This is a list of women writers who were born in Austria or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A Emma Adler (1858–1935), journalist, historical novelist, non-fiction writer, newspaper publisher, translator Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016), essayist, non-fiction writer, novelist, acclaimed for her works on Nazi atrocities Renate Aichinger (born 1976), playwright, theatre director Rachel Akerman (1522–1544), early Jewish poet, author of Geheimniss des Hofes Ruth Aspöck (born 1947), novelist, short story writer, poet Susanne Ayoub (born 1956), Austrian-Iraqi novelist, journalist filmmaker
B Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973), poet, playwright for radio, essayist, short story writer Bettina Balàka (born 1966), novelist, poet, playwright, short story writer Ilse Barea-Kulcsar (1902–1973), journalist, translator and writer; also a communist activist Vicki Baum (1888–1960), novelist, famous for Menschen im Hotel filmed as Grand Hotel Elsa Bernstein (1866–1949), playwright, wrote an account of her imprisonment at Theresienstadt concentration camp Kirstin Breitenfellner (born 1966), novelist, journalist, critic, yoga teacher Christine Busta (1915–1987), poet, children's writer
C Ada Christen (1839–1901), poet, short story writer, and writer of sketches Monika Czernin (born 1965), writer, screenwriter and film director
D Beatrice von Dovsky (1866–1923), poet, actress, remembered above all for her libretto for Max von Schillings' Mona Lisa Helene von Druskowitz (1856–1918), playwright, critic, poet
E Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916), psychological novelist, playwright, short story writer, important literary figure of the late 19th century Bertha Eckstein-Diener (1874–1948), journalist, feminist historian, travel writer, used the pen name Sir Galahad
F Lilian Faschinger (born 1950), novelist, short story writer, poet, translator Vera Ferra-Mikura (1923–1997), children's writer Alexandra Föderl-Schmid (born 1971), journalist, newspaper editor Barbara Frischmuth (1941–2025), novelist, poet, playwright, children's writer, translator Marianne Fritz (1948–2007), novelist Camilla Frydan (1887–1949), soprano, composer and lyricist
G Elfriede Gerstl (1932–2009), poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, feminist contributions Anna Gmeyner (1902–1991), British-Austrian novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, wrote in both German and English Marie Eugenie Delle Grazie (1864–1931), poet, playwright, novelist Alice Gurschner (1869–1944), novelist, playwright, poet Lili Grün (1904–1942), writer, actress
H Maja Haderlap (born 1961), bilingual Slovenian-German Austrian writer. Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti (1871–1955), poet, historical novelist Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970), novelist, short story writer, author of Die Wand, translated as The Wall (Haushofer novel) Stella K. Hershan (1915–2014), Austrian-American novelist and biographer Edith Hörandner (1939–2008), folklorist
I Eva Ibbotson (1925–2010), Austrian-born English-language writer, novelist, best known as a children's writer Lotte Ingrisch (1930–2022), prolific novelist, playwright, television screenwriter
J Maria Janitschek (1859–1927), pen name Marius Stein, poet, short story writer Christine Maria Jasch (born 1960), economist, non-fiction writer Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946), playwright, novelist, poet, translator, Nobel Prize in 2004, several novels published in English
K Gina Kaus (1893–1985), Austrian-American novelist, screenwriter, autobiographer Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer (born 1936), successful novelist, poet Margarete Kollisch (1893–1979), poet, journalist, translator Susanna Kubelka (1942–2024), journalist, widely translated novelist
L Minna Lachs (1907–1993), educator and memoirist Christine Lavant (1915–1973), mystically religious poet, novelist Auguste Lechner (1905–2000), folk story writer Käthe Leichter (1895–1942), politician, economist, journalist Gerda Lerner (1920–2013), Austrian-born English-language playwright, non-fiction author, feminist Cvetka Lipuš (born 1966), Slovene-language poet, translated into English Mira Lobe (1913–1995), prolific children's writer, some works published in English
