This is a list of notable Italian writers, including novelists, essayists, poets, and other people whose primary artistic output was literature.
A
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) Cecco Angiolieri (13th century) Giulio Angioni (1939–2017) Andrea da Grosseto (13th century) 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) Stefano Benni (born 1947) Pietro Bembo (1470–1547) 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) Roberto Calasso (1941–2021) 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) Guido Cervo (born 1952) Saveria Chemotti (born 1947) John Ciardi (1916–1986) Pietro Citati (1930–2022) Carlo Collodi (1826–1890) Vincenzo Consolo (1933–2012) Matteo Corradini (born 1975) Benedetto Croce (1866–1952)
D
Jacobus de Voragine (1230 - 1298) 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) Paola Drigo (1876–1938)
E
Umberto Eco (1932–2016) Muzi Epifani (1935–1984) Valerio Evangelisti (born 1952) Julius Evola (1898–1974)
F
Francesco Falconi (born 1976) Giorgio Faletti (1950–2014) Oriana Fallaci (1929–2006) Beppe Fenoglio (1922–1963) Ennio Flaiano (1910–1972) Dario Fo (1926–2016) Marcello Fois (born 1960) Antonio Fogazzaro (1842–1911) Ugo Foscolo (1778–1827) Bruno Forte (born 1949) Carlo Fruttero (1926–2012)
G
Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893–1973) Barbara Gallavotti (born 1968) 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) 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) Menotti Lerro (born 1980) 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)