Famous novelists

writer of novels

3,633 people

All Alive Deceased
Kenzaburō Ōe

Kenzaburō Ōe

1935 – 2023 · Age 88
Deceased
Gao Xingjian

Gao Xingjian

1940 · Age 86
Alive
Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett

1948 – 2015 · Age 66
Deceased
Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

1920 – 1994 · Age 73
Deceased
Giacomo Casanova

Giacomo Casanova

1725 – 1798 · Age 73
Deceased
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

1940 · Age 85
Alive
Imre Kertész

Imre Kertész

1929 – 2016 · Age 86
Deceased
Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming

1908 – 1964 · Age 56
Deceased
Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe

1930 – 2013 · Age 82
Deceased
Halldór Laxness

Halldór Laxness

1902 – 1998 · Age 95
Deceased
Apuleius

Apuleius

0125 – 0170 · Age 45
Deceased
Truman Capotas

Truman Capotas

1924 – 1984 · Age 59
Deceased
Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

1911 – 1983 · Age 71
Deceased
Alfred de Musset

Alfred de Musset

1810 – 1857 · Age 46
Deceased
Henry James

Henry James

1843 – 1916 · Age 72
Deceased
Chinghiz Aitmatov

Chinghiz Aitmatov

1928 – 2008 · Age 79
Deceased
Georges Clemenceau

Georges Clemenceau

1841 – 1929 · Age 88
Deceased
William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray

1811 – 1863 · Age 52
Deceased
Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain

1956 – 2018 · Age 61
Deceased
Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac

1922 – 1969 · Age 47
Deceased
Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende

1942 · Age 83
Alive
J. M. Barrie

J. M. Barrie

1860 – 1937 · Age 77
Deceased
Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell

1900 – 1949 · Age 48
Deceased
André Malraux

André Malraux

1901 – 1976 · Age 75
Deceased
Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

1887 – 1970 · Age 82
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q6625963