List of Spanish women writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Spain or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
- Mercedes Abad, journalist, short story writer
- Carmen Conde Abellán, poet, narrative writer
- Rosario de Acuña, playwright, essayist, short story writer and poet
- Anna Aguilar-Amat, Catalan-language poet, translator
- Francisca Aguirre, poet
- Aisha, acclaimed Arabic-language poet
- Caterina Albert, short story writer, novelist and poet
- Núria Albó, novelist, politician
- Aurora de Albornoz, poet
- Josefina Aldecoa, novelist
- Aurora de Albornoz, Galician-language poet, translator, biologist
- Concepción Aleixandre, gynaecologist, feminist, non-fiction writer
- Marilar Aleixandre, writer, translator and biologist
- Maria Dolors Alibés, children's author
- Concha Alós, novelist
- Amparo Alvajar, Galician translator, journalist, and playwright
- Begoña Ameztoy, writer and painter
- Blanca Andreu, poet
- Lola Anglada, writer and illustrator
- Maria Àngels Anglada, Catalan-language poet, novelist
- Núria Añó, Catalan-language novelist, short story writer, biographer, essayist
- Enriqueta Antolín, journalist and novelist
- Clementina Arderiu, Catalan-language poet
- Concepción Arenal, feminist writer, poet, essayist
- Xela Arias, Galician-language poet, translator
- Elena Arnedo, gynaecologist, writer and activist
- Rosa Maria Arquimbau, Catalan-language novelist, journalist, feminist
- Julia de Asensi, journalist, novelist, children's writer
- Matilde Asensi, historical novelist, journalist
- Judith Astelarra, Argentine-born sociologist specializing in gender studies
B
- Inés Ballester, journalist, cookbook writer and television presenter
- Maria Barbal, novelist, children's writer
- Elia Barceló, academic and writing based in Austria
- Carmen Baroja, writer and ethnologist
- Nuria Barrios, poet, fiction and non-fiction writer
- Lola Beccaria, novelist
- Esther Bendahan, Moroccan-born Spanish-language novelist, essayist, living in Spain
- Pilar Benejam Arguimbau, geographer, writer and academic
- Maria Beneyto, poet
- Elisa Beni, journalist, novelist
- Sara Berenguer Laosa, poet and activist
- Consuelo Berges, translator, journalist, and biographer
- Mònica Bernabé, journalist and writer
- Aurora Bertrana, Catalan-language short story writer, novelist
- Patrocinio de Biedma y la Moneda, poet and novelist
- Carmen Blanco, feminist writer, activist and academic
- Montserrat Boix, journalist
- Pilar Bonet, journalist and non-fiction writer
- Rosario Ustáriz Borra, Aragonese language writer and poet
- Maria Lluïsa Borràs i Gonzàlez, writer and exhibition curator
- Nuria C. Botey, science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer
- Dolors Bramon, philologist, historian, academic and writer
- Mariam Budia, author and playwright
- Carmen de Burgos, novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, translator
- Juby Bustamante, journalist
- Gabriela Bustelