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

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Draginja Adamović Draginja Adamović ( sr-cyr, Драгиња Адамовић; 1925–2000) was a Serbian poet. Biography She published three poetry books and was included in three anthologies of poems: "Poetesses of Kragujevac" (1991), "Lyrical humming of Sum ...

(1925–2000), poet *

Mira Alečković Mira Alečković (2 February 1924, Novi Sad – 27 February 2008) was a Serbian and Yugoslav poet. Biography She received a degree in Slavic Studies in Belgrade, and went to further study at the University of Paris, Sorbonne. She participated in ...

(1924–2008),poet *

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(1821–1868), hers were the first literary works compiled by a woman to be published in Serbia *

Smilja Avramov Smilja Avramov ( sr-Cyrl, Смиља Аврамов; 15 February 1918 – 2 October 2018) was a Serbian academician, legal scholar, social activist and educator in international law. She was a member of the Senate of Republika Srpska from 199 ...

(1918–2018), nonfiction writer *

Eustahija Arsić Eustahija Arsić ( sr-cyr, Еустахија Арсић; 14 March 1776, in Irig, Serbia, Irig – 17 February 1843, in Arad, Romania, Arad) was a Serbian writer, translator, and salonist. She was the first female member of Matica srpska and cont ...

(1776–1843), writer

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Jelena Balšić Jelena, also written Yelena and Elena, is a Slavic given name. It is a Slavicized form of the Greek name Helen, which is of uncertain origin. Diminutives of the name include Jelica, Jelka, Jele, Jela, Lena, Lenotschka, Jeca, Lenka, and Alena. Not ...

(1365/1366–1443), her three epistles are part of the ''Gorički zbornik'' (Cyrillic: Горички зборник), a medieval manuscript collection (See: Jelena Lazarević) *

Anabela Basalo Anabela Basalo ( sr-cyr, Анабела Басало) (born September 4, 1972) is a Serbian writer. Biography She graduated from the Third Gymnasium in Belgrade, and began studies of biology, which she never finished. Before she wrote his fi ...

(born 1972), novelist, short-story writer * Isidora Bjelica (born 1967), prose writer, playwright *

Marina Blagojević Marina Blagojević (also, Marina Šijaković-Blagojević and Marina Blagojević Hughson; 1958 — 6 June 2020) was a Serbian sociologist, gender scholar, gender expert, and feminist. Biography Blagojević received her education at the University ...

(1958–2020), writer on gender and feminism *

Milica Bodrožić Milica Bodrožić ( sr-cyr, Милица Бодрожић) is a Serbian writer and academic specialized on the political history of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslav ...

, political history writer *

Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (25 February 1870 – 30 June 1946) was a Croatian ethnographer, journalist, writer, and feminist. She wrote literary works for children and educational discussions. As a journalist, wrote theater and music criticis ...

(1870–1946), writer *

Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani (26 October 1710 – 8 June 1784) was a Ragusan poet. The granddaughter of Petar Toma Bogašinović, she was born in Dubrovnik, Republic of Ragusa hr, Sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato svijeta it, La libe ...

(1710–1784), writer. This writer also holds a place in the Serbian literature of the 18th century. *

Anica Bošković Anica Bošković (born 1714 in Republic of Ragusa – died 13 August 1804 in Ragusa) was a Republic of Ragusa, Ragusan writer. She wrote a pastoral song and translated from the Italian language. Christian themes permeate her work. Hers was one ...

(1714–1804), writer and poet. She's the sister of the famed physicist and scientist Roger Joseph Boscovich. *

Danica Bandić Danica Bandić Telečki (30 September 1871, in Zagreb, Austria-Hungary – 26 October 1950, in Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia) was a Serbian writer. Biography She was born in Zagreb in 1871 to mother Ana and fat ...

(1871–1950), writer (See also: Danica Bandić Telečki)

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Elizabeth Christitch Elizabeth Christitch (pen name, Ben Hurst; 1861 – 26 January 1933) was an United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Irish and Serbian journalist, writer, poet, translator and patriot. Biography Elizabeth O'Brien was born in Patrickswell, L ...

