This is a list of women writers who were born in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

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Liliana Abud Liliana Abud (born 5 July 1948) is an actress in telenovelas and Mexican cinema. She is also a screenwriter of telenovelas. Abud played Raquel Rodríguez, the main character in the educational television program ''Destinos''. As an actress Film ...

(born 1948), actress, screenwriter * Griselda Álvarez (1913–2009), state governor, poet *

Pita Amor Guadalupe Teresa Amor Schmidtlein (May 30, 1918 – May 8, 2000), who wrote as Pita Amor, was a Mexican poet. Biography She was born in Mexico City,"Amor, Guadalupe (1920–)." '' Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages'', ...

, pen name of Guadalupe Teresa Amor Schmidtlein (1918–2000), actress, poet *

María Anna Águeda de San Ignacio María Anna Aguilar Velarde (March 3, 1695 – February 25, 1756), more commonly known as Sor María Anna Águeda de San Ignacio, was a Mexican people, Mexican author. She was born in Atlixco in New Spain (now Mexico) to a Spanish father and an A ...

(1695–1756), nun, respected religious writer *

Brigitte Alexander Brigitte Alexander (9 October 1911 - 10 May 1995) was a German-born Mexican author, actress, director and translator. When the Nazi party seized power in Germany, she fled to France. Facing arrest in France, her husband chose to enter the Foreig ...

(1911–1995), German-born Mexican playwright, memoirist, actress, translator *

María Luisa Algarra María Luisa Algarra (1916 in Barcelona – 1957 in Mexico City) was a Spanish playwright who lived and wrote in exile in Mexico after the Spanish Civil War and World War II. Life María Luisa Algarra “was educated first at local schools, then s ...

(1916–1957), Spanish-born Mexican playwright *

Carolina Amor de Fournier Carolina Amor de Fournier (1908–1993) was a Mexican editor, writer and translator. She was a founder of the Mexican scientific publishing company, La Prensa Médica Mexicana, and for many years, served as its director and editor. She was al ...

(1908–1993), editor, publisher, non-fiction writer, translator *

Tamara De Anda Tamara De Anda Prieto (born August 6, 1983 in Mexico City, Mexico), also known by her pen name ''Plaqueta'', is a Mexican blogger and journalist. She received international attention after an incident of harassment involving a taxi driver, and ...

(born 1983), feminist activist and writer *

Ikram Antaki Ikram Antaki (July 9, 1948 – October 31, 2000) was a Syrian-Mexican writer. Biography Antaki was born in Damascus, Syria. Her grandfather served as the last governor of Antioch. At the age of four, she entered a French language Franciscan sc ...

(1948–2000), Syrian-born Mexican poet, essayist, translator, wrote in Spanish, French and Arabic *

Elvia Ardalani Elvia Ardalani or Elvia García Ardalani (born June 4, 1963, in Heroica Matamoros Tamaulipas, Mexico), is a Mexican writer, poet, and storyteller. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Modern languages and Literatures at the Unive ...

(born 1963), poet, short story writer *

Araceli Ardón Araceli Ardón (born January 21, 1958) is a Mexican writer from Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro. Life and education Although Ardón's family is from Querétaro, she was born in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato. This is because her paren ...

(born 1958), journalist, novelist, short story writer * Inés Arredondo (1928–1989), Mexican writer, one of the most influential Mexican writers *

Elena Arizmendi Mejia Elena may refer to: People * Elena (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name * Joan Ignasi Elena (born 1968), Catalan politician * Francine Elena (born 1986), British poet Geography * Elena (town), a town in Velik ...

(1884–1949), autobiographer, feminist, established the Neutral White Cross * Concepcion Cabrera de Armida (1862–1937), mystic, religious writer, author of '' I Am: Eucharistic Meditations on the Gospel'' *

(1908–1993) writer and founder of several publishing companies *

(1884–1949), journalist, autobiography, creator of the White Cross

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Rowena Bali Rowena Bali (born 1977) is a Mexican writer. Bali studied dance, drama and pantomime in the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura in Mexico City. She studied Spanish language and literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexi ...

(born 1977), novelist, short story writer, poet * Carmen Barajas Sandoval (1925–2014), best selling biographer, non-fiction writer, screenwriter *

Mimí Bechelani Mimí Bechelani was a Mexican actress, writer and screenwriter. She had spent her entire career writing for Televisa. Bechelani was also a radio announcer, as well as a writer of poetry, novels, dramas, films, and theater scripts, for radio, TV, ...

