List of Czech women writers

A

• Madeleine Albright, American politician, non-fiction writer, autobiographer, writing in English
• Hana Andronikova ), novelist, short story writer

  B

• Božena Benešová, Czech poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright
• Alexandra Berková, novelist, short story writer, some works translated into English
• Zdeňka Bezděková, writer, philosopher and translator
• Tereza Boučková, short story writer, playwright
• Zuzana Brabcová, novelist

  C

• Marie Červinková-Riegrová, biographer, autobiographer, librettist

  D

• Radka Denemarková, novelist, biographer
• Dominika Dery, poet, prose writer, memoirist, author of The Twelve Little Cakes

  E

• Helen Epstein, biographer, memoirist, essayist, author of Children of the Holocaust

  H

• Jiřina Hauková, poet, translator
• Eva Hauserová, novelist, non-fiction writer, feminist
• Iva Hercíková, novelist, screenwriter
• Daniela Hodrová, novelist, editor, literary researcher
• Eva Hudečková, novelist, screenwriter
• Petra Hůlová, popular novelist

  J

• Jožka Jabůrková, journalist, non-fiction writer, translator
• Milena Jesenská, journalist, columnist, editor, translator

  K

• Eva Kantůrková, novelist, short story writer, essayist, diarist
• Věra Kohnová, child diarist, author of The Diary of Vera Kohnova
• Eliška Krásnohorská, poet, librettist, children's writer, critic, feminist

  L

• Květa Legátová, novelist, short story writer, essayist
• Věra Linhartová, art historian, short story writer, children's writer, poet, sometimes writing in French
• Helena Lisická, writer of fairy tales and legends
• Jarmila Loukotková, historical novelist, short story writer, children's writer, playwright

  M

• Marie Majerová, novelist, short story writer, children's writer
• Heda Margolius Kovály, memoirist, novelist, some works translated into English
• Libuše Moníková, novelist, playwright, essayist, writing in German

  N

• Božena Němcová, acclaimed novelist, writer of folk tales, author of The Grandmother
• Bára Nesvadbová, novelist, columnist, children's writer

  P

• Halina Pawlowská, screenwriter, short story writer, journalist, television presenter
• Iva Pekárková, Czech-language novelist, now living in New York
• Gabriela Preissová, playwright, short story writer
• Lenka Procházková, novelist, television screenwriter

  R

• Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová, remembered for her cookery book
• Sylvie Richterová, short story writer, poet, essayist, educator
• Lenka Reinerová, German-language non-fiction writer, journalist, editor, memoirist, essayist

  S

• Zdena Salivarová, novelist, living in Canada
• Marie Šťastná, poet
• Bertha von Suttner, born in Prague, Austrian pacifist, novelist, Nobel Peace Prize winner
• Eva Švankmajerová, surrealist artist, writer, poet
• Karolina Světlá, novelist, feminist

  T

• Jindra Tichá, academic, short story writer, living in New Zealand
• Kateřina Tučková, best-selling novelist, non-fiction writer

  V

• Fan Vavřincová, screenwriter, novelist, short story writer
• Božena Viková-Kunětická, novelist, short story writer, politician

  W

• Alena Wagnerová, journalist, biographer
• Magdalena Wagnerová, short story writer, screenwriter

  Z

• Marketa Zinnerová, novelist, screenwriter, children's writer
• Anna Zonová, novelist, short story writer