List of Czech women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in the Czech Republic or Czechoslovakia or whose writings are closely associated with those countries.

A

 * Madeleine Albright (1937–2022), American politician, non-fiction writer, autobiographer, writing in English
 * Hana Andronikova (1967–2011), novelist, short story writer

B

 * Božena Benešová (1873–1936), Czech poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright
 * Alexandra Berková (1949–2008), novelist, short story writer, some works translated into English
 * Zdeňka Bezděková (1907–1999), writer, philosopher and translator
 * Anna Bolavá, (born 1981), novelist, poet
 * Tereza Boučková (born 1957), short story writer, playwright
 * Zuzana Brabcová (1959–2015), novelist

C

 * Marie Červinková-Riegrová (1854–1895), biographer, autobiographer, librettist
 * Zuzana Černínová z Harasova (1600–1654), letter writer

D

 * Radka Denemarková (born 1968), novelist, biographer
 * Dominika Dery (born 1975), poet, prose writer, memoirist, author of The Twelve Little Cakes

E

 * Helen Epstein (born 1947 in Prague), biographer, memoirist, essayist, author of Children of the Holocaust

H

 * Jiřina Hauková (1919–2005), poet, translator
 * Eva Hauserová (1954–2023), novelist, non-fiction writer, feminist
 * Iva Hercíková (1935–2007), novelist, screenwriter
 * Daniela Hodrová (born 1946), novelist, editor, literary researcher
 * Eva Hudečková (born 1949), novelist, screenwriter
 * Petra Hůlová (born 1979), popular novelist

J

 * Jožka Jabůrková (1896–1942), journalist, non-fiction writer, translator
 * Milena Jesenská (1896–1944), journalist, columnist, editor, translator

K

 * Eva Kantůrková (born 1930), novelist, short story writer, essayist, diarist
 * Jakuba Katalpa (born 1979), novelist, short story writer
 * Věra Kohnová (1929–1942), child diarist, author of The Diary of Vera Kohnova
 * Eliška Krásnohorská (1847–1926), poet, librettist, children's writer, critic, feminist

L

 * Květa Legátová (1919–2012), novelist, short story writer, essayist
 * Věra Linhartová (born 1938), art historian, short story writer, children's writer, poet, sometimes writing in French
 * Helena Lisická (1930–2009), writer of fairy tales and legends
 * Lucie Lomová (born 1964), comics writer
 * Jarmila Loukotková (1923–2007), historical novelist, short story writer, children's writer, playwright

M

 * Marie Majerová (1882–1967), novelist, short story writer, children's writer
 * Heda Margolius Kovály (1919–2010), memoirist, novelist, some works translated into English
 * Libuše Moníková (1945–1998), novelist, playwright, essayist, writing in German

N

 * Božena Němcová (1820–1862), acclaimed novelist, writer of folk tales, author of The Grandmother (Babička)
 * Bára Nesvadbová (born 1975), novelist, columnist, children's writer

P

 * Halina Pawlowská (born 1955), screenwriter, short story writer, journalist, television presenter
 * Iva Pekárková (born 1963 in Prague), Czech-language novelist, now living in New York
 * Gabriela Preissová (1862–1946), playwright, short story writer
 * Lenka Procházková (born 1951), novelist, television screenwriter
 * Marie Pujmanová (1893–1958) Czech poet and novelist

R

 * Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová (1785–1845), remembered for her cookery book
 * Sylvie Richterová (born 1945), short story writer, poet, essayist, educator
 * Lenka Reinerová (1916–2008), German-language non-fiction writer, journalist, editor, memoirist, essayist

S

 * Zdena Salivarová (born 1933), novelist, living in Canada
 * Milada Součková (1898–1983), writer, literary historian, diplomat
 * Petra Soukupová (born 1982), author, playwright, screenwriter
 * Petra Štarková (born 1975), author, psychologist
 * Marie Šťastná (born 1981), poet
 * Ela Stein-Weissberger (1930-2018), biographer
 * Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914), born in Prague, Austrian pacifist, novelist, Nobel Peace Prize winner
 * Eva Švankmajerová (1940–2005), surrealist artist, writer, poet
 * Karolina Světlá (1830–1899), novelist, feminist

T

 * Jindra Tichá (born 1937), academic, short story writer, living in New Zealand
 * Kateřina Tučková (born 1980), best-selling novelist (works translated into English), non-fiction writer

U

 * Eli Urbanová (1922–2012), Esperantist, novelist, poet

V

 * Fan Vavřincová (1917–2012), screenwriter, novelist, short story writer
 * Božena Viková-Kunětická (1862–1934), novelist, short story writer, politician

W

 * Alena Wagnerová (born 1936), journalist, biographer
 * Magdalena Wagnerová (born 1960), short story writer, screenwriter

Z

 * Marketa Zinnerová (born 1942), novelist, screenwriter, children's writer
 * Anna Zonová (born 1962), novelist, short story writer