{{Short description|None}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} This is a '''list of notable Italian writers''', including novelists, essayists, poets, and other people whose primary artistic output was literature. {{Dynamic list}} {{compactTOC|center=yes|seealso=yes|refs=yes}}
==A== * Maddalena Aceiaiuoli (1557–1610) * Crescenzo Alatri (1825–1897) * 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) * Elisa S. Amore (born 1984) * Andrea da Grosseto (13th century) * Cecco Angiolieri (13th century) * Giulio Angioni (1939–2017) * Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533) * Giovanni Arpino (1927–1987) * Antonia Arslan (born 1938) * Devorà Ascarelli (16th century)
==B== * Emma Baeri (born 1942) * Andrea Bajani(born 1975) * Alfredo Balducci (1920–2011) * 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) * Pietro Bembo (1470–1547) * Stefano Benni (1947–2025) * Mario Benzing (1896–1958) * Giuseppe Berto (1914–1978) * Enzo Bettiza (1927–2017) * 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 (1950–2020) * 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== * Achille Giovanni Cagna (1847–1931) * Nanni Cagnone (1939–2026) * Roberto Calasso (1941–2021) * Gianfranco Calligarich (1939–2024) * Italo Calvino (1923–1985) * Andrea Camilleri (1925–2019) * Dino Campana (1885–1932) * Manuela Campanelli (born 1962) * Achille Campanile (1899–1977) * Luigi Capuana (1839–1915) * Enrichetta Caracciolo (1821–1901) * Alberto Caramella (1928–2007) * Giosuè Carducci (1835–1907) * Nadia Cavalera (born 1950) * Gianni Celati (1937–2022) * Benvenuto Cellini (1500–1571) * Vincenzo Cerami (1940–2013) * Paolo Cerrati (1485–1540) * Guido Cervo (born 1952) * Saveria Chemotti (born 1947) * John Ciardi (1916–1986) * Pietro Citati (1930–2022) * Paolo Cognetti (born 1978) * Carlo Collodi (1826–1890) * Vincenzo Consolo (1933–2012) * Matteo Corradini (born 1975) * Benedetto Croce (1866–1952)
==D== * Jacopone da Todi (1230–1306) * Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863–1938) * Massimo D'Azeglio (1798–1866) * Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908) * Giacomo Debenedetti (1901–1967) * Andrea De Carlo (born 1952) * Grazia Deledda (1871–1936) * Massimo del Pizzo (born - ) * Silvana De Mari (born 1953) * Sergio De Santis (born 1953) * Raffaella de' Sernigi (1473–1557) * Jacobus de Voragine (1230–1298) * Paola Drigo (1876–1938)
==E== * Umberto Eco (1932–2016) * Muzi Epifani (1935–1984) * Valerio Evangelisti (1952–2022) * Julius Evola (1898–1974)
==F== * Francesco Falconi (born 1976) * Giorgio Faletti (1950–2014) * Oriana Fallaci (1929–2006) * Beppe Fenoglio (1922–1963) * Caterina Franceschi Ferrucci (1803–1887) * Ennio Flaiano (1910–1972) * Dario Fo (1926–2016) * Antonio Fogazzaro (1842–1911) * Marcello Fois (born 1960) * Bruno Forte (born 1949) * Ugo Foscolo (1778–1827) * Carlo Fruttero (1926–2012)
==G== * Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893–1973) * Barbara Gallavotti (born 1968) * Pietro Luigi Galletti (1724–1790) * Fabio Geda (born 1972) * Natalia Ginzburg (1916–1991) * Paolo Giordano (born 1982) * Cinzia Giorgio (born 1975) * Raffaello Giovagnoli (1838–1915) * Guglielmo il Giuggiola (16th century) * Giambattista Giraldi Cinzio (1504–1573) * Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793) * Corrado Govoni (1884–1965) * Guido Gozzano (1883–1916) * Giovannino Guareschi (1908–1968) * Robert "Bobby" Germaine (1925–1986) * Laura Guidiccioni (1550 – c. 1597/9) * Tonino Guerra (1920–2012)
==H== * Petrus Haedus (1427–1504)
==I== *Ibn Hamdis (1056 - 1133)
