List of Polish women writers

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

A

 * Miriam Akavia (1927–2015), Polish-born Israeli novelist, translator
 * Lisa Appignanesi (born 1946), Polish-born English-language novelist, non-fiction writer, editor, columnist
 * Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (1865–1942), poet, playwright, journalist

B

 * Rosa Bailly (1890–1976), teacher, activist, translator, journalist history and travel writer and poet
 * Lidia Bajkowska, writer of children’s educational music books
 * Jadwiga Barańska (born 1935), actress, screenwriter
 * Ewa Białołęcka (born 1967), novelist, short story writer
 * Agnieszka Biedrzycka, contemporary historian, researcher and editor of the Polish Biographical Dictionary
 * Irena Bobowska (1920–1942), journalist, editor, poet, resistance worker
 * Krystyna Boglar (1931–2019), writer and screenwriter known mostly for her work for children and young adults
 * Helena Boguszewska (1883–1978), writer, columnist and social activist
 * Barbara Bojarska, contemporary historian, works on the history of Pomerania
 * Maria Boniecka (1910–1978), editor, writer, teacher, resistance fighter
 * Anna Brzezińska, (born 1971), historian, fantasy author

C

 * Zofia Chądzyńska (1912–2003), novelist, translator
 * Joanna Chmielewska (1932–2013), widely translated bestselling crime fiction novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer, screenwriter
 * Sylwia Chutnik (born 1979), novelist
 * Izabela Czartoryska (1746–1835), salonist, diarist, memoirist

D

 * Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965), novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright
 * Janina Domanska (1913–1995), Polish-American children's writer, writing in English
 * Gusta Dawidson Draenger (1917–1943), diarist
 * Kinga Dunin (born 1954), novelist, non-fiction writer, feminist
 * Elżbieta Drużbacka (c.1695–1765), poet
 * Wanda Dynowska (1888–1971), theosophist, non-fiction writer, publisher in India, translator of Polish poetry into English

F

 * Ida Fink (1921–2011), Polish-Israeli writer, Polish-language works on the Holocaust
 * Wirydianna Fiszerowa (1761–1826), noblewoman, French-language memoirist

G

 * Zuzanna Ginczanka (1917–1945), poet, translator
 * Agnieszka Graff (born 1970), non-fiction writer, essayist, columnist, feminist
 * Manuela Gretkowska (born 1964), novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, politician
 * Katarzyna Grochola (born 1957), best selling novelist, short story writer, playwright
 * Wioletta Grzegorzewska (born 1974), poet, some works translated into English

H

 * Klementyna Hoffmanowa (1798–1845), children's author, translator

I

 * Maria Ilnicka (c.1825–1897), poet, novelist, translator, journalist
 * Bozenna Intrator (born 1964), Polish-American novelist, poet, playwright, translator, writing in German, Polish and English

J

 * Irena Jurgielewiczowa (1903–2003), children's writer, memoirist

K

 * Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986), children's writer, poet, translator
 * Anna Kańtoch (born 1976), fantasy writer
 * Gerda Weissmann Klein (1924–2022), Polish-American writer, works on the Holocaust
 * Irena Klepfisz (born 1941), poet, essayist, feminist writer, translator, writing in Yiddish and English
 * Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910), acclaimed poet, novelist, children's writer
 * Rachel Korn (1898–1982), poet, writing in Polish and (mainly) Yiddish
 * Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889–1968), historical novelist, memoirist, columnist
 * Chana Kowalska (1899–1942), Jewish painter and journalist
 * Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938), nun, author of a diary relating her mystic experiences
 * Hanna Krall (born 1935), journalist, historian, works on the war period in Poland
 * Katarzyna Krenz (born 1953), poet, novelist, translator
 * Maria Kuncewiczowa (1895–1989), novelist, columnist

L

 * Anna Langfus (1920–1966), Polish-born French-language novelist
 * Marija Lastauskienė (1872–1957), novelist, short story writer, often in collaboration with her sister Sofija Pšibiliauskienė, wrote in Polish and Lithuanian
 * Henryka Łazowertówna (1909–1942), poet, remembered for her poem written in the Warsaw Ghetto
 * Joanna Lech (born 1984), poet, some works translated into English
 * Ewa Lipska (born 1945), widely translated poet
 * Tekla Teresa Łubieńska (1767–1810), poet, playwright and translator from the French and English
 * Jadwiga Łuszczewska (1834–1908), poet, novelist

