List of Hungarian women writers

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

A

 * Mariska Ady (1888–1977), poet

B

 * Mária Bajzek Lukács (born 1960), Hungarian-born, Slovene-language writer, educator and translator
 * Zsófia Balla (born 1949) Romanian-born Hungarian poet and essayist
 * Linda Vero Ban (born 1976), writer on Jewish identity and spirituality
 * Zsófia Bán (born 1957), novelist, literary writer and critic
 * Kata Bethlen (1700–1759), memoirist, letter writer and autobiographer
 * Janka Boga (1889–1963), playwright and essayist
 * Katalin Bogyay (born 1956), politician, non-fiction writer and critic
 * Edith Bone (1889–1975), journalist and autobiographer
 * Ágota Bozai (born 1965), novelist and translator
 * Edith Bruck (born 1932), novelist and playwright writing in Italian
 * Zsuzsanna Budapest (born 1940), Hungarian-born American journalist, playwright and feminist

D

 * Anna Dániel (1908–2003), novelist, children's writer and historian

E

 * Renée Erdős (1879–1956), poet and novelist

F

 * Kinga Fabó (1953–2021), poet, essayist and linguist
 * Klára Fehér (1919–1996), novelist and children's writer
 * Éva Földes (1914–1981), epic works Olympic medallist for Der Jugendquell (Well of Youth)
 * Flora Frangepán (fl. 1743), writer and translator

G

 * Erzsébet Galgóczi (1930–1989), short story writer, playwright and screenwriter
 * Ágnes Gergely (born 1933), novelist, poet and translator
 * Alisz Goriupp (1894–1979), librarian and bibliographer

J

 * Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003), novelist and children's writer
 * Ida Jenbach (1868 – c.1943), German-language journalist and screenwriter

K

 * Margit Kaffka (1880–1918), poet, novelist and memoirist
 * Teréz Karacs (1808–1892), memoirist and women's rights activist
 * Etelka Kenéz Heka (born 1936), writer, poet and singer
 * Rivka Keren (born 1946), fiction and children's writer in Hungarian and Hebrew
 * Annamária Kinde (1956–2014), Romanian-born Hungarian poet and journalist
 * Noémi Kiss (born 1974), short story writer and essayist
 * Helene Kottanner (15th c.), German-language memoirist
 * Agota Kristof (1935–2011), French-language poet, novelist and short story writer
 * Žofia Kubini (17th c.), poet writing in old Czech

L

 * Ágnes Lehóczky (born 1976), poet
 * Laura Leiner (born 1985), novelist

M

 * Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992), mystical writer
 * Réka Mán-Várhegyi (born 1979), fiction writer
 * Kati Marton (born 1949), Hungarian-American journalist and non-fiction writer
 * Béláné Mocsáry (1845–1917), Hungarian geographer and travel writer
 * Terézia Mora (born 1971), German-language fiction writer

N

 * Borbála Nádasdy (born 1939), novelist, memoirist and ballet master
 * Ágnes Nemes Nagy (1922–1991), poet, translator and educator

O

 * Emma Orczy (1865–1947), Hungarian-born novelist and playwright writing in English

P

 * Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1659–1708), Hungarian Baroque prose writer and poet
 * Susan Polgar (born 1969), chess writer and champion

R

 * Ágnes Rapai (born 1952), poet writing in Hungarian and German
 * Lea Ráskay (early 16th century), manuscript copier, translator and nun
 * Kati Rekai (1921–2010), Hungarian-born English-language children's writer

S

 * Regina Saphier, writer, blogger, and TED video subtitle translator
 * Kate Seredy (1899–1975), Hungarian-born English-language children's writer and illustrator
 * Henriett Seth F. (real name Henrietta Fajcsák, born 1980), autistic poet, writer and artist
 * Magda Szabó (1917–2007), novelist, playwright and poet
 * Noémi Szécsi (born 1976), novelist and translator
 * Júlia Székely (1906–1986), novelist, biographer and musician
 * Mária Szepes (1908–2007), novelist, autobiographer and screenwriter
 * Edina Szvoren (born 1974), novelist

T
U
 * Judit Dukai Takách (wrote as Malvina, 1795–1836), poet
 * Kata Tisza (born 1980), novelist
 * Cécile Tormay (1876–1937), fiction writer and translator


 * Ida Urr (1904–1989), poet and physician (born in Czechoslovakia)