List of Spanish women writers

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

A Mercedes Abad (born 1961), journalist, short story writer Maria Dolores Acevedo (1932-1998), romance and western writer Brianda de Acuña (1576-1630), nun and autobiographer Rosario de Acuña (1850–1923), playwright, essayist, short story writer and poet Pilar Adón (born 1971), novelist, short story writer, poet, and translator Silvia Agüero (born 1985), Roma feminist writer and human rights activist Anna Aguilar-Amat (born 1962), Catalan-language poet, translator Francisca Aguirre (1930–2019), poet Carmen Agulló Díaz (born 1957), non-fiction writer Aisha (died 1010), acclaimed Arabic-language poet Uxue Alberdi (born 1984), Basque writer and bertsolari Caterina Albert (1869–1966), short story writer, novelist and poet Daniela Albizu (1936-2015), Basque teacher, writer, and councillor Núria Albó (born 1930), novelist, politician Aurora de Albornoz (1926–1990), poet Josefina Aldecoa (1926–2011), novelist Aurora de Albornoz (1926–1990), Galician-language poet, translator, biologist Concepción Aleixandre (1862–1952), gynaecologist, feminist, non-fiction writer Marilar Aleixandre (born 1947), writer, translator and biologist Jesusa Alfau Galván de Solalinde (1895–1943), novelist Florina Alías (1921–1999), Asturian-language author Maria Dolors Alibés (1941–2009), children's author Clara Corral Aller (1847-1908), Galician poet Concha Alós (1926–2011), novelist Amparo Alvajar (1916–1998), Galician translator, journalist, and playwright Nuria Amat (born 1950), writer and librarian Begoña Ameztoy (born 1951), writer and painter Miren Amuriza (born 1990), Basque writer and bertsolari Blanca Andreu (born 1959), poet Sor Ángela María de la Concepción (1649-1690), mystical writer Lola Anglada (c.1893–1984), writer and illustrator Maria Àngels Anglada (1930–1999), Catalan-language poet, novelist Gertrudis Anglesola (1641-1727), Valencian Cistercian abbess, mystic, autobiographer, spiritual poet Núria Añó (born 1973), Catalan-language novelist, short story writer, biographer, essayist Enriqueta Antolín (1941–2013), journalist and novelist Clementina Arderiu (1889–1976), Catalan-language poet Concepción Arenal (1820–1893), feminist writer, poet, essayist Xela Arias (1962–2003), Galician-language poet, translator Elena Arnedo (1941–2015), gynaecologist, writer and activist Rosa Maria Arquimbau (1910–1991), Catalan-language novelist, journalist, feminist Julia de Asensi (1859–1921), journalist, novelist, children's writer Matilde Asensi (born 1962), historical novelist, journalist Judith Astelarra (born 1943), Argentine-born sociologist specializing in gender studies

B Lola Badia (born 1951), philologist, medievalist Inés Ballester (born 1958), journalist, cookbook writer and television presenter Maria Barbal (born 1949), novelist, children's writer Bárbara de Santo Domingo (1842-1872), Catholic mystic writer Elia Barceló (born 1957), academic and writing based in Austria Carmen Baroja (1883–1950), writer and ethnologist Nuria Barrios (born 1962), poet, fiction and non-fiction writer Lola Beccaria (born 1963), novelist Elísabet Benavent (born 1984), romance novelist Esther Bendahan (born 1964), Moroccan-born Spanish-language novelist, essayist, living in Spain Pilar Benejam Arguimbau (born 1937), geographer, writer and academic Maria Beneyto (1925–2011), poet Mercedes Bengoechea (born 1952), feminist sociolinguist, professor Elisa Beni (born 1965), journalist, novelist Sara Berenguer Laosa (1919–2010), poet and activist Consuelo Berges (1889–1988), translator, journalist, and biographer Mònica Bernabé (born 1972), journalist and writer Beatriz Bernal (between 1501 and 1504–ca. 1563) writer, and one of the first women in Spain that could be considered professional writers Aurora Bertrana (1892–1974), Catalan-language short story writer, novelist Patrocinio de Biedma y la Moneda (1858–1927), poet and novelist Carmen Blanco (born 1954), feminist writer, activist and academic Carmen Blanco y Trigueros (ca. 1840 - 1921), writer, poet, and journalist Montserrat Boix (born 1960), journalist Pilar Bonet (born 1952), journalist and non-fiction writer Rosario Ustáriz Borra (1927–2009), Aragonese language writer and poet Maria Lluïsa Borràs i Gonzàlez (1931–2010), writer and exhibition curator Nuria C. Botey (born 1977), science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer Dolors Bramon (born 1943), philologist, historian, academic and writer Mariam Budia (born 1970), author and playwright Carmen de Burgos (1867–1932), novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, translator Juby Bustamante (1938–2014), journalist Gabriela Bustelo (born 1962), novelist, journalist, translator

