List of Italian writers
List of Italian writers, poets and literary makers:
A.
- Giorgio Agamben (* 1942), philosopher and essayist
- Edoardo Albinati (* 1956), writer and translator
- Vittorio Alfieri (1749–1803), playwright
- Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), poet
- Niccolò Ammaniti (* 1966), writer
- Alessandro D'Ancona (1835-1914), writer
- Andrea da Grosseto (13th century), poet and translator
- Angelo Anelli (1761-1820), librettist
- Cecco Angiolieri (1260-1312), poet
- Giulio Angioni (1939–2017), writer and anthropologist
- Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533), poet
- Guittone d'Arezzo (around 1250–1294), poet
- Cesare Arici (1782–1836), poet
- Giovanni Arpino (1927–1987), writer, journalist
- Stefano D'Arrigo (1919–1992), writer
B.
- Riccardo Bacchelli (1891–1985)
- Antonio Baldini (1889–1962)
- Nanni Balestrini (1935-2019)
- Alessandro Baricco (* 1958)
- Girolamo Baruffaldi (1675–1755), clergyman, historian and poet
- Giambattista Basile (1575–1632), fairy tale poet
- Giorgio Bassani (1916-2000)
- Roberto Bazlen (1902–1965), publicist
- Stefano Benni (* 1947)
- Mario Benzing (1896–1958), writer and translator
- Donata Berra (* 1947), writer and translator
- Giuseppe Berto (1914–1978), writer
- Alberto Bevilacqua (1934-2013)
- Luciano Bianciardi (1922–1971)
- Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), narrator
- Giuseppe Bonaviri (1924-2009)
- Massimo Bontempelli (1878-1960), writer
- Giuseppe Antonio Borgese (1882–1952)
- Francesco Bracciolini (1566–1646), poet
- Vitaliano Brancati (1907-1954)
- Gesualdo Bufalino (1920–1996)
- Aldo Busi (* 1948)
- Ignazio Buttitta (1899–1997), poet
- Dino Buzzati (1906-1972), author
C.
- Lorenzo Calogero (1910–1961), poet
- Italo Calvino (1923–1985), writer
- Ranieri de 'Calzabigi (1714–1795), poet and librettist
- Andrea Camilleri (1925-2019)
- Luigi Capuana (1839-1915)
- Lara Cardella (* 1969)
- Giosuè Carducci (1835–1907), poet
- Annibale Caro (1507–1566), poet
- Gianrico Carofiglio (* 1961)
- Giovanni Della Casa (1503–1556), cleric and poet
- Carlo Cassola (1917–1987)
- Baldassare Castiglione (1478–1529)
- Ermanno Cavazzoni (* 1947)
- Gianni Celati (* 1937)
- Vincenzo Cerami (1940-2013)
- Claretta Cerio (1927-2019)
- Edwin Cerio (1875-1960)
- Guido Ceronetti (1927-2018)
- Melchiorre Cesarotti (1730–1808), poet, translator and scholar
- Piero Chiara (1913–1986)
- Bruno Cicognani (1879–1971)
- Giulio Cisco (1921–1999), journalist and writer
- Paolo Cognetti (* 1978), writer
- Carlo Collodi (1826-1890)
- Vittoria Colonna (1492-1547)
- Massimo Consoli (1945-2007)
- Vincenzo Consolo (1933-2012)
- Roberto Cotroneo (* 1961)
- Ettore Cozzani (1884–1971)
- Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni (1663–1728), poet
- Giuseppe Culicchia (* 1965)
D.
- Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863–1938), writer
- Massimo d'Azeglio (1798–1866)
- Felice Daneo (1825-1890)
- Caterina Davinio (* 1957), poet, writer and artist
- Edmondo De Amicis (1846-1908)
- Milo De Angelis (born 1951)
- Andrea De Carlo (born 1952)
- Giancarlo De Cataldo (* 1956)
- Luciano De Crescenzo (1928-2019)
- Erri De Luca (* 1950), writer and translator
- Pio Alberto Del Corona (1837–1912), bishop, religious writer
- Grazia Deledda (1871–1936), narrator
- Antonio Delfini (1907–1963), narrator
- Giuseppe Dessì (1909–1977)
- Tommaso Di Ciaula (* 1941)
- Donatella Di Pietrantonio (* 1962)
E.
