Maimu Berg is an Estonian writer, critic, translator, and journalist. She was a member of the Riigikogu, elected in 2011.
Teet Kallas is an Estonian writer and former politician, most notable for voting for the Estonian restoration of Independence.
Maarja Kangro is an Estonian poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, nonfiction writer and librettist.
Jan Kaus is an Estonian writer.

August Kitzberg was an Estonian writer.

Albert Kivikas was an Estonian writer and journalist. He is best known as the author of the book Names in Marble, the subject of which is the Estonian War of Independence.

Armin Kõomägi is an Estonian writer and screenwriter. He is an author of six books, including two novels and four collections of short stories.

Jaan Kross was an Estonian writer. He was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature during the early 1990s.

Erni Krusten was an Estonian writer. He was born Ernst Krustein in Muraste, Harku Parish, in a gardening family, and worked as a gardener himself.

Kalle Kurg is an Estonian poet, writer, critic, translator and editor. As a versatile figure in Estonian culture, he has also published caricatures and worked as a theatre director.

Juhan Liiv in Werbach-Kosse) is one of Estonia's most famous poets and prose writers.

Jakob Mändmets was an Estonian writer and journalist.

Mait Metsanurk, was an Estonian writer who led the neo-realist school of Estonian literature.

Ene Mihkelson was an Estonian writer. She was a recipient of the Herder Prize and the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature.

Mihkel Mutt is an Estonian writer, essayist, columnist and editor.

Enn Nõu is an Estonian writer.

Minni Katharina Nurme was an Estonian writer.
Eeva Park is an Estonian writer.
Peeter Sauter is an Estonian author, translator and former actor.

Ilmar Taska is an Estonian filmmaker and writer, who was writer and producer for 20th Century Fox movie Back in the USSR (1992) and producer for Candles in the Dark directed by Maximilian Schell. Ilmar Taska's 2016 novel Pobeda 1946 has been translated into many languages and was nominated for the Jarl Hellemann Translation Prize in Finland as best translated book of the year.
Tarmo Teder is an Estonian writer, poet and critic.
Mats Traat is an Estonian poet and author.

Friedebert Tuglas, born Friedebert Mihkelson or Michelson was an Estonian writer and critic who introduced Impressionism and Symbolism to Estonian literature. Persecuted by the authorities in the beginning of 20th century, he later became an acknowledged representative of Estonian literature in the Soviet era.