, since 1958 television screenwriter, poet *

Sabina Berman Sabina Berman Goldberg (born August 21, 1955, in Mexico City) is a writer and journalist. Her work deals mainly with issues related to diversity and its obstacles. She is a four-time winner of the National Playwriting Award in Mexico (Premio Naci ...

(born 1955), playwright, short story writer, essayist, film director * Hortensia Blanch Pita (1914–2004), Cuban-born non-fiction writer, later moved to Mexico *

Minerva Bloom Minerva Bloom was a bilingual poet and nature photographer born in 1959 in Tinguindin, Michoacán a small town nestled in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico. She had living and is a citizen of the US, since 1983 and writes poetry both in Engl ...

(born 1959), poet, photographer *

Carmen Boullosa Carmen Boullosa (born September 4, 1954 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican poet, novelist and playwright. Her work focuses on the issues of feminism and gender roles within a Latin American context. It has been praised by a number of writers, i ...

(born 1954), leading poet, novelist, playwright * Liliana V. Blum (born 1974), short story writer, some works translated into English *

Coral Bracho Coral Bracho (born 1951 in Mexico City) is a Mexican poet, translator, and doctor of Literature. Bracho is winner of the Aguascalientes National Poetry Prize in 1981 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2000. She received the 2004 Xavier Villaurrutia ...

(born 1951), poet, translator * Anita Brenner (1905–1974), non-fiction author, children's literature author *

Esperanza Brito de Martí Esperanza Brito de Martí (1932 - 16 August 2007) was a Mexican journalist, feminist and reproductive rights activist. She was the director of '' Fem'' magazine for nearly 30 years and wrote as a correspondent for several newspapers and magazines ...

(1932–2007), journalist, feminist, journal director * Maritza M. Buendía (born 1974), essayist, magazine publisher, some works translated into English

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Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón (1898 - 1986) was a Mexican diplomat, cabinet minister, minister plenipotentiary, writer, and the first female member of a presidential cabinet. She distinguished herself for fighting for women rights ...

(1898–1986), diplomat, minister, essayist, playwright *

Lydia Cacho Lydia María Cacho Ribeiro (born 12 April 1963) is a Mexican journalist, feminist, and human rights activist. Described by Amnesty International as "perhaps Mexico's most famous investigative journalist and women's rights advocate", Cacho's repor ...

(born 1963), investigative journalist, feminist * Adela Calva Reyes (born 1968), indigenous novelist, educator *

María Enriqueta Camarillo María Enriqueta Camarillo (also known as María Enriqueta Camarillo y Roa de Pereyra) (1872–1968) was a Mexican poet-novelist, short story writer and translator. She was highly decorated for her works having schools and libraries named after h ...

(1872–1968), poet, novelist, short story writer, translator * Nellie Campobello (1900–1986), narrative writer, memoirist, poet, author of ''

Cartucho Nellie Campobello's ''Cartucho: Tales of the Struggle in Northern Mexico'' (''Cartucho: Relatos de la lucha en el Norte de México'') is a semi-autobiographical short novel or novella set in the Mexican Revolution and originally published in 1 ...

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Julieta Campos Julieta Campos (8 May 1932 – 5 September 2007) was a Cuban- Mexican writer. Life Born in Havana, she moved to Mexico in the 1950s after marrying diplomat Enrique González Pedrero. Julieta Campos won the Premio Xavier Villaurrutia for her n ...

(1932–2007), Cuban-Mexican novelist * Lorea Canales, since 2001, novelist, journalist *

Nancy Cárdenas Nancy Cárdenas (29 May 1934 – 23 March 1994) was a Mexican actor, poet, writer and feminist. Education Born in Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila, Cárdenas earned a doctorate in Philosophy and Letters at the National Autonomous University of Mexic ...

(1934–1994), actress, playwright, journalist, broadcaster, theatre director *

Rosario Castellanos Rosario Castellanos Figueroa (; 25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974) was a Mexican poet and author. She was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century. Throughout her life, she wrote eloquently about issues of cultural and gend ...

