List of Chilean women writers

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

A

 * Marjorie Agosín (born 1955), Chilean-American poet, memoirist, now lives in the United States
 * Isabel Allende (born 1942), highly acclaimed Chilean-American novelist, journalist, columnist, magazine editor, children's writer
 * Marina Arrate (born 1957), poet, psychologist
 * Celinda Arregui (1864–1941), feminist politician, writer, teacher, suffrage activist
 * Carmen Arriagada (1807–1888), letter writer, wrote in English and French

B

 * Maipina de la Barra (1834–1904), first Chilean woman to publish a travel journal
 * Pía Barros (born 1956), short story writer and novelist
 * María Luisa Bombal (1910–1980), acclaimed novelist, feminist
 * Martina Barros Borgoño (1850–1944), autobiographer, early feminist
 * Marta Brunet (1897–1967), novelist, short story writer

C

 * Elena Caffarena (1903–2003), politician, women's rights activist, non-fiction writer
 * Mariana Callejas (1932–2016), writer and DINA agent
 * Mabel Condemarín (1931–2004), educator, textbook writer, children's writer
 * Ivonne Coñuecar (born 1980), writer, poet, journalist
 * Mariana Cox Méndez (1871–1914), novelist, short story writer, columnist, feminist
 * María de la Cruz (1912–1995), suffragist, journalist, poet, novelist, magazine editor

D

 * Achta Saleh Damane (fl. 2010s), journalist and politician
 * Delia Domínguez (1931–2022), poet
 * Gloria Dünkler (born 1977), poet and librarian

E

 * Diamela Eltit (born 1947), educator, novelist
 * Gabriela Etcheverry (born 1946), writer living in Canada

F

 * Soledad Fariña Vicuña (born 1943), widely translated poet
 * María Luisa Fernández (1870–1938), writer, editor, and poet
 * Paulina Flores (born 1988), short story writer

G

 * María Elena Gertner (1932–2013), writer, actress
 * Isabel Gómez Muñoz (born 1959), poet
 * Olga Grau (born 1945), writer, professor, philosopher
 * Carla Guelfenbein (born 1959), novelist, screenwriter
 * Viviana Guzmán (born 1982), flutist, poet

J

 * Andrea Jeftanovic (born 1970), novelist, short story writer, essayist
 * Pamela Jiles (born 1960), investigative journalist, poet, television presenter

M

 * Carmen Marai (Carmen María Bassa Rodríguez, living) poet and novelist
 * Lina Meruane (born 1970), writer and professor
 * Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), pen name of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (1889–1957), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, poet, educator, feminist
 * María Olivia Mönckeberg (born 1944), journalist, essayist, and academic
 * Yolanda Montecinos (1927–2007), journalist, television presenter
 * Nicolasa Montt (1857-1924), poet
 * Isabel Morel (1885–?), journalist, magazine editor, feminist
 * Henrietta Müller (1846–1906), Chilean-British journalist, feminist
 * Rosabetty Muñoz (born 1960), poet and professor

O

 * Raquel Olea (born 1944), writer, professor

P

 * Marcela Paz, pen name of Esther Huneeus Salas de Claro (1902–1985), children's writer, creator of Papelucho
 * Josefa de los Dolores Peña y Lillo Barbosa (1739–1823), letter writer, poet
 * Magdalena Petit (1903–1968), popular novelist, playwright, essayist, biographer
 * Monica Pidgeon (1913–2009), Chilean-British editor of Architectural Design
 * Trinidad Piriz, playwright

R

 * Carmen Rodríguez (born 1948), Chilean-Canadian poet, short story writer, educator,
 * Winétt de Rokha, pen name of Luisa Anabalón Sanderson (1892–1951), poet

S

 * Lake Sagaris (born 1956), Canadian journalist, non-fiction writer, poet, translator, now living in Chile
 * Elvira Santa Cruz Ossa (1886–1960), playwright, novelist, magazine editor
 * Raquel Señoret (1922–1990), poet
 * Elisa Serrana (1930–2012), novelist
 * Marcela Serrano (born 1951), novelist
 * Amelia Solar de Claro (1836-1915), poet, playwright, and essayist
 * Pilar Sordo (born 1965), psychologist, columnist, lecturer, and writer

U

 * Matilde Urrutia (1912–1985), memoirist

V

 * Mercedes Valdivieso (1924–1993), pioneering feminist writer, novelist, author of La Brecha
 * Patricia Verdugo (1947–2008), investigative journalist, human rights activist, non-fiction writer
 * Luz de Viana (1900–1995), feminist writer also known as Marta Villanueva

W

 * Brígida Walker (1863–1942), educator, non-fiction writer
 * Teresa Wilms Montt (1893–1921), poet, novelist, feminist

Y

 * María Flora Yáñez (1898–1982), novelist and short story writer