List of Russian-language writers
This is a list of authors who have written works of prose and poetry in the Russian language.
For separate lists by literary field:
- List of Russian-language novelists
- List of Russian-language playwrights
- List of Russian-language poets
A
- Bavasan Abiduev, poet and one of the founders of Buryat children's literature
- Alexander Ablesimov, opera librettist, poet, dramatist, satirist and journalist
- Fyodor Abramov, novelist and short story writer, Two Winters and Three Summers
- Grigory Adamov science fiction writer, The Mystery of the Two Oceans
- Georgy Adamovich, poet, critic, memoirist, translator
- Anastasia Afanasieva, physician, poet, writer & translator
- Alexander Afanasyev, folklorist who recorded and published over 600 Russian folktales and fairytales, Russian Fairy Tales
- Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky, poet, writer, ethnographer and translator
- Alexander Afinogenov, playwright, A Far Place
- M. Ageyev, pseudonymous writer, Novel with Cocaine
- Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyz novelist and short story writer, Jamilya, The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years
- David Aizman, Russian-Jewish writer and playwright
- Bella Akhmadulina, poet, short story writer, and translator, The String
- Anna Akhmatova, acmeist poet, Requiem, Poem Without a Hero
- Ivan Aksakov, journalist, slavophile
- Konstantin Aksakov, playwright, critic and writer, slavophile
- Sergey Aksakov, novelist and miscellaneous writer, The Scarlet Flower
- Vasily Aksyonov, novelist and short story writer, Generations of Winter
- Boris Akunin, author, essayist, translator and literary critic, Erast Fandorin series, Sister Pelagia series
- Mikhail Albov,, novelist and short story writer
- Mark Aldanov, historical novelist
- Andrey Aldan-Semenov, Gulag memoirist
- Lidiia Alekseeva, Latvian poet and writer of short stories
- Mikhail Alekseyev writer and editor, My Stalingrad
- Sholem Aleichem, Russian Jewish writer, Wandering Stars
- Margarita Aliger, poet, translator, and journalist, Zoya
- Yuz Aleshkovsky, writer, poet, playwright and performer of his own songs, Kangaroo
- Boris Almazov, poet, translator and literary critic
- Alexander Amfiteatrov, writer and historian, Napoleonder
- Daniil Andreyev, writer, poet, and Christian mystic, Roza Mira
- Leonid Andreyev, novelist, playwright and short story writer, The Seven Who Were Hanged, The Life of Man
- Sergey Andreyevsky, writer, poet, literary critic, The Book on Death
- Irakly Andronikov, writer, historian, philologist and media personality
- Anna Mitrofanovna Aníchkova, writer and translator who wrote under the pseudonym Ivan Strannik
- Pavel Annenkov, critic and memoirist, The Extraordinary Decade
- Yury Annenkov, artist and writer, A Tale of Trivia
- Innokenty Annensky, poet, critic and translator, representative of the first wave of Russian Symbolism
- Lev Anninsky writer, literary historian and critic
- Pavel Antokolsky, poet, All We Who in His Name
- Maxim Antonovich, critic, essayist, memoirist, translator and philosopher
- Elena Apreleva, writer, memoirist, playwright, Guilty without Guilt
- Aleksey Apukhtin, poet and writer, From Death to Life
- Maria Arbatova, novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet and journalist
- Aleksei Arbuzov, playwright, A Long Road
- Vladimir Arnoldi, children's author and professor of biology
- Mikhail Artsybashev, naturalist writer and playwright, Sanin
- Nikolai Aseev, futurist poet, Night Flute
- Viktor Astafyev, novelist and short story writer, Sad Detective
- Lera Auerbach, poet, writer and composer
- Mikhail Avdeev, novelist and playwright, Tamarin trilogy
- Arkady Averchenko, satirical writer and playwright, Ninochka
- Vasily Avseenko, writer, journalist and literary critic
- Hizgil Avshalumov, Soviet novelist, poet and playwright
- Gennadiy Aygi, Chuvash poet and translator
- Vasily Azhayev, novelist, ''Far from Moscow''
B
- Semyon Babayevsky, novelist and short story writer, Golden Star Chavalier
- Isaak Babel, short story writer, The Odessa Tales, Red Cavalry
- Eduard Bagritsky, constructivist poet, February
- Grigory Baklanov, novelist and magazine editor, Forever Nineteen
- Ivan Bakhtin, poet, satirist and politician
- Mikhail Bakhtin, philosopher, literary critic, semiotician and scholar, "Epic and Novel"
- Mikhail Bakunin, revolutionary and theorist of collectivist anarchism, God and the State, Statism and Anarchy
- Konstantin Balmont, symbolist poet and translator, Burning Buildings, Let Us Be Like the Sun
- Jurgis Baltrušaitis, poet and translator, The Pendulum
- Kazimir Barantsevich, writer and poet, Family Hearth
- Yevgeny Baratynsky, poet, The Gipsy
- Natalya Baranskaya, novelist and short story writer, A Week Like Any Other
- Ivan Barkov, comic and erotic poet, Luka Mudischev
- Anna Barkova, poet and writer, Gulag survivor
- Elpidifor Barsov, literary historian, ethnographer, folklorist, philologist
- Agniya Barto, Russian-Jewish poet and children's writer
- Alexander Bashlachev, poet, musician, guitarist, and singer-songwriter
- Fyodor Batyushkov, philologist, essayist, literary and theatre historian
- Konstantin Batyushkov, poet, essayist and translator
- Nikolai Bazhin, writer, journalist and critic, The History of One People's Partnership
- Pavel Bazhov, fairy tale author, The Malachite Casket
- Demyan Bedny, poet and satirist, New Testament Without Defects
- Dmitry Begichev, writer and politician
- Alexander Bek, novelist, And Not to Die
- Ekaterina Beketova, poet, writer, and translator
- Vissarion Belinsky, writer, literary critic and philosopher
- Vasily Belov, writer, poet and dramatist, Eves, The Year of a Major Breakdown
- Andrei Bely, symbolist poet, writer and essayist, The Silver Dove, Petersburg
- Alexander Belyayev, science fiction author, Amphibian Man
- Vladimir Benediktov ; poet and translator
- Nina Berberova, novelist and short story writer, The Book of Happiness
- Nikolai Berg, poet, journalist, translator and historian
- Olga Bergholz, poet, playwright and memoirist
- Alexander Bestuzhev, novelist, short story writer and Decembrist, An Evening on Bivouac
- Vitaly Bianki, nature and children's writer
- Aleksei Bibik, working-class novelist and short story writer
- Andrei Bitov, novelist and short story writer, Pushkin House
- Nikolai Blagoveshchensky, writer, journalist and biographer
- Helena Blavatsky, a founder of Theosophy and the Theosophical Society, The Secret Doctrine, Isis Unveiled
- Pyotr Blinov, Udmurt writer and journalist
- Alexander Blok, poet, "The Twelve"
- Pyotr Boborykin, writer, playwright and journalist, China Town
- Oleg Bogayev, playwright, The Russian National Postal Service
- Andrei Bogdanov, bibliographer and ethnographer
- Alexander Bogdanov, novelist, physician, economist and philosopher, Red Star
- Vladimir Bogomolov, novelist and short story writer, Ivan
- Vladimir Bogoraz, revolutionary, writer and anthropologist
- Yuri Bondarev, novelist and short story writer, The Shore
- Leonid Borodin, novelist and journalist, The Story of a Strange Time
- Genrikh Borovik, publicist, writer, playwright and filmmaker
- Vasily Botkin, critic, essayist and translator
- Valeri Brainin-Passek, Russian/German musicologist, music manager, composer and poet
- Osip Brik, avant garde writer and literary critic
- Joseph Brodsky, poet and essayist, Nobel Prize Winner
- Valery Bryusov, poet, novelist and short story writer, The Fiery Angel
- Yury Buida, novelist and short story writer, The Zero Train
- Vladimir Bukovsky, writer and dissident
- Mikhail Bulgakov, novelist, short story writer and playwright, Heart of a Dog, The White Guard, The Master and Margarita
- Faddey Bulgarin, Polish-born writer and journalist
- Kir Bulychev, science fiction author, Half a Life
- Ivan Bunin, first Russian winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, The Village, The Life of Arseniev, Dark Avenues
- Anna Bunina, poet, Though Poverty's No Stain
- Viktor Burenin, writer, critic, playwright, librettist and satirical poet
- David Burliuk, illustrator, publicist and author associated with Russian Futurism
- Dmitry Bykov
- Pyotr Bykov literary historian, poet and translator
- Vasil Bykov
C
- Dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer and geographer
- Catherine the Great,, patroness of the arts, music and theatre, and opera librettist, Fevey
- Pyotr Chaadayev, philosopher, Philosophical Letters
- Aleksey Chapygin, novelist and short story writer, Stepan Razin
- Lidia Charskaya, novelist and actress
- Nikolai Chayev, writer, poet and playwright, Svat Faddeyich
- Alexander Chekhov, writer and journalist
- Anton Chekhov, short story writer and playwright, The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard, "Ward No. 6", The Lady with the Dog"
- Nikolay Chernyshevsky, writer, journalist and politician, What Is to Be Done?
- Evgeny Chirikov, novelist, short story writer and playwright, The Magician
- Sasha Chorny, poet, satirist and children's writer
- Korney Chukovsky, children's poet, Wash'em'clean
- Lydia Chukovskaya, writer and poet, Sofia Petrovna
- Georgy Chulkov, poet, editor, writer and critic
D
- Denis Davydov, soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars
- Vladimir Dal, writer and lexicographer, Explanatory Dictionary
- Yuli Daniel, dissident writer, poet and translator, This is Moscow Speaking
- Grigory Danilevsky, historical and ethnographical novelist, Moscow in Flames
- Anton Delvig, poet, journalist and magazine editor
- Grigoriy Demidovtsev, writer and playwright
- Andrey Dementyev, poet and writer
- Boris Derevensky, writer and historian
- Regina Derieva, poet, writer and essayist
- Gavrila Derzhavin, poet and statesman, Let the Thunder of Victory Sound!
- Nikolai Devitte, poet, harpist and songwriter, Not for Me.
- Andrei Dmitriev, novelist and short story writer, winner of the 2012 Russian Booker Prize
- Ivan Dmitriev, sentimentalist poet and Russian Minister of Justice
- Valentina Dmitryeva, writer, doctor and teacher, Hveska, the Doctor's Watchman
- Nikolay Dobrolyubov, literary critic, journalist, poet and essayist
- Leonid Dobychin, novelist and short story writer, The Town of N
- Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky poet and songwriter
- Yury Dombrovsky, poet, writer and Gulag survivor, The Faculty of Useless Knowledge
- Vlas Doroshevich, journalist, writer and drama critic, The Way of the Cross
- Lyubov Dostoyevskaya, novelist and biographer, The Emigrant
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky, writer, essayist, journalist and editor, Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, The Brothers Karamazov, The House of [the Dead (novel)|The House of the Dead], The Gambler, "White Nights", "A Gentle Creature", "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man"
- Mikhail Dostoyevsky, writer, critic and editor, Vremya
- Sergei Dovlatov, novelist, short story writer and journalist, Affiliate
- Spiridon Drozhzhin, poet, At the Village Assembly
- Yulia Drunina, poet and politician
- Alexander Druzhinin, writer and magazine editor, Polinka Saks
- Vladimir Dudintsev, novelist, Not by Bread Alone
- Sergey Durov, poet, translator, writer, and political activist
- Nadezhda Durova, soldier and writer, ''The Cavalry Maiden''
E
- Yevgeny Edelson, literary critic, essayist and translator
- Ilya Ehrenburg, novelist and WWII war correspondent, The Black Book, The Thaw
- Natan Eidelman, author, biographer and historian
- Grigory Eliseev essayist, historian, editor, and publisher.
- Sergey Elpatyevsky, novelist and short story writer, Pity Me!