C Fernán Caballero (1796–1877), novelist Amparo Cabanes Pecourt (born 1938), academic and politician Maria Teresa Cabré (born 1947), linguist Carmen Camacho (writer) (born 1976), columnist; writer of flash fiction and aphorisms María Cambrils (1878–1939), socialist feminist writer Teresa Cameselle (born 1968), writer of romantic novels and historical narratives Roser Caminals-Heath (fl. 1990s), Catalan novelist and translator María Teresa Campos (1941–2023), journalist, memoirist, humorous writer Zenobia Camprubí (1887–1956), Spanish-born writer, diarist, later moved to Cuba and the United States Matilde Camus (1919–2012), poet, non-fiction writer Eva Canel (1857–1932), Spanish-born writer who settled in Cuba Maria Aurèlia Capmany (1918–1991), Catalan novelist, playwright and essayist Àngels Cardona Palmer (born 1951), Catalan writer, educator and activist María del Carme Ribé i Ferré (1920–1991), librarian, writer and activist Ana Caro (1590–1646), Golden Age poet and playwright Maite Carranza (born 1958), educator and children's writer, mainly in Catalan Maria Carratalà i Van den Wouver (1899–1984), music critic, translator, playwright Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza (1566–1614), religious poet, writer Sofía Casanova (1861–1958), poet, novelist and journalist Borita Casas (1911–1999), journalist, playwright and children's writer Yolanda Castaño (born 1977), painter, literary critic and poet Josefina Castellví (born 1935), oceanographer, non-fiction writer María Andrea Casamayor (1700–1780), early female science writer, two works on mathematics Borita Casas (1911–1999), children's writer Fina Casalderrey (born 1951), Galician children's writer Cecilia Castaño (born 1953), professor of political science and applied economics Yolanda Castaño (born 1977), Galician-language poet, translator Sofía Castañón (born 1983), poet, journalist, politician Luisa Castro (born 1966), novelist, poet, journalist, writing in Galician and Spanish Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885), romanticist poet, writings in Galician and Spanish Mariana de Carvajal y Saavedra (1620–1670), Golden Age writer Mercedes Cebrián (born 1971), poet, short story writer and translator Natividad Cepeda, poet, writer, and columnist Annabel Cervantes (born 1969), Catalan-language writer Mercedes Comaposada (1901–1994), educator, lawyer and writer Ernestina de Champourcín (1905–1999), poet Rosa Chacel (1898–1994), well-known novelist Dulce Chacón (1954–2003), poet, novelist, playwright Ernestina de Champourcín (1905–1999), poet Edith Checa Oviedo (1957–2017), writer, poet, journalist, radio host Matilde Cherner (1833-1880), novelist, dramatist, literary critic, and journalist Isabel Cheix (1839–1899), writer of historical, religious and romantic novels as well as poetry and stage plays Rosa María Cid López (born 1956), academic specializing in gender and women's studies Victoria Cirlot (born 1955), non-fiction literary writer Mercè Company (born 1947), writer in Spanish, Catalan and French languages Flavia Company (born 1963), Argentine-born Spanish novelist, poet, children's writer, writes in Catalan and Spanish Nieves Concostrina (born 1961), writer and journalist Carmen Conde Abellán (1907–1996), poet, narrative writer Paula Contreras Márquez (1911–2008), novelist, short story writer Carolina Coronado (1820–1911), popular poet, novelist, playwright Aixa de la Cruz (born 1988), Basque writer of novels and short stories

