# List of Romanian women writers

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

## A

* Gabriela Adameșteanu (born 1942), novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, translator
* Florența Albu (1934–2000), poet

## B

* Elena Bacaloglu (1878–1947), journalist, critic, novelist, fascist militant
* Maria Baciu (born 1942), poet, novelist, children's writer, critic
* Maria Baiulescu (1860–1941), writer, women's rights activist
* Zsófia Balla (born 1949) prominent Romanian-born Hungarian poet, essayist
* Carmen-Francesca Banciu (born 1955), novelist
* Linda Maria Baros (born 1981), Romanian-born highly acclaimed French-language poet, translator, critic
* Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973), novelist, short story writer, essayist, writing in French
* Adriana Bittel (born 1946), poet, critic
* Ana Blandiana (born 1942), poet, essayist, political figure
* Calypso Botez (1880–1933), writer, women's rights activist
* Rodica Bretin (born 1958), fantasy novelist, non-fiction historical works, translator

## C

* Nina Cassian (1924–2014), poet, translator, journalist, critic
* Otilia Cazimir (1884–1967), poet, novelist, children's writer, translator
* Ruxandra Cesereanu (born 1963), poet, essayist, short story writer, novelist, critic
* Sofia Cocea (1839–1861), Moldavian-born essayist, journalist, poet
* Mariana Codruț (born 1956), poet, novelist, journalist
* Lena Constante (1909–2005), artist, essayist, known for her autobiography written in French
* Ioana Crăciunescu (born 1950), poet, actress
* Gabriella Csire (born 1938), Hungarian-Romanian children's writer, columnist, editor

## D

* Cella Delavrancea (1887–1991), pianist, essayist, short story writer, novelist
* Elena Djionat (1888–fl.1936), educator, journalist, women's rights activist
* Bucura Dumbravă (1868–1926), Hungarian-born Romanian genre novelist, writing mainly in German
* Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga (1920–2006), magazine publisher, non-fiction author, essayist

## E

* Elisabeth of Wied (1843–1916), Queen Consort of Romania, poet, novelist, essayist, writing in German, Romanian, French and English under the pen name Carmen Sylvia

## F

* Elena Farago (1878–1954), poet, children's writer
* Carmen Firan (born 1958), poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist, playwright, writing in Romanian and English
* Mária Földes (1925–1976), Romanian-Hungarian playwright, writing in Hungarian

## G

* Anneli Ute Gabanyi (born 1942), Romanian-born German-language political scientist, critic, journalist, philologist
* Anca Giurchescu (1930–2015), Romanian-Danish folk dance researcher and academic
* Delia Grigore (born 1972), Romani-language non-fiction writer, philologist, Romani rights activist

## H

* Iulia Hasdeu (1869–1888), poet, essayist, writing in French, died from tuberculosis when only 18

## I

* Dora d'Istria, pen name of Duchess Helena Koltsova-Massalskaya (1828–1888), narrative writer, essayist, feminist, writing mainly in French
* Nora Iuga (born 1931), poet, writer and translator

## L

* Monica Lovinescu (1923–2008), essayist, short story writer, critic, translator, journalist

## M

* Veronica Micle (1850–1889), Austrian-born Romanian poet
* Mărgărita Miller-Verghy (1865–1953), short story writer, journalist, novelist, critic, translator
* Claudia Moscovici (born 1969), Romanian-born American novelist
* Herta Müller (born 1953), Romanian-born German-language novelist, poet, essayist, Nobel prizewinner
* Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (born 1964), political scientist, journalist, essayist, playwright

## N

* Sofia Nădejde (1856–1946), journalist, non-fiction writer, women's rights activist
* Cristina Nemerovschi (born 1980), novelist, non-fiction writer
* Tatiana Niculescu Bran, non-fiction novelist, known for Deadly Confession (2006) which led to the film Beyond the Hills
* Anna de Noailles (1876–1933), French-language novelist, autobiographer, poet

## P

* Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876–1955), novelist
* Dora Pavel (born 1946), novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist
* Laura Pavel (born 1968), essayist, critic, translator
* Marta Petreu (born 1955), philosopher, critic, essayist, poet
* Elena Pop-Hossu-Longin (1856–1946), journalist, women's rights activist

## R

* Doina Ruști (born 1959), novelist, symbologist

## S

* Izabela Sadoveanu-Evan (1870–1941), literary critic, journalist, poet, feminist
* Cella Serghi (1907–1992), novelist
* Lucreția Suciu-Rudow (1859–1900), poet

## V

* Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947), poet, novelist, memoirist, playwright, writing mainly in French