# List of Swiss women writers

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

## B

* Elisabeth Baumgartner (1889–1957), Swiss author of play is Bernese German dialect
* Béatrix Beck (1914–2008), Swiss-born Belgian writing in French, novelist
* Maja Beutler (1936–2021), German-language novelist, short story writer, playwright
* S. Corinna Bille (1912–1979), short story writer, poet, novelist, children's writer
* Teresina Bontempi (1883–1968), Italian-language Swiss journalist, editor
* Irena Brežná (born 1950), Slovak-Swiss writer, journalist, activist
* Erika Burkart (1922–2010), German language poet, short story writer, novelist
* Martha Burkhardt (1874–1958), Swiss-born travel writer

## C

* Dominique Caillat (born 1956), playwright, non-fiction writer, works in German, French and English
* Corinne Chaponnière (born 1954), Swiss-Canadian writer
* Anne Cuneo (1936–2015), French-language novelist, journalist, screenwriter
* Suzanne Curchod (1737–1794), French-language non-fiction writer, salonist

## D

* Laurence Deonna (born 1937), journalist, writer and photographer specializing in the Middle-East

## E

* Isabelle Eberhardt (1877–1904), French-language journalist, travel writer
* Marianne Ehrmann (1755–1795), early German-language novelist, journalist
* Ruth Erat (born 1951), German-language narrative works

## F

* Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998), German-language psychologist, writings on symbolism

## G

* Valérie de Gasparin (1813–1894), French-language non-fiction writer
* Marthe Gosteli (1917–2017), Swiss women's history archivist and suffrage writer
* Emilie Gourd (1879–1946), French-language journalist, feminist
* Anne-Lise Grobéty (1949–2010), French-language novelist, poet, young adults writer

## H

* Anita Hansemann (1962–2019), Late start writer, books and libretto play
* Eveline Hasler (born 1933), German-language novelist, children's writer, essayist, playwright
* Jeanne Hersch (1910–2000), French-language writings on philosophy, human rights

## I

* Mirjam Indermaur (born 1967), German-language non-fiction writer
* Henriette Ith (1885-1978), French-language writer and political activist

## J

* Fleur Jaeggy (born 1940), Italian-language novelist
* Zoë Jenny (born 1974), German-language novelist, widely translated
* Hanna Johansen (born 1939), novelist, children's writer, translator

## K

* Isabelle Kaiser (1866–1925), poet, novelist, writing in both French and German
* Agota Kristof (1935–2011), French-language novelist, poet, playwright
* Christina Krüsi (born 1968), author of the autobiographical Paradise Was My Hell describing child abuse

## L

* Monique Laederach (1938–2004), poet, novelist, translator

## M

* Ella Maillart (1903–1997), French-language travel writer
* Janine Massard (born 1939), French-language novelist
* Jane Marcet (1769–1858), English-language writings on science
* Mariella Mehr (born 1947), German-language novelist
* Isabelle de Montolieu (1751–1832), French-language novelist, translator
* Hortensia von Moos (1659–1715), German-language writings on the status of women

## N

* Marguerite Naville (1852–1930), painter, photographer and diarist

## P

* Erica Pedretti (1930–2022), German-language non-fiction writer, essayist, playwright
* Amélie Plume (born 1943), novelist, playwright

## R

* Grisélidis Réal (1929–2005), sex worker, writer
* Alice Rivaz (1901–1998), French-language novelist, essayist, feminist
* Noëlle Roger (1874–1953), French-language novelist
* Annelise Rüegg (1879–1934), biographer, pacifist, communist

## S

* Isabelle Sbrissa (born 1971), poet, playwright
* Anka Schmid (born 1961), screen writer, film director, video artist
* Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908–1942), German-language novelist, journalist, travel writer
* Monique Schwitter (born 1972), short story writer, playwright, actress
* Johanna Spyri (1827–1901), German-language children's writer, author of Heidi
* Laurence Suhner (born 1968), French-language comic and short-story writer since 1984

## U

* Regina Ullmann (1884–1961), German-language poet

## V

* Aline Valangin (1889–1986), novelist, short story writer
* Aglaja Veteranyi (1962–2002), German-language novelist
* Camille Vidart (1854–1930), women's rights activist, translated Heidi into French

## W

* Silja Walter (1919–2011), nun, German-language poet, religious writer

## Z

* Bertha Zuricher (1869-1949), author, painter and engraver