list of exophonic writers , i.e. those who write in a language not generally regarded as their first or mother tongue. For more on the phenomenon, see the main article Exophony .
The list below is deliberately brief, eschewing complex details of ethnicity/nationality and the like: the countries and/or languages given are merely a guide to the writer's principal origin and exophonic language - for details see the relevant article on the writer.
Kader Abdolah , Persian–Dutch writer, poet and columnist who writes in Dutch Chingiz Abdullayev , Azerbaijani-Russian writer Melinda Nadj Abonji , Hungarian-German writer Chinua Achebe , Nigerian native, who lived most of his later life in the United States. Native speaker of Igbo who wrote primarily in English. Chinghiz Aitmatov , Kyrgyz-Russian novelist Gloria Alcorta , Argentinian-French writer Sholem Aleichem , native of the Russian Empire who later emigrated to Switzerland. His native language was Yiddish , but he also wrote in Hebrew and Russian. Vassilis Alexakis , Greek-French novelist Jeffrey Angles , American translator also known for his poetry and writing in Japanese Michael Arlen , Bulgarian born Armenian-British author Nadeem Aslam , Pakistani-British novelist Augustine of Hippo , Numidian Berber philosopher writing in Latin Ba Jin , Chinese and Esperanto author. He wrote three original works in Esperanto . [ 1] Samuel Beckett , Irish-French playwright and novelist Guy Bennett , American poet and translator writing in English and French Costanzo Beschi , Italian-Tamil writer José María Blanco White , Spanish-English writer Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), Danish writer who wrote in both Danish and English Irena Brežná , Slovak-Swiss writer and journalist [ 2] André Brink , (South African) English-Afrikaans novelist Joseph Brodsky , Russian-American poet and essayist Elias Canetti , Bulgarian born Sephardic writer, British citizen, writing in German Paul Celan , Romanian born poet writing in Romanian and German Chahan Chahnour , French-Armenian writer and poet Eugen Chirovici , Romanian-British novelist [ 3] Don Mee Choi , Korean-American poet and translator Heciyê Cindî , Kurdish-Armenian writer and linguist Emil Cioran , Romanian-French writer Joseph Conrad , Polish-British novelist Pierre Cormon , French Swiss writer who wrote books in English and Brazilian Portuguese Adolfo Costa du Rels , Bolivian Spanish writer in French Sahar Delijani , Iranian American novelist David Dephy , Georgian-American poet novelist essayist multi-media artist Ariel Dorfman , Chilean-American writer Raymond Federman , French-American novelist Boris Fishman , Russian-American novelist [ 4] Kahlil Gibran , Lebanese-American poet Julien Green , American writer who wrote in French Xiaolu Guo , Chinese-British novelist Najat El Hachmi , Moroccan-Catalan novelist and journalist Aleksandar Hemon , Bosnian-American novelist and journalist Stefan Heym , German-American novelist Rolando Hinojosa , American-Mexican novelist Anselm Hollo , Finnish-American poet Khalid Hosseini , Afghan-American novelist Nancy Huston , Canadian novelist Kazuo Ishiguro , Japanese-British novelist Fleur Jaeggy , Swiss-Italian writer Helena Janeczek , German-Italian writer Tahar Ben Jelloun , Moroccan-French novelist Ha Jin , Chinese-American poet and novelist Diego Jourdan Pereira , Uruguayan author who writes in English Vahé Katcha , Armenian-French writer Hans Keller , Austrian-British musicologist and essayist in English Jack Kerouac , American novelist and poet Yasmina Khadra , Algerian-French novelist Imam Ahmad Raza Khan , Indian Urdu-Arabic-Persian-Hindi Sufi poet and writer. Arthur Koestler , Hungarian-British author and journalist Jerzy Kosiński , Polish-American writer Agota Kristof , Hungarian-French novelist Milan Kundera , Czech-French writer Jhumpa Lahiri , British-American writer, writing in Italian Tahar Lamri , Algerian-Italian journalist and short story writer Aga Lesiewicz , Polish-British novelist [ 5] Hideo Levy , American-born Japanese language author Yiyun Li , Chinese-American novelist and short story writer Clarice Lispector , Ukrainian-Brazilian novelist Jonathan Littell , American-French novelist Ramon Llull , Majorcan, Catalan-Latin-Arabic writer Lucian , second-century AD Syrian satirist, a native speaker of Syriac who wrote in Attic Greek Amin Maalouf , Lebanese-French novelist Merab Mamardashvili , Georgian philosopher who wrote exclusively in Russian Yann Martel , Francophone Canadian writing in English Vladimir Nabokov , Russian-American novelist C.W. Nicol , Welsh-Japanese writer Téa Obreht , Bosniak-American novelist Saïdeh Pakravan , Iranian (Persian)/French writer in English Fernando Pessoa , Portuguese-English/French poet Edith Philips , American-French language writer and educator Atiq Rahimi , Afghan/Persian-French and English novelist and filmmaker Ayn Rand , Russian-American novelist Rafael Sabatini , Italian-British popular novelist in English Elif Şafak , Turkish-English novelist and journalist Edward Said , Palestinian-American literary critic and philosopher Kurban Said , pseudonymous Azerbaijani novelist in German Lori Saint-Martin , Canadian novelist and translator in French. George Santayana (Jorge de Santayana y Borrás), Spanish-American philosopher and novelist in English Emine Sevgi Özdamar , Turkish-German writer Shahan Shahnour , Armenian-French writer under penname Armen Lubin Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar , Turkish-Persian poet Gary Shteyngart , Russian-American novelist Shumona Sinha , Indian-French novelist Saša Stanišić , Bosnian-German writer Tom Stoppard , Czech-British playwright Albert Szent-Györgyi , Hungarian biochemist and essayist in English Yoko Tawada , Japanese-German writer Stefan Themerson , Polish-French-English novelist, poet, filmmaker R.S. Thomas , English poet, Welsh memoirist and autobiographer Matthew Tree , English-Catalan writer and novelist Héctor Tobar , Guatemalan-American journalist and novelist Ayelet Tsabari , Israeli-Canadian writer Anselm Turmeda , Majorcan, Catalan-Arabic writer Tristan Tzara , Romanian-French poet and DADAist Chika Unigwe , Nigerian-Flemish writer Voltaire , French philosopher who also wrote and published in English Elie Wiesel , Romanian (Yiddish-speaking) political activist and author, writing in French and English Yang Yi , Chinese-Japanese author Alessio Zanelli , Italian poet in English David Zoppetti , Swiss-Japanese novelist and journalist Andrea Bedford , Slavic author and novelist, writing in English This page is based on this
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