- Nikolai Engelhardt, writer, critic, poet, journalist and memoirist
- Asar Eppel, writer and translator, Red Caviar Sandwiches
- Nikolai Erdman, playwright, The Suicide
- Victor Erofeyev, writer, literary critic and magazine editor, Russian Beauty
- Alexander Ertel, novelist and short story writer, A Greedy Peasant
- Mikhail Evstafiev, artist, photographer and writer, Two Steps from Heaven
- Nikolai Evreinov, director, dramatist and theatre practitioner, ''The Storming of the Winter Palace''
F
- Alexander Fadeyev, novelist, known for his war fiction, The Rout, The Young Guard
- Konstantin Fedin, novelist, Cities and Years
- Georgy Fedotov, religious philosopher, historian and essayist
- Afanasy Fet, poet and translator
- Vera Figner, revolutionary and writer, member of Narodnaya Volya
- Terty Filippov folklorist, essayist, editor and pedagogue
- Dmitry Filosofov essayist, critic, religious thinker, editor and political activist
- Konstantin Fofanov, poet, considered to be a precursor of the symbolists, Shadows and Mystery
- Denis Fonvizin, dramatist, The Minor
- Olga Forsh, writer, dramatist, memoirist and scenarist, Palace and Prison
- Ruvim Frayerman writer, poet, essayist and journalist, Wild Dog Dingo
- Dmitry Furmanov, writer, known for his Russian Civil War novel ''Chapayev''
G
- Cherubina de Gabriak, pseudonymous poet
- Arkady Gaidar, children's writer, Timur and His Squad
- Alexey Galakhov, writer, memoirist and literary historian, The History of Russian Literature
- Alexander Galich, poet, screenwriter, playwright and singer-songwriter
- Alisa Ganieva, writer and essayist
- Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky, writer, essayist and engineer, Practical Training
- Vsevolod Garshin, short story writer, "Four Days", "The Red Flower"
- Aleksei Gastev, avant garde poet
- Gaito Gazdanov, novelist and short story writer, An Evening with Claire, The Spectre of Alexander Wolf
- Mikhail Gerasimov, working-class poet
- Yuri German, writer, playwright, screenwriter and journalist, The Cause You Serve
- Vladimir Gilyarovsky, writer and journalist, The Stories of the Slums
- Lidiya Ginzburg, literary critic and a survivor of the Siege of Leningrad, Blockade Diary
- Yevgenia Ginzburg, Gulag memoirist, Journey into the Whirlwind, Within the Whirlwind
- Zinaida Gippius, essayist, memoirist, writer, poet and playwright, The Green Ring
- Anatoly Gladilin, novelist, Moscow Racetrack
- Fyodor Gladkov, novelist and short story writer, Cement
- Nikolay Glazkov, poet, creator of the term "Samizdat"
- Fyodor Glinka, poet and playwright, Karelia
- Boris Glinsky writer, publicist, publisher, editor and politician
- Dmitry Glukhovsky, writer and journalist, Metro 2033
- Nikolay Gnedich, poet and translator, The Fishers
- Pyotr Gnedich, novelist, poet, playwright, translator, theatre entrepreneur and art historian
- Nikolai Gogol, writer and dramatist, Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, The Government Inspector, Dead Souls
- Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov, poet, Songs and Dances of Death
- Boris Golovin, singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist
- Ivan Goncharov, novelist, Oblomov
- Natalya Gorbanevskaya, poet, translator and civil rights activist
- Ivan Gorbunov, writer and stage actor, The Scenes from People's Life
- Dmitry Gorchakov, poet, playwright and satirist
- Grigori Gorin, writer, playwright and screenwriter, The Very Same Munchhausen
- Maxim Gorky, novelist, short story writer and playwright, The Lower Depths, Mother, My Childhood. In the World. My Universities, The Life of Klim Samgin
- Nina Gorlanova, novelist and short story writer
- Sergey Gorodetsky, poet, one of the founders of the acmeist school
- Daniil Granin, novelist, Those Who Seek
- Nikolay Gretsch, journalist, writer and magazine editor, Northern Bee
- Aleksander Griboyedov, dramatist and statesman, Woe from Wit
- Dmitry Grigorovich, novelist, The Fishermen
- Oleg Grigoriev, poet and artist
- Apollon Grigoryev, poet, literary and theatrical critic, translator and memoirist
- Alexander Grin, author of novels and stories set in Grinlandia, Scarlet Sails
- Isabella Grinevskaya, poet, writer and playwright
- Vasily Grossman, writer and war correspondent, Life and Fate
- Vitali Gubarev, journalist and writer
- Igor Guberman, writer and satirical poet
- Semyon Gudzenko, poet of the World War II generation
- Lev Gumilev, historian, ethnologist and anthropologist
- Nikolay Gumilev, poet, founder of the acmeist movement
- Elena Guro, futurist writer and painter, The Hurdy-Gurdy
- Andrei Gusev, writer and journalist, The World According to Novikoff
- Sergey Gusev-Orenburgsky, novelist, ''The Land of the Fathers''
H
- Yelena Hahn, writer for Biblioteka Dlya Chteniya and Otechestvennye Zapiski, mother of Helena Blavatsky
- Alexander Herzen, essayist, novelist, philosopher and magazine editor, ''Who is to Blame?''
I
- Ilf and Petrov, satirical writers, The Twelve Chairs, The Little Golden Calf
- Vera Inber, poet and writer, Lalla's Interests
- Mikhail Isakovsky, poet and songwriter, Katyusha
- Fazil Iskander,, Abkhaz writer, Sandro of Chegem
- Alexei Ivanov, novelist and screenwriter
- Georgy Ivanov, poet and essayist, Disintegration of the Atom
- Vsevolod Ivanov, writer and plawright, Armoured Train 14-69
- Vyacheslav Ivanov, poet, playwright, philosopher, translator and literary critic
- Yuri Ivask, poet, essayist, literary critic and historian
- Ryurik Ivnev, poet, novelist and translator
- Sergey Izgiyayev, poet, playwright and translator
- Alexander Izmaylov, fabulist, poet and novelist
K
- Gavril Kamenev, poet, writer and translator
- Vasily Kamensky, poet, playwright and artist, one of the first Russian aviators
- Antiochus Kantemir, writer and poet, On the Envy and Pride of Evil-Minded Courtiers
- Nikolay Karamzin, poet, writer and historian, Poor Liza
- Aleksandr Karasyov, writer, Russian war prose
- Pyotr Karatygin, playwright, actor and memoirist
- Nikolay Karazin, painter and writer, The Two-Legged Wolf
- Nikolay Karonin-Petropavlovsky, narodnik writer, First Storm
- Evtikhy Pavlovich Karpov, playwright and theatre director
- Vladimir Karpov, novelist and magazine editor, The Commander
- Vasily Kapnist, poet and playwright, Chicane
- Lev Kassil, writer of juvenile and young adult literature
- Ivan Kataev, novelist and short story writer, Immortality
- Valentin Kataev, writer and playwright, Time, Forward!
