer, essayist and translator.
- Ahmad al-Tifashi (?–1253), poet, writer and anthologist.
- Mustapha Tlili (1937– ), novelist and academic.
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