(1925–1974) poet, essayist, novelist *

Rita Cetina Gutiérrez Rita Cetina Gutiérrez (22 May 1846 – 11 October 1908) was a Mexican teacher, poet and feminist who promoted secular education in the nineteenth century in Mérida, Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán. She was one of the first feminists and influenced ...

(1864–1908) poet, educator, feminist *

Susana Chávez Susana Chávez Castillo (November 5, 1974 – c. January 6, 2011) was a Mexican poet and human rights activist who was born and lived most of her life in her hometown of Ciudad Juárez. She is credited with authorship of the phrase "Not one more ...

(1974–2011), poet, human rights activist *

Ana Clavel Ana V. Clavel is a Mexican writer. Clavel was born December 16, 1961 in Mexico City. She received a bachelor's degree in Hispanic Language and Literature and master's in Latin American Literature from the National Autonomous University of Mexico ...

(born 1961), novelist, short story writer *

Teresa del Conde Teresa del Conde Pontones (January 12, 1935 – February 16, 2017) was a Mexican art critic and art historian. Early life and education Born in Mexico City in 1938, Conde earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from National Autonomous Univers ...

(1935–2017), art critic, historian * Rosina Conde (born, 1954), narrator, playwright, poet *

Elsa Cross Elsa Cross (born March 6, 1946 in Mexico City), is a contemporary Spanish-language Mexican writer perhaps best known for her poetry. She has also published translations, philosophical essays and is known as an authority on Indian philosophy. ...

(born 1946), poet, essayist, translator * Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695), nun, poet *

Mireya Cueto Mireya Cueto (February 3, 1922 – April 26, 2013) was a Mexican puppeteer, writer and dramaturg. She was also co-founder of the national marionette museum ''Museo Nacional de Títeres'' (MUNATI) in Huamantla, Tlaxcala. Biography Cueto, born on ...

(1922–2013), puppeteer, playwright, non-fiction writer * Briceida Cuevas (born 1969), poet

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Amparo Dávila Amparo Dávila (February 28, 1928 – April 18, 2020) was a Mexican writer best known for her short stories touching on the fantastic and the uncanny. She won the Xavier Villaurrutia Award, Xavier Villarrutia Award in 1977 for her short story ...

(1928-2020), poet, short story writer *

Clementina Díaz y de Ovando Clementina Díaz y de Ovando (November 7, 1916 in Laredo, Texas – February 18, 2012 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, researcher, and academic specialised in New Spain's art and architecture. She studied Philosophy and Literature at the Nat ...

(1916–2012), historian, essayist, non-fiction writer * Emma Dolujanoff (1922–2013), novelist * Guadalupe Dueñas (1910-2002), short story writer, essayist

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* Anilú Elías (born 1937) feminist writer * María de los Ángeles Errisúriz (born 1966), teacher, non-fiction writer * Ximena Escalante (born 1964), playwright, screenwriter, non-fiction writer * Laura Esquivel (born 1950), novelist, essayist, screenwriter * Cecilia Eudave (born 1968), short story writer, novelist, essayist, educator

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Isabel Fraire Isabel Fraire (December 8, 1931 – April 5, 2015), also known as Isabel Fraire Benson, was a Mexican writer, poet, translator and literary critic. She was one of the prominent members of her generation of literary figures in Mexico. Biography ...

(1934–2015), writer, poet, translator and literary critic *

Malva Flores Malva Flores (born September 12, 1961, in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American ...

(born 1961), poet, short story writer, essayist * Mariana Frenk-Westheim (1898–2004), German-born Spanish-Mexican poet, translator

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Hermila Galindo Hermila Galindo Acosta (also known as ''Hermila Galindo de Topete'') (2June 188618August 1954) was a Mexican feminist and a writer. She was an early supporter of many radical feminist issues, primarily sex education in schools, women's suffrage, ...

(1886–1954), magazine editor, feminist, politician *

Francesca Gargallo Francesca Gargallo (25 November 1956 – 3 March 2022) was a Sicilian-born Mexican writer and poet. Life and career Born in Syracuse, Italy as Francesca Gargallo di Castel Lentini Celentani, she studied philosophy at the Università degli stud ...

(1956–2022), Italian-born Mexican novelist, poet * Marissa Garrido (1926-2021), telenovela playwright and writer *

Elena Garro Elena Garro (December 11, 1916 – August 22, 1998) was a Mexican screenwriter, journalist, dramaturg, short story writer, and novelist. She has been described as the initiator of the Magical Realism movement, though she rejected this affiliation. ...

