This is a list of women writers who were born in

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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 (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 (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 Isidora Bjelica ( sr-Cyrl, Исидора Бјелица; 10 December 1966 – 5 August 2020) was a Serbian prose writer, playwright and public figure. Early life and career Bjelica was born in Sarajevo where she graduated from gymnasium. She t ...

(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, political history writer * Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946), writer * Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani (1710–1784), writer. This writer also holds a place in the Serbian literature of the 18th century. * Anica Bošković (1714–1804), writer and poet. She's the sister of the famed physicist and scientist

Roger Joseph Boscovich Roger Joseph Boscovich ( hr, Ruđer Josip Bošković; ; it, Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich; la, Rogerius (Iosephus) Boscovicius; sr, Руђер Јосип Бошковић; 18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, ...

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

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* Elizabeth Christitch (1861–1933), Irish journalist, writer, poet, translator and Serbian patriot. * Annie Christitch (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 Jelena Đurovic (also transliterated as ''Djurović''; Serbian Cyrillic: ; born 13 July 1973) is a Montenegrin journalist, writer and political activist of a Jewish-Montenegrin origin based in Belgrade, Serbia. Jelena was a founder and Vice Pr ...

(born 1973), journalist *

Rajna Dragićević Rajna Dragićević, PhD, ( sr-cyr, Рајна Драгићевић) is a Serbian linguist, lexicologist and lexicographer Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compi ...

, writer, dictionary collaborator * Draga Dejanović (1840–1871), poet

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* Helen Losanitch Frothingham (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 World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

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* Ljiljana Habjanović Đurović (born 1953), novelist

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* Branislava Ilić (born 1970), playwright, screenwriter, prose writer, essayist

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Jefimija Jefimija ( sr-Cyrl, Јефимија, ; 1349–1405), secular name Jelena Mrnjavčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Мрњавчевић, or ), daughter of Vojihna and widow of Jovan Uglješa Mrnjavčević, is considered the first female Serb ...

(1349–1405), poet * Zorica Jevremović Munitić (born 1948), playwright, literary historian

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Olivera Katarina Olivera Katarina (; sr-cyr, Оливера Катарина, ; born 5 March 1940), also previously known as Olivera Vučo ( sr-cyr, Оливера Вучо) and Olivera Šakić ( sr-cyr, Оливера Шакић), is a Serbian actress, singer a ...

(born 1940), poet * Irena Kazazić (born 1972), writer * Stoja Kašiković, 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 (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 (born 1976), science fiction and fantasy writer, translator, editor, journalist, short story writer, book reviewer *

Svetlana Lukić Svetlana Lukić (born December 14, 1958) is a Serbian journalist. She was born in Belgrade and received a degree in journalism from the Belgrade College of Political Sciences. Lukić hosted the radio show ''Niko kao ja'' on Radio Belgrade from 198 ...

(born 1958), journalist * Jelena Lozanić (See: Helen Losanitch Frothingham) * Andjelija Lazarević (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 th ...

(1898–1993), poet * Jasmina Mihajlović (born 1960), writer and literary critic *

Princess Milica of Serbia Princess Milica Hrebeljanović née Nemanjić ( sr, Милица Немањић Хребељановић · ca. 1335 – November 11, 1405) also known as Empress (''Tsaritsa'') Milica, was a royal consort of Serbia by marriage to Prince Lazar, ...

(c. 1335 – 1405), poet, author of "A Mother's Prayer" * Ognjenka Milićević (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 (born 1928), non-fiction writer * Zorica Mršević (born 1954), non-fiction writer on gender equality, violence, human rights, marginalized groups, and jurisprudence * Ana Marija Marović (1815–1887), poet and painter * Mara Đorđević-Malagurski (1894–1971), writer and ethnologist *

Milena Mrazović Milena Theresia Preindlsberger von Preindlsperg (; 28 December 1863 – 20 January 1927) was an Austro-Hungarian journalist, writer, and piano, composer. Mrazović is credited for introducing Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she lived for 40 years, to ...

(1863–1927), Austro-Hungarian writer * Maga Magazinović (1882–1968), journalist and writer * Jelisaveta Marković (1868–1953), translator from French, Latin, Norwegian, and English

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* Anna Novakov (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 (born 1942), journalist, television presenter * Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia (c. 1300 – 1355), writer

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* Eva Ras (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 Milica Stojadinovic-Srpkinja ( sr-cyr, Милица Стојадиновић Српкиња, ) (1828–1878) was a Serbian poet, sometimes called "the greatest female Serbian poet of the 19th century". Career As her fame spread beyond the confin ...

(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 (1891–1974), poet and fiction writer * Dubravka Sekulić (born 1980), author and architect * Sofija Skoric (born 193?), cultural activist and author *

Ružica Sokić Ružica Sokić ( sr-cyr, Ружица Сокић; 14 December 1934 – 19 December 2013) was a Serbian actress and writer. Born in Belgrade, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Sokić began her acting career in 1957 and was credited in over 40 films a ...

(1934–2013), actress and writer * Svetlana Spajić (born 1971), cultural activist and translator * Mirjana Stefanović (1939–2021), writer * Jelena Skerlić Ćorović (1870–1960), writer and translator * Andjelija Stančić (1865–1955), writer and translator

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* Ana Tasić (born 1978), theatre critic * Jasmina Tešanović (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 (born 1965), non-fiction writer, philosopher * Nada Vilotijević (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 (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 „Cvijeta Zuzorić“ Art Pavilion ( sr, Уметнички павиљон "Цвијета Зузорић", ) is an exhibition building in Belgrade, in Kalemegdan, situated in the park's section of Little Kalemegdan, next to the south-eastern fro ...

in Belgrade (Serbia) is named after her

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