- Pavel Katenin, classicist poet, dramatist and literary critic
- Mikhail Katkov, journalist and publicist, Moscow News
- Veniamin Kaverin, novelist, The Two Captains
- Emmanuil Kazakevich, writer, poet and playwright, The Blue Notebook
- Yury Kazakov, short story writer, Going To Town
- Rimma Kazakova, poet, Let's Meet in the East
- Dmitri Kedrin, poet, Confession
- Yuri Khanon, novelist and eccentric, Skryabin As a Face
- Mark Kharitonov, writer, poet, and translator, Lines of Fate
- Yevgeny Kharitonov, writer, poet, playwright and theater director
- Daniil Kharms, novelist, short story writer and playwright, The Old Woman, Incidences, Elizaveta Bam
- Ivan Khemnitser, satirical poet, The Rich Man and the Poor Man
- Mikhail Kheraskov, poet, writer and playwright, Vladimir Reborn
- Velimir Khlebnikov, futurist poet and author, Incantation by Laughter
- Nikolai Khmelnitsky, playwright, literary critic and translator, Chatterbox
- Vladislav Khodasevich, poet and literary critic
- Aleksey Khomyakov, poet, co-founder of the slavophile movement
- Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya, writer, critic and translator, The Boarding-School Girl
- Ivan Kireyevsky, writer, co-founder of the slavophile movement
- Dmitry Khvostov, poet and fabulist
- Vladimir Kirshon, playwright, The Miraculous Alloy
- Marusya Klimova, writer and translator
- Daniel Kluger, author and songwriter
- Nikolai Klyuev, peasant poet, A Northern Poem
- Viktor Klyushnikov, writer, editor and journalist, The Haze
- Yakov Knyazhnin, playwright, poet and translator, The Braggart
- Vsevolod Kochetov, novelist and journalist, The Zhurbin Family
- Pavel Kogan, poet and military interpreter
- Ivan Kokorev, short story writer and essayist
- Alexandra Kollontai, writer, feminist and important political figure, Love of Worker Bees
- Aleksey Koltsov, poet, An Old Man's Song
- Mikhail Koltsov, journalist and satirist
- Fyodor Koni, dramatist, theatre critic, literary historian, editor and memoirist
- Evgenia Konradi, essayist, journalist, writer, and women's education advocate
- Lev Kopelev, writer, journalist and dissident
- Apollon Korinfsky, writer, poet, essayist, translator and memoirist
- Oleksandr Korniychuk, playwright, literary critic and state official, In the Steppes of Ukraine
- Vladimir Korolenko, writer and memoirist, The Blind Musician
- Nestor Kotlyarevsky, writer, publicist, literary critic and historian, The Nineteenth Century
- Arkady Kots, poet and translator, Proletarian Songs
- Yury Koval, writer and artist
- Sofia Kovalevskaya, writer and mathematician, Nihilist Girl
- Vadim Kozhevnikov, novelist and short story writer, Shield and Sword
- Nadezhda Kozhevnikova, writer and journalist, Attorney Alexandra Tikhonovna
- Ivan Kozlov, poet and translator, The Monk
- Eugene Kozlovsky, writer, journalist, theatre director and film director
- Vasili Krasovsky, poet, Scrolls of the Muse
- Andrey Krayevsky, journalist, publicist, publisher and editor, Otechestvennye Zapiski
- Vsevolod Krestovsky, writer, Knights of Industry
- Peter Kropotkin, writer and anarchist theorist, In Russian and French Prisons
- Aleksei Kruchenykh, futurist poet, co-creator of the literary concept "Zaum"
- Vladimir Krupin, writer, editor and religious author, Aqua Vitae
- Ivan Krylov, major fabulist and dramatist
- Gleb Krzhizhanovsky, poet, author of the Russian version of the Warszawianka
- Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, short story writer, Quadraturin
- Anatoly Kudryavitsky, poet and novelist
- Pyotr Kudryavtsev, writer, historian, literary critic, philologist and journalist
- Nestor Kukolnik, playwright, poet and librettist, A Life for the Tsar
- Aleksandr Kuprin, novelist and short story writer, The Duel
- Wilhelm Küchelbecker, poet and magazine editor, Mnemozina
- Nikolai Kurochkin, poet, editor, translator and essayist
- Vasily Kurochkin, satirical poet, journalist and translator
- Vladimir Kurochkin, dramatist, translator, editor and publisher
- Ivan Kushchevsky, novelist and short story writer, Nikolai Negorev
- Alexander Kushner, poet and essayist, The First Impression
- Dmitry Kuzmin, poet, critic and publisher
- Mikhail Kuzmin, poet and novelist, Wings
- Anatoly Kuznetsov, novelist, ''Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel''
L
- Lazar Lagin, satirist and children's writer, Old Khottabych
- Yuri Laptev, writer and journalist, Zarya
- Yulia Latynina, writer and journalist, The Insider
- Boris Lavrenyov, writer and playwright, Such a Simple Thing
- Pyotr Lavrov, prominent theorist of narodism, philosopher, publicist and sociologist.
- Ivan Lazhechnikov, historical novelist, The Heretic
- Vasily Lebedev-Kumach, poet and lyricist, Serdtse
- Anatoly Leman, writer and editor, The Gentry's Tale
- Vladimir Lenin, revolutionary and Marxist theoretician and publicist
- Leonid Leonov, major novelist and short story writer, The Thief
- Konstantin Leontiev, philosopher and essayist
- Mikhail Lermontov, major poet, playwright and novelist, A Hero of Our Time
- Nikolai Leskov, novelist, short story writer and journalist, Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District, The Cathedral Clergy, The Enchanted Wanderer
- Alexander Levitov, short story writer, Leatherhide the Cobbler
- Nikolay Leykin, writer and publisher, Fragments Magazine
- Vladimir Lichutin, writer and essayist
- Mikhail Lifshitz, Marxian literary critic and philosopher of art
- Viktor Likhonosov, writer and editor, Unwritten Memoirs. Our Little Paris.