(1916–1998), playwright, novelist, short story writer, biographer *

María Luisa Garza María Luisa Garza Garza (August 25, 1887, Cadereyta Jiménez – 1980) was a Mexican journalist and novelist, who wrote under the pen name "Loreley".Juanita Luna Lawhn''María Luisa Garza''in ''Double Crossings'', 2001, pp. 83-86. Biography G ...

(1887–1980), journalist, novelist *

Eve Gil Eve Gil (born 1968) is a Mexican writer and journalist from Hermosillo Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city located in the center of the northwestern Mexican stat ...

(born 1968), acclaimed novelist, short story writer, poet *

Margo Glantz Margo Glantz Shapiro (; born January 28, 1930) is a Mexican writer, essayist, critic and academic. She has been a member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua since 1995. She is a recipient of the FIL Award. Biography Margo Glantz's family i ...

(born 1930), linguistic scholar, essayist, non-fiction writer *

Dulce María González Dulce María González (July 11, 1958 – July 11, 2014) was a Mexican writer and educator. In 2003, she was awarded the UNAL's Premio a las Artes for her work. Biography She was born in Monterrey and studied Spanish literature at the Univers ...

(1958–2014), journalist, poet, novelist, short story writer *

Reyna Grande Reyna Grande (born 7 September 1975, Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico) is a Mexican author living in the United States. Biography Grande grew up in poverty with her two siblings in Iguala, Guerrero. When she was under five years old, her father moved ...

(born 1975), novelist, writing in English *

Rosario Green María del Rosario Green Macías (31 March 1941 – 25 November 2017) was a Mexican economist, diplomat and politician. She served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Ernesto Zedillo (President of Mexico, 1994–2000). She was ...

(1941–2017), politician, diplomat, non-fiction writer * Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza (1875–1942), journalist, poet, feminist * Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen (1899–1979), lexicographer, linguist, educator, poet *

Eulalia Guzmán Eulalia Guzmán Barrón (1890–1985) was a pioneering feminist and educator and nationalist thinker in post-revolutionary Mexico. She was one of the first women to work in the field of Mexican archeology. She was the lead investigator of the re ...

(1890–1985), archeologist, educator, feminist, writer

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* M. G. Harris, Mexican-born British children's writer, author of '' The Joshua Files'' (2008) * María Luisa Ocampo Heredia (1899–1974), novelist, playwright, translator * Luisa Josefina Hernández (born 1928), novelist, playwright, critic * Malú Huacuja del Toro (born 1961), novelist, playwright, screenwriter

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* Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695), nun, important Golden Age scholar, poet, author of ''

Loa to Divine Narcissus ''Loa to Divine Narcissus'' (Spanish: ''El Divino Narciso'') is an allegorical play written by the Mexican writer Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, an important literary figure of the Spanish colonial period. The play was first published in 1689. The wo ...

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Helen Kleinbort Krauze Helen Kleinbort Krauze (born in Białystok) is a Polish-born Mexican Jewish journalist who worked for over five decades as an interviewer, features and travel writer and columnist. She was first with ''Novedades'', later with ''El Heraldo de Méxi ...

, Polish-born Mexican journalist since 1959, columnist, travel writer, with national newspapers and magazines * Laureana Wright de Kleinhans (1846–1896), journal editor, poet, non-fiction writer, feminist

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* Marcela Lagarde (born 1948), non-fiction author, politician, feminist *

Marta Lamas Marta may refer to: People * Marta (given name), a feminine given name * Märta, a feminine given name * Marta (surname) :István Márta composer * Marta (footballer) (born 1986), Brazilian professional footballer Places * Marta (river), an ...

(born 1947), feminist, professor, activist, non-fiction author and columnist *

María Ernestina Larráinzar Córdoba María Ernestina Larráinzar Córdoba (23 October 185416 January 1925) was an Italian-born Mexican writer and teacher. Along with her sister Josefina, they founded the religious order, Congregación Hijas del Calvario (Congregation of Missionary D ...

