List of Argentine women writers

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This is a list of women writers who were born in Argentina or whose writings are closely associated with that 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
• Agustina Andrade (1858–1891), poet, belonged to the Generation of '80
• Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell (1933–2004), surrealist poet, short story writer, critic, translator

B

• Emma de la Barra (1861–1947), best selling novelist
• Emma Barrandeguy (1914–2006), poet, novelist, journalist, translator
• Diana Bellessi (born 1946), poet, essayist
• Poldy Bird (born 1941), poet, essayist, columnist
• Liliana Bodoc (born 1958), novelist
• Alicia Borinsky, since 1975, novelist, poetm critic
• Norah Borges (1901–1998), artist, illustrator, poet, journalist
• Elsa Bornemann (1952–2013), children's writer
• Herminia Brumana (1897–1954), novelist, playwright, journalist, feminist
• Silvina Bullrich (1915–1990) best selling novelist, translator, screenwriter, critic
• Delfina Bunge (1881–1952), poet, short story writer, essayist, wrote in Spanish and French

C

• Susana Calandrelli (1901–1978), poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist, text book writer
• Estela Canto (1919–1994), novelist, biographer, journalist, translator
• María Luisa Carnelli (1898–1987), poet, journalist, known for her tango lyrics
• Albertina Carri (born 1973), actress, screenwriter, film director
• Nené Cascallar (1914–1982), playwright for radio and television, screenwriter
• Flavia Company (born 1963), Argentine-born Spanish novelist, poet, children's writer, now living in Spain
• Celia Correas de Zapata (born 1935), poet, non-fiction writer, historian, educator
• Maria Sonia Cristoff (born 1965), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer
• Maria Renee Cura (died 2007), idologist, non-fiction writer

D

• Alicia Dujovne Ortiz (born 1940), poet, columnist, short story writer, biographer, now living in France

E

• Ada María Elflein (1880–1919), poet, columnist, translator, feminist, 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 writerm essayist, young adult writer
• Betina Gonzalez (born 1972), novelist, short story writer
• Angélica Gorodischer (born 1928), short story writer, novelist
• Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818–1892), novelist, short story writer, politician
• Beatriz Guido (1924–1988), novelist, screenwriter

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

K

• Nelly Kaplan (1931), French-language novelist, essayist, script writer
• Alicia Kozameh (born 1953), novelist, short story writer, poet

L

• Ana Emilia Lahitte (1921–2013), poet, playwright, essayist, journalist
• Norah Lange (1905–1972), poet, novelist, autobiographer
• 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
• Rosita Melo (1897–1981), pianist, composer, songwriter, poet
• 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
• Susana Molinari Leguizamón, from 1939, poet, also writing in French
• Ana Gloria Moya (1954–2013), internationally recognized novelist

N

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

O

• 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 (born 1930), novelist, short story writer

P

• Alicia Partnoy (born 1955), poet, translator, human rights activist
• Clara Passafari (1930–1994), anthropologist, non-fiction writer, poet
• 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
• Petrona Rosende (1797–1893), Uruguayan-born poet, journalist, first female journalist in Argentina

S

• Beatriz Sarlo (born 1942), critic, journal editor, non-fiction writer, feminist
• Samanta Schweblin (born 1978), novelist, short story writer
• Ana María Shua (born 1951), novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, playwright, children's writer
• Alicia Steimberg (1933–2012), novelist, short story writer, translator
• Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938), acclaimed poet, playwright

T

• María Dhialma Tiberti (1928–1987), novelist, poet
• Marta Traba (1923–1983), art critic, novelist

V

• Paula Vaccaro, journalist in the 1990s, now film producer
• Luisa Valenzuela (born 1938), novelist, short story writer, essayist
• Aurora Venturini (born 1922), novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, translator
• Esther Vilar (born 1935), German-language non-fiction writer, playwright, author of The Manipulated Man

W

• Susana, Lady Walton (1926–1983), English-language non-fiction writer, creator of the gardens of La Mortella in Italy
• María Elena Walsh (1930–2011), children's writer, poet, novelist, playwright, musician

See also

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