# List of Argentine women writers

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

## A

* Florencia Abbate (born 1976), novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, journalist
* Margarita Abella Caprile (1901–1960), poet, novelist, short story writer, travel writer, journalist
* Marcelina Almeida (ca. 1830–1880), writer
* Agustina Andrade (1858–1891), poet
* Judith Astelarra (born 1943), sociologist specializing in gender studies
* Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell (1933–2004), surrealist poet, short story writer, critic, translator

## B

* Ana Baron (1950–2015), writer, journalist
* Odile Baron Supervielle (1915–2016), writer, journalist
* Emma de la Barra (1861–1947), best selling novelist
* Emma Barrandeguy (1914–2006), poet, novelist, journalist, translator
* Diana Bellessi (born 1946), poet, essayist
* Juana Bignozzi (1937–2015), translator, journalist, poet
* Poldy Bird (1941–2018), poet, essayist, columnist
* Liliana Bodoc (1958–2018), novelist
* Ivonne Bordelois (born 1934), poet, essayist, linguist
* Alicia Borinsky, (fl. since 1975), novelist, poet, critic
* Norah Borges (1901–1998), artist, illustrator, poet, journalist
* Elsa Bornemann (1952–2013), children's writer
* Herminia Brumana (1897–1954), novelist, playwright, journalist
* Silvina Bullrich (1915–1990), best selling novelist, translator, screenwriter, critic
* Delfina Bunge (1881–1952), poet, short story writer, essayist

## C

* Susana Calandrelli (1901–1978), poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist, textbook writer
* Estela Canto (1919–1994), novelist, biographer, journalist, translator
* María Luisa Carnelli (1898–1987), poet, journalist
* Albertina Carri (born 1973), actress, screenwriter, film director
* Nené Cascallar (1914–1982), playwright for radio and television, screenwriter
* Estela Beatriz Cols, pedagogue, researcher, educator, non-fiction writer
* Flavia Company (born 1963), novelist, poet
* Celia Correas de Zapata (1933–2022), poet, non-fiction writer, historian, educator
* Maria Sonia Cristoff (born 1965), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer
* Emilce Cuda (born 1965), Catholic theologian, professor and writer
* María Guadalupe Cuenca (1790–1854), letter writer
* Maria Renee Cura (died 2007), indologist, non-fiction writer

## D

* Emma de Cartosio (1928–2013), writer, poet, storyteller, essayist
* Mercedes Dantas Lacombe (1888–1966), poet, teacher
* Juana Dib (1924-2015), poet, journalist, teacher
* Adelia Di Carlo (1883–1965) writer, chronicler, founder
* Beatriz Doumerc (1929-2014), children's literature writer
* Alicia Dujovne Ortiz (born 1940), poet, columnist, short story writer, biographer

## E

* Ada María Elflein (1880–1919), poet, columnist, translator, teacher
* Mariana Enríquez (born 1973), journalist, novelist, short story writer

## F

* Paloma Fabrykant (born 1981), artist, journalist, non-fiction writer, mixed martial arts expert
* Manuela Fingueret (1945–2013), poet, novelist, journalist, essayist
* Luisa Futoransky (born 1939), poet, novelist, journalist, scholar

## G

* Sara Gallardo (1931–1988), novelist, short story writer
* Griselda Gambaro (born 1928), novelist, playwright, short story writer, essayist, young adult writer
* Carlota Garrido de la Peña (1870–1958), journalist, writer, teacher
* Alicia Ghiragossian (1936–2014), poet
* Betina Gonzalez (born 1972), novelist, short story writer
* Clotilde González de Fernández (1880–1935), non-fiction writer, educator
* Viviana Gorbato (1950–2005), journalist, writer, professor
* Angélica Gorodischer (1928–2022), short story writer, novelist
* Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818–1892), novelist, short story writer, politician
* Rosa Guerra (1834–1864), educator, journalist, writer
* Beatriz Guido (1924–1988), novelist, screenwriter
* Golde Gutman-Krimer (1906–1984), Yiddish writer

## H

* Liliana Heker (born 1943), short story writer, novelist, essayist

## I

* Marcela Iacub (born 1964), French-language novelist, essayist
* Sylvia Iparraguirre (born 1947), novelist, human rights activist
* Blanca Irurzun (1910-1999), poet

## J

* Alicia Jurado (1922-2011), writer and academic

## K

* Nelly Kaplan (1931–2020), French-language novelist, essayist, script writer
* Bertha Koessler-Ilg (1881–1965), German-born Argentine folklorist
* Natalia Kohen (1919–2022), artist and writer
* Alicia Kozameh (born 1953), novelist, short story writer, poet