M

 * Wanda Malecka (1800–1860), editor, translator, poet, novelist, newspaper publisher, journalist
 * Dorota Masłowska (born 1983), best selling novelist, playwright
 * Grażyna Miller (1957–2009), poet, critic, translator
 * Weronika Murek (born 1989) short story writer, playwright
 * Małgorzata Musierowicz (born 1945), popular children's writer

N

 * Anna Nakwaska (1781–1851), memoirist, novelist, children's author and women's educationalist
 * Zofia Nałkowska (1884–1954), acclaimed novelist, playwright
 * Madlen Namro (born 1973), science-fiction writer

O

 * Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910), acclaimed novelist, playwright, short story writer
 * Hanna Ożogowska (1904–1995), novelist, poet, translator

P

 * Helena Janina Pajzderska (1862–1927), novelist, poet, translator
 * Magdalena Parys (born 1971), novelist
 * Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945), acclaimed poet, playwright
 * Tillie S. Pine (1896–1999), Polish-American children's writer
 * Zofia Posmysz (1923–2022), journalist, novelist, and author
 * Halina Poświatowska (1935–1967), significant poet, essayist, autobiographer
 * Stanisława Przybyszewska (1901–1935), playwright, writer of acclaimed works on the French revolution
 * Sofija Pšibiliauskienė (1867–1926), sister of Marija Lastauskienė, co-authored some of her works

R

 * Małgorzata Rejmer (born 1985) novelist, short story writer
 * Maria Rodziewiczówna (1863–1944), important novelist and short story writer of the interwar period
 * Helena Romer-Ochenkowska (1875–1947), writer, playwright, opinion journalist, columnist and theatre critic
 * Chava Rosenfarb (1923–2011), Polish born Yiddish poet, short story writer

S

 * Barbara Sanguszko (1718–1791), poet, translator, moralist and philanthropist
 * Magdalena Samozwaniec (1894–1972), satirist
 * Wanda Sieradzka de Ruig (1923–2008), poet, journalist, television screenwriter
 * Kate Simon (1912–1990), Polish-born American travel writer, autobiographer
 * Żanna Słoniowska (born 1978), novelist
 * Dominika Słowik (born 1988) writer
 * Eva Stachniak (born 1952), Polish-born Canadian novelist, short story writer
 * Anna Świrszczyńska (1909–1984), poet, some works translated into English
 * Anna Szatkowska (1928–2015), memoirist, wartime experiences written in French
 * Lola Szereszewska (1895–1943), Polish-Jewish poet journalist
 * Małgorzata Szumowska (born 1973), screenwriter, film director
 * Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012), poet, essayist, translation, Nobel Prize in Literature

T

 * Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962), poet, popular novelist, short story writer, essayist, Nobel Prize in Literature
 * Dorota Terakowska (1938–2004) novelist and journalist best known for literature for children and young adults
 * Magdalena Tulli (born 1955), novelist, translator

W

 * Bronisława Wajs (1908–1987), Polish-Romani poet, singer
 * Joanna Wajs (born 1979), poet, critic, translator
 * Maria Wirtemberska (1768–1854), salonist, novelist
 * Maia Wojciechowska (1927–2002), Polish-American children's writer

Z

 * Julia Zabłocka (1931–1993), historian, archaeologist
 * Anna Zahorska (1882–1942), poet, novelist, playwright
 * Stefania Zahorska (1890–1961), novelist, historian, non-fiction writer, memoirist
 * Maria Julia Zaleska (1831–1889), novelist, short story writer, essayist
 * Gabriela Zapolska (1857–1921), prolific novelist, playwright, short story writer, critic, actress
 * Katarzyna Ewa Zdanowicz-Cyganiak (born 1979), acclaimed contemporary poet, regional journalist and social scientist
 * Narcyza Żmichowska (1819–1876), pen name Gabryella, novelist, poet, letter writer, feminist
 * Rajzel Żychlińsky (1910–2001), Yiddish-language poet