- Eduard Limonov, writer and dissident, It's Me, Eddie
- Dmitri Lipskerov, writer and playwright, The Forty Years of Changzhoeh
- Mirra Lokhvitskaya, poet and playwright
- Mikhail Lomonosov, polymath, scientist, writer and linguistic reformer
- Vladimir Lugovskoy, constructivist poet
- Sergey Lukyanenko, popular science-fiction and fantasy author, The Stars Are Cold Toys
- Anatoly Lunacharsky, journalist and publicist
- Lev Lunts, writer, playwright, essayist and critic, member of the Serapion Brothers
M
- Grigori Machtet, novelist, short story writer and poet
- Vladimir Makanin, novelist and short story writer, Antileader
- Sergey Malitsky, fantasy fiction writer
- Aleksandr Malyshkin, novelist and prose writer
- Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, novelist, The Privalov Fortune
- Nadezhda Mandelstam, writer and memoirist, Hope Against Hope, Hope Abandoned
- Osip Mandelstam, poet and writer, member of the acmeist school, The Stone
- Anatoly Marienhof, novelist, poet and playwright, A Novel Without Lies
- Alexandra Marinina, writer of detective stories
- Evgeny Markov, writer, critic and ethnographer, Black Earth Field
- Georgi Markov, novelist, screenwriter, playwright
- Maria Markova, poet
- Boleslav Markevich, writer, essayist, journalist, literary critic and translator
- Samuil Marshak, writer, translator and children's poet, The Twelve Months
- Vladilen Mashkovtsev, poet, writer and journalist
- Mikhail Matinsky, scientist, dramatist, librettist and opera composer.
- Vladimir Mayakovsky, futurist poet, writer and playwright, Mystery-Bouffe
- Apollon Maykov, poet and translator
- Valerian Maykov, literary critic, brother of Apollon Maykov
- Vasily Maykov, poet, fabulist, playwright and translator
- Lev Mei, poet and playwright, The Tsar's Bride
- Pavel Melnikov, ethnographical novelist, In the Forests
- Dmitry Merezhkovsky, poet and novelist, Christ and Antichrist
- Aleksey Merzlyakov, poet, critic, translator and professor
- Arvo Mets, poet and translator, Resemblance
- Alexander Mezhirov, poet, translator and critic
- Sergey Mikhalkov, children's writer, satirist and songwriter, author of the National Anthem of the Soviet Union
- Nikolay Mikhaylovsky, publicist, literary critic, sociologist and narodnik theoretician
- Dmitry Minayev, satirical poet, journalist, translator and literary critic
- Nikolai Minsky, poet, writer and translator, From the Gloom to the Light
- Boris Mozhayev, writer, playwright, script-writer and editor, Alive
- Daniil Mordovtsev, writer and historian of Ukrainian descent
- Yunna Morits, poet and artist, The Vine
- Sergey Mstislavsky, writer, dramatist, publicist, anthropologist, editor and political activist
- Viktor Muyzhel, writer and painter
- Viktor Muravin, novelist, ''The Diary of Vikenty Angarov''
N
- Vladimir Nabokov, poet and novelist, wrote first in Russian, then in English, author of Lolita
- Nikolai Nadezhdin, literary critic and ethnographer
- Semyon Nadson, poet, Pity the Stately Cypress Trees
- Yuri Nagibin, novelist, short story writer and screenwriter
- Vladimir Narbut, acmeist poet and magazine editor
- Vasily Narezhny, novelist, A Russian Gil Blas
- Sergey Narovchatov, writer and magazine editor, Novy Mir
- Nikolai Naumov,, essayist and short story writer, Cobweb
- Filipp Nefyodov, writer, journalist, editor, ethnographer and archeologist, Among People
- Nikolay Nekrasov, major poet and magazine editor, Who Can be Happy and Free in Russia?
- Viktor Nekrasov, novelist, Front-line Stalingrad
- Viktor Nekipelov, poet, writer and dissident
- Miroslav Nemirov, poet and songwriter
- Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko, novelist, essayist and war correspondent
- Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, theatre director, writer and playwright, co-founder of the Moscow Art Theatre
- Löb Nevakhovich, Russia-Jewish writer and playwright
- Alexander Neverov, writer and playwright, City of Bread
- Friedrich Neznansky, crime novelist, Red Square
- Ivan Nikitin, poet and writer, Kulak
- Nikolai Nikolev, poet and playwright
- Pavel Nilin, writer, journalist and playwright, Man Goes Uphill
- Nikolay Nosov, children's writer, Neznaika
- Yevgeny Nosov, writer, Usvyat Warriors
- Osip Notovich, publisher, playwright and essayist
- Alexey Novikov-Priboy, novelist and short story writer, ''The Captain''
O
- Vladimir Obruchev, science fiction writer, Sannikov Land
- Alexander Odoevsky, poet and playwright, activist of the Decembrist Revolt
- Vladimir Odoevsky, philosopher, writer, music critic, philanthropist and pedagogue, The Living Corpse
- Irina Odoyevtseva, poet, novelist and memoirist
- Nikolay Ogarev, poet, historian and political activist
- Bulat Okudzhava, poet, writer and singer-songwriter, The Art of Needles and Sins
- Yury Olesha, novelist and short story writer, Envy
- Nikolay Oleynikov, editor, avant-garde poet and playwright
- Vladimir Orlov (author), novelist
- Mikhail Osorgin, journalist, novelist, short story writer and essayist
- Sergey Ostrovoy, poet, author of lyrics to many popular Soviet songs
- Alexander Ostrovsky, major playwright, The Storm
- Nikolai Ostrovsky, socialist realist writer, How the Steel Was Tempered
- Valentin Ovechkin, writer, playwright, journalist and war correspondent, Greetings from the Front
- Vladislav Ozerov, playwright, ''Dmitry Donskoy''
P
- Marina Palei, scriptwriter, publicist, novelist and translator, Rendezvous
- Alexander Palm, poet, novelist and playwright, Petrashevsky Circle member, Alexey Slobodin
- Liodor Palmin, poet, translator and journalist
- Ivan Panaev, writer, critic and publisher/editor of Sovremennik magazine
- Avdotya Panaeva, novelist, short story writer and memoirist
- Vera Panova, novelist, short story writer, journalist and playwright, Seryozha
- Valentin Parnakh, poet, translator, choreographer and musician, founder of Russian jazz music
- Sophia Parnok, poet, playwright and translator
- Andrei Parshev, political writer
- Boris Pasternak, poet and novelist, not permitted by the Soviet Union to accept the Nobel Prize, Doctor Zhivago
- Pyotr Patrushev, writer and dissident