## L

* María Hortensia Lacau (1910–2006), pedagogue, writer, essayist, poet, educator
* Ana Emilia Lahitte (1921–2013), poet, playwright, essayist, journalist
* Norah Lange (1905–1972), poet, novelist, autobiographer
* María Rosa Lida de Malkiel (1910–1962), philologist, non-fiction writer
* Natalia Litvinova (born 1986) writer, editor, poet, translator
* Belén López Peiró (born 1992), writer and columnist
* Marta Lynch (1925–1985), novelist, short story writer
* Pilar de Lusarreta (1914–1967), journalist, short story writer, essayist, critic

## M

* Eduarda Mansilla (1834–1892), novelist, playwright, essayist, music critic, composer
* Daisy May Queen (born 1965), radio and television presenter, writer
* Rosita Melo (1897–1981), pianist, composer, songwriter, poet
* Gaby Melian (born 1969/1970), chef, cookbook writer
* Martha Mercader (1926–2010), politician, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's writer
* Tununa Mercado (born 1939), novelist, short story writer, essayist
* Liliana Díaz Mindurry (born 1953), poet, novelist, short story writer
* Delfina Molina y Vedia (1879–1961), memoirist, poet and academic writer
* Susana Molinari Leguizamón, from 1939, poet
* Adela Montes (1928–2024), journalist
* Graciela Montes (born 1947), children's writer, translator
* Ana Gloria Moya (1954–2013), novelist
* Cristina Mucci (born 1949), writer, journalist
* Carolina Muzzilli (1889-1917), industrial researcher, social activist, non-fiction writer

## N

* María Negroni (born 1951), poet, essayist, novelist, translator

## O

* Clara Obligado (born 1950), novelist, short story writer
* Silvina Ocampo (1903–1993), poet, short story writer, playwright
* Victoria Ocampo (1890–1979), magazine publisher, critic, journalist, essayist, autobiographer, translator
* María Rosa Oliver (1898–1977), short story writer, essayist, critic, translator
* Olga Orozco (1920–1999), poet, journalist
* Elvira Orphée (1922–2018), novelist, short story writer

## P

* Agustina Palacio de Libarona (1825–1880), non-fiction writer, storyteller, heroine
* Alicia Partnoy (born 1955), poet, translator, human rights activist
* Josefina Passadori (1900–1987), writer, educator
* Clara Passafari (1930–1994), anthropologist, non-fiction writer, poet
* Iris Pavón (1906–1951) poet and writer
* Luisa Peluffo (born 1941), journalist, poet, novelist
* Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972), poet, journalist
* Lucía Puenzo (born 1976), novelist, film director
* Adriana Puiggrós (born 1941), non-fiction writer, politician, educator

## R

* Patricia Ratto (born 1962), writer, teacher
* Viviana Rivero (born 1966), writer
* Petrona Rosende (1797–1893), poet, journalist

## S

* María Sáez de Vernet (1800–1858), chronicler of Argentine settlement of the Falkland Islands
* Matilde Sánchez (born 1958), journalist, writer, and translator
* Beatriz Sarlo (born 1942), critic, journal editor, non-fiction writer
* Samanta Schweblin (born 1978), novelist, short story writer
* Susy Shock (born 1968), actress, writer, singer
* Ana María Shua (born 1951), novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, playwright, children's writer
* Sara Solá de Castellanos (1890–?), poet, novelist, playwright, lyricist
* Alicia Steimberg (1933–2012), novelist, short story writer, translator
* Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938), poet, playwright
* Matilde Alba Swann (1912–2000), poet, journalist, lawyer

## T

* María Dhialma Tiberti (1928–1987), novelist, poet
* Marta Traba (1923–1983), art critic, novelist
* Raymunda Torres y Quiroga (?-?), 19th-century writer and women's rights activist

## U

* Hebe Uhart (1936–2018), novelist, short story writer

## V

* Luisa Valenzuela (born 1938), novelist, short story writer, essayist
* Aurora Venturini (1922–2015), novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, translator
* Esther Vilar (born 1935), German-language non-fiction writer, playwright
* Paulina Vinderman (born 1944), poet, translator

## W

* Paula Wajsman (1939–1995), psychologist, poet, translator, researcher
* María Elena Walsh (1930–2011), children's writer, poet, novelist, playwright, musician
* Susana, Lady Walton (1926–1983), non-fiction writer in English
* Ema Wolf (born 1948), writer, journalist

## Y

* Laura Yasán (1960–2021), poet