- Umberto Eco (1932–2016), semiotic and writer
F.
- Giorgio Faletti (1950-2014)
- Oriana Fallaci (1929-2006)
- Cristina Ali Farah (* 1973)
- Giuseppe Fava (1925–1984)
- Beppe Fenoglio (1922–1963)
- Elena Ferrante (* 1943)
- Ernesto Ferrero (* 1938)
- Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), philosopher
- Ennio Flaiano (1910–1972)
- Dario Fo (1926-2016), playwright
- Antonio Fogazzaro (1842-1911)
- Giorgio Fontana (* 1981)
- Mario Fortunato (* 1958)
- Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827)
- Carlo Maria Franzero (1892-1986)
- Massimiliano Frezzato (* 1968), comic book author
- Carlo Fruttero (1926–2012)
G
- Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893–1973)
- Armin Gatterer (1959), German-speaking writer
- Giovan Battista Gelli (1498–1563)
- Carlo Ginzburg (1939)
- Leone Ginzburg (1909–1944)
- Natalia Ginzburg (1916–1991)
- Michele Giuttari (1950)
- Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793), playwright
- Carlo Gozzi (1720–1806), playwright
- Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina (1664-1718)
- Tommaso Grossi (1791-1853)
- Antonio Guadagnoli (1798-1858)
- Giovannino Guareschi (1908–1968), author and satirist
I.
- Enrico Ianniello (* 1970)
- Immanuel ha-Romi (1261-1335)
K
- Tullio Kezich (1928–2009)
L.
- Tommaso Landolfi (1908–1979)
- Gavino Ledda (* 1938)
- Francesco Leonetti (1924-2017)
- Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837), poet
- Carlo Levi (1902-1975)
- Paolo Levi (1919–1989)
- Primo Levi (1919-1987)
- Davide Longo (born 1971)
- Giovanni Francesco Loredano (1607–1661)
- Carlo Lucarelli (* 1960)
- Franco Lucentini (1920-2002)
- Emilio Lussu (1890–1975), narrator
- Amos Luzzatto (* 1928), essayist
M.
- Loriano Macchiavelli (* 1934), author
- Scipione Maffei (1675–1755), scholar and playwright
- Maurizio Maggiani (* 1951), writer
- Claudio Magris (* 1939), author, translator, Germanist
- Luigi Malerba (1927-2008)
- Goffredo Mameli (1827–1849), poet and writer
- Laura Mancinelli (1933-2016)
- Giorgio Manganelli (1922–1990)
- Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873)
- Dacia Maraini (* 1936)
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876–1944)
- Giovanni Battista Marino (1569-1625)
- Giuseppina Martinuzzi (1844-1925)
- Masuccio Salernitano (around 1410 - after 1475)
- Paolo Maurensig (* 1943)
- Ortensio Mauro (1634–1725), court secretary, court poet and master of ceremonies
- Margaret Mazzantini (* 1961), actress and writer
- Francesca Melandri (* 1964), writer and screenwriter
- Luigi Meneghello (1922-2007), writer
- Meshullam ben Menahem da Volterra (15th century), merchant and travel writer
- Maria Messina (1887–1944)
- Stelvio Mestrovich (* 1948)
- Milena Milani (1917-2013)
- Grazyna Miller (1957-2009), poet
- Nicolò Minato (around 1630–1698)
- Francesco Maria Molza (1489–1544)
- Rita Monaldi (* 1966), journalist and writer
- Furio Monicelli (1924-2011)
- Eugenio Montale (1896–1981), poet
- Danila Montanari (* 1948), writer
- Gianni Montanari (* 1949), science fiction author, translator and editor
- Elsa Morante (1912–1985)
- Alberto Moravia (1907-1990)
- Isabella di Morra (around 1520 - after 1546), poet
- Guido Morselli (1912–1973)
- Michela Murgia (* 1972)
N
- Ada Negri (1870-1945)
- Ippolito Nievo (1831–1861)
O
- Margherita Oggero (* 1940)
- Renato Olivieri (1925-2013)
- Alberto Ongaro (1925-2018)
P
- Elio Pagliarani (1927-2012)
- Claudio Paglieri (* 1965)
- Aldo Palazzeschi (1885–1974)
- Giovanni Papini (1881-1956)
- Giuseppe Parini (1729-1799)
- Goffredo Parise (1929–1986), writer and journalist
- Giovanni Pascoli (1855–1912), poet
- Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975), poet and director
- Cesare Pavese (1908–1950), writer
- Sandro Penna (1906–1977), poet and storyteller
- Silvio Pellico (1789-1854), writer
- Arrigo Petacco (1929–2018), writer and journalist
- Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374)
- Francesco Piccolo (* 1964)
- Alessandro Piperno (* 1972)
- Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936), playwright
- Liaty Pisani (born 1950), writer
- Pitigrilli (1893–1975)
- Antonio Pizzuto (1893–1976)
- Giuseppe Pontiggia (1934-2003)
- Vasco Pratolini (1913–1991)
- Giorgio Pressburger (1937-2017)
- Antonio Pucci (around 1310-1388)
Q
- Pier Antonio Quarantotti Gambini (1910-1965)
- Salvatore Quasimodo (1901–1968)
R.
