# List of Uruguayan women writers

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

## A

* María Abella de Ramírez (1863–1926), journal publisher, columnist, feminist
* Ethel Afamado (born 1940), poet, composer
* Gladys Afamado (1925–2024), poet, visual artist
* Delmira Agustini (1886–1914), acclaimed 20th century Latin-American poet
* Victoria Aihar (born 1978), author of erotic novels
* Marcelina Almeida (ca. 1830–1880), writer
* Claudia Amengual (born 1969), novelist, short story writer, essayist, educator, columnist
* Teresa Amy (1950–2017), teacher, poet, translator

## B

* Ana Barrios Camponovo (born 1961), writer, actress, and illustrator
* Lalo Barrubia (born 1967), poet and translator
* Carolina Bello (born 1983), writer
* Amanda Berenguer (1921–2010), poet, autobiographer
* Matilde Bianchi (1927–1991), writer
* Inés Bortagaray (born 1975), writer, screenwriter
* Virginia Brindis de Salas (1908–1958), poet, columnist

## C

* Esther de Cáceres (1903–1971), poet, educator
* Marta Canessa (born 1936), historian, academic writer
* Selva Casal (1927–2020), poet
* Adela Castell (1864–1926), essayist, poet, teacher
* Dorila Castell de Orozco (1845–1930), poet and teacher who wrote under the pseudonym Una Oriental
* Gladys Castelvecchi (1922–2008), poet, literature professor
* Maria Collazo (1884–1942) Educator & Journalist
* Marcia Collazo (born 1959), writer, teacher, lawyer
* Enriqueta Compte y Riqué (1866–1949), educator
* Helena Corbellini (born 1959), writer, literature professor
* Cecilia Curbelo (born 1975), journalist, columnist, screenwriter

## E

* Paula Einöder (born 1974), poet, novelist, educator
* Alicia Escardó (born 1963), writer, cultural manager
* Gloria Escomel (born 1941), Uruguayan-born Canadian journalist, novelist, short story writer
* María Esperanza Barrios (1892–1932), journalist, writer

## F

* Edda Fabbri (born 1949), writer

## G

* Eloísa García Etchegoyhen (1921–1996), non-fiction writer, educator
* María Esther Gilio (1928–2011), journalist, writer, biographer, and lawyer
* Marosa di Giorgio (1932–2004), acclaimed poet, novelist
* Estela Golovchenko (born 1963), playwright

## I

* Suleika Ibáñez (1930–2013), writer, teacher, and translator
* Sara de Ibáñez (1909–1971), poet, literary critic, and educator
* Juana de Ibarbourou (1892–1979), popular poet, feminist

## L

* Sylvia Lago (born 1932), writer, teacher, literary critic
* Clotilde Luisi (1882–1969), lawyer, educator, translator, short story writer
* Luisa Luisi (1883–1940), poet, teacher, literary critic

## M

* Mirta Macedo (1939–2012), writer, social worker, human rights activist
* Circe Maia (born 1932), poet, essayist, translator, teacher
* Amparo Menendez-Carrion (born 1949), Uruguayan-Ecuadorian author, academic
* María de Montserrat (1913–1995), writer

## O

* Susana Olaondo (born 1953), writer and illustrator
* Gabriela Onetto (born 1963), writer, philosopher
* Rosalba Oxandabarat (1944–2023), journalist

## P

* Gladys Parentelli (born 1935), feminist theologian
* Mariana Percovich (born 1963), playwright, teacher, theater director
* Carina Perelli (born 1957), writer, political consultant
* Cristina Peri Rossi (born 1941), novelist, short story writer, poet, translator
* Amalia Polleri (1909–1996), poet, journalist, art critic
* Alicia Porro (1908–1983), poet
* Teresa Porzecanski (born 1945), anthropologist, novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer
* Carmen Posadas (born 1953), best selling novelist, short story writer, children's writer
* Fanny Puyesky (1939–2010), writer, dramatist, lawyer

## R

* Mercedes Rein (1930–2006), dramatist, translator
* Sara Rey Álvarez (1894–1949), lawyer, writer, feminist
* Ana Ribeiro (born 1955), writer, historian, professor
* Alba Roballo (1910–1996), politician, poet
* Carolina de Robertis (born 1975), Uruguayan-American author, teacher of creative writing
* Cristina Rodríguez Cabral (born 1959), poet, researcher
* Silvia Rodríguez Villamil (1939–2003), historian, feminist, writer, activist
* Dora Isella Russell (1925–1990) poet, journalist

## S

* María Herminia Sabbia y Oribe (1883–1961), poet
* Beatriz Santos Arrascaeta (born 1947), narrative writer, historian, essayist
* Graciela Sapriza (born 1945), Uruguayan historian, educator
* Concepción Silva Belinzon (1903–1987), poet
* Susana Soca (1906–1959), poet
* Armonía Somers (1914–1994), novelist, short story writer, feminist
* Alcira Soust Scaffo (1924–1997), poet, teacher
* Michelle Suárez Bértora (1983–2022), transgender lawyer, politician, writer

## V

* María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira (1875–1924), poet, teacher
* Helen Velando (born 1961), successful young adult writer
* Idea Vilariño (1920–2009), poet, essayist, literary critic
* Ida Vitale (born 1923), prolific writer, poet, non-fiction writer, essayist

## Z

* Giselda Zani (1909–1975), Italian-born poet, short story writer, critic