Kuwait has produced several prominent contemporary writers. There is also evidence that Kuwaiti culture has long been interactive with English and French literature. Some of the translators include Yaqoub Al-Hamad, Fathil Khalaf, poet Suleiman Al-Khulaifi, and Mahmoud Tawfeeq Ahmad who translated a number of short French plays by Molière.

Writers

Louise Burfitt-Dons Louise Burfitt-Dons, (''née'' Byres; born 22 October 1953) is a British novelist, humanitarian, and former Conservative candidate. Burfitt-Dons is best known for her anti-bullying work as the founder of the charity Act Against Bullying and ...

(born in Magwa Hospital, Kuwait in 1953) is the author of the spy thriller Our Man In Kuwait which is set during 1960 when Ian Lancaster Fleming visited the country leading up to Independence in 1961. *

Ismail Fahd Ismail Ismail Fahd Ismail or Ismāʿīl Fahd Ismāʿīl (1940 – 25 September 2018). was a Kuwaiti novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. He was acclaimed as the finest and most prolific writer in the history of Kuwait, with over twenty nove ...

(born 1940) was one of the first Kuwaiti writers to be taken seriously in the Arab world. Ismail Fahd Ismail has written over 20 novels and numerous short-story collections. * Taleb al-Refai (born 1958) is a journalist, writer and
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employee. Each month, he produces an art magazine called Jaridat al-Funun. *

Laila al-Othman Laila al-Othman (sometimes Laylā al-'Uthmān) is a Kuwaiti writer, novelist, short story writer, and a famous fictionist who was born into a prominent Kuwaiti family in 1943, and only 22 years later she made her writing debut in a local newspaper ...

(also Laylā al-'Uthmān) (born 1943) is an author of novels and short stories. Born to a prominent Kuwaiti family, Laila al-Othman made her writing debut in a local newspaper featuring her opinion about social and literary issues. *

A. H. Almaas A. H. Almaas ( ) is the pen name of A. Hameed Ali (born 1944), a Kuwaiti American author and spiritual teacher who writes about and teaches an approach to spiritual development informed by modern psychology and therapy which he calls the Diamond ...

(A. H. Almaas is the pen name of A. Hameed Ali) (born 1944) is an author and spiritual teacher. *

Taibah Al-Ibrahim Taibah Al-Ibrahim (طِيبة أحمد الإبراهيم; c. 1945 – 28 December 2011) was a Kuwaiti writer who wrote the first science fiction book in Kuwait. She was candidate for The third constituency in Kuwait in 2008. She died in 2011 ...

(Arabic: طِيبة أحمد الإبراهيم) is writer credited with writing the first science fiction novel in Kuwait. *

Najma Idrees Najma Abdullah Idrees (Arabic: نجمة عبدالله إدريس; born 25 December 1952) is a Kuwaiti poet, columnist, and scholar. Biography Idrees was born in 1952 in Kuwait, and graduated from Kuwait University in 1976 as an Arabic literatu ...

(Arabic: نجمة عبدالله إدريس; born 25 December 1952) is a Kuwaiti poet,

columnist A columnist is a person who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Column (newspaper), Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs. They take the fo ...

and scholar. *

Fatimah Yousif al-Ali Fatma Yousif al-Ali (born 1953) is a Kuwaiti journalist and short story writer. A graduate in Arabic Literature from Cairo University, in 1971 she became the first Kuwaiti woman to write a novel. She has also published four collections of short st ...

(born 1953) is a journalist and short story writer. A graduate in Arabic Literature from Cairo University, in 1971 she became the first Kuwaiti woman to write a novel. * Hayat Alyaqout (born 1981) is a writer who founded Nashiri, the first Arabic nonprofit online publishing house, in Kuwait in 2003.

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