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


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Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (; 18 April 1874 – 21 September 1938) was a Croatian writer. Within her native land, as well as internationally, she has been praised as the best Croatian writer for children. Early life She was born on 18 April 1874 i ...
(1874–1938), children's writer


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* Jelica Belović-Bernardzikowska (1870–1946), feminist, pedagogic writer, ethnographer * Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani (1710–1784), early poet * Anica Bošković (1714–1804), early poet and song writer


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Nives Celsius Nives Zeljković (; born 18 December 1981), known by her stage name Nives Celzijus or Nives Celsius, is a Croatian model, singer and writer. Personal and media life Nives was born in Zagreb, at the time part of Yugoslavia. Her biological, estra ...
(born 1981), columnist


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* Slavenka Drakulić (born 1949), novelist, essayist, and non-fiction writer *
Daša Drndić Daša Drndić (10 August 1946 – 5 June 2018) was a Croatian writer. She studied English language and literature at the University of Belgrade.Stanka Gjurić (born 1956), poet and lyric essayist


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* Rada Iveković (born 1945), non-fiction writers *
Nada Iveljić Nada Iveljić (4 April 1931 – 6 September 2009) was a Croatian children's writer. Her work includes eight books of poetry, a short story collection, a novel, over forty books and a series of picture books for children, and several plays, radi ...
(1931–2009), children's writer


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* Marija Jambrišak (1847–1937), educator, writer, magazine editor * Dragojla Jarnević (1813–1875), poet *
Marija Jurić Zagorka Marija Jurić (; 2 March 1873 – 30 November 1957), known by her pen name Zagorka (), was a Croatian journalist, writer and women's rights activist. She was the first female journalist in Croatia and is among the most read Croatian writers. Ea ...
(1873–1957), journalist, novelist and dramatist


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* Lada Kaštelan (born 1961), dramatist, screenwriter *
Nada Klaić Nada Klaić (21 July 1920 – 2 August 1988) was a Croatian historian. She was a Croatian medievalist of the 20th century. A substantial part of the work was devoted to criticism of medieval sources. Academic career Nada Klaić was born in Zagre ...
(1920–1988), historian * Zlata Kolarić-Kišur (1894–1990), novelist, autobiographer * Vesna Krmpotić (1932–2018), novelist


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* Julijana Matanović (born 1959), short story writer and novelist


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Vesna Parun Vesna Parun (; 10 April 1922 – 25 October 2010) was a Croatian poet. Biography After schooling in Zlarin, Šibenik, and Split, she studied Romance languages and philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb ...
(1922–2010), poet


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* Sunčana Škrinjarić (1931–2004), writer, poet and journalist * Marina Šur Puhlovski, short story and travel writer, novelist and essayist


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Jagoda Truhelka Jagoda Truhelka (; 5 February 1864 – 17 December 1957) was a Croatian writer and pedagogist. A native of Slavonia, Truhelka worked as teacher and headmistress in Osijek, Zagreb, Gospić, Banja Luka, and Sarajevo. Her novels are notable for f ...
(1864–1957), novelist and pedagogist


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* Dubravka Ugrešić (1949–2023), novelist


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Katarina Zrinska Countess Ana Katarina Zrinska (c. 1625–1673) was a Croatian noblewoman and poet, born into the House of Frankopan, Croatian noble family. She married Count Petar Zrinski of the House of Zrinski in 1641 and later became known as Katarina Zrin ...
(c. 1625–1673), noblewoman, poet *
Cvijeta Zuzorić Cvijeta Zuzorić (; also ''Fiora Zuzori'' or ''Flora Zuzzeri'') (1552 – 1648) was a lyric poet from the Republic of Ragusa. She wrote in Italian, Latin and Croatian. Life She was born in Ragusa, (now called Dubrovnik) into a prominent ...
(1552–1648), lyric poet


See also

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List of women writers * List of women writers (A–L) * List of women writers (M–Z) See also * Feminist literary criticism *Feminist science fiction *Feminist theory * Gender in science fiction * List of biographical dictionaries of female writers * List of early- ...
* List of Croatian writers *
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References

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