French male short story writers

French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)

French writer (1828–1905)

French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)

French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)

French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)

French novelist (1821–1880)

French writer (1850-1893)

Marie-Henri Beyle (; 23 January 1783 – 23 March 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal (, , ), was a French writer. Best known for the novels Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black, 1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma, 1839), he is highly regarded for the acute analysis of his characters' psychology and considered one of the early and foremost practitioners of realism. A self-proclaimed egotist, the neologism for the same characteristic in his characters was "Beylism".

French novelist, playwright, and poet (1840–1897)

French writer (1810–1857)

French writer, archaeologist and historian (1803–1870)

Argentine writer (1914–1984)

French author (1864-1910)

French writer (1850-1923)

French writer (1895–1970)

French writer (1808-1889)

French author (1780–1844)

American writer (1928–2020)

French writer (1838–1889)

French writer and critic (1828-1885)

French writer

French writer (1832-1873)

French writer (1734–1806)

French writer (1911–1996)

French writer (1897–1990)

novelist and poet from France

French writer (1884–1960)

French writer (1882–1915)

French writer and linguist

Romanian-French writer (1898–1944)

thumb|300px|right|Woodburytype of [[Émile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian circa 1875]] Erckmann-Chatrian was the name used by French authors Émile Erckmann (1822–1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826–1890), nearly all of whose works were jointly written.

French poet, philosopher and military officer

French writer (1933–2015)

French writer (1914–1995)

French novelist

French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter (1922–2014)

French bishop and writer

French writer (1900-1991)

French writer and councillor

French politician and writer (1763-1842)

French librettist, playwright and writer (1957–1995)

French author and left-wing politician of Belgian descent (b. 1949)

writer, poet

French writer

French writer (1822-1889)

French writer, historian and politician (1769-1859)

French writer (1887-1959)

French writer (1836–1892)

French writer (1879–1941)

French author (1804–1850)

French poet (1811–1875)

Breton politician (1901-1985)

French-American writer

French writer (1822-1899)

French writer (1826–1890)

French writer (1549-1590)

French screenwriter, playwright, journalist, poet and photographer (1927-2009)

French playwright and writer (1829–1890)

French poet

Breton nationalist (1899–1972)