List of Serbian women writers

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

A

 * Draginja Adamović (1925–2000), poet
 * Mira Alečković (1924–2008),poet
 * Princess Anka Obrenović (1821–1868), hers were the first literary works compiled by a woman to be published in Serbia
 * Smilja Avramov (1918–2018), nonfiction writer
 * Eustahija Arsić (1776–1843), writer

B

 * Jelena Balšić (1365/1366–1443), her three epistles are part of the Gorički zbornik (Cyrillic: Горички зборник), a medieval manuscript collection (See: Jelena Lazarević)
 * Anabela Basalo (born 1972), novelist, short-story writer
 * Isidora Bjelica (born 1967), prose writer, playwright
 * Marina Blagojević (1958–2020), writer on gender and feminism
 * Milica Bodrožić, political history writer
 * Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946), writer
 * Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani (1710–1784), writer. This writer also holds a place in the Serbian literature of the 18th century.
 * Anica Bošković (1714–1804), writer and poet. She's the sister of the famed physicist and scientist Roger Joseph Boscovich.
 * Danica Bandić (1871–1950), writer (See also: Danica Bandić Telečki)

C

 * Elizabeth Christitch (1861–1933), Irish journalist, writer, poet, translator and Serbian patriot.
 * Annie Christitch (1885–1977), Serbian journalist, patriot and women's rights activist.

D

 * Jelena Dimitrijević (1862–1945), short story writer, novelist, poet
 * Jelena Đurović (born 1973), journalist
 * Rajna Dragićević, writer, dictionary collaborator
 * Draga Dejanović (1840–1871), poet

F

 * Helen Losanitch Frothingham (1885–1972), best known for her Mission for Serbia: Letters from America and Canada, a collection of her letters during the six years she travelled doing war relief work during the First World War.

H

 * Ljiljana Habjanović Đurović (born 1953), novelist

I

 * Branislava Ilić (born 1970), playwright, screenwriter, prose writer, essayist

J

 * Jefimija (1349–1405), poet
 * Zorica Jevremović Munitić (born 1948), playwright, literary historian

K

 * Olivera Katarina (born 1940), poet
 * Irena Kazazić (born 1972), writer
 * Stoja Kašiković, née Zdjelarević (1865 – after 1927), writer
 * Mina Karadžić (1828–1894), writer and painter

L

 * Jelena Lazarević (1365–1443), writer
 * Paulina Lebl-Albala (1891–1967), journalist, translator, literary critic
 * Vladana Likar-Smiljanić (born 1943), correspondent
 * Tamara Lujak (born 1976), science fiction and fantasy writer, translator, editor, journalist, short story writer, book reviewer
 * Svetlana Lukić (born 1958), journalist
 * Jelena Lozanić (See: Helen Losanitch Frothingham)
 * Andjelija Lazarević (1885–1926), writer

M

 * Desanka Maksimović (1898–1993), poet
 * Jasmina Mihajlović (born 1960), writer and literary critic
 * Princess Milica of Serbia (c. 1335 – 1405), poet, author of "A Mother's Prayer"
 * Ognjenka Milićević (1927–2008), translator, essayist
 * Mir-Jam (1887–1952), novelist
 * Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928), non-fiction writer
 * Zorica Mršević (born 1954), non-fiction writer on gender equality, violence, human rights, marginalized groups, and jurisprudence
 * Ana Marija Marović (1815–1887), poet and painter
 * Mara Đorđević-Malagurski (1894–1971), writer and ethnologist
 * Milena Mrazović (1863–1927), Austro-Hungarian writer
 * Maga Magazinović (1882–1968), journalist and writer
 * Jelisaveta Marković (1868–1953), translator from French, Latin, Norwegian, and English

N

 * Anna Novakov (born 1959), art historian, art critic

O

 * Vida Ognjenović (born 1941), playwright, writer
 * Princess Anka Obrenović (1821–1868), writer

P

 * Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945), poet
 * Mira Adanja Polak (born 1942), journalist, television presenter
 * Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia (c. 1300 – 1355), writer

R

 * Eva Ras (born 1941), poet, short story writer, novelist
 * Ana Ristović (born 1972), poet and translator

S

 * Anica Savić Rebac (1892–1953), translator, essayist, biographer
 * Ljiljana Smajlović (born 1956), journalist, newspaper editor
 * Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1828–1878), poet
 * Maša Stokić (born 1966), dramatist, drama critic
 * Gordana Suša (1946–2021), journalist
 * Staka Skenderova (1830–1891), Bosnian Serb writer
 * Olivia Sudjic (born 1988), British novelist
 * Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958), novelist
 * Jela Spiridonović-Savić (1891–1974), poet and fiction writer
 * Dubravka Sekulić (born 1980), author and architect
 * Sofija Skoric (born 193?), cultural activist and author
 * Ružica Sokić (1934–2013), actress and writer
 * Svetlana Spajić (born 1971), cultural activist and translator
 * Mirjana Stefanović (1939–2021), writer
 * Jelena Skerlić Ćorović (1870–1960), writer and translator
 * Andjelija Stančić (1865–1955), writer and translator

T

 * Ana Tasić (born 1978), theatre critic
 * Jasmina Tešanović (born 1954) essayist, short story writer, translator
 * Danica Bandić Telečki (1871–1950), writer

V

 * Svetlana Velmar-Janković (1933–2014), novelist, essayist, chronicler
 * Divna M. Vuksanović (born 1965), non-fiction writer, philosopher
 * Nada Vilotijević (born 1953), professor and author
 * Sonja Veselinović (born 1981), writer

Z

 * Nina Živančević (born 1957), Serbian-born playwright, poet, novelist, critic
 * Cvijeta Zuzorić (1552–1648), lyric poet; the Cvijeta Zuzorić Art Pavilion in Belgrade (Serbia) is named after her