==J== * Fleur Jaeggy (born 1940)
==L== * Tommaso Landolfi (1908–1979) * Brunetto Latini (1220–1294) * Bruno Leoni (1913–1967) * Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837) *Franco Loi (1930–2021) * Carlo Levi (1902–1975) * Primo Levi (1919–1987) * Giuseppe Lombardo Radice 1879–1938) * Carlo Lucarelli (born 1960) * Emilio Lussu (1890–1975)
==M== * Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) * Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi (1406–1471) * Claudio Magris (born 1939) * Maria Majocchi (1864–1917) * Clementina Laura Majocchi (1866–1945) * Curzio Malaparte (1898–1957) * Marco Malvaldi (born 1974) * Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 1943) * Giorgio Manganelli (1922 - 1990) * 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) * Stefano Massini (born 1975) * Chiara Matraini (1515–1604) * Margaret Mazzantini (born 1961) * Carlo Mazzoni (born 1979) * Melania Mazzucco (born 1966) * Fulvio Melia (born 1956) * Maria Messina (1887–1944) * Mina Mezzadri (1926–2008) * Grazyna Miller (1957–2009) * Franco Mimmi (born 1942) * Federico Moccia (born 1963) * Massimo Mongai (1950–2016) * Beatrice Monroy (born 1953) * Valeria Montaldi (born 19??) * Eugenio Montale (1896–1981) * Maria Montessori (1870–1952) * Giuliana Morandini (1938–2019) * Elsa Morante (1912–1985) * Olympia Morata (1526–1555) * Alberto Moravia (1907–1990) * Marta Morazzoni (born 1950) * Antonio Moresco (born 1947) * Michela Murgia (1972–2023)
==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) * Goffredo Parise (1929–1986) * Giovanni Pascoli (1855–1912) * Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975) * Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) * Roberto Pazzi (1946–2023) * Silvio Pellico (1789–1854) * Sandro Penna (1906–1977) * Danilo Pennone (born 1963) * Frank Peretti (born 1951) * Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494) * Tommaso Pincio (born 1963) * Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936) * Fernanda Pivano (1917–2009) * Joseph Pivato (born 1946) * Angelo Poliziano (1454–1494) * Marco Polo (1254–1324) * Vasco Pratolini (1913–1991) * Hugo Pratt (1927–1995) * Mario Praz (1896–1982) * Ottavio Profeta (1890–1963) * 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) * Roberto Saviano (born 1979) * Alberto Savinio (1891–1952) * Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1989) * Beppe Sebaste (1959–2026) * Matilde Serao (1856–1927) * Beppe Severgnini (born 1956) * Ignazio Silone (1900–1978) * Mario Soldati (1906–1999) * Mario Spezi (1945–2016) * Italo Svevo (1861–1928)
==T== * Antonio Tabucchi (1943–2012) * Susanna Tamaro (born 1957) * Torquato Tasso (1544–1595) * Tiziano Terzani (1938–2004) * Roberto Tiraboschi (born 1951) * 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) * Grazia Verasani (born 1964), crime writer * Giuseppe Vergani * Sandro Veronesi (born 1959) * Anna Vertua Gentile (1850–1926) * Mitì Vigliero Lami (born 1957) * Simona Vinci<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d9NcAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1993 |title=Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies |pages=1993–94 |last=Marrone |first=Gaetana |author2=Puppa, Paolo |year=2006 |isbn=1135455309}}</ref> (born 1970) * Ottavia Vitagliano (1894–1975) * Elio Vittorini (1908–1966) * Paolo Volponi (1924–1994)
==W== * Wu Ming
==Z== * Enrica Zunic'
==See also== *List of Italian women writers *Italian literature *List of Italian language poets *Lists of authors
==References== {{Reflist}}
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