# List of Hungarian women writers

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

## A

* Mariska Ady (1888–1977), poet

## B

* Mária Bajzek Lukács (born 1960), Hungarian-born, Slovene-language writer, educator and translator
* Zsófia Balla (born 1949) Romanian-born Hungarian poet and essayist
* Linda Vero Ban (born 1976), writer on Jewish identity and spirituality
* Zsófia Bán (born 1957), novelist, literary writer and critic
* Kata Bethlen (1700–1759), memoirist, letter writer and autobiographer
* Janka Boga (1889–1963), playwright and essayist
* Katalin Bogyay (born 1956), politician, non-fiction writer and critic
* Edith Bone (1889–1975), journalist and autobiographer
* Ágota Bozai (born 1965), novelist and translator
* Edith Bruck (born 1932), novelist and playwright writing in Italian
* Zsuzsanna Budapest (born 1940), Hungarian-born American journalist, playwright and feminist

## D

* Anna Dániel (1908–2003), novelist, children's writer and historian

## E

* Renée Erdős (1879–1956), poet and novelist

## F

* Kinga Fabó (1953–2021), poet, essayist and linguist
* Klára Fehér (1919–1996), novelist and children's writer
* Éva Földes (1914–1981), epic works Olympic medallist for Der Jugendquell (Well of Youth)
* Flora Frangepán (fl. 1743), writer and translator

## G

* Erzsébet Galgóczi (1930–1989), short story writer, playwright and screenwriter
* Ágnes Gergely (born 1933), novelist, poet and translator
* Alisz Goriupp (1894–1979), librarian and bibliographer

## J

* Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003), novelist and children's writer
* Ida Jenbach (1868 – c.1943), German-language journalist and screenwriter

## K

* Margit Kaffka (1880–1918), poet, novelist and memoirist
* Teréz Karacs (1808–1892), memoirist and women's rights activist
* Etelka Kenéz Heka (born 1936), writer, poet and singer
* Rivka Keren (born 1946), fiction and children's writer in Hungarian and Hebrew
* Annamária Kinde (1956–2014), Romanian-born Hungarian poet and journalist
* Noémi Kiss (born 1974), short story writer and essayist
* Helene Kottanner (15th c.), German-language memoirist
* Agota Kristof (1935–2011), French-language poet, novelist and short story writer
* Žofia Kubini (17th c.), poet writing in old Czech

## L

* Ágnes Lehóczky (born 1976), poet
* Laura Leiner (born 1985), novelist

## M

* Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992), mystical writer
* Réka Mán-Várhegyi (born 1979), fiction writer
* Kati Marton (born 1949), Hungarian-American journalist and non-fiction writer
* Béláné Mocsáry (1845–1917), Hungarian geographer and travel writer
* Terézia Mora (born 1971), German-language fiction writer

## N

* Borbála Nádasdy (born 1939), novelist, memoirist and ballet master
* Ágnes Nemes Nagy (1922–1991), poet, translator and educator

## O

* Emma Orczy (1865–1947), Hungarian-born novelist and playwright writing in English

## P

* Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1659–1708), Hungarian Baroque prose writer and poet
* Susan Polgar (born 1969), chess writer and champion

## R

* Ágnes Rapai (born 1952), poet writing in Hungarian and German
* Lea Ráskay (early 16th century), manuscript copier, translator and nun
* Kati Rekai (1921–2010), Hungarian-born English-language children's writer

## S

* Regina Saphier, writer, blogger, and TED video subtitle translator
* Kate Seredy (1899–1975), Hungarian-born English-language children's writer and illustrator
* Henriett Seth F. (real name Henrietta Fajcsák, born 1980), autistic poet, writer and artist
* Magda Szabó (1917–2007), novelist, playwright and poet
* Noémi Szécsi (born 1976), novelist and translator
* Júlia Székely (1906–1986), novelist, biographer and musician
* Mária Szepes (1908–2007), novelist, autobiographer and screenwriter
* Edina Szvoren (born 1974), novelist

## T

* Judit Dukai Takách (wrote as Malvina, 1795–1836), poet
* Kata Tisza (born 1980), novelist
* Cécile Tormay (1876–1937), fiction writer and translator
U
* Ida Urr (1904–1989), poet and physician (born in Czechoslovakia)