(1854-1925), writer, novelist, teacher, religious order founder * Patricia Laurent Kullick (born 1962), short story writer and novelist *

Mónica Lavín Mónica Lavín (born August 22, 1955) is a Mexican author of six books of short stories, notable among them ''Ruby Tuesday no ha muerto'' (1996 recipient of the Gilberto Owen National Literary Prize); ''Uno no sabe'' (2003, finalist for the Anton ...

, (born 1955) novelist *

Rossy Evelin Lima Rossy Evelin Lima-Padilla (born August 18, 1986, Veracruz, Mexico) is a United States-based Mexican writer, scholar, translator and activist. She has published her work in numerous journals, magazines and anthologies in Europe, North America and ...

(born 1986), poet, linguist, translator *

Guadalupe Loaeza María Guadalupe Loaeza Tovar (born August 12, 1946) is a contemporary Mexican writer, author of many books including ''Las Niñas Bien'', ''Las Reinas de Polanco'', ''Debo, Luego Sufro'' and ''Compro, Luego Existo'', in which she ironizes about ...

(born 1946), novelist, short story writer, columnist *

Pura López Colomé Pura López Colomé (born November 6, 1952) is a Mexican poet and translator. She has contributed to various magazines and cultural supplements with poetry, essays, and translations of poetry and prose from English into Spanish. Her awards include ...

(born 1952), poet, translator *

Margarita López Portillo Margarita López Portillo y Pacheco (1914–2006) was a Mexican novelist who earned several awards for her novels and also had three of them adapted for film. She was a public servant, serving under three presidents in various capacities of regu ...

(1914–2006) novelist and politician * Valeria Luiselli (born 1983), novelist, non-fiction writer, essayist

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Guadalupe Marín Guadalupe "Lupe" Marín (October 16, 1895 – September 16, 1983), born María Guadalupe Marín Preciado, was a Mexican model and novelist. Biography Marín was born in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, Mexico. When aged eight, Marín moved with her ...

(1895–1983) novelist, model * Sanjuana Martínez (born 1963), journalist, non-fiction writer *

Ángeles Mastretta Ángeles Mastretta (born October 9, 1949, in Puebla) is a post-boom Mexican author, journalist, actress, and film producer. She is well known for creating inspirational female characters and fictional pieces that reflect the social and politica ...

(born 1949), journalist, novelist * María Luisa Mendoza (1930–2018) journalist, novelist, columnist * Concha Michel (1899–1990), singer-songwriter, playwright, archivist and non-fiction writer * Margarita Michelena (1917–1998), poet, critic, translator, journalist * María del Carmen Millán (1914–1982), academic, writer, 1st woman elected to the Mexican Academy of Letters * Alice-Leone Moats (1908–1989), Mexican-born American journalist, columnist, travel writer * Magdalena Mora (1952–1981), activist, feminist writer *

Myriam Moscona Myriam Moscona (מרים מוסקונה) (born 1955 in Mexico City) is a Mexican journalist, translator and poet in the Ladino and Spanish languages who comes from a Bulgarian Sephardi Jewish family. She teaches at Miami University. She was the ...

(born 1955), journalist, translator, poet * Angelina Muñiz-Huberman (born 1936), poet, short story writer *

Verónica Murguía Verónica Murguía (born 1960) is a Mexican fantasy writer who has won multiple prizes for her children's literature and novels. Her husband was poet David Huerta. Biography Verónica Murguía was born on 5 November 1960 in Mexico City, Mexico ...

(born 1960), children's literature, fantasy fiction, novelist

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Julia Nava de Ruisánchez Julia Nava de Ruisánchez, also Ruiz Sánchez, (2 February 1883 – 2 May 1964) was a Mexican writer and an activist during the Mexican Revolution. She is also remembered for establishing the first Mexican institution for training social workers i ...

(1883–1964), activist, educator, journalist, non-fiction writer *

Guadalupe Nettel Guadalupe Nettel (born 1973) is a Mexican writer. She has published four novels, including ''The Body Where I Was Born'' (2011) and '' After the Winter'' (2014). She won the Premio de Narrativa Breve Ribera del Duero and the Premio Herralde liter ...

(born 1973), novelist, short story writer *

Eva Norvind Eva Norvind (born Eva Johanne Chegodayeva Sakonsky; May 7, 1944 – May 14, 2006) was a Norwegian-born Mexican actress, writer, documentary producer, director, sex therapist, and dominatrix. Early life Norvind was the daughter of Russian prince ...

