List of Italian women writers

A

• Vittoria Aganoor, poet, letter writer
• Milena Agus, novelist
• Sibilla Aleramo, poet, autobiographer, feminist writer
• Gabriella Ambrosio, novelist, essayist, journalist
• Isabella Andreini, playwright, poet, actress
• Tullia d'Aragona, writer, philosopher, courtesan
• Antonia Arslan, novelist, critic, translator, educator
• Devorà Ascarelli, poet and translator
• Costanza d'Avalos Piccolomini, poet
• Elisa S. Amore, novelist

  B

• Ida Baccini, children's writer
• Emma Baeri, feminist historian, political scientist
• Teresa Bandettini, poet, dancer
• Anna Banti, historical novelist, critic, autobiographer
• Barbara Baraldi, thriller novelist
• Giuseppa Barbapiccola,, poet, translator
• Laura Battiferri, poet
• Giuliana Berlinguer, film director, screenwriter, novelist
• Angela Bianchini, novelist, short story writer, translator
• Alberta Bigagli, poet
• Margarita Bobba, poet
• Catherine of Bologna, religious writer, saint
• Simona Bonafé, journalist, politician
• Laudomia Bonanni, writer, journalist
• Maria Selvaggia Borghini, poet, translator
• Helle Busacca, poet, painter, author
• Edith Bruck, novelist, poet, translator, screenwriter

  C

• Paola Calvetti, novelist, journalist
• Duccia Camiciotti, poet, essayist
• Manuela Campanelli, journalist, non-fiction writer
• Paola Capriolo, novelist, translator
• Lara Cardella, novelist, author of Good Girls Don't Wear Trousers
• Catherine of Siena, religious writings
• Nadia Cavalera, novelist, poet, critic
• Laura Cereta, 15th-century letter writer
• Isabella Cervoni, poet
• Alba de Céspedes y Bertini, journalist, novelist
• Maria Chessa Lai, Catalan poet from Sardinia
• Fausta Cialente, novelist
• Maria Luisa Cicci, poet
• Vittoria Colonna, popular 16th-century poet
• Danila Comastri Montanari, novelist
• Cristina Comencini, novelist, film director
• Margherita Costa, poet, songwriter
• Maria Corti, philologist, critic, novelist

  D

• Arianna Dagnino, journalist, non-fiction writer
• Virgilia D'Andrea, anarchist poet
• Emanuela Da Ros, children's writer
• Grazia Deledda, novelist, poet, Nobel laureate
• Silvana De Mari, children's writer, fantasy novelist
• Compiuta Donzella, earliest women poet writing in Italian
• Paola Drigo, short story writer, novelist
• Francesca Duranti, novelist

  E

• Muzi Epifani, novelist, poet, playwright, columnist

  F

• Camilla Faà, early autobiographer
• Oriana Fallaci, journalist, biographer
• Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel, poet, letter writer
• Moderata Fonte, Venetian poet
• Laudomia Forteguerri, poet
• Biancamaria Frabotta, poet, playwright, essayist, non-fiction writer
• Veronica Franco, poet

  G

• Veronica Gambara, poet, letter writer
• Brunella Gasperini, journalist, novelist
• Natalia Ginzburg, novelist, playwright, essayist
• Elisabetta Gnone, children's writer
• Simonetta Greggio, novelist, writes in French
• Amalia Guglielminetti, poet, letter writer
• Margherita Guidacci, poet, translator

  J

• Fleur Jaeggy, Swiss-born Italian-language novelist

  M

• Maria-Antonietta Macciocchi, journalist, non-fiction writer
• Alessandra Macinghi, letter writer
• Clementina Laura Majocchi
• Maria Majocchi writer, journalist, editor-in-chief
• Laura Beatrice Mancini, poet, salonist
• Gianna Manzini, novelist
• Dacia Maraini, novelist, playwright, poet, journalist
• Faustina Maratti, poet
• Andrea Marcolongo Greek classics enthusiast
• Lucrezia Marinella, poet, prose writer
• Battista Malatesta, Renaissance poet
• Chiara Matraini, poet, religious writer
• Margaret Mazzantini, actress, novelist
• Melania Mazzucco, author
• Diamante Medaglia Faini, poet, madrigal composer
• Alda Merini, revered poet
• Maria Messina, short story writer and novelist
• Beatrice Monroy, author and dramatist
• Maria Montessori, educational writer
• Giuliana Morandini, novelist, children's writer
• Elsa Morante, novelist, short story writer, poet
• Marta Morazzoni, novelist, short story writer
• Lisa Morpurgo, novelist
• Isabella Morra, Renaissance poet

  N

• Ada Negri, poet, novelist
• Giulia Niccolai, poet, novelist, translator

  O

• Anna Maria Ortese, short story writer, poet

  P

• Angeliki Palli, Greek-Italian playwright, novelist, poet, translator
• Melissa Panarello, erotic novelist
• Valeria Parrella, novelist, short story writer, playwright
• Nicoletta Pasquale, poet
• Jeanne Perego, children's writer
• Sandra Petrignani, journalist, short story writer, novelist
• Giulietta Pezzi, poet, novelist, playwright
• Fernanda Pivano, journalist, biographer, critic, translator
• Christine de Pizan, courtly poet, wrote in French
• Antonia Pozzi, poet, diarist, translator
• Antonia Tanini Pulci, early playwright

  R

• Fabrizia Ramondino, novelist
• Lidia Ravera, journalist, novelist, essayist, screenwriter
• Marina Ripa Di Meana, autobiographical novelist
• Eugenia Romanelli, author, journalist
• Lalla Romano, novelist, poet, journalist

  S

• Diodata Saluzzo Roero, poet, novelist
• Patrizia Sanvitale, journalist, novelist
• Maria Antonia Scalera Stellini, poet, playwright
• Matilde Serao, Greek-born Italian journalist, novelist
• Clara Sereni, autobiographical literature
• Ippolita Maria Sforza, letter writer, poet
• Gabriella Sica, poet
• Maria Luisa Spaziani, poet, translator, academic writer
• Gaspara Stampa, Renaissance poet
• Sara Copia Sullam, poet

  T

• Susanna Tamaro, novelist, children's writer
• Clotilde Tambroni, philologist, poet
• Laura Terracina, poet
• Maria Tore Barbina, poet, translator
• Maria Antonietta Torriani, journalist, novelist; pen name "Marchesa Colombi"
• Lucrezia Tornabuoni, poet
• Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso, non-fiction writer, journalist
• Licia Troisi, fantasy novelist

  V

• Patrizia Valduga, poet, translator
• Maria Valtorta, poet, mystic
• Angela Veronese, poet
• Grazia Verasani, crime writer
• Simona Vinci, novelist, children's writer
• Patrizia Vicinelli, poet, actress
• Mitì Vigliero Lami, journalist, poet, essayist, humorist
• Isabella Vincentini, poet, essayist, critic
• Annie Vivanti, novelist, short story writer, playwright

  Z

• Giovanna Zangrandi, novelist
• Luisa Zeni, secret agent, writer