- Konstantin Paustovsky, writer, Nobel Prize nominee, Story of a Life
- Pyotr Pavlenko, writer, Happiness
- Oleg Pavlov, novelist and short story writer
- Karolina Pavlova, poet and novelist, A Double Life
- Vladimir Pecherin, poet and writer, Notes from Beyond the Tomb
- Victor Pelevin, modern writer, Omon Ra
- Yakov Perelman, science writer, Physics for Entertainment
- Sergei Perevezentsev, political science writer
- Pyotr Pertsov, publisher, editor, literary critic, journalist and memoirist
- Nick Perumov, fantasy and science fiction writer
- Pyotr Petrov, writer, arts historian, genealogist and bibliographer, The Tsar's Judgement
- Mariya Petrovykh, poet and translator
- Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, modern writer and playwright, The Time: Night
- Valentin Pikul, novelist, At the Last Frontier
- Boris Pilnyak, novelist, The Naked Year
- Dmitry Pisarev, critic and publicist
- Aleksey Pisemsky, novelist and dramatist, A Bitter Fate
- Andrei Platonov, novelist, short story writer and playwright, Chevengur, The Foundation Pit
- Georgi Plekhanov, writer, revolutionary and Marxist theoretician
- Aleksey Pleshcheyev, radical poet, Step Forward! Without Fear or Doubt
- Pyotr Pletnyov, poet, dedicatee of Pushkin's Eugene Onegin
- Mikhail Pogodin, historian and journalist
- Nikolai Pogodin, playwright, journalist and magazine editor
- Antony Pogorelsky, fantasy fiction writer, Dvoinik
- Evgeny Pogozhev, religious writer, essayist and journalist
- Konstantin Podrevsky, poet, translator, lyricist, Dorogoi dlinnoyu
- Boris Polevoy, writer and journalist, The Story of a Real Man
- Ksenofont Polevoy, writer, literary critic, journalist, publisher and translator
- Nikolai Polevoy, writer, historian and magazine editor, The Moscow Telegraph
- Pyotr Polevoy, writer, playwright, translator, critic and literary historian
- Alexander Polezhayev, satirical poet, Sashka
- Elizaveta Polonskaya, poet, translator, and journalist, the only female member of the Serapion Brothers
- Leonid Polonsky, writer, journalist, editor and publisher, Mad Musician
- Yakov Polonsky, poet, Georgian Night
- Nikolay Pomyalovsky, novelist and short story writer, Seminary Sketches
- Mikhail Popov, writer, poet, dramatist and opera librettist, Anyuta
- Nikolay Popovsky, poet and translator
- Vasili Popugaev, poet, novelist and translator
- Oleg Postnov, novelist and translator
- Ignaty Potapenko, writer and playwright, A Russian Priest
- Michael Prawdin, historical writer
- Alexander Preys, playwright and librettist, The Nose
- Dmitri Prigov, writer and artist, Live in Moscow
- Zakhar Prilepin, writer and dissident, member of the National Bolshevik Party
- Maria Prilezhayeva, children's writer, The Life of Lenin
- Mikhail Prishvin, journalist and writer
- Valentyn Prodaievych, journalist and writer, lives in Florida
- Alexander Prokhanov, writer and newspaper editor, Empire's Last Soldier
- Alexander Prokofyev, poet and war correspondent
- Iosif Prut, playwright and screenwriter
- Kozma Prutkov, satirist, pseudonym of Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy and his cousins
- Alexander Pushkin, poet, novelist and dramatist, Eugene Onegin
- Vasily Pushkin, poet, uncle of Alexander Pushkin
- Konstantin Pyatnitsky, journalist, publisher and memoirist
R
- Alexander Radishchev, radical writer and social critic, Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow
- Edvard Radzinsky, writer, playwright, TV personality, screenwriter and historian
- Vladimir Rayevsky, poet and Decembrist
- Valentin Rasputin, novelist, Farewell to Matyora
- Irina Ratushinskaya dissident poet and writer, Grey is the Color of Hope
- Razumnik Ivanov-Razumnik, writer, philosopher and literary critic
- Yevgeny Rein, poet and writer, The Names of Bridges
- Vera Reznik, writer, translator and literary scholar
- Aleksey Remizov, modernist writer, calligrapher and folklore enthusiast, The Clock, Sisters of the Cross
- Fyodor Reshetnikov, novelist, The Podlipnayans
- Mikhail Rosenheim, poet, editor, publicist and translator
- Robert Rozhdestvensky, poet, Flags of Spring
- Helena Roerich, philosopher, writer and public figure
- Nicholas Roerich, painter, philosopher, scientist, writer, traveler and public figure
- Konstantin Romanov, poet and playwright, The King of the Jews
- Panteleimon Romanov, writer, Without Bird-Cherry Blossoms
- Mikhail Roshchin, playwright, screenwriter and short story writer
- Yevdokiya Rostopchina, poet and writer, Forced Marriage
- Vasily Rozanov, writer and philosopher
- Robert Rozhdestvensky, poet, Flags of Spring
- Dina Rubina, novelist and short story writer, The Blackthorn
- Anatoly Rybakov, novelist, Children of the Arbat
- Vladimir Rybakov, novelist and journalist, The Afghans: A Novella of Soviet Soldiers in Afghanistan
- Vyacheslav Rybakov, science fiction author and orientalist, The Trial Sphere
- Maria Rybakova, novelist and short story writer
- Pavel Rybnikov, ethnographer, folklorist and literary historian
- Kondraty Ryleyev, poet, publisher and a leader of the Decembrist Revolt
- Yuri Rytkheu, Chukchi writer, ''A Dream in Polar Fog''
S
- Irina Saburova, writer, poet, translator, and magazine editor
- Dmitry Sadovnikov, poet, folklorist and ethnographer, "Iz-za ostrova na strezhen"
- Boris Sadovskoy, poet, writer and literary critic
- German Sadulaev, Chechen writer, I am a Chechen!
- Evgeny Salias De Tournemire, writer, The Krutoyar Princess
- Ilya Salov, writer, playwright and translator, Butuzka
- Yuri Samarin, publicist and critic
- Vladimir Sanin, writer of travel fiction
- Genrikh Sapgir, poet and novelist
- Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist, The History of a Town, The Golovlyov Family
- Boris Savinkov, writer and revolutionary terrorist, What Never Happened
- Feodosy Savinov, poet, Rodnoye
- Ilya Selvinsky, poet, leader of the constructivist school
- Sergey Semyonov, peasant writer, Gluttons
- Yulian Semyonov, writer of spy fiction and crime fiction, Seventeen Instants of Spring
- Osip Senkovsky, Polish-Russian orientalist, journalist, writer and entertainer.