D Filomena Dato (1856–1926), feminist, writer Mercedes Deambrosis (born 1955), Spaniard who writes in French Nieves Delgado (born 1968), science fiction writer and teacher Paloma del Río (born 1960), journalist Paloma Díaz-Mas (born 1954), novelist, playwright, non-fiction writer Eva Díaz Pérez (born 1971), journalist, essayist and academic Maria Doménech (1877–1952), Catalan-language writer María Domínguez (1882–1936), journalist, poet and politician María Magdalena Domínguez (1922–2021), poet Amalia Domingo Soler (1835–1909), novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, autobiographer Maite Dono (born 1969), singer-songwriter, poet, and actress María Dueñas (born 1964), best-selling novelist, academic writer

E María de Echarri (1878–1955), Catholic apologist and feminist advocate María Egual (1655–1735), poet and playwright María Luisa Elío (1926–2009), writer and actress exiled in Mexico Rosa de Eguílaz y Renart (born 1864, date of death unknown), playwright and journalist Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán (1569–c. 1644), playwright Tina Escaja (born 1965), Spanish-American poet, writer and academic Teresa Espasa (fl. 1990s), Valencian poet, essayist and academic Patricia Esteban Erlés, short story writer, Zaragoza Lucía Etxebarría (born 1966), novelist, poet, essayist Luisa Etxenike (born 1957), novelist, short story writer and poet

F Lidia Falcón (born 1935), politician and writer Elvira Farreras i Valentí (1913–2005), poet and essayist Cristina Fernández Cubas (born 1945), journalist, short story writer and novelist Margarita Ferreras (1900–1964), writer and poet Concepció Ferrer (born 1938), philologist, politician and writer Ángela Figuera Aymerich (1902–1984), Basque poet writing in Spanish Trini de Figueroa (1918-1972), romance novelist Pastora Filigrana (born 1981), Roma lawyer, non-fiction writer Alaíde Foppa (1914 – c. 1980), Spanish born poet, published in Guatemala and Mexico Francesca Forrellad (1927–2013), Catalan writer Lluïsa Forrellad (1927–2018), novelist and playwright in Spanish and Catalan Susana Fortes (born 1959), novelist, columnist Elena Fortún (1886–1952), children's writer, author of Celia, lo que dice Gloria Fortún (born 1977), poet Isabel Franc (born 1955), novelist, short story writer and essayist Espido Freire (born 1974), successful novelist, works translated into several languages Anna Freixas (born 1946), academic and writer on the subjects of aging, feminism, and psychology Laura Freixas (born 1958), novelist, short story writer, columnist Milagros Frías (born 1955), writer, journalist and literary reviewer Gloria Fuertes (1917–1998), poet, novelist, children's writer, playwright Felícia Fuster (1921–2012), Catalan-language poet, translator

G Patrícia Gabancho (1952–2017), Argentine-born Spanish journalist who wrote in Catalan Belén Gache (born 1960), Argentine-born novelist, electronic poet, living in Madrid Ana Galán (born 1964), children's writer, humorous writer, writing in Spanish and English Rosa Galcerán (1917–2015), cartoonist and poet Adela Galiana (1825–?), Spanish writer, playwright, poet and columnist Beatriz Galindo (c.1465–1534), Latinist and educator María Rosa Gálvez de Cabrera (1768–1806), poet and playwright Joaquina García Balmaseda (1837–1911), journalist, poet and translator Cecilia García de Guilarte (1915–1989), essayist, playwright, novelist and journalist Berta García Faet (born 1988), poet and translator María Esther García López (born 1948), poet and writer; president, Asturias Writers Association Adelaida García Morales (1945–2014), novelist, actress Yolanda García Serrano (born 1958), scriptwriter and playwright Olvido García Valdés (born 1950), poet, biographer, translator Fanny Garrido (1846–1917), Galician writer and translator Blanca de Gassó y Ortiz (1846–1877), writer and poet