(1861–1933), Irish journalist, writer, poet, translator and Serbian patriot. *

Annie Christitch Annie Christitch (1885 – 1977) was a Serbian journalist, patriot and women's rights activist. Early life and education Annie Christitch was born to Elizabeth Christitch, Elizabeth O'Brien and Colonel Ljubomir N. Christitch (also written Hristi ...

(1885–1977), Serbian journalist, patriot and women's rights activist.

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Jelena Dimitrijević Jelena Dimitrijević (27 March 1862 – 10 April 1945) was a Serbian short story writer, novelist, poet, traveller, social worker, feminist, and a polyglot. She is considered to be the first woman in modern Serbian history to publish a work ...

(1862–1945), short story writer, novelist, poet * Jelena Đurović (born 1973), journalist * Rajna Dragićević, writer, dictionary collaborator *

Draga Dejanović Draga Dejanović (Kanjiža, 18 August 1840 – Bečej, 26 June 1871) was an ethnic Serbs, Serbian poet who lived in Austria-Hungary. Besides Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja, she is considered one of the first Serbian feminists of the modern era. She h ...

(1840–1871), poet

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Helen Losanitch Frothingham Helen Losanitch Frothingham ( sr-cyr, Јелена Лозанић Фротингхам; 12 March 1885 – 6 February 1972) was a Serbian humanitarian aid worker, women's rights activist, nurse and writer. During World War I, she travelled from Ser ...

(1885–1972), best known for her ''Mission for Serbia: Letters from America and Canada'', a collection of her letters during the six years she travelled doing war relief work during the First World War.

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Ljiljana Habjanović Đurović Ljiljana Habjanović Đurović ( sr-cyr, Љиљана Хабјановић Ђуровић; born 6 September 1953) is a Serbian writer. Early life and literary career Habjanović Đurović was born in Kruševac, in what was then the People's Repu ...

(born 1953), novelist

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Branislava Ilić Branislava Ilić (Niš, 1970), is a playwright, dramaturge, screenwriter, actress and prose writer from Serbia. Biography Branislava attended the Secondary Acting School in Niš. She obtained her dramaturgy degree at the Faculty of Dramatic Art ...

(born 1970), playwright, screenwriter, prose writer, essayist

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* Jefimija (1349–1405), poet *

Zorica Jevremović Munitić Zorica (Cyrillic script: Зорица) is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Zorica Dimitrijević-Stošić, Serbian pianist, accompanist, Full Professor of Piano at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade *Zorica Ðurković (bor ...

(born 1948), playwright, literary historian

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* Olivera Katarina (born 1940), poet *

Irena Kazazić Irena Kazazić (born 1972) is a Serb-Slovenian visual artist, based in and mainly operating from Ljubljana, with many of her works being presented abroad at international events in Croatia, Italy, United States and Austria. In 2017 she founded h ...

(born 1972), writer *

Stoja Kašiković Stoja Kašiković, née Zdjelarević (1865 – after 1927) was a Bosnian Serb feminist, writer, editor, and teacher. Life Stoja Kašiković was born in 1865 in Bosanski Novi in the Bosnia Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire, and was probably orphaned at ...

, née Zdjelarević (1865 – after 1927), writer *

Mina Karadžić Wilhelmina "Mina" Karadžić-Vukomanović ( sr-cyr, Вилхелмина "Мина" Караџић-Вукомановић; 12 July 1828, in Vienna – 12 June 1894, in ''ibidem'') was an Austrian-born Serbian painter and writer. She was born in ...

(1828–1894), writer and painter

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Jelena Lazarević Jelena Lazarević ( sr-cyr, Јелена Лазаревић; 1365/1366 – 1443), also known, by marriages, as Jelena Balšić Hranić or Jelena Balšić or Jelena Kosača, was a medieval Serbian princess, daughter of Prince Lazar of Serbi ...

(1365–1443), writer *

Paulina Lebl-Albala Paulina Lebl-Albala (; August 9, 1891 – October 8, 1967) was a Serbian feminist, translator, literary critic, literature theoretician, and professor of literature in Belgrade. A co-founder of the ''Udruženje univerzitetski obrazovanih žena'' ...

