List of Algerian women writers

A

• Nora Aceval, folk story writer
• Fadhma Aït Mansour, autobiographer
• Taos Amrouche, novelist, singer, first Algerian woman to publish a novel
• Leïla Aouchal, French-born Algerian writer, autobiographer

  B

• Yamina Bachir, screenwriter, film director
• Samira Bellil, Algerian-born French feminist, author of the autobiographical ''Dans l'enfer des tournantes
• Nassira Belloula, feminist journalist, novelist, poet, writing in French
• Myriam Ben, activist, novelist, poet, and painter.
• Latifa Ben Mansour, novelist, playwright, short story writer, linguist
• Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun, sociologist, politician, non-fiction writer
• Khadija Benguenna, journalist, Al Jazeera television presenter
• Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker, first Jewish woman to be published in Algeria
• Maïssa Bey, educator, short story writer, novelist

  C

• Marie Cardinal, best selling novelist, film actress
• Corinne Chevallier, historian, novelist
• Lynda Chouiten, French-language writer, educator
• Hélène Cixous, educator, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, critic, feminist writer

  D

• Assia Djebar, pen name of Fatima-Zohra Imalayen, novelist, translator, filmmaker
• Rabia Djelti, poet, novelist, writing in Arabic

  F

• Fadhila El Farouk, journalist, novelist

  G

• Fatima Gallaire, Franco-Algerian playwright, short story writer
• Salima Ghezali, acclaimed journalist, women's rights activist
• Anna Gréki, poet

  H

• Mimi Hafida, poet, journalist, visual artist

  L

• Djanet Lachmet, novelist and actress
• Aïcha Lemsine, French-language writer and women's rights activist

  M

• Leïla Marouane, journalist, creative writer
• Malika Mokeddem, acclaimed novelist
• Ahlam Mosteghanemi, since the 1970s, poet, novelist, most widely read female Arabic-language writer

  N

• Samira Negrouche, medical doctor, poet

  S

• Leïla Sebbar, novelist, essayist, travel writer, critic, short story writer, educator

  T

• Wassyla Tamzali, lawyer, non-fiction feminist writer

  W

• Zuhur Wanasi, Arabic-language short story writer, journal editor, politician
• Maryse Wolinski, Algerian-born French journalist, novelist

  Z

• Fatma Zohra Zamoum, writer, filmmaker, educator