France
237 authors
Peter Abelard
Medieval Latin· 1079–1142
Alain-Fournier
French· 1886–1914
Feurat Alani
French· b. 1980
Albert of Aix
Medieval Latin· fl. c. 1100
Marcel Allain
French· 1885–1969
Bernard André
Neo-Latin· 1450–1522
Guillaume Apollinaire
French· 1880–1918
Nathacha Appanah
French· born 1973
Louis Aragon
French· 1897–1982
Antonin Artaud
French· 1896–1948
Marcel Aymé
French· 1902–1967
Baldric of Dol
Medieval Latin· 1046–1130
Marc Ball
French· c. 1990
Honoré de Balzac
French· 1799–1850
Dominique Barbéris
French· b. 1958
Muriel Barbery
French· b. 1969
Henri Barbusse
French· 1873–1935
Roland Barthes
French· 1915–1980
Christophe Bataille
French· b. 1971
Charles Baudelaire
French· 1821–1867
Inès Bayard
French· b. 1991
Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais
French· 1732–1799
Simone de Beauvoir
French· 1908–1986
Gaëlle Bélem
French· b. 1984
Matthieu Belezi
French· b. 1953
Nina Berberova
Russian· 1901–1993
Henri Bergson
French· 1859–1941
Bernard of Clairvaux
Medieval Latin· c. 1090–1153
Béroul
Old French· c. 1140-1200
Aloysius Bertrand
French· 1807–1841
Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube
Old French· b. c. late 12th century - d. early 13th century
Philippe Besson
French· b. 1967
Maurice Blanchot
French· 1907–2003
Miguel Bonnefoy
French· b. 1986
Yves Bonnefoy
French· 1923–2016
Robert de Boron
Old French· lived c. 1150-1250
Patrick Boucheron
French· b. 1965
André du Bouchet
French· 1924–2001
Franck Bouysse
French· b. 1965
André Breton
French· 1896–1966
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
French· 1755–1826
Jean de La Bruyère
French· 1645–1696
Michel Butor
French· 1926–2016
Gui de Cambrai
Old French· born late 1100s - died early 1200s
Albert Camus
French· 1913–1958
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
French· 1894–1961
Éric Chevillard
French· b. 1964
Thomas Clerc
French· b. 1965
J. M. G. Le Clézio
French· b. 1940
Jean Cocteau
French· 1889–1963
Philippe de Commines
Middle French· 1447–1511
Maryse Condé
French· 1934–2024
Benjamin Constant
French· 1767–1830
Pierre Corneille
French· 1606–1684
Julio Cortázar
Spanish· 1914–1984
Laurence Cossé
French· born 1950
Albert Cossery
French· 1913–2008
Catherine Cusset
French· b. 1963
Marquis de Custine
French· 1790–1857
Sylvain Cypel
French· 1947/1948
Madame d'Aulnoy
French· 1650–1705
Fatima Daas
French· b. 1995
Christelle Dabos
French· born 1980
Jean-Paul de Dadelsen
French· 1913–1957
Alphonse Daudet
French· 1840–1897
René Daumal
French· 1908–1944
Françoise Davoine
French· b. 1943
Frédéric Debomy
French· b. 1975
Pauline Delabroy-Allard
French· b. 1988
Nicolas Delalande
French· b. 1980
Vincent Delecroix
French· b. 1969
Gilles Deleuze
French· 1925–1995
Agnès Desarthe
French· born 1966
René Descartes
Neo-Latin, French· 1596–1650
Claire Deya
French· c. 1965
Denis Diderot
French· 1713–1784
David Diop
French· b. 1966
Philippe Djian
French· b. 1949
Édouard Dujardin
French· 1861–1949
Alexandre Dumas
French· 1802–1870
Martin Dumont
French· b. 1988
Marguerite Duras
French· 1914–1996
Émile Durkheim
French· 1858–1917
Jean Echenoz
French· b. 1947
Françoise Ega
French· 1920–1976
Einhard
Carolingian Latin· 775–840
Giuliano da Empoli
French, Italian· b. 1973
Mathias Énard
French· born 1972
Erasmus
Neo-Latin· c. 1466–1536
Annie Ernaux
French· b. 1940
Didier Fassin
French· b. 1955
Alexandre Dumas fils
French· 1824–1895
Gustave Flaubert
French· 1821–1889
Jean de La Fontaine
French· 1621–1695
Michel Foucault
French· 1926–1984
Marie de France
Old French· fl. 1160-1215
Anatole France
French· 1844–1924
Saul Friedländer
French, English· b. 1932
Jean Froissart
Old French· c. 1337 - c. 1405
Fulcher of Chartres
Medieval Latin· c. 1059 - after 1128
Marc Fumaroli
French· 1932–2020
Antoine Galland
French· 1646–1715
Anne Garréta
French· born c. 1962
Émile Ajar / Romain Gary
French· 1914–1980
Jean-Max Gaudillière
French· 1943–2014
Théophile Gautier
French· 1811–1872
Anna Gavalda
French· born 1970
Jean Genet
French· 1910–1986
André Gide
French· 1869–1951
Jean Giono
French· 1895–1970
René Girard
French· 1923–2015
Goncourt Brothers
French· Edmond (1822-1896), Jules (1830-1870)
Félix Guattari
French· 1930–1992
François Guizot
French· 1787–1874
Petrus Gyllius
Neo-Latin· 1490–1555
Yannick Haenel
French· b. 1967
Kaoutar Harci
French· b. 1987
Jean Hatzfeld
French· b. 1949
Héloïse d'Argenteuil
Medieval Latin· 1101–1164
Michel Houellebecq
