List of Argentine women writers
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This is a list of women writers who were born in Argentina or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
- Florencia Abbate (born 1976), novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, journalist
- Margarita Abella Caprile (1901–1960), poet, novelist, short story writer, travel writer, journalist
- Agustina Andrade (1858–1891), poet, belonged to the Generation of '80
- Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell (1933–2004), surrealist poet, short story writer, critic, translator
B
- Emma de la Barra (1861–1947), best selling novelist
- Emma Barrandeguy (1914–2006), poet, novelist, journalist, translator
- Diana Bellessi (born 1946), poet, essayist
- Poldy Bird (born 1941), poet, essayist, columnist
- Liliana Bodoc (born 1958), novelist
- Alicia Borinsky, since 1975, novelist, poetm critic
- Norah Borges (1901–1998), artist, illustrator, poet, journalist
- Elsa Bornemann (1952–2013), children's writer
- Herminia Brumana (1897–1954), novelist, playwright, journalist, feminist
- Silvina Bullrich (1915–1990) best selling novelist, translator, screenwriter, critic
- Delfina Bunge (1881–1952), poet, short story writer, essayist, wrote in Spanish and French
C
- Susana Calandrelli (1901–1978), poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist, text book writer
- Estela Canto (1919–1994), novelist, biographer, journalist, translator
- María Luisa Carnelli (1898–1987), poet, journalist, known for her tango lyrics
- Albertina Carri (born 1973), actress, screenwriter, film director
- Nené Cascallar (1914–1982), playwright for radio and television, screenwriter
- Flavia Company (born 1963), Argentine-born Spanish novelist, poet, children's writer, now living in Spain
- Celia Correas de Zapata (born 1935), poet, non-fiction writer, historian, educator
- Maria Sonia Cristoff (born 1965), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer
D
- Alicia Dujovne Ortiz (born 1940), poet, columnist, short story writer, biographer, now living in France
E
- Ada María Elflein (1880–1919), poet, columnist, translator, feminist, 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 writerm essayist, young adult writer
- Betina Gonzalez (born 1972), novelist, short story writer
- Angélica Gorodischer (born 1928), short story writer, novelist
- Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818–1892), novelist, short story writer, politician
- Beatriz Guido (1924–1988), novelist, screenwriter
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
K
- Nelly Kaplan (1931), French-language novelist, essayist, script writer
- Alicia Kozameh (born 1953), novelist, short story writer, poet
L
- Ana Emilia Lahitte (1921–2013), poet, playwright, essayist, journalist
- Norah Lange (1905–1972), poet, novelist, autobiographer
- 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
- Rosita Melo (1897–1981), pianist, composer, songwriter, poet
- 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
- Susana Molinari Leguizamón, from 1939, poet, also writing in French
- Ana Gloria Moya (1954–2013), internationally recognized novelist
N
- María Negroni (born 1951), poet, essayist, novelist, translator
O
- 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 (born 1930), novelist, short story writer
P
- Alicia Partnoy (born 1955), poet, translator, human rights activist
- Luisa Peluffo (born 1941), journalist, poet, novelist
- Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972), poet, journalist
- Lucía Puenzo (born 1976), novelist, film director
R
- Petrona Rosende (1797–1893), Uruguayan-born poet, journalist, first female journalist in Argentina
S
- Beatriz Sarlo (born 1942), critic, journal editor, non-fiction writer, feminist
- Samanta Schweblin (born 1978), novelist, short story writer
- Ana María Shua (born 1951), novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, playwright, children's writer
- Alicia Steimberg (1933–2012), novelist, short story writer, translator
- Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938), acclaimed poet, playwright
T
- María Dhialma Tiberti (1928–1987), novelist, poet
- Marta Traba (1923–1983), art critic, novelist
V
- Paula Vaccaro, journalist in the 1990s, now film producer
- Luisa Valenzuela (born 1938), novelist, short story writer, essayist
- Aurora Venturini (born 1922), novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, translator
- Esther Vilar (born 1935), German-language non-fiction writer, playwright, author of The Manipulated Man
W
- Susana, Lady Walton (1926–1983), English-language non-fiction writer, creator of the gardens of La Mortella in Italy
- María Elena Walsh (1930–2011), children's writer, poet, novelist, playwright, musician