List of Lithuanian women writers

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

A Gintarė Adomaitytė (born 1957), journalist Loreta Anilionytė, philosopher, educator, non-fiction writer, novelist, since 2000 Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz (1909–1998), Lithuanian-born Hebrew children's writer Magdalena Avietėnaitė (1892–1984), journalist, diplomat and a public figure

B Ona Baliukonė (1948–2007), poet, essayist, painter

C Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė (born 1976), playwright, novelist Birutė Ciplijauskaitė (1929–2017), scholar, translator

G Ona Galdikaitė (1898–1990), Lithuanian nun, poet and dissident writer, theological translator Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994), Lithuanian-American translator, non-fiction writer, writings in German and English on archaeology, Lithuanian culture Emma Goldman (1869–1940), Lithuanian-born Russian-American memoirist, autobiographer, publisher, anarchist Aldona Gustas (1932–2022), Lithuanian-born German-language poet, illustrator, feminist, works translated into several languages Gabija Grušaitė (born1987) Lithuanian-born writer, curator, and cultural entrepreneur.

H Esther Hautzig (1930–2009), Lithuanian-born American, author of the autobiographical work The Endless Steppe

I Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961–2007), novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, some works translated into English

J Vidmantė Jasukaitytė (1948–2018), poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist Vanda Juknaitė (born 1949), playwright, novelist, memoirist

K Ugnė Karvelis (1935–2002), novelist, translator, publisher, editor

L Marija Lastauskienė (1872–1957), novelist, short story writer, journalist, frequently writing jointly with her sister under the pen name Lazdynų Pelėda, wrote in Polish and Lithuanian Meilė Lukšienė (1913–2009), writings on education and Lithuanian culture

M Edita Mildažytė (born 1966), journalist, talk show host Miriam Mosessohn (1841–1920), Lithuanian-born Hebrew-language translator of German novels

N Salomėja Nėris, pen name of Salomėja Bačinskaitė-Bučienė (1904–1945), acclaimed poet

P Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė (1861–1943), journalist, novelist, short story writer, playwright Sofija Pšibiliauskienė (1867–1926), wrote jointly with her sister Marija Lastauskienė under the pen name Lazdynų Pelėda, journalist, short story writer, novelist, usually writing in Polish Paulina Pukytė (born 1966), artist, poet, essayist, critic

R Giedra Radvilavičiūtė (born 1960), journalist, short story writer Undinė Radzevičiūtė (born 1967), novelist, worked in advertising

S Kristina Sabaliauskaitė (born 1974), art historian, historical novelist, short story writer Šatrijos Ragana (Witch of Šatrija), pen name of Marija Pečkauskaitė (1877–1930), short story writer, novelist, translator Ieva Simonaitytė (1897–1978), historical novelist, works often subjected to Soviet censorship

V Laima Vaitkunskienė (born 1936), archaeologist Indrė Valantinaitė (born 1984), poet, singer

Z Žemaitė, pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė (1845–1921), novelist, short story writer

See also List of Lithuanians List of women writers

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