This is a list of women writers of Guyana.

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Andaiye Andaiye, born Sandra Williams (11 September 1942 – 31 May 2019),Joanne Collins-Gonsalves"Andaiye (1942– )" in Franklin W. Knight and Henry Louis Gates Jr. (eds), ''Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography'', Oxford Univers ...

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Mahadai Das Mahadai Das was a Guyanese poet. She was born in Eccles, East Bank Demerara, Guyana, in 1954. She wrote poetry from her early school days at The Bishops' High School, Georgetown. She did her first degree at the University of Guyana and received h ...

(b. 1954) * Brenda DoHarris (b. 1946) *

Beryl Gilroy Beryl Agatha Gilroy (''née'' Answick; 30 August 1924 – 4 April 2001) was a Guyanese educator, novelist, ethno-psychotherapist, and poet. ''The Guardian'' described her as "one of Britain's most significant post-war Caribbean migrants." She emi ...

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Janet Jagan Janet Rosenberg Jagan (October 20, 1920 – March 28, 2009) was a U.S.-born Guyanese politician who served as the President of Guyana, serving from December 19, 1997, to August 11, 1999. She was the first female President of Guyana. She previou ...

(1920–2009) * Meiling Jin (b. 1956) * Laxmi Kallicharan (1951–2002) * Oonya Kempadoo (b. 1966) *

Karen King-Aribisala Karen Ann King-Aribisala (born Guyana) is a Nigerian novelist, and short story writer. She is a Professor of English at the University of Lagos. Education She was educated at the International School Ibadan, St. George's British International ...

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Sharon Maas Sharon Maas (born 1951) is a Guyanese-born novelist, who was educated in England, lived in India, and subsequently in Germany and in Sussex, United Kingdom. She is the author of ''The Sugar Planters Daughter.'' Biography Maas was born in Georg ...

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Pauline Melville Pauline Melville FRSL (born 1948) is an English/Guyanese-born writer and former actor of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry, who is currently based in London, England. Among awards she has received for her writing – which encompasses short ...

(b. 1948)

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Grace Nichols Grace Nichols FRSL (born 1950) is a Guyanese poet who moved to Britain in 1977, before which she worked as a teacher and journalist in Guyana. Her first collection, ''I is a Long-Memoried Woman'' (1983), won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize. In D ...

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Elly Niland Elly Niland (born 1954) is a Guyanese-born poet, playwright and teacher. Her first collection of poetry was nominated for Best First Book of Poetry Paquet, Sandra Pouchet"Guyana Prize for Literature: Judges Report" ''Stabroek News'', 26 August 2 ...

(b. 1954) * C. M. Rubin (living) *

Ryhaan Shah Ryhaan Shah is an Indo-Guyanese writer born in Berbice, Guyana. She is active in Guyanese public life as the President of the Guyanese Indian Heritage Association (GIHA). In November 2009, Shah was chosen one of The 500 Most Influential Muslims as ...

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Rajkumari Singh Rajkumari Singh (13 October 1923 – 1979) was an Indo-Caribbean, Guyanese writer, political activist, educator, and cultural leader. She is the author of the essay "I am a Coolie". Singh was the first published Indian woman from the Caribbean and ...

(1923–1979) *

Narmala Shewcharan Narmala Shewcharan is a Guyanese-born novelist and anthropologist who lives in the UK. She holds an MA and a PhD from Brunel University. She also trained as a journalist at the University of Guyana. She was awarded a writing fellowship by the R ...

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Jan Shinebourne Jan Lowe Shinebourne (born 1947), also published as Janice Shinebourne, is a Guyanese novelist who now lives in England. In a unique position to be able to provide an insight into multicultural Caribbean culture, Shinebourne's is a rare and dist ...

(b. 1947) *

(1923–1979) *

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