This is a list of women writers who were born in

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

or whose writings are associated with that country.

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* Mariska Ady (1888–1977), poet

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* Mária Bajzek Lukács (born 1960), Hungarian-born, Slovene-language writer, educator and translator *

Zsófia Balla Zsófia Balla (born 15 January 1949) is a Romanian-born Hungarian poet and essayist. She is considered to be one of the most prominent female poets in Hungary. Biography Balla was born in the Romanian city of Cluj to ethnic Hungarian parents. Her ...

(born 1949) Romanian-born Hungarian poet and essayist * Linda Vero Ban (born 1976), writer on Jewish identity and spirituality *

Zsófia Bán Zsófia Bán (born September 23, 1957, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a writer, literary historian, essayist and art and literature critic. Personal life Zsófia Bán grew up in Rio de Janeiro as the child of Jewish parents. In 1969, she and her fa ...

(born 1957), novelist, literary writer and critic *

Kata Bethlen Countess Kata Bethlen de Bethlen (1700–1759), sometimes referred to as Katherine Bethlen, was one of the earliest Hungarians to write memoirs. She was born on November 25, 1700, in Bonyhád, Hungary, and died on July 29, 1759, in Fogaras, Hungary ...

(1700–1759), memoirist, letter writer and autobiographer *

Janka Boga Janka Boga Dénesné (31 January 1886 – 4 October 1963) was a Hungarian writer and teacher. Born in Gyergyóújfalu (now Suseni, Romania) in 1886, Boga worked as a teacher in Kecskemét and retired in 1952. In 1920, she started publishing her ...

(1889–1963), playwright and essayist *

Katalin Bogyay Katalin Annamária Bogyay (born 20 August 1956) is a Hungarian ambassador, diplomat, journalist and the President of the United Nations Association of Hungary since April 2021. She has been a lecturer at the Corvinus University of Budapest sinc ...

(born 1956), politician, non-fiction writer and critic *

Edith Bone Edith Bone (28 January 1889 – 14 February 1975), originally Edit Olga Hajós, was a medical professional, journalist and translator who later became a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Early life Bone was born in Hungary in 1889. ...

(1889–1975), journalist and autobiographer *

Ágota Bozai Ágota Bozai is a Hungarian writer. She was born in Siófok, Hungary in 1965. She holds an MA degree in philology Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, lite ...

(born 1965), novelist and translator *

Edith Bruck Edith Bruck (born 3 May 1931)Edith Bruck: ''Who love you like this''. Philadelphia: Paul Dry Books, 2001, p. 3; Philip Balma: ''Edith Bruck in the Mirror. Fictional Transitions and Cinematic Narratives'' (''Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies'') ...

(born 1932), novelist and playwright writing in Italian *

Zsuzsanna Budapest Zsuzsanna Emese Mokcsay (born 30 January 1940 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian author, activist, journalist, playwright and songwriter living in America who writes about feminist spirituality and Dianic Wicca under the pen name Zsuzsanna Buda ...

(born 1940), Hungarian-born American journalist, playwright and feminist

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Anna Dániel Anna Dániel (July 10, 1908 - September 17, 2003) was a writer, literary historian and teacher born in Budapest, Hungary. For her work, she was awarded the József Attila Prize. Life Anna Daniel graduated from the Pázmány Péter Science Uni ...

(1908–2003), novelist, children's writer and historian

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* Renée Erdős (1879–1956), poet and novelist

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* Kinga Fabó (1953–2021), poet, essayist and linguist * Klára Fehér (1919–1996), novelist and children's writer *

Éva Földes Éva Földes (6 July 1914 – 9 July 1981) was a Hungarian author and Olympic bronze medalist. She was born in Szombathely and died in Balatonalmádi. During the London 1948 Summer Olympics, she competed in the ' epic works' category pr ...

(1914–1981), epic works Olympic medallist for ''Der Jugendquell'' (Well of Youth) * Flora Frangepán (fl. 1743), writer and translator

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* Erzsébet Galgóczi (1930–1989), short story writer, playwright and screenwriter *

Ágnes Gergely Ágnes Gergely (born 1933) is a Hungarian writer, educator, journalist and translator. Biography She was born Ágnes Guttmann in family of Fenákel Rózsika and György Guttmann in Endrőd, a village on the Great Hungarian Plain. She took he ...

(born 1933), novelist, poet and translator * Alisz Goriupp (1894–1979), librarian and bibliographer

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* Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003), novelist and children's writer *

Ida Jenbach Ida Jenbach was an Austrian playwright and screenwriter for German and Austrian cinema during the 1920s. She was one of the authors of the spirited farce ''Opera Ball'' that appeared at the Little Carnegie Playhouse in New York City in 1931. ' ...

(1868 – c.1943), German-language journalist and screenwriter

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Margit Kaffka Margit Kaffka (10 June 1880 – 1 December 1918) was a Hungarian writer and poet. Called a "great, great writer" by Endre Ady, she was one of the most important female Hungarian authors, and an important member of the Nyugat generation. Her wri ...

(1880–1918), poet, novelist and memoirist * Teréz Karacs (1808–1892), memoirist and women's rights activist *

Etelka Kenéz Heka Etelka Kenéz Heka () (born 26 October 1936), sometimes Etelka Heka () is a Hungarian writer, poet and singer. Life She was born on 26 October 1936 in Gajić ( hu, Hercegmárok or Márok), Yugoslavia but she was raised at Zmajevac ( hu, Vö ...