- Alexander Serafimovich, writer, The Iron Flood
- Andrey Sergeev, poet, translator and writer
- Sergei Sergeyev-Tsensky, writer and academician, Brusilov's Breakthrough
- Efraim Sevela, writer, screenwriter, director and producer
- Igor Severyanin, ego futurist poet, The Cup of Thunder
- Marietta Shaginyan, writer of Armenian descent, Mess-Mend
- Alexander Shakhovskoy playwright, writer, poet, librettist and critic, The New Stern
- Varlam Shalamov, short story writer and poet, Kolyma Tales
- Olga Shapir, writer and feminist, The Settlement
- Pyotr Shchebalsky, critic, editor and literary historian
- Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik, poet, writer, playwright and translator, Deborah
- Vladimir Shchiglev, satirical poet and playwright
- Stepan Shchipachev, poet, Lines of Love
- Vadim Shefner, poet and writer
- Alexander Sheller, writer, poet and essayist, Putrid Moors
- Nikolay Sherbina, poet, To the Sea
- Vadim Shershenevich, futurist poet, writer and screenwriter, A Kiss From Mary Pickford
- Stepan Shevyryov, poet, writer, critic and philologist
- Mikhail Shishkin, modern writer, The Taking of Izmail
- Vyacheslav Shishkov, writer, known for his descriptions of Siberia
- Maria Shkapskaya, poet and journalist
- Ivan Shmelyov, novelist, The Sun of the Dead
- Mikhail Sholokhov, Nobel Prize–winning writer, And Quiet Flows the Don
- Gennady Shpalikov, poet and screenwriter, I Step Through Moscow
- Nikolai Shpanov, author
- Vasily Shukshin, actor, writer, screenwriter and movie director, Roubles in Words, Kopeks in Figures
- Pavel Shumil, science fiction author
- Evgeny Shvarts, writer, playwright and screenwriter, The Dragon
- Konstantin Simonov, novelist and poet, "Wait for Me"
- Andrei Sinyavsky, writer, publisher and dissident, Fantastic Stories
- Alexander Skabichevsky, writer and literary critic
- Stepan Skitalets, poet and writer, The Love of a Scene Painter
- Tim Skorenko, writer, poet, singer-songwriter, and journalist.
- Victor Skumin, writer and magazine editor
- Olga Slavnikova, novelist and literary critic
- Vasily Sleptsov, novelist, short story writer and playwright, Hard Times, "The Ward"
- Konstantin Sluchevsky, poet and magazine editor
- Boris Slutsky, representative of the War generation of Russian poets
- Nikolai Snessarev, publicist, writer, literary critic and politician
- Sofia Soboleva, writer and journalist, Pros and Cons
- Anatoly Sofronov, writer, poet, playwright, scriptwriter, editor and literary administrator, The Cookie
- Sasha Sokolov, novelist, A School for Fools
- Ivan Sokolov-Mikitov, author, journalist and short-story writer, Childhood
- Vladimir Sollogub, writer and poet, The Snowstorm
- Fyodor Sologub, symbolist poet, playwright and novelist, The Petty Demon
- Vladimir Soloukhin, writer, journalist and poet, Verdict
- Leonid Solovyov, writer and playwright, Tale of Hodja Nasreddin
- Vladimir Solovyov, philosopher, poet, pamphleteer and literary critic
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Nobel Prize–winning writer, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, The Gulag Archipelago
- Orest Somov, writer, journalist, literary critic and translator, Mommy and Sonny
- Vladimir Sorokin, popular postmodern writer and dramatist
- Konstantin Staniukovich, sea stories writer, Maximka
- Mikhail Stasyulevich, writer, literary historian, editor and publisher
- Vladimir Stavsky, writer, editor and literary administrator, Fighting for Motherland
- Alexander Stein, writer, playwright, scriptwriter and memoirist
- Ksenya Stepanycheva, playwright, Pink Bow
- Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky, writer, publicist and revolutionary, King Stork and King Log
- Fyodor Stepun, Russian-German writer, philosopher, historian and sociologist
- Dmitry Strelnikov, poet, essayist and novelist
- Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, science fiction writers, Hard to Be a God
- Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin, playwright, Scenes from the Past
- Alexander Sumarokov, early poet and playwright
- Ivan Surikov, peasant poet
- Alexey Surkov, poet, editor, literary critic, "Zemlyanka"
- Mikhail Sushkov, writer, The Russian Werther
- Alexei Suvorin, publisher and journalist
- Viktor Suvorov, writer and historian
- Fyodor Svarovsky, poet
- Mikhail Svetlov, poet and journalist, ''Song of Kakhovka''
T
- Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya, poet, playwright, translator and children's writer
- Alexander Tarasov-Rodionov, writer, Chocolate
- Arseny Tarkovsky, poet and translator
- Valery Tarsis, novelist and dissident, Ward 7
- Nadezhda Teffi, humorist writer, All About Love
- Nikolay Teleshov, writer and memoirist, organizer of the Moscow Sreda
- Vladimir Tendryakov, novelist and short story writer, Three, Seven, Ace
- Yuri Terapiano, poet, writer, translator, literary critic and historian
- Sergey Terpigorev, writer and essayist
- Nikolai Tikhonov, writer and poet, member of the Serapion Brothers
- Vladislav Titov, novelist who lost both arms in a coal mine accident, Defying Death
- Pyotr Tkachev, publicist, writer and critic
- Viktoriya Tokareva, screenwriter and short story writer
- Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, poet, dramatist and novelist, The Death of Ivan the Terrible
- Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, novelist and science fiction writer, The Garin Death Ray
- Ilya Tolstoy, author of a memoir about his father Leo Tolstoy
- Leo Tolstoy novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist and public figure, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Resurrection, Hadji Murat
- Tatyana Tolstaya, writer, TV host, publicist, novelist and essayist
- Edward Topol, novelist and journalist, Red Square
- Sergey Trakhimenok, novelist, playwrights, screenwriter and short story writer, detective story writer
- Vasily Trediakovsky, poet, essayist and playwright
