This is a list of Tunisian writers * Ines Abassi, poet * (1955–2016), poet * Mohamed Bacha (1968– ) linguist. specialist in Tunisian Arabic. translator. short story writer * Faouzia Aloui (1958– ), poet and short story writer * Mahmoud Aslan (1902– ) * Hachemi Baccouche (1916–2008), novelist and essayist * Hélé Béji (1948– ), novelist and essayist in French * Tahar Bekri (1951– ), poet in French and Arabic * (1959– ), novelist and short story writer * (1948– ), novelist * (1922– ), poet * Noura Bensaad, novelist and short story writer * (1967– ), poet and journalist * (1947– ), novelist and poet * Messaouda Boubaker (1954- ), novelist and short story writer * * Hédi Bouraoui (1932– ), poet, novelist and academic * Rachida el-Charni (1967– ), novelist and short stor