This is a list of women writers born in the Netherlands, or whose writings are closely associated with it.
A Jo van Ammers-Küller (1884–1966), interwar novelist and non-fiction writer Threes Anna (born 1959), novelist, live performance producer and film director Simone Atangana Bekono (born 1991), novelist and poet
B Maria Barnas (born 1973), novelist, poet and essayist Marjolein Bastin (born 1943), children's writer and illustrator Beatrice of Nazareth (1200–1268), prioress and author of early Dutch prose work Van seven manieren van heiliger minnen (Seven Ways of Holy Love) Thea Beckman (1923–2004), children's writer Nel Benschop (1918–2005), poet Carli Biessels (1936–2016), children's writer Anna Blaman (1905–1960), poet and novelist Marion Bloem (born 1952), Indo (Dutch/East Indian) novelist, non-fiction writer and documentary film producer Louise Sophie Blussé (1801–1896), non-fiction writer Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812–1886), novelist Anneke Brassinga (born 1948), poet, prose writer and translator Til Brugman (1888–1958), poet, novelist and translator Andreas Burnier (1931–2002), poet, novelist and active feminist
C Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805), correspondent, novelist and playwright writing in French Willy Corsari (1897–1998), novelist, actress, comédienne and composer
D Aagje Deken (1741–1804), poet and correspondent Maria Dermoût (1888–1962), novelist; author of The Ten Thousand Things Thea Doelwijt (born 1938), journalist, novelist and playwright Renate Dorrestein (1954–2018), journalist and novelist Tonke Dragt (1930–2024), children's writer and illustrator; author of De brief voor de Koning (Letter for the King) Jessica Durlacher (born 1961), critic, columnist and novelist
E Anna Enquist (born 1945), poet and novelist Henrica van Erp (c. 1480 – 1548), abbess and author of her monastery's Chronicle
F Anne Frank (1929–1945), author of The Diary of a Young Girl and Holocaust victim
G Ida Gerhardt (1905–1997), poet Hermine de Graaf (1951–2013), fiction writer Els de Groen (born 1949), politician, novelist and non-fiction writer Wies van Groningen (née Louise Metaal) (1929–2022), Moluccan Dutch writer and story collector
H Francisca de Haan (fl. 1998 onwards), historian of gender studies Hella Haasse (1918–2011), novelist with some works set in the East Indies Judith Herzberg (born 1934), poet and playwright Nienke van Hichtum (1860–1939), children's writer in West Frisian and Dutch Etty Hillesum (1914–1943), diarist and correspondent during the German occupation of Amsterdam Rozalie Hirs (born 1965), poet and composer Marjolijn Hof (born 1956), novelist with some works translated into English Xaviera Hollander (born 1943), call girl and memoirist Maria Aletta Hulshoff (1781–1846), feminist writer Cornélie Huygens (1848–1902), feminist activist and columnist
I Marith Iedema (born 1989), journalist and documentarian
K Marie Kessels (born 1954), poet and prose writer Yvonne Keuls (born 1931), Indo writer and novelist Yvonne Kroonenberg (born 1950), psychologist, columnist and author of works about men Mina Kruseman (1839–1922), feminist and non-fiction writer Gerdina Hendrika Kurtz (1899–1989), historical writer Emy Koopman (born 1985), video and print journalist, bibliotherapy researcher and scholar
L Astrid Lampe (born 1955), poet and actress Katharyne Lescailje (1649–1711), poet and translator Noni Lichtveld (1929–2017), children's writer and illustrator based in Suriname Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer (1664–1737), memoirist and translator Tessa de Loo (born 1946), novelist Emilie Luzac (1748–1788), correspondent
M Jetske Reinou van der Malen (1681–1752), poet Cissy van Marxveldt (1889–1948), children's writer Dora van der Meiden-Coolsma (1918–2001), columnist and children's writer Clara Meijers (1885–1964), feminist writer Vonne van der Meer (born 1952), fiction writer and playwright Doeschka Meijsing (1947–2012), novelist Hanny Michaelis (1922–2007), poet Marga Minco (1920–2023), journalist and novelist Marente de Moor (born 1972), novelist and columnist Mieke Mosmuller (born 1951), fiction and non-fiction writer in Dutch and German Mirjam Mous (born 1963), author of children's literature Marian Mudder (born 1958), columnist and non-fiction writer Charlotte Mutsaers (born 1942), prose writer and essayist
N Saskia Noort (born 1967), crime-fiction writer and journalist
P Connie Palmen (born 1955), novelist Marianne Philips (1886–1951), psychological novelist and politician Ethel Portnoy (1927–2004), essayist, columnist and fiction writer in English Maria Pypelinckx (1538–1608), correspondent
Q Catharina Questiers (1631–1669), poet and playwright
R Veronique Renard (born 1965), trans woman memoirist and non-fiction writer in English Astrid Roemer (1947–2026), Suriname novelist and poet living in the Netherlands Henriette Roland Holst (1869–1952), poet, playwright and biographer Hannie Rouweler (born 1951), Dutch poet Heleen van Royen (born 1965), novelist and columnist Renate Rubinstein (1929–1990), journalist, columnist and non-fiction writer Helga Ruebsamen (1934–2016), columnist and novelist Anna Rutgers van der Loeff (1910–1990), children's writer
S Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg (1944–2000), historical works on Ancient Greece and Persia Annet Schaap (born 1965), children's literature Margo Scharten-Antink (1868–1957), poet and novelist Mineke Schipper (born 1938), novelist and non-fiction writer on women's literature Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995), children's writer and television screenwriter Anna Maria van Schurman (1607–1678), German-born poet with works in Latin in defence of female education Anja Sicking (born 1965), fiction writer Hilda van Stockum (1908–2006), English-language children's writer
T Marianne Thieme (born 1972), politician and writer on animals rights Petronella Johanna de Timmerman (1723–1786), poet and translator
U Mellie Uyldert (1908–2009), astrologer and esoteric writer
V M. Vasalis (1909–1998), poet and psychiatrist Cornelia van der Veer (1639–1704), poet Jacoba van Velde (1903–1985), novelist author of De grote zaal Stephanie Vetter (1884–1974), fiction writer Anna Visscher (1584–1651), poet and translator Simone van der Vlugt (born 1966), historical and young-adult novelist Frida Vogels (1930–2026), fiction writer Ida Vos (1931–2006), children's writer Beb Vuyk (1905–1991), Indo fiction writer
W Lulu Wang (born 1960), Chinese-born novelist writing in Dutch Elly de Waard (born 1940), poet and music critic Maria Petronella Woesthoven (1760–1830), poet Betje Wolff (1738–1804), epistolary novelist of works co-authored with Aagje Deken Yael van der Wouden (born 1987), novelist
Z Marie van Zeggelen (1870–1957), novelist and children's writer Annejet van der Zijl (born 1962), novelist and biographer Maria van Zuylekom (1759–1831), poet and author Codien Zwaardemaker-Visscher (1835–1912), writer, translator and feminist Aurelia Zwartte (fl. 1720s), poet
See also List of women writers List of Dutch writers
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