List of Guatemalan women writers

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

A

 * Angelina Acuña (1905–2006), poet specializing in the classical sonnet form
 * Isabel de los Ángeles Ruano (born 1945), novelist, poet, journalist
 * Margarita Azurdia (1931–1998), painter, sculptor, poet
 * Ana Maria Rodas (1937), poet, narrator and essayist, is considered one of the great figures

C

 * Margarita Carrera (1929–2018), poet, essayist, academic
 * Rosina Cazali (born 1960), art critic, columnist
 * Ana Cofiño (born 1955), researcher, anthropologist, editor, and historian

D

 * Margaret A. Dix (born 1939), Jersey-born botanist, educator, scientific works on biology and the environment
 * Marta Yolanda Díaz-Durán, journalist, educator

G

 * Natalia Górriz (1868–?), biographer, non-fiction writer, pedagogue
 * María Josefa García Granados (1796–1848), poet, journalist, early feminist

H

 * Elisa Hall de Asturias (1900–1982) author, feminist

L

 * Alcina Lubitch Domecq (born 1953), short story writer, now living in Israel

M

 * Rigoberta Menchú (born 1959), Nobel Peace Prize winner, autobiographer
 * Lucrecia Méndez (born 1943), educator, essayist, art critic
 * Luisa Moreno (1907–1992), civil rights activist, pamphlet writer
 * Lucrecia Méndez (born 1943), academic, literary critic
 * Luz Méndez de la Vega (1919–2012) feminist writer, poet, journalist, academic, actress

P

 * Dina Posada (born 1946), acclaimed Salvadoran-Guatemalan poet

R

 * Ana María Rodas (born 1937), journalist, poet

S

 * Magdalena Spínola, (1896–1991) poet, journalist, teacher

T

 * Aida Toledo (born 1952), poet, short story writer, educator

V

 * Vania Vargas (born 1978), poet, narrator, editor and cultural journalist

Z

 * Carol Zardetto, contemporary novelist, theatre critic, author of Con pasión absoluta (2007)