# List of Serbian women writers

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

## A

* Draginja Adamović (1925–2000), poet
* Mira Alečković (1924–2008),poet
* Princess Anka Obrenović (1821–1868), hers were the first literary works compiled by a woman to be published in Serbia
* Smilja Avramov (1918–2018), nonfiction writer
* Eustahija Arsić (1776–1843), writer

## B

* Jelena Balšić (1365/1366–1443), her three epistles are part of the Gorički zbornik (Cyrillic: Горички зборник), a medieval manuscript collection (See: Jelena Lazarević)
* Anabela Basalo (born 1972), novelist, short-story writer
* Isidora Bjelica (born 1967), prose writer, playwright
* Marina Blagojević (1958–2020), writer on gender and feminism
* Milica Bodrožić, political history writer
* Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946), writer
* Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani (1710–1784), writer. This writer also holds a place in the Serbian literature of the 18th century.
* Anica Bošković (1714–1804), writer and poet. She's the sister of the famed physicist and scientist Roger Joseph Boscovich.
* Danica Bandić (1871–1950), writer (See also: Danica Bandić Telečki)

## C

* Elizabeth Christitch (1861–1933), Irish journalist, writer, poet, translator and Serbian patriot.
* Annie Christitch (1885–1977), Serbian journalist, patriot and women's rights activist.

## D

* Jelena Dimitrijević (1862–1945), short story writer, novelist, poet
* Jelena Đurović (born 1973), journalist
* Rajna Dragićević, writer, dictionary collaborator
* Draga Dejanović (1840–1871), poet

## F

* Helen Losanitch Frothingham (1885–1972), best known for her Mission for Serbia: Letters from America and Canada, a collection of her letters during the six years she travelled doing war relief work during the First World War.

## H

* Ljiljana Habjanović Đurović (born 1953), novelist

## I

* Branislava Ilić (born 1970), playwright, screenwriter, prose writer, essayist

## J

* Jefimija (1349–1405), poet
* Zorica Jevremović Munitić (born 1948), playwright, literary historian

## K

* Olivera Katarina (born 1940), poet
* Irena Kazazić (born 1972), writer
* Stoja Kašiković, née Zdjelarević (1865 – after 1927), writer
* Mina Karadžić (1828–1894), writer and painter

## L

* Jelena Lazarević (1365–1443), writer
* Paulina Lebl-Albala (1891–1967), journalist, translator, literary critic
* Vladana Likar-Smiljanić (born 1943), correspondent
* Tamara Lujak (born 1976), science fiction and fantasy writer, translator, editor, journalist, short story writer, book reviewer
* Svetlana Lukić (born 1958), journalist
* Jelena Lozanić (See: Helen Losanitch Frothingham)
* Andjelija Lazarević (1885–1926), writer

## M

* Desanka Maksimović (1898–1993), poet
* Jasmina Mihajlović (born 1960), writer and literary critic
* Princess Milica of Serbia (c. 1335 – 1405), poet, author of "A Mother's Prayer"
* Ognjenka Milićević (1927–2008), translator, essayist
* Mir-Jam (1887–1952), novelist
* Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928), non-fiction writer
* Zorica Mršević (born 1954), non-fiction writer on gender equality, violence, human rights, marginalized groups, and jurisprudence
* Ana Marija Marović (1815–1887), poet and painter
* Mara Đorđević-Malagurski (1894–1971), writer and ethnologist
* Milena Mrazović (1863–1927), Austro-Hungarian writer
* Maga Magazinović (1882–1968), journalist and writer
* Jelisaveta Marković (1868–1953), translator from French, Latin, Norwegian, and English

## N

* Anna Novakov (born 1959), art historian, art critic

## O

* Vida Ognjenović (born 1941), playwright, writer
* Princess Anka Obrenović (1821–1868), writer

## P

* Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945), poet
* Mira Adanja Polak (born 1942), journalist, television presenter
* Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia (c. 1300 – 1355), writer

## R

* Eva Ras (born 1941), poet, short story writer, novelist
* Ana Ristović (born 1972), poet and translator

## S

* Anica Savić Rebac (1892–1953), translator, essayist, biographer
* Ljiljana Smajlović (born 1956), journalist, newspaper editor
* Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1828–1878), poet
* Maša Stokić (born 1966), dramatist, drama critic
* Gordana Suša (1946–2021), journalist
* Staka Skenderova (1830–1891), Bosnian Serb writer
* Olivia Sudjic (born 1988), British novelist
* Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958), novelist
* Jela Spiridonović-Savić (1891–1974), poet and fiction writer
* Dubravka Sekulić (born 1980), author and architect
* Sofija Skoric (born 193?), cultural activist and author
* Ružica Sokić (1934–2013), actress and writer
* Svetlana Spajić (born 1971), cultural activist and translator
* Mirjana Stefanović (1939–2021), writer
* Jelena Skerlić Ćorović (1870–1960), writer and translator
* Andjelija Stančić (1865–1955), writer and translator

## T

* Ana Tasić (born 1978), theatre critic
* Jasmina Tešanović (born 1954) essayist, short story writer, translator
* Danica Bandić Telečki (1871–1950), writer

## V

* Svetlana Velmar-Janković (1933–2014), novelist, essayist, chronicler
* Divna M. Vuksanović (born 1965), non-fiction writer, philosopher
* Nada Vilotijević (born 1953), professor and author
* Sonja Veselinović (born 1981), writer

## Z

* Nina Živančević (born 1957), Serbian-born playwright, poet, novelist, critic
* Cvijeta Zuzorić (1552–1648), lyric poet; the Cvijeta Zuzorić Art Pavilion in Belgrade (Serbia) is named after her