(1891–1967), journalist, translator, literary critic *

Vladana Likar-Smiljanić Vladana Likar-Smiljanić ( sr-cyr, Владана Ликар-Смиљанић; born 18 July 1943, Belgrade) is the Serbian engineer, educator and book illustrator and writer. In the former Yugoslavia, Likar-Smiljanić illustrated children's books ...

(born 1943), correspondent *

Tamara Lujak Tamara Lujak ( sr-cyr, Тамара Лујак; born 1976 in Belgrade) is a Serbian writer, translator, editor and journalist. Her primary interests are in science fiction and fantasy, compiling short stories, aphorisms, haiku and book reviews. S ...

(born 1976), science fiction and fantasy writer, translator, editor, journalist, short story writer, book reviewer * Svetlana Lukić (born 1958), journalist *

Jelena Lozanić Helen Losanitch Frothingham ( sr-cyr, Јелена Лозанић Фротингхам; 12 March 1885 – 6 February 1972) was a Serbian humanitarian aid worker, women's rights activist, nurse and writer. During World War I, she travelled from Ser ...

(See: Helen Losanitch Frothingham) *

Andjelija Lazarević Аnđelija L. Lazarević ( sr, Анђелија Лазаревић; ) was a Serbian painter, poet and writer. She was born in a respectable family as a child of a Serbian doctor and writer Laza Lazarević. She often dropped out of school due to ...

(1885–1926), writer

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Desanka Maksimović Desanka Maksimović ( sr-Cyrl, Десанка Максимовић; 16 May 1898 – 11 February 1993) was a Serbian poet, writer and translator. Her first works were published in the literary journal ''Misao'' in 1920, while she was studying at t ...

(1898–1993), poet *

Jasmina Mihajlović Jasmina Mihajlović ( sr-cyr, Јасмина Михајловић, born in Niš, 1960) is a Serbian writer and literary critic. She is also chairwoman of Bequest of Milorad Pavić, famous Serbian writer and her late spouse. Biography Mihajlovi� ...

(born 1960), writer and literary critic * Princess Milica of Serbia (c. 1335 – 1405), poet, author of "A Mother's Prayer" *

Ognjenka Milićević Ognjenka Milićević Lukač ( sr-cyr, Огњенка Милићевић; 26 December 1927 – 23 January 2008) was a Bosnian Serb director, acting professor, and theatre expert. She was a daughter of the prominent publicist and professor Nika Mi ...

(1927–2008), translator, essayist *

Mir-Jam Milica Jakovljević ( sr-Cyrl, Милица Јаковљевић; 22 April 1887 – 22 December 1952), better known under the pen name Mir-Jam ( sr-Cyrl, Мир-Јам) was a Serbian writer whose many period novels have been successfully adapted ...

(1887–1952), novelist *

Nadežka Mosusova Nadežda Mosusova (Nadezda) (born 4 August 1928) is a Serbian composer and musicologist. She was born in Subotica, Serbia, and studied composition with Predrag Milosevic at the Belgrade Academy of Music. She continued her studies at the Salzburg Se ...

(born 1928), non-fiction writer *

Zorica Mršević Zorica Mršević (born October 7, 1954) is a Serbian professor, jurist, researcher and Human rights activists, human rights activist. She works in the field of human rights and feminism, at local and international levels. Mrsevic is the author of ...

(born 1954), non-fiction writer on gender equality, violence, human rights, marginalized groups, and jurisprudence *

Ana Marija Marović Ana Marija Marović (1815–1887) was a Serbian writer and painter in Italy and Montenegro. She knew the Italian and Serbian languages. A cause for her beatification in the Catholic Church was formally opened on 12 January 1952, and she was ...

(1815–1887), poet and painter *

Mara Đorđević-Malagurski Mara Đorđević-Malagurski ( sr-cyr, Мара Ђорђевић-Малагурски; 20 December 1894 – 9 July 1971) was a Serbian writer and ethnographer. Alongside Lazarus Stipić, a librarian at the public library in Subotica, she was one ...