- Fabrizia Ramondino (1936–2008), writer
- Ugo Riccarelli (1954-2013)
- Ottavio Rinuccini (1562–1621), poet, librettist
- Cesare Ripa (1555-1622)
- Angelo Maria Ripellino (1923–1978), poet
- Gianni Rodari (1920–1980)
- Sergio Romano (* 1929)
- William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919), poet, art critic (GB / I)
- Rustichello da Pisa (13th century), author of chivalric novels and co-author of Marco Polo's travelogues
S.
- Umberto Saba (1883–1957)
- Emilio Salgari (1862-1911)
- Edoardo Sanguineti (1930-2010)
- Salvatore Satta (1902–1975)
- Roberto Saviano (* 1979)
- Alberto Savinio (1891-1952)
- Richard Sbrulius ( ca.1480 - ca.1528)
- Tiziano Scarpa (born 1963)
- Giorgio Scerbanenco (1911-1969)
- Leonardo Sciascia (1921-1989)
- Beppe Severgnini (* 1956)
- Enzo Siciliano (1934-2006)
- Ignazio Silone (1900–1978)
- Mario Soldati (1906-1999)
- Flavio Soriga (* 1975)
- Francesco Sorti (* 1964), journalist
- Elia Spallanzani
- Domenico Starnone (* 1943)
- Giovanni Francesco Straparola (≈1480 - ≈1558), fairy tale collector
- Pietro Stanzano (1928–1968), writer
- Fabio Stassi (* 1962)
- Alessandro Striggio (1573-1630), librettist
- Giani Stuparich (1891–1961)
- Italo Svevo (actually Ettore Schmitz; 1861–1928)
T
- Antonio Tabucchi (1943–2012)
- Susanna Tamaro (* 1957)
- Luigi Tansillo (1510–1568)
- Iginio Ugo Tarchetti (1839–1869)
- Torquato Tasso (1544–1595)
- Mirella Tenderini
- Emanuele Tesauro (1592–1675)
- Delio Tessa (1886-1939)
- Marina Torossi Tevini
- Enrico Thovez (1869–1925)
- Giorgio Todde (* 1951)
- Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896–1957)
- Fulvio Tomizza (1935–1999)
- Niccolò Tommaseo (1802–1874)
- Pier Vittorio Tondelli (1955–1991)
- Agnolo Torini (14th century)
- Giovanni Torti (1774-1852)
- Federigo Tozzi (1883-1920)
- Vitaliano Trevisan (* 1960)
- Trilussa ( actually Carlo Alberto Salustri ) (1871–1950)
- Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478–1550)
U
- Fazio degli Uberti (1309-1367), poet
- Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888–1970), poet
V
- Valerio Varesi (* 1959)
- Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574), architect
- Sandro Veronesi (* 1959)
- Anacleto Verrecchia (1926–2012), philosopher and essayist
- Giambattista Vico (1668-1744), philosopher
- Simona Vinci (* 1970)
- Giovanni Verga (1840-1922)
- Elio Vittorini (1908–1966)
- Giorgio Voghera (1908-1999)
Z
- Antonio Zaniboni (≈1690–1767), poet
- Andrea Zanzotto (1921–2011), poet
- Vincenzo Zappone (1921-2007), poet
- Apostolo Zeno (1668-1750)