- Konstantin Trenyov, playwright and short story writer, Lyubov Yarovaya
- Sergei Tretyakov, playwright, I Want a Baby
- Yury Trifonov, novelist and short story writer, The House on the Embankment
- Gavriil Troyepolsky, novelist, White Bim Black Ear
- Mikhail Tsetlin, poet, playwright, novelist, memoirist and translator
- Marina Tsvetaeva, poet and essayist, The Rat-Catcher
- Alexei Tsvetkov, poet, novelist and journalist
- Nikolai Tsyganov, poet, folklorist, singer and actor, Russian Songs
- Evgenia Tur, writer, critic, journalist and publisher, Antonina
- Sergey Turbin, playwright and journalist
- Ivan Turgenev, novelist and playwright, A Sportsman's Sketches, Home of the Gentry, Fathers and Sons
- Veronika Tushnova, poet and translator, Memory of the Heart
- Aleksandr Tvardovsky, poet, war correspondent and editor of Novy Mir, Vasily Terkin
- Yury Tynyanov, writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and screenwriter
- Fyodor Tyutchev, poet, ''The Last Love''
U
- Vladimir Uflyand, poet, The Working Week Comes To An End
- Pavel Ulitin, writer
- Lyudmila Ulitskaya, novelist and short-story writer, Medea and Her Children
- Alexander Urusov, literary critic, translator, lawyer and philanthropist
- Eduard Uspensky, children's writer, Cheburashka series
- Gleb Uspensky, novelist, short story writer and essayist, The Power of the Land
- Nikolay Uspensky, short story writer, A Good Existence
- Iosif Utkin, poet and journalist, ''Dear Childhood''
V
- Konstantin Vaginov, poet and novelist, Goat Song, The Works and Days of Svistonov
- Pyotr Valuyev, statesman, novelist, poet and essayist
- Alexander Vampilov, playwright, Elder Son
- Mikhail Veller, writer and journalist, The Guru
- Alexander Veltman, writer, one of the pioneers of Russian science fiction
- Dmitry Venevitinov, philosophical poet
- Anastasiya Verbitskaya, novelist, playwright, screenplay writer, publisher and feminist, The Keys to Happiness
- Vikenty Veresaev, writer and medical doctor, Memoirs of a Physician
- Lidia Veselitskaya, writer, translator and memoirist, Mimi's Marriage
- Sergey Vikulov, poet, essayist, memoirist and editor, Nash Sovremennik
- Tony Vilgotsky, horror and fantasy writer, columnist
- Nikolai Virta, writer and playwright, Alone
- Vsevolod Vishnevsky, playwright, Optimistic Tragedy
- Igor Vishnevetsky, poet and music historian
- Georgi Vladimov, dissident writer, Faithful Ruslan
- Dmitry Vodennikov, poet and essayist
- Vladimir Voinovich, satirical novelist, The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
- Zinaida Volkonskaya, writer, poet, singer, composer, salonist and lady in waiting
- Alexander Volkov, novelist and mathematician, The Wizard of the Emerald City
- Anri Volokhonsky, poet and translator
- Maximilian Voloshin, poet, translator, art and literary critic
- Konstantin Vorobyov, writer, Slain Near Moscow
- Vatslav Vorovsky, Marxist revolutionary, literary critic, diplomat and publicist
- Julia Voznesenskaya, novelist, The Women's Decameron
- Zoya Voskresenskaya, children's writer, diplomat, NKVD foreign office secret agent, Mother's Heart
- Andrei Voznesensky, poet and writer, First Frost
- Alexander Vvedensky, poet, co-founder of OBERIU
- Arseny Vvedensky, writer, journalist, literary critic and historian
- Pyotr Vyazemsky, poet, representative of the Golden Age of Russian poetry
- Vladimir Vysotsky, singer, songwriter, poet and actor
Y
- Alexander Yakovlev, writer and essayist, The Peasant
- Pyotr Yakubovich, poet and writer, member of Narodnaya Volya
- Pavel Yakushkin, writer, ethnographer and folklorist
- Alexander Yashin, writer associated with the Village Prose movement
- Ieronim Yasinsky, novelist, poet, essayist and memoirist
- Nikolay Yazykov, poet and slavophile
- Ivan Yefremov, paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker, Andromeda
- Dmitri Yemets, author of fantasy literature for children and young adults, Tanya Grotter
- Venedikt Yerofeyev, writer and playwright, Moscow-Petushki
- Pyotr Yershov, fairy tale writer, poet and playwright, The Humpbacked Horse
- Sergei Yesenin, poet, Land of Scoundrels
- Tatyana Yesenina, writer and daughter of Sergei Yesenin, Zhenya, the Wonder of the Twentieth Century
- Yevgeny Yevtushenko, poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, actor, editor, and film director
- Semyon Yushkevich, writer and playwright
Z
- Nikolay Zabolotsky, poet, children's writer and translator, one of the founders of the absurdist group OBERIU
- Boris Zakhoder, poet, children's writer and translator
- Mikhail Zagoskin, historical novelist, Tales of Three Centuries
- Boris Zaitsev, writer and playwright, Anna
- Mark Zakharov, theatrical director, playwright and actor
- Sergey Zalygin, novelist and magazine editor, The South American Variant
- Yevgeny Zamyatin, novelist, short story writer and playwright, We
- Vsevolod Zelchenko, poet
- Mikhail Zenkevich, poet and translator, Wild Porphyry
- Yulia Zhadovskaya, poet and writer, Apart from the Great World
- Vera Zhelikhovsky, novelist and children's writer, The General's Will
- Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov, poet and dramatist, co-creator of Kozma Prutkov
- Boris Zhitkov, novelist, short story writer, playwright and children's writer, Viktor Vavich
- Maria Zhukova, writer, Evenings on the Karpovka
- Vasily Zhukovsky, poet, translator and magazine editor
- Zinovy Zinik, novelist and broadcaster, The Mushroom-Picker
- Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal, writer and playwright, The Tragic Menagerie
- Nikolai Zlatovratsky, novelist and short story writer, Old Shadows
- Mikhail Znamensky, writer, memoirist, caricaturist, archeologist and ethnographer, The Vanished Men
- Mikhail Zoshchenko, satirical short story writer and novelist, The Galosh
- Rafail Zotov, playwright, novelist, journalist, translator and theatre critic, ''Jealous Wife''