(1894–1971), writer and ethnologist * Milena Mrazović (1863–1927), Austro-Hungarian writer *

Maga Magazinović Maga Magazinović (1882–1968) was a librarian and journalist, the first woman who brought modern dance to Serbia and fundamental struggle for gender equality. She was born in Užice in 1882. She was the first woman journalist in Politika news ...

(1882–1968), journalist and writer *

Jelisaveta Marković Jelisaveta Marković (Belgrade, Serbia, 6 April 1876 - Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, 7 April 1966) was a Serbian translator. She translated several foreign writers from English, French language, French, Latin and Norwegian language, Norwegian into ...

(1868–1953), translator from French, Latin, Norwegian, and English

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Anna Novakov Anna Novakov is a Serbian-American art historian, critic, educator, and curator based at Saint Mary's College of California. A prolific writer, Novakov has received numerous awards and grants for her research and art criticism. In addition to he ...

(born 1959), art historian, art critic

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Vida Ognjenović Vida Ognjenović ( sr-cyr, Вида Огњеновић, ; born 14 August 1941) is a Serbian theater director, playwright, writer, drama professor and diplomat. Biography Ognjenović completed primary education in the town of Vrbas, before going ...

(born 1941), playwright, writer *

(1821–1868), writer

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Milena Pavlović-Barili Milena Pavlović-Barili (alt. Barilli; sr-cyr, Милена Павловић-Барили; 5 November 1909 – 6 March 1945) was a Serbian painter and poet. She is the most notable female artist of Serbian modernism. Biography Her Italian fathe ...

(1909–1945), poet *

Mira Adanja Polak Mira Adanja Polak ( sr-cyr, Мира Адања Полак; born 22 August 1942) is a Serbian journalist, producer, researcher, author and TV host. Her TV show ''Mira Adanja-Polak – Exclusive'' is broadcast weekly on Radio Television Serbia. S ...

(born 1942), journalist, television presenter *

Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia Maria Palaiologina ( sr, Марија Палеолог / Marija Paleolog) was the Queen consort of Stephen Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia (1324–1331). She was the daughter of ''panhypersebastos'' John Palaiologos, and great-niece of Emperor A ...

(c. 1300 – 1355), writer

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(born 1941), poet, short story writer, novelist * Ana Ristović (born 1972), poet and translator

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Anica Savić Rebac Anica Savić-Rebac ( sr-Cyrl, Аница Савић-Ребац; 4 October 1892 — 7 October 1953) was a Serbian writer, classical philologist, translator, professor at the University of Belgrade. She wrote a number of essays and books about Njego ...

(1892–1953), translator, essayist, biographer *

Ljiljana Smajlović Ljiljana Smajlović (née Ugrica; born 22 January 1956, Sarajevo, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian journalist and the former editor of ''Politika'', the oldest daily newspaper in the Balkans. From 2009 to 2017, she was the p ...

(born 1956), journalist, newspaper editor * Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1828–1878), poet * Maša Stokić (born 1966), dramatist, drama critic *

Gordana Suša } Gordana Suša (2 February 1946 – 22 June 2021) was a Serbian journalist. She wrote a weekly Saturday column for the daily '' Blic'' and from 2010 until her death sat on the board of the (RRA), the country's electronic media regulatory body. ...

(1946–2021), journalist *

Staka Skenderova Staka Skenderova (1831 – 26 May 1891) was a Bosnian teacher, social worker, writer and folklorist. She is credited with establishing Sarajevo's first school for girls on 19 October 1858. The following year, she became the first published woman ...

(1830–1891), Bosnian Serb writer *

Olivia Sudjic Olivia Katarina Sudjic (born 1988) is a British fiction writer whose first book ''Sympathy'' received positive reviews in the press, from publications such as the ''New York Times'', ''The Guardian'' and ''The New Republic''. Background Sudjic ...

(born 1988), British novelist *

Isidora Sekulić Isidora Sekulić ( sr-cyr, Исидора Секулић, 16 February 1877 – 5 April 1958) was a Serbian writer, novelist, essayist, polyglot and art critic. She was "the first woman academic in the history of Serbia". Biography Sekulić was b ...