M Dorothea Macheiner (born 1943), novelist, essayist, poet, playwright Ruth Mader (born 1974), screenwriter, wrote and directed Struggle Ruth Maier (1920–1942), diarist, described her experiences of the Nazis from 1933 until she was sent to Auschwitz Rosa Mayreder (1858–1938), feminist writer, women's rights campaigner Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021), important contemporary poet, playwright Eva Menasse (born 1970), journalist, novelist Helene Migerka (1867–1928), poet, prose writer Olga Misař (1876–1950), peace activist, feminist, writer Anna Mitgutsch (born 1948), fiction wr., essayist Hermynia zur Mühlen (1883–1951), novelist, translator Doris Mühringer (1920–2009), poet, short story writer, children's writer Anitta Müller-Cohen (1890–1962), journalist, social worker, politician Melissa Müller (born 1967), journalist, novelist, author of Anne Frank: The Biography (1920–1942)
N Marie von Najmajer (1844–1904), historical novelist, poet, playwright, women's activist Christine Nöstlinger (1936–2018), highly acclaimed children's writer, several works published in English
O Blanche Christine Olschak (1913–1989), journalist, encyclopaedia writer Doris Orgel (1929–2021), Austrian-born English-language children's writer, non-fiction writer on Asian topics
P Bertha Pappenheim (1859–1936), short story writer, playwright, poet, children's writer Hertha Pauli (1906–1973), journalist, children's writer, non-fiction writer, wrote in both German and English Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797–1858), early travel writer, translated into seven languages Karoline Pichler (1769–1843), novelist, libretto writer Hella Pick (1929–2024), Austrian-born British journalist, also non-fiction works Adelheid Popp (1869–1939), feminist writer and journalist, autobiographer Katharina Prato (1818–1897), cookbook writer Paula von Preradović (1887–1951), poet, wrote the words to the Austrian national anthem: Land der Berge, Land am Strome Eva Priester (1910–1982), journalist, poet and socialist activist Theresa Pulszky (1819–1866), Hungarian history and travel writer
R Elisabeth Reichart (born 1953), novelist, playwright, short story writer Kathrin Röggla (born 1971), playwright, essayist, poet
S Sophie von Scherer (1817–1876), epistolary novelist Helene Scheu-Riesz (1880–1970), children's writer, publisher and women's rights activist Adele Schreiber-Krieger (1872–1957), feminist writer, politician Carolina Schutti (born 1976), novelist, biographer, non-fiction writer, literary scholar, educator Brigitte Schwaiger (1949–2010), best-selling novelist Barbara Schurz (born 1973), poststructuralist writer, playwright, co-authoring with Alexander Brener Lore Segal (1928–2024), Austrian-born American novelist, short story writer, children's writer Gitta Sereny (1921–2012), journalist, biographer, non-fiction works, wrote in both German and English Hilde Spiel (1911–1990), journalist, essayist, critic Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914), novelist, short story writer, essayist, pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize, some works published in English
T Franziska Tausig (c. 1895–1989), Jewish emigrant to Shanghai, memoirs published as Shanghai Passage: Flucht und Exil einer Wienerin (Escape and Exile of a Viennese Woman) Maria von Trapp (1905–1987), Austrian-American writer, famous for her The Story of the Trapp Family Singers Maria Treben (1907–1991), herbalist, famous for her Gesundheit aus der Apotheke Gottes - Ratschläge und Erfahrungen mit Heilkräutern (Health Through God's Pharmacy) translated into 24 languages
V Hannelore Valencak (1929–2004), novelist, poet, children's writer
W Marion Wiesel (born Mary Renate Erster; 1931–2025), Austrian-American Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, writer, and translator
Z Birgit Zotz (born 1979), non-fiction writer, essayist, writings on Buddhist culture, mysticism, tourism Berta Zuckerkandl (1864–1945), journalist, critic, non-fiction writer
See also List of Austrian writers List of women writers
References
External links VO Österreichische Autorinnen