(born 1936), writer, poet and singer * Rivka Keren (born 1946), fiction and children's writer in Hungarian and Hebrew * Annamária Kinde (1956–2014), Romanian-born Hungarian poet and journalist * Noémi Kiss (born 1974), short story writer and essayist *

Helene Kottanner Helene Kottanner (née Wolfram; hu, Kottanner Ilona or ''Kottanner Jánosné''; c. 1400 – after 1470) was a Hungarian courtier and writer. Her last name is spelled variously as Kottanner, Kottanerin, or Kottannerin. She is primarily known to hi ...

(15th c.), German-language memoirist * Agota Kristof (1935–2011), French-language poet, novelist and short story writer * Žofia Kubini (17th c.), poet writing in old Czech

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Ágnes Lehóczky Ágnes Lehóczky is a Hungarian poet, academic and translator born in Budapest, 1976. Biography She completed her Masters in English and Hungarian Literature at Pázmány Péter Catholic University of Hungary in 2001 and an MA with distinction i ...

(born 1976), poet * Laura Leiner (born 1985), novelist

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Gitta Mallasz Gitta Mallasz (June 21, 1907 – May 25, 1992) was a Hungarian graphic designer and an artist. Today, she is best known for her transcription of a series of extraordinary spiritual instructions, of which she was one of the recipients in Hungary ...

(1907–1992), mystical writer * Réka Mán-Várhegyi (born 1979), fiction writer *

Kati Marton Kati Marton (born April 3, 1949) is a Hungarian-American author and journalist. Her career has included reporting for ABC News as a foreign correspondent and National Public Radio, where she started as a production assistant in 1971, as well as p ...

(born 1949), Hungarian-American journalist and non-fiction writer * Béláné Mocsáry (1845–1917), Hungarian geographer and travel writer *

Terézia Mora Terézia Mora (; born 5 February 1971) is a Hungarian writer, screenwriter and translator. Early life and education Terézia Mora was born in Sopron, Hungary, to a family with German roots and grew up bilingual. She moved to Germany after th ...

(born 1971), German-language fiction writer

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* Borbála Nádasdy (born 1939), novelist, memoirist and ballet master *

Ágnes Nemes Nagy Ágnes Nemes Nagy (January 3, 1922 – August 23, 1991) was a Hungarian poet, writer, educator, and translator. She was born in Budapest and earned a teaching diploma from the University of Budapest. From 1945 to 1953, she was employed by t ...

(1922–1991), poet, translator and educator

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Emma Orczy Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci) (; 23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947), usually known as Baroness Orczy (the name under which she was published) or to her family and friends as Em ...

(1865–1947), Hungarian-born novelist and playwright writing in English

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* Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1659–1708), Hungarian Baroque prose writer and poet *

Susan Polgar Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ...

(born 1969), chess writer and champion

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* Ágnes Rapai (born 1952), poet writing in Hungarian and German *

Lea Ráskay Lea Ráskay, O.P., (; early 16th century, sometimes also spelled ''Ráskai'') was a Hungarian nun and scholar of the 16th century. Life Ráskay was likely a descendant of that old Hungarian aristocratic family which would have gotten its name ...

(early 16th century), manuscript copier, translator and nun * Kati Rekai (1921–2010), Hungarian-born English-language children's writer

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* Regina Saphier, writer, blogger, and TED video subtitle translator *

Kate Seredy Kate Seredy (November 10, 1899 – March 7, 1975) was a Hungarian-born writer and illustrator of children's books. She won the Newbery Medal once, the Newbery Honor twice, the Caldecott Honor once, and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Most of her bo ...

(1899–1975), Hungarian-born English-language children's writer and illustrator * Henriett Seth F. (real name Henrietta Fajcsák, born 1980), autistic poet, writer and artist *

Magda Szabó Magda Szabó (October 5, 1917 – November 19, 2007) was a Hungarian novelist. Doctor of philology, she also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memoirs, poetry and children's literature. She was a founding member of the , an online digital repos ...

(1917–2007), novelist, playwright and poet * Noémi Szécsi (born 1976), novelist and translator * Júlia Székely (1906–1986), novelist, biographer and musician *

Mária Szepes Mária Szepes (; 14 December 1908 – 3 September 2007) was a Hungarian author. She worked as a journalist and screenwriter, as well as an independent author in the field of hermetic philosophy since 1941. She would sometimes write under the ...

(1908–2007), novelist, autobiographer and screenwriter * Edina Szvoren (born 1974), novelist

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Judit Dukai Takách Judit Dukai Takách (1795–1836), was a Hungarian poet.Szinnyei József: Magyar írók élete és munkái II. (Caban–Exner). Budapest: Hornyánszky. 1893. She was known under her pseudonym ''Malvina''. Notes

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(wrote as Malvina, 1795–1836), poet *

Kata Tisza Katalin Erzsébet Tisza, commonly known as Kata Tisza (born 30 August 1980, Târgu Mureș) is a Hungarian writer. She is descendant of the old noble family Tisza, and a great-great grandchild of former prime minister Kálmán Tisza. Novels * ' ...

(born 1980), novelist * Cécile Tormay (1876–1937), fiction writer and translator U * Ida Urr (1904–1989), poet and physician (born in Czechoslovakia)

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