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

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*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 *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 *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 *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

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