(1944–2006), Norwegian-born Mexican playwright, screenwriter, actress

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* Orlandina de Oliveira (born 1943), Brazilian-born Mexican sociologist, academic, non-fiction writer *

Emilia Ortiz Emilia Ortiz Pérez (Tepic, 1917 – Tepic, November 24, 2012) was a Mexican painter, cartoonist, caricaturist, and poet, best known for her watercolors. Her father, Abraham D. Ortiz, had arrived at Tepic originally from Oaxaca where he married ...

(1917–2012), painter, cartoonist, poet * Amaranta Osorio Cepeda (born 1978), playwright, actress

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Cristina Pacheco Cristina Romo Hernández (13 September 1941 – 21 December 2023), better known as Cristina Pacheco, was a Mexican journalist, writer and television personality. While her journalism career began in 1960, continuing with regular columns in ''La ...

(born 1941), journalist, television presenter *

Susana Pagano Susana Pagano (born 1968 in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacif ...

(born 1968), novelist, short story writer * Edmée Pardo Murray (born 1965) novelist * Margarita Peña (1937-2018), non-fiction writer * Beatríz Peniche Barrera (1893–1976), poet, feminist, one of three first elected female politicians in Mexico *

María Dolores Pérez Enciso María Dolores Pérez Enciso (1908 in Almería, Andalusia, Spain – 1949 in Mexico City) was a writer and journalist. She began her studies of education in Almería and then in Barcelona. After a brief marriage to Francisco del Olmo, she joine ...

(1908–1949), Spanish-born Mexican journalist, prose writer *

Aline Pettersson Aline Pettersson is a Mexican novelist and poet. Her novels deal with the themes of loneliness, heartbreak, isolation and the passage of time that razes all. Early life Petterson was born in Mexico City on 11 May 1938. Her father was the son of S ...

(born 1938), novelist, poet * Hortensia Blanch Pita (1914–2004), Cuban born, Spanish and Mexican writer * Elena Poniatowska (born 1932), French-born Mexican journalist, essayist, novelist, non-fiction writer * María Luisa Puga (1944–2004), novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's writer * Hortensia Blanch Pita

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Marta Randall Marta Randall (born 1948 in Mexico City) is an American science fiction writer. In addition to writing numerous science fiction novels and short fiction, Marta Randall has edited the ''New Dimensions'' science fiction anthology series, and '' The ...

(born 1948), Mexican-born American science-fiction novelist, short story writer *

Antonieta Rivas Mercado María Antonieta Rivas Mercado Castellanos (April 28, 1900 – February 11, 1931) was a Mexican intellectual, writer, feminist, and arts patron. Biography Rivas Mercado was born as the second of four children (Alicia, Antonieta, Mario, and A ...

(1900–1931), journalist, playwright *

Cristina Rivera Garza Cristina Rivera Garza (born October 1, 1964) is a Mexican author and professor best known for her fictional work, with various novels such as ''Nadie me verá llorar'' (''No One Will See Me Cry'') winning a number of Mexico’s highest literary a ...

(born 1964), novelist, short story writer, poet, non-fiction writer, translator *

Margarita Robles de Mendoza Margarita Robles de Mendoza (1896-1954) was a Mexican feminist and suffragette. She was one of the most vocal proponents for Mexican women's enfranchisement during the 1930s and 1940s and often seen as controversial. She worked as a journalist an ...

(1896–1954) feminist writer, journalist *

Jesusa Rodríguez Jesusa Rodríguez (born 1955, Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican theater director, actress, performance artist, social activist, elected Senator of the Morena party and an active promoter of the use of marihuana and other drugs. Active representat ...

(born 1955), director, actress, playwright * Sandra Rodríguez Nieto, contemporary journalist * Rosamaría Roffiel (born 1945), poet, novelist, journalist, and editor *

Emma Romeu Emma Romeu (Havana) is a writer and geographer who has dedicated her career to environmental journalism. She has published articles in ''National Geographic Magazine ''National Geographic'' (formerly the ''National Geographic Magazine'', so ...

, Cuban-born Mexican journalist, novelist, essayist

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Sara Sefchovich Sara Sefchovich (born ''Sara Sefchovich Wasongarz''; April 2, 1949 in Mexico City) is a Mexican writer. Biography She studied sociology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), earning a master's degree in 1987 and a doctorate degre ...

