List of Iranian writers
A.
- Kader Abdolah (* 1954)
- Janet Afary
- Ali Mohammad Afghani (* 1925)
- Farzaneh Aghaeipour
- Hashem Aghajari (* 1957)
- Shahla Aghapour (* before 1988)
- Jalāl Āl-e Ahmad (1923–1969)
- Mehdi Achawan Sales (1929–1990)
- Shahnaz Alami (1921-2003)
- Bozorg Alavi (1904-1997)
- Yahya Alavi fard (* 1973)
- Yousef Alikhani
- Ahmad Allahyari
- Reza Allamehzadeh (* 1943)
- Amir Hossein Aryanpour
- Reza Amirkhani
- Daryoush Ashouri
- Reza Aslan (* 1972)
- Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi
- Manouchehr Atashi (1931-2005)
B.
- Alan Baghumian
- Mehrdad Bahar
- Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886–1951)
- Reza Baraheni (* 1935)
- Simin Behbahani (1927-2014)
- Jamshid Behnam
- Samad Behrangi (1939-1967)
- Bijan Benjamin (* 1983)
C.
- Mohammad Chatami (* 1943)
- Omar Chayyām (1048–1131)
- Sadeq Chubak (1916–1998)
- Nāsir-i Chusrau (1004-1072 / 78)
D.
- Simin Dāneschwar (1921–2012)
- Parvin Darabi
- Ali Ashraf Darvishian (* 1941)
- Reza Davari Ardakani (* 1933)
- Ali Akbar Dehchoda (1879-1956)
- Aramesh Doustdar
- Sediqeh Dowlatabadi
- Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (* 1940)
- Abu'l-Qasim Muhammad Junaid (825-910)
E.
- Shirin Ebadi (* 1947)
- Hushang Ebtehadsch (* 1928)
- Asghar Elahi
- Afshin Ellian (* 1966)
- Mohtaram Eskandari
- Parvin E'tesami (1906-1941)
F.
- Amin Faghiri (* 1944)
- Abdoldjavad Falaturi (1926–1996)
- Amir Farshad Ebrahimi
- Forugh Farrokhzad (1935-1967)
- Abū l-Qāsim Firdausī (940-1020)
- Badiozzaman Forouzanfar
- Kioumars Saberi Foumani
G
- Nizami Ganjawi (1141–1209)
- Mousa Ghaninejad
- Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali (1058–1111)
- Mohammad Ghazi
- Bahman Ghobadi (* 1969)
- Ata Gilani (* 1952)
- Ebrahim Golestan
- Hushang Golschiri (1937-2000)
- Ýusup Gojuk
H
- Fariba Hachtroudi (* 1951)
- Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel (* 1945)
- Soleiman Haim
- Said Hajjarian (born 1954)
- Roya Hakakian (* 1966)
- Mansur al-Hallaj (857-922)
- Justine Harun-Mahdavi
- Sadegh Hedayat (1903-1951)
- Mohammad Hejazi
- Karim Hisami
- Jalal Homaei
J
- Bijan Jalali
- Mehdi Jami
- Manuchehr Jamali (1929–2012)
- Jamalzadeh (1892-1997)
- Taraneh Javanbakht (* 1974)
K
- Mohsen Kadivar (* 1959)
- Mohammad Reza Schafi'i Kadkani (* 1939)
- Mehrangiz Kar
- Farah Karimi (* 1960)
- Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak
- Siavash Kasraie (1927–1996)
- Ahmad Kasravi (1890-1946)
- Me Jalaleddin Kazzazi
- Morteza Keyvan
- Mohammad-Kazem Khorasani (1839-1911)
- Hadi Khorsandi
- Mahmud Kianoush
- Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016)
- Alexis Kouros
L.
- Shahla Lahiji
- Abolqasem Lahuti (1887–1957)
M.
- Ahmad Mahmud (1931-2002)
- Majid Majidi (* 1959)
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf (* 1957)
- Samira Makhmalbaf (* 1980)
- Mostafa Malekian
- Noor-ol-Hoda Mangeneh
- Abbas Marufi
- Jamal Mirsadeghi (* 1933)
- Abbas Milani
- Iradsch Mirza (1874–1926)
- Azadeh Moaveni
- Naser Moazen
- Jaafar Modarres-Sadeghi (* 1954)
- Mohammad Mofatteh (1928–1979)
- Mohammad Moin
- Javad Mojabi (* 1939)
- Fathollah Mojtabaei
- Gholamhossein Mosaheb
- Fereydun Moschiri (1926-2000)
- Morteza Motahhari (1920–1979)
- Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa
N
- Azar Nafisi (* 1948)
- Said Nafisi
- Khosro Naghed (* 1950)
- Hamid Reza Namazi
- Ehsan Naraghi
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr (* 1933)
- Ebrahim Nabavi (* 1958)
- Nezāmi (around 1141 - 1209)
- Nizām al-Mulk (1018-1092)
- Niẓāmī ʿArūḍī (around 1100)
- Kambiz Norouzi
O
P
- Shahrnush Parsipur (* 1946)
- Zoya Pirzad (* 1952)
- Ali Paya
- Iraj Pezeshkzad
R.
- Zahra Rahnavard
- Touradj Rahnema (* 1937)
- Nassrin Ranjbar Irani (* 1955)
- Moniro Ravanipur (* 1954)
- Khalil Rostamkhani
S.
- Kioumars Saberi Foumani
- Hamid Sadr (* 1946)
- Mulla Sadra (1572-1641)
- Zabihollah Safa (1911-1999)
- Behrouz Safarzadeh
- Jamal Mir-Sadeghi
- Ghalom-Hosseyn Saedi
- Sanai Ghaznawi (1080–1131)
- Mohammad Modschtahed Schabestari (* 1936)
- Ali Akbar Saidi Sirjani
- Omran Salehi
- Marjane Satrapi (* 1969)
- Malekul Schuara Bahar
- Amir Sagharichi-Raha (* 1979)
- Sohrab Sepehri (1928–1980)
- Mohammad Reza Schafi'i Kadkani (* 1939)
- Ahmad Schamlou (1925-2000)
- Alireza Shapour Shahbazi (1942-2006)
- Ali Schariati (1933–1977)
- Ali Shariatmadari
- Dariush Shayegan
- Shahla Sherkat
- Abdullah Shirazi
- Daryush Shokof (* 1954)
- Abdolkarim Sorusch (* 1945)
- Shihab ad-Din Yahya Suhrawardi (1154–1191)
T
Y
- Ehsan Yarshater (1920-2018)
- Nima Youschidsch (Nima Yushij) (1897-1960)