# List of Chilean women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Chile or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

## A

* Marjorie Agosín (born 1955), Chilean-American poet, memoirist, now lives in the United States
* Isabel Allende (born 1942), highly acclaimed Chilean-American novelist, journalist, columnist, magazine editor, children's writer
* Marina Arrate (born 1957), poet, psychologist
* Celinda Arregui (1864–1941), feminist politician, writer, teacher, suffrage activist
* Carmen Arriagada (1807–1888), letter writer, wrote in English and French

## B

* Maipina de la Barra (1834–1904), first Chilean woman to publish a travel journal
* Pía Barros (born 1956), short story writer and novelist
* María Luisa Bombal (1910–1980), acclaimed novelist, feminist
* Martina Barros Borgoño (1850–1944), autobiographer, early feminist
* Marta Brunet (1897–1967), novelist, short story writer

## C

* Elena Caffarena (1903–2003), politician, women's rights activist, non-fiction writer
* Mariana Callejas (1932–2016), writer and DINA agent
* Mabel Condemarín (1931–2004), educator, textbook writer, children's writer
* Ivonne Coñuecar (born 1980), writer, poet, journalist
* Mariana Cox Méndez (1871–1914), novelist, short story writer, columnist, feminist
* María de la Cruz (1912–1995), suffragist, journalist, poet, novelist, magazine editor

## D

* Achta Saleh Damane (fl. 2010s), journalist and politician
* Delia Domínguez (1931–2022), poet
* Gloria Dünkler (born 1977), poet and librarian

## E

* Diamela Eltit (born 1947), educator, novelist
* Gabriela Etcheverry (born 1946), writer living in Canada

## F

* Soledad Fariña Vicuña (born 1943), widely translated poet
* María Luisa Fernández (1870–1938), writer, editor, and poet
* Paulina Flores (born 1988), short story writer

## G

* María Elena Gertner (1932–2013), writer, actress
* Isabel Gómez Muñoz (born 1959), poet
* Olga Grau (born 1945), writer, professor, philosopher
* Carla Guelfenbein (born 1959), novelist, screenwriter
* Viviana Guzmán (born 1982), flutist, poet

## J

* Andrea Jeftanovic (born 1970), novelist, short story writer, essayist
* Pamela Jiles (born 1960), investigative journalist, poet, television presenter

## M

* Carmen Marai (Carmen María Bassa Rodríguez, living) poet and novelist
* Lina Meruane (born 1970), writer and professor
* Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), pen name of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (1889–1957), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, poet, educator, feminist
* María Olivia Mönckeberg (born 1944), journalist, essayist, and academic
* Yolanda Montecinos (1927–2007), journalist, television presenter
* Nicolasa Montt (1857-1924), poet
* Isabel Morel (1885–?), journalist, magazine editor, feminist
* Henrietta Müller (1846–1906), Chilean-British journalist, feminist
* Rosabetty Muñoz (born 1960), poet and professor

## O

* Raquel Olea (born 1944), writer, professor

## P

* Marcela Paz, pen name of Esther Huneeus Salas de Claro (1902–1985), children's writer, creator of Papelucho
* Josefa de los Dolores Peña y Lillo Barbosa (1739–1823), letter writer, poet
* Magdalena Petit (1903–1968), popular novelist, playwright, essayist, biographer
* Monica Pidgeon (1913–2009), Chilean-British editor of Architectural Design
* Trinidad Piriz, playwright

## R

* Carmen Rodríguez (born 1948), Chilean-Canadian poet, short story writer, educator,
* Winétt de Rokha, pen name of Luisa Anabalón Sanderson (1892–1951), poet

## S

* Lake Sagaris (born 1956), Canadian journalist, non-fiction writer, poet, translator, now living in Chile
* Elvira Santa Cruz Ossa (1886–1960), playwright, novelist, magazine editor
* Raquel Señoret (1922–1990), poet
* Elisa Serrana (1930–2012), novelist
* Marcela Serrano (born 1951), novelist
* Amelia Solar de Claro (1836-1915), poet, playwright, and essayist
* Pilar Sordo (born 1965), psychologist, columnist, lecturer, and writer

## U

* Matilde Urrutia (1912–1985), memoirist

## V

* Mercedes Valdivieso (1924–1993), pioneering feminist writer, novelist, author of La Brecha
* Patricia Verdugo (1947–2008), investigative journalist, human rights activist, non-fiction writer
* Luz de Viana (1900–1995), feminist writer also known as Marta Villanueva

## W

* Brígida Walker (1863–1942), educator, non-fiction writer
* Teresa Wilms Montt (1893–1921), poet, novelist, feminist

## Y

* María Flora Yáñez (1898–1982), novelist and short story writer