(born 1949), novelist, essayist, translator *

Esther Seligson Esther Seligson (25 October 1941 – 8 February 2010) was a Mexican writer, poet, translator, and historian. She was an academic, with a wide range of interests including art, cultural history, Jewish philosophy, mythology, religion and theater. ...

(1941–2010), novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, translator *

Carla Stellweg Carla Stellweg, born in the Dutch East Indies where she lived as well as in the Netherlands, Mexico and New York. Stellweg began her career in 1965 working as an assistant curator to Fernando Gamboa, the renowned museum builder who organized a plet ...

, art curator, writer

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* Altaír Tejeda de Tamez (1922–2015), short story writer, poet, playwright, essayist, journalist *

Natalia Toledo Natalia Toledo Paz (born 1968) is a Mexican poet who writes in Spanish and Zapotec. Her work helped to revive interest in the Zapotec language. Ida Kozlowska-Day states that Toledo is "one of the most recognized contemporary poets in the native ...

(born 1968), poet, writes in Spanish and Zapotec * Elena Torres (1893–1970), revolutionary, women's rights activist, essayist, autobiographer * Gabriela Torres Olivares (born 1982), short story writer, novelist *

Julia Tuñón Pablos Julia Tuñón Pablos (born 1948) is a Mexican historian and author. In 1987, she wrote the first comprehensive historical account of women's contributions to building the nation, as prior histories had predominantly left women out of the narrativ ...

(born 1948), historian, feminist writer

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* Lourdes Urrea (born 1954), poet, novelist, young adult writer

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Estrella del Valle Estrella del Valle is a Mexican poet. She was born in Córdoba, Veracruz, in 1971 and studied creative writing at the Writer's General Society of Mexico (Sociedad General de Escritores de México, SOGEM). In 2000, she won the Ephraim Huerta Natio ...

(born 1971), poet *

Yolanda Vargas Dulché Yolanda Vargas Dulché de la Parra (; July 18, 1926 Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico– August 8, 1999 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer principally known for the creation of the comic book character of Memín Pinguín and various telenovelas for ...

(1926–1999), journalist, comic book writer, author of ''

Memín Pinguín Memín Pinguín was a Mexican comic book character. He was created in 1943 by writer Yolanda Vargas Dulché. Alberto Cabrera (comics), Alberto Cabrera took over drawing from 1953 until 1962, followed by Sixto Valencia Burgos. The original series ...

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Socorro Venegas Socorro Venegas (born in 1972) is a Mexican writer. Biography Socorro Venegas was born in San Luis Potosí in 1972. She currently lives in Cuernavaca Cuernavaca (; nci-IPA, Cuauhnāhuac, kʷawˈnaːwak "near the woods", ) is the capital ...

(born 1972), short story writer, novelist *

Josefina Vicens Josefina Vicens (23 November 1911 – 22 November 1988) ––also referred to by her nickname, “La Peque”–– was a Mexican author, screenwriter, and journalist. She is considered to be one of Mexico's seminal women writers. She is best kn ...

(1911–1988), acclaimed novelist, screenwriter, journalist *

Maruxa Vilalta Maria Vilalta i Soteras (23 September 1932 – 19 August 2014) was a Catalan-born Mexican playwright and a theatre director. Her plays have been translated, published and produced in numerous countries. She won the critic’s prize for the be ...

(1932–2014), Spanish-born Mexican playwright, novelist *

Andrea Villarreal Andrea Villarreal (1881–1963) was a Mexican revolutionary, journalist and feminist. She was most known for her work with the ''Regeneración'' newspaper and '' La Mujer Moderna''. Biography Andrea was born in January 1881 in Lampazos, Nuevo Le ...

(1881–1963), revolutionary, journalist, feminist * Carmen Villoro, (born 1958), poet, journalist, children's story writer

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Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny is a novelist and short story writer born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, in 1973. She studied Hispanic literature at the Universidad de Sonora and began her career as a teacher, at the Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superi ...

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Rose Zwi Rose Zwi (8 May 1928 – 22 October 2018) was a Mexican-born South African–Australian writer and anti-apartheid activist best known for her work about the immigrants in South Africa. Biography Zwi was born in Oaxaca, Mexico, to Jewish refugees ...

(1928–2018), Mexican-born South African novelist, short story writer

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