People's Writer is a honorary title to distinguished writers.

The title originated in the Soviet Union and was granted by the Republics of the Soviet Union and the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics. Some post-Soviet states continue granting this type of award.

• People's Writer of Azerbaijan
• People's Writer of Bashkortostan [ru]
• People's Writer of Belarus [ru]
• People's Writer of the Kazakh SSR [ru]
• People's Writer of the Kyrgyz Republic [ru]
• People's Writer of the Latvian SSR [ru]
• People's Writer of the Lithuanian SSR
• People's Writer of the Mari El Republic [ru]
• People's Writer (Poet) of the Republic of Dagestan [ru]
• People's Writer of the Republic of Tatarstan [ru]
• People's Writer of the Republic of Dagestan [ru]
• People's Writer of the Chuvash Republic [ru]
• People's Writer of the Estonian SSR [ru]