List of Argentine women writers

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

A

 * Florencia Abbate (born 1976), novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, journalist
 * Margarita Abella Caprile (1901–1960), poet, novelist, short story writer, travel writer, journalist
 * Marcelina Almeida (ca. 1830–1880), writer
 * Agustina Andrade (1858–1891), poet
 * Judith Astelarra (born 1943), sociologist specializing in gender studies
 * Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell (1933–2004), surrealist poet, short story writer, critic, translator

B

 * Ana Baron (1950–2015), writer, journalist
 * Odile Baron Supervielle (1915–2016), writer, journalist
 * Emma de la Barra (1861–1947), best selling novelist
 * Emma Barrandeguy (1914–2006), poet, novelist, journalist, translator
 * Diana Bellessi (born 1946), poet, essayist
 * Juana Bignozzi (1937–2015), translator, journalist, poet
 * Poldy Bird (1941–2018), poet, essayist, columnist
 * Liliana Bodoc (1958–2018), novelist
 * Ivonne Bordelois (born 1934), poet, essayist, linguist
 * Alicia Borinsky, (fl. since 1975), novelist, poet, critic
 * Norah Borges (1901–1998), artist, illustrator, poet, journalist
 * Elsa Bornemann (1952–2013), children's writer
 * Herminia Brumana (1897–1954), novelist, playwright, journalist
 * Silvina Bullrich (1915–1990), best selling novelist, translator, screenwriter, critic
 * Delfina Bunge (1881–1952), poet, short story writer, essayist

C

 * Susana Calandrelli (1901–1978), poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist, textbook writer
 * Estela Canto (1919–1994), novelist, biographer, journalist, translator
 * María Luisa Carnelli (1898–1987), poet, journalist
 * Albertina Carri (born 1973), actress, screenwriter, film director
 * Nené Cascallar (1914–1982), playwright for radio and television, screenwriter
 * Estela Beatriz Cols, pedagogue, researcher, educator, non-fiction writer
 * Flavia Company (born 1963), novelist, poet
 * Celia Correas de Zapata (1933–2022), poet, non-fiction writer, historian, educator
 * Maria Sonia Cristoff (born 1965), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer
 * Emilce Cuda (born 1965), Catholic theologian, professor and writer
 * María Guadalupe Cuenca (1790–1854), letter writer
 * Maria Renee Cura (died 2007), indologist, non-fiction writer

D

 * Emma de Cartosio (1928–2013), writer, poet, storyteller, essayist
 * Juana Dib (1924-2015), poet, journalist, teacher
 * Adelia Di Carlo (1883–1965) writer, chronicler, founder
 * Beatriz Doumerc (1929-2014), children's literature writer
 * Alicia Dujovne Ortiz (born 1940), poet, columnist, short story writer, biographer

E

 * Ada María Elflein (1880–1919), poet, columnist, translator, teacher
 * Mariana Enríquez (born 1973), journalist, novelist, short story writer

F

 * Paloma Fabrykant (born 1981), artist, journalist, non-fiction writer, mixed martial arts expert
 * Manuela Fingueret (1945–2013), poet, novelist, journalist, essayist
 * Luisa Futoransky (born 1939), poet, novelist, journalist, scholar

G

 * Sara Gallardo (1931–1988), novelist, short story writer
 * Griselda Gambaro (born 1928), novelist, playwright, short story writer, essayist, young adult writer
 * Carlota Garrido de la Peña (1870–1958), journalist, writer, teacher
 * Alicia Ghiragossian (1936–2014), poet
 * Betina Gonzalez (born 1972), novelist, short story writer
 * Clotilde González de Fernández (1880–1935), non-fiction writer, educator
 * Viviana Gorbato (1950–2005), journalist, writer, professor
 * Angélica Gorodischer (1928–2022), short story writer, novelist
 * Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818–1892), novelist, short story writer, politician
 * Rosa Guerra (1834–1864), educator, journalist, writer
 * Beatriz Guido (1924–1988), novelist, screenwriter
 * Golde Gutman-Krimer (1906–1984), Yiddish writer

H

 * Liliana Heker (born 1943), short story writer, novelist, essayist

I

 * Marcela Iacub (born 1964), French-language novelist, essayist
 * Sylvia Iparraguirre (born 1947), novelist, human rights activist
 * Blanca Irurzun (1910-1999), poet

J

 * Alicia Jurado (1922-2011), writer and academic

K

 * Nelly Kaplan (1931–2020), French-language novelist, essayist, script writer
 * Bertha Koessler-Ilg (1881–1965), German-born Argentine folklorist
 * Alicia Kozameh (born 1953), novelist, short story writer, poet