(1877–1958), novelist *

Jela Spiridonović-Savić Jela Spiridonović-Savić (11 January 1890 - September 1974) was a Serbian poet. Biography Jelena "Jela" Spiridonović-Savić was born in Šabac, Kingdom of Serbia, 11 January 1890. She was the wife of a prominent Consul general of Yugoslavia in ...

(1891–1974), poet and fiction writer *

Dubravka Sekulić Dubravka Sekulić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Дубравка Секулић) is a professor, author and architect. Since 2016, she has taught at the "Institute of Contemporary Art", which is part of the Graz University of Te ...

(born 1980), author and architect *

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(born 193?), cultural activist and author * Ružica Sokić (1934–2013), actress and writer *

Svetlana Spajić Svetlana Spajić ( sr-cyr, Светлана Спајић, born August 19, 1971 in Loznica, Serbia)Svetlana Spajić ...

(born 1971), cultural activist and translator *

Mirjana Stefanović Mirjana Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Мирјана Стефановић; 24 October 1939 – 10 August 2021) was a Serbian writer. Biography She had lived in Niš, Kosančić and Novi Sad, and had been living i ...

(1939–2021), writer *

Jelena Skerlić Ćorović Jelena Skerlić Ćorović ( sr-cyr, Јелена Скерлић Ћоровић; 16 October 1887 – 16 February 1960) was a Serbian writer, translator, literary critic and French language professor. She translated a large number of foreign litera ...

(1870–1960), writer and translator *

Andjelija Stančić Anđelija Stančić Spajić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Анђелија Станчић was a Serbian writer, teacher, and participant in the First World War. She was born in Šid, Srem County, Vojvodina (then part of the Austrian ...

(1865–1955), writer and translator

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Ana Tasić Ana Tasić ( sr-cyr, Ана Тасић; born 1978) is a Serbian theatre critic and researcher. Since July 2005 she has been writing theatre critiques for the daily newspaper Politika, based in Belgrade. Biography Tasić earned her BA degree from ...

(born 1978), theatre critic *

Jasmina Tešanović Jasmina Tešanović ( sr-cyr, Јасмина Тешановић; born March 7, 1954) is an author, feminism, feminist, political activist (Women in Black, Code Pink), translator, and filmmaker. Life and work Born in Belgrade, Socialist Federal R ...

(born 1954) essayist, short story writer, translator * Danica Bandić Telečki (1871–1950), writer

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Svetlana Velmar-Janković Svetlana Velmar-Janković ( sr-cyr, Светлана Велмар-Јанковић, , 1 February 1933 – 9 April 2014) was a Serbs, Serbian novelist, essayist, chronicler of Belgrade, and first female laureate of the Isidora Sekulić Award. She was ...

(1933–2014), novelist, essayist, chronicler *

Divna M. Vuksanović Divna M. Vuksanović ( sr-cyr, Дивна М. Вуксановић; 17 March 1965) is a Serbian philosopher, writer, media theorist and the president of the Aesthetic Society of Serbia. Biography She graduated from the Department of Performing and ...

(born 1965), non-fiction writer, philosopher *

Nada Vilotijević Nada Vilotijević ( sr-cyr, Нада Вилотијевић; born July 8, 1953) is a Serbian University professor at Teacher Training Faculty in Belgrade (University of Belgrade) and author. She works and resides in Belgrade, Serbia Serbia (, ...

(born 1953), professor and author *

Sonja Veselinović Sonja Veselinović ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Соња Веселиновић; born 9 December 1981 in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian writer and assistant professor of comparative literature at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Novi Sad. ...

(born 1981), writer

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Nina Živančević Nina Živančević (born 1957) is a Serbian-born poet, playwright, fiction writer, translator, scholar, performer, curator and art critic. She apprenticed as a young poet with Allen Ginsberg and has gone on to work in various capacities as both a ...

(born 1957), Serbian-born playwright, poet, novelist, critic *

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; the Cvijeta Zuzorić Art Pavilion in Belgrade (Serbia) is named after her

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