This is a list of women writers who were born in Serbia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A Draginja Adamović (1925–2000), poet Mira Alečković (1924–2008), poet Princess Anka Obrenović (1821–1868), hers were the first literary works compiled by a woman to be published in Serbia Smilja Avramov (1918–2018), nonfiction writer Eustahija Arsić (1776–1843), writer
B Jelena Balšić (1365/1366–1443), her three epistles are part of the Gorički zbornik (Cyrillic: Горички зборник), a medieval manuscript collection (See: Jelena Lazarević) Anabela Basalo (born 1972), novelist, short-story writer Isidora Bjelica (born 1967), prose writer, playwright Marina Blagojević (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. Danica Bandić (1871–1950), writer (See also: Danica Bandić Telečki)
C Elizabeth Christitch (1861–1933), Irish journalist, writer, poet, translator and Serbian patriot. Annie Christitch (1885–1977), Serbian journalist, patriot and women's rights activist.
D Jelena Dimitrijević (1862–1945), short story writer, novelist, poet Jelena Đurović (born 1973), journalist Rajna Dragićević, writer, dictionary collaborator Draga Dejanović (1840–1871), poet
F 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.
H Ljiljana Habjanović Đurović (born 1953), novelist
I Branislava Ilić (born 1970), playwright, screenwriter, prose writer, essayist
J Jefimija (1349–1405), poet Zorica Jevremović Munitić (1948–2023), playwright, literary historian
K Olivera Katarina (born 1940), poet Irena Kazazić (born 1972), writer Stoja Kašiković, née Zdjelarević (1865 – after 1927), writer Mina Karadžić (1828–1894), writer and painter
L Jelena Lazarević (1365–1443), writer Paulina Lebl-Albala (1891–1967), journalist, translator, literary critic Vladana Likar-Smiljanić (born 1943), correspondent Tamara Lujak (born 1976), science fiction and fantasy writer, translator, editor, journalist, short story writer, book reviewer Svetlana Lukić (born 1958), journalist Jelena Lozanić (See: Helen Losanitch Frothingham) Andjelija Lazarević (1885–1926), writer
M Desanka Maksimović (1898–1993), poet Jasmina Mihajlović (born 1960), writer and literary critic Princess Milica of Serbia (c. 1335 – 1405), poet, author of "A Mother's Prayer" Ognjenka Milićević (1927–2008), translator, essayist Mir-Jam (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 (1863–1927), Austro-Hungarian writer Maga Magazinović (1882–1968), journalist and writer Jelisaveta Marković (1868–1953), translator from French, Latin, Norwegian, and English
N Anna Novakov (born 1959), art historian, art critic
O Vida Ognjenović (born 1941), playwright, writer Princess Anka Obrenović (1821–1868), writer
P Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945), poet Mira Adanja Polak (born 1942), journalist, television presenter Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia (c. 1300 – 1355), writer
R Eva Ras (born 1941), poet, short story writer, novelist Ana Ristović (born 1972), poet and translator
S Anica Savić Rebac (1892–1953), translator, essayist, biographer Ljiljana Smajlović (born 1956), journalist, newspaper editor Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1828–1878), poet Maša Stokić (born 1966), dramatist, drama critic Gordana Suša (1946–2021), journalist Staka Skenderova (1830–1891), Bosnian Serb writer Olivia Sudjic (born 1988), British novelist Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958), novelist Jela Spiridonović-Savić (1891–1974), poet and fiction writer Dubravka Sekulić (born 1980), author and architect Sofija Skoric (1937–2022), cultural activist and author Ružica Sokić (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
T Ana Tasić (born 1978), theatre critic Jasmina Tešanović (born 1954) essayist, short story writer, translator Danica Bandić Telečki (1871–1950), writer
V Svetlana Velmar-Janković (1933–2014), novelist, essayist, chronicler Divna M. Vuksanović (born 1965), non-fiction writer, philosopher Nada Vilotijević (born 1953), professor and author Sonja Veselinović (born 1981), writer
Z Nina Živančević (born 1957), Serbian-born playwright, poet, novelist, critic Cvijeta Zuzorić (1552–1648), lyric poet; the Cvijeta Zuzorić Art Pavilion in Belgrade (Serbia) is named after her
See also List of women writers List of Serbian writers Serbian literature
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