L

 * María Hortensia Lacau (1910–2006), pedagogue, writer, essayist, poet, educator
 * Ana Emilia Lahitte (1921–2013), poet, playwright, essayist, journalist
 * Norah Lange (1905–1972), poet, novelist, autobiographer
 * María Rosa Lida de Malkiel (1910-1962), philologist, non-fiction writer
 * Belén López Peiró (born 1992), writer and columnist
 * Marta Lynch (1925–1985), novelist, short story writer
 * Pilar de Lusarreta (1914–1967), journalist, short story writer, essayist, critic

M

 * Eduarda Mansilla (1834–1892), novelist, playwright, essayist, music critic, composer
 * Daisy May Queen (born 1965), radio and television presenter, writer
 * Rosita Melo (1897–1981), pianist, composer, songwriter, poet
 * Gaby Melian (born 1969/1970), chef, cookbook writer
 * Martha Mercader (1926–2010), politician, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's writer
 * Tununa Mercado (born 1939), novelist, short story writer, essayist
 * Liliana Díaz Mindurry (born 1953), poet, novelist, short story writer
 * Delfina Molina y Vedia (1879–1961), memoirist, poet and academic writer
 * Susana Molinari Leguizamón, from 1939, poet
 * Adela Montes (1928–2024), journalist
 * Graciela Montes (born 1947), children's writer, translator
 * Ana Gloria Moya (1954–2013), novelist
 * Cristina Mucci (born 1949), writer, journalist
 * Carolina Muzzilli (1889-1917), industrial researcher, social activist, non-fiction writer

N

 * María Negroni (born 1951), poet, essayist, novelist, translator

O

 * Clara Obligado (born 1950), novelist, short story writer
 * Silvina Ocampo (1903–1993), poet, short story writer, playwright
 * Victoria Ocampo (1890–1979), magazine publisher, critic, journalist, essayist, autobiographer, translator
 * María Rosa Oliver (1898–1977), short story writer, essayist, critic, translator
 * Olga Orozco (1920–1999), poet, journalist
 * Elvira Orphée (1922–2018), novelist, short story writer

P

 * Agustina Palacio de Libarona (1825–1880), non-fiction writer, storyteller, heroine
 * Alicia Partnoy (born 1955), poet, translator, human rights activist
 * Josefina Passadori (1900–1987), writer, educator
 * Clara Passafari (1930–1994), anthropologist, non-fiction writer, poet
 * Iris Pavón (1906–1951) poet and writer
 * Luisa Peluffo (born 1941), journalist, poet, novelist
 * Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972), poet, journalist
 * Lucía Puenzo (born 1976), novelist, film director
 * Adriana Puiggrós (born 1941), non-fiction writer, politician, educator

R

 * Patricia Ratto (born 1962), writer, teacher
 * Viviana Rivero (born 1966), writer
 * Petrona Rosende (1797–1893), poet, journalist

S

 * María Sáez de Vernet (1800–1858), chronicler of Argentine settlement of the Falkland Islands
 * Matilde Sánchez (born 1958), journalist, writer, and translator
 * Beatriz Sarlo (born 1942), critic, journal editor, non-fiction writer
 * Samanta Schweblin (born 1978), novelist, short story writer
 * Susy Shock (born 1968), actress, writer, singer
 * Ana María Shua (born 1951), novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, playwright, children's writer
 * Sara Solá de Castellanos (1890–?), poet, novelist, playwright, lyricist
 * Alicia Steimberg (1933–2012), novelist, short story writer, translator
 * Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938), poet, playwright
 * Matilde Alba Swann (1912–2000), poet, journalist, lawyer

T

 * María Dhialma Tiberti (1928–1987), novelist, poet
 * Marta Traba (1923–1983), art critic, novelist
 * Raymunda Torres y Quiroga (?-?), 19th-century writer and women's rights activist

U

 * Hebe Uhart (1936–2018), novelist, short story writer

V

 * Luisa Valenzuela (born 1938), novelist, short story writer, essayist
 * Aurora Venturini (1922–2015), novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, translator
 * Esther Vilar (born 1935), German-language non-fiction writer, playwright
 * Paulina Vinderman (born 1944), poet, translator

W

 * Paula Wajsman (1939–1995), psychologist, poet, translator, researcher
 * María Elena Walsh (1930–2011), children's writer, poet, novelist, playwright, musician
 * Susana, Lady Walton (1926–1983), non-fiction writer in English
 * Ema Wolf (born 1948), writer, journalist

Y

 * Laura Yasán (1960–2021), poet