This is a list of women writers who were born in Croatia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938), children's writer
B Morea Banićević (born 1981), writer for children and young adults Jelica Belović-Bernardzikowska (1870–1946), feminist, pedagogic writer, ethnographer Ivanka Brađašević (born 1955), poet Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani (1710–1784), early poet Anica Bošković (1714–1804), early poet and song writer
C Aloïse de Carlowitz (1797 – 1863) was a translator and author who was born in Rijeka Nives Celsius (born 1981), columnist
D Slavenka Drakulić (born 1949), novelist, essayist, and non-fiction writer Daša Drndić (1946–2018), novelist Malkica Dugeč (1936–2026), poet
G Stanka Gjurić (born 1966), poet and lyric essayist
I Rada Iveković (born 1945), non-fiction writers Nada Iveljić (1931–2009), children's writer
J Marija Jambrišak (1847–1937), educator, writer, magazine editor Dragojla Jarnević (1813–1875), poet Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873–1957), journalist, novelist and dramatist
K Lada Kaštelan (born 1961), dramatist, screenwriter Nada Klaić (1920–1988), historian Zlata Kolarić-Kišur (1894–1990), novelist, autobiographer Sida Košutić, writer, poet and journalist (1902–1965) Vesna Krmpotić (1932–2018), novelist
M Julijana Matanović (born 1959), short story writer and novelist Mara Matočec (1885–1967), folk writer, poet and playwright
R Smiljana Rendić (1926-1994), journalist, translator and poet Nasta Rojc (1883–1964), autobiographer, letter writer, painter
Š Danica Širola (1900-1926), poet and school teacher Sunčana Škrinjarić (1931–2004), writer, poet and journalist Marina Šur Puhlovski, short story and travel writer, novelist and essayist
T Sonja Tomić (born 1947), children's writer and illustrator Jagoda Truhelka (1864–1957), novelist and pedagogist
U Dubravka Ugrešić (1949–2023), novelist
Z Katarina Zrinska (c. 1625–1673), noblewoman, poet Cvijeta Zuzorić (1552–1648), lyric poet
See also List of women writers List of Croatian writers Croatian literature
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