French· b. 1956
Victor Hugo
French· 1802–1885
Joris-Karl Huysmans
French· 1848–1907
Jean de Jandun
Medieval Latin· c. 1285 - 1328
Vladimir Jankélévitch
French· 1903–1985
Alfred Jarry
French· 1873–1907
John of Joinville
Old French· c. 1224–1317
François Jullien
French· b. 1951
Hédi Kaddour
French· b. 1945
Thomas à Kempis
Medieval Latin· 1380–1471
Vénus Khoury-Ghata
French· 1937–2026
Dezső Kosztolányi
Hungarian· 1885–1936
Milan Kundera
Czech, French· 1929–2023
Madame de La Fayette
French· 1634–1693
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
French· 1741–1803
Jules Laforgue
French· 1860–1887
Alexandra Lapierre
French· born 1955
Comte de Lautréamont
French· 1846–1870
Maurice Leblanc
French· 1864–1941
Michel Leiris
French· 1901–1990
Jonathan Littell
French· b. 1969
Guillaume de Lorris
Old French· c. 1200 - c. 1240
Andreï Makine
French· b. 1957
Stéphane Mallarmé
French· 1842–1898
André Malraux
French· 1901–1976
Claire Malroux
French· 1925–2025
Jean-Patrick Manchette
French· 1942–1995
Pierre de Marivaux
French· 1688–1763
Robert Marteau
French· 1925–2011
Roger Martin du Gard
French· 1881–1958
Guy de Maupassant
French· 1850–1893
Claude Mauriac
French· 1914–1996
François Mauriac
French· 1885–1970
Laurent Mauvignier
French· b. 1967
Jean de Meun
Old French· c. 1240 - c. 1305
Henri Michaux
French· 1899–1984
Pierre Michon
French· b. 1945
Hubert Mingarelli
French· 1956–2020
Karim Miské
French· b. 1964
Patrick Modiano
French· b. 1945
Molière
French· 1622–1673
Henry de Monfreid
French· 1879–1974
Michel de Montaigne
Middle French· 1533–1592
Montesquieu
French· 1689–1755
Scholastique Mukasonga
French· born 1956
Alfred de Musset
French· 1810–1857
Marguerite de Navarre
Middle French· 1492–1549
Marie NDiaye
French· b. 1967
Irene Nemirovsky
French· 1903–1942
Gérard de Nerval
French· 1808–1855
Rithy Panh
French· b. 1964
Blaise Pascal
French· 1623–1662
Paulinus Pellaeus
Late Latin· 377 - c. 461
Georges Perec
French· 1936–1981
Charles Perrault
French· 1628–1703
Valérie Perrin
French· born 1967
Saint-John Perse
French· 1887–1975
Peter the Venerable
Medieval Latin, Old French· c. 1092 - 1156
Christine de Pizan
Middle French· 1364–c. 1430
Jacques Collin de Plancy
French· 1793–1881
Claude Ponti
French· born 1948
Marguerite Porete
Old French· 1258–1310
Abbé Prévost
French· 1697–1763
Marcel Proust
French· 1871–1922
Raymond Queneau
French· 1903–1976
Jules Quicherat
French· 1814–1882
Pascal Quignard
French· b. 1948
François Rabelais
Middle French· 1494–1553
Jean Racine
French· 1639–1699
Zahia Rahmani
French· b. 1962
Ralph of Caen
Medieval Latin· c. 1080 - c. 1120
Raymond of Aguilers
French· fl. c. late 11th - early 12th century
Maurice Renard
French· 1875–1939
Arthur Rimbaud
French· 1854–1891
Alain Robbe-Grillet
French· 1922–2008
François de La Rochefoucauld
French· 1613–1680
Pierre de Ronsard
Middle French· 1524–1585
Adèle Rosenfeld
French· b. 1986
Edmond Rostand
French· 1868–1918
Jacques Roubaud
French· 1932–2024
Raymond Roussel
French· 1877–1933
Jean-Christophe Rufin
French· b. 1952
Marquis de Sade
French· 1740–1814
Françoise Sagan
French· 1935–2004
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French· 1900–1944
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
French· 1737–1814
Duc de Saint-Simon
French· 1760–1822
Lydie Salvayre
French· born 1948
George Sand
French· 1804–1876
Nathalie Sarraute
French· 1900–1999
Jean-Paul Sartre
French· 1905–1980
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
French· born 1960
Marcel Schwob
French· 1867–1905
Pierre Senges
French· b. 1968
Anne Serre
French· born 1960
Madame de Sévigné
French· 1626–1696
Claude Simon
French· 1913–2005
Pierre Singaravélou
French· b. 1977
Philippe Soupault
French· 1897–1990
Pierre Souvestre
French· 1874–1914
Germaine de Staël
French· 1766–1817
Stendhal
French· 1783–1842
Franck Thilliez
French· b. 1973
Alexis de Tocqueville
French· 1805–1859
Gregory of Tours
Late Latin· c. 538–594
Chrétien de Troyes
Old French· 1160–1191
Turoldus
French, Old French· 1000–1100
Jean-Christophe Valtat
French, English· b. 1968
Paul Verlaine
French· 1844–1896
Jules Verne
French· 1828–1905
Alfred de Vigny
French· 1797–1863
Geoffrey of Villehardouin
Old French· c. 1150 - c. 1218
François Villon
Middle French· c. 1431 - after 1463
Antoine Volodine
French· b. 1950
Voltaire
French· 1694–1778
Simone Weil
French· 1909–1943
William of Tyre
French· c. 1139 - 1186
Émile Zola
French· 1840–1902