List of Austrian women writers

A

• Emma Adler, journalist, historical novelist, non-fiction writer, newspaper publisher, translator
• Ilse Aichinger, essayist, non-fiction writer, novelist, acclaimed for her works on Nazi atrocities
• Renate Aichinger, playwright, theatre director
• Rachel Akerman, early Jewish poet, author of Geheimniss des Hofes
• Ruth Aspöck, novelist, short story writer, poet
• Susanne Ayoub, Austrian-Iraqi novelist, journalist filmmaker

  B

• Ingeborg Bachmann, poet, playwright for radio, essayist, short story writer
• Bettina Balàka, novelist, poet, playwright, short story writer
• Vicki Baum, novelist, famous for Menschen im Hotel filmed as Grand Hotel
• Elsa Bernstein, playwright, wrote an account of her imprisonment at Theresienstadt concentration camp
• Kirstin Breitenfellner, novelist, journalist, critic, yoga teacher
• Christine Busta, poet, children's writer

  C

• Ada Christen, poet, short story writer, and writer of sketches

  D

• Beatrice von Dovsky, poet, actress, remembered above all for her libretto for Max von Schillings' Mona Lisa
• Helene von Druskowitz, playwright, critic, poet

  E

• Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, psychological novelist, playwright, short story writer, important literary figure of the late 19th century
• Bertha Eckstein-Diener, journalist, feminist historian, travel writer, used the pen name Sir Galahad

  F

• Lilian Faschinger, novelist, short story writer, poet, translator
• Vera Ferra-Mikura, children's writer
• Alexandra Föderl-Schmid, journalist, newspaper editor
• Barbara Frischmuth, novelist, poet, playwright, children's writer, translator
• Marianne Fritz, novelist
• Camilla Frydan, soprano, composer and lyricist

  G

• Elfriede Gerstl, poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, feminist contributions
• Anna Gmeyner, British-Austrian novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, wrote in both German and English
• Marie Eugenie Delle Grazie, poet, playwright, novelist
• Alice Gurschner, novelist, playwright, poet

  H

• Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti, poet, historical novelist
• Marlen Haushofer, novelist, short story writer, author of Die Wand, translated as The Wall
• Stella K. Hershan, Austrian-American novelist and biographer

  I

• Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-born English-language writer, novelist, best known as a children's writer
• Lotte Ingrisch, prolific novelist, playwright, television screenwriter

  J

• Maria Janitschek, pen name Marius Stein, poet, short story writer
• Christine Maria Jasch, economist, non-fiction writer
• Elfriede Jelinek, playwright, novelist, poet, translator, Nobel Prize in 2004, several novels published in English

  K

• Gina Kaus, Austrian-American novelist, screenwriter, autobiographer
• Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer, successful novelist, poet
• Margarete Kollisch, poet, journalist, translator
• Susanna Kubelka, journalist, widely translated novelist

  L

• Minna Lachs, educator and memoirist
• Christine Lavant, mystically religious poet, novelist
• Käthe Leichter, politician, economist, journalist
• Gerda Lerner, Austrian-born English-language playwright, non-fiction author, feminist
• Cvetka Lipuš, Slovene-language poet, translated into English
• Mira Lobe, prolific children's writer, some works published in English

  M

• Dorothea Macheiner, novelist, essayist, poet, playwright
• Ruth Mader, screenwriter, wrote and directed Struggle
• Ruth Maier, diarist, described her experiences of the Nazis from 1933 until she was sent to Auschwitz
• Rosa Mayreder, feminist writer, women's rights campaigner
• Friederike Mayröcker, important contemporary poet, playwright
• Eva Menasse, journalist, novelist
• Helene Migerka,, poet, prose writer
• Hermynia zur Mühlen, novelist, translator
• Doris Mühringer, poet, short story writer, children's writer
• Anitta Müller-Cohen, journalist, social worker, politician
• Melissa Müller, journalist, novelist, author of

  N

• Marie von Najmajer, historical novelist, poet, playwright, women's activist
• Christine Nöstlinger, highly acclaimed children's writer, several works published in English

  O

• Blanche Christine Olschak, journalist, encyclopaedia writer
• Doris Orgel, Austrian-born English-language children's writer, non-fiction writer on Asian topics

  P

• Bertha Pappenheim, short story writer, playwright, poet, children's writer
• Hertha Pauli, journalist, children's writer, non-fiction writer, wrote in both German and English
• Ida Laura Pfeiffer, early travel writer, translated into seven languages
• Karoline Pichler, novelist, libretto writer
• Hella Pick, Austrian-born British journalist, also non-fiction works
• Adelheid Popp, feminist writer and journalist, autobiographer
• Katharina Prato, cookbook writer
• Paula von Preradović, poet, wrote the words to the Austrian national anthem: Land der Berge, Land am Strome

  R

• Elisabeth Reichart, novelist, playwright, short story writer
• Kathrin Röggla, playwright, essayist, poet

  S

• Sophie von Scherer, epistolary novelist
• Adele Schreiber-Krieger, feminist writer, politician
• Carolina Schutti, novelist, biographer, non-fiction writer, literary scholar, educator
• Brigitte Schwaiger, best-selling novelist
• Barbara Schurz, poststructuralist writer, playwright, co-authoring with Alexander Brener
• Lore Segal, Austrian-born American novelist, short story writer, children's writer
• Gitta Sereny, journalist, biographer, non-fiction works, wrote in both German and English
• Hilde Spiel, journalist, essayist, critic
• Bertha von Suttner, novelist, short story writer, essayist, pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize, some works published in English

  T

• Franziska Tausig, Jewish emigrant to Shanghai, memoirs published as Shanghai Passage: Flucht und Exil einer Wienerin
• Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American writer, famous for her The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
• Maria Treben, herbalist, famous for her Gesundheit aus der Apotheke Gottes - Ratschläge und Erfahrungen mit Heilkräutern translated into 24 languages

  V

• Hannelore Valencak, novelist, poet, children's writer

  Z

• Birgit Zotz, non-fiction writer, essayist, writings on Buddhist culture, mysticism, tourism
• Berta Zuckerkandl, journalist, critic, non-fiction writer