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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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

See also

• List of Argentine writers
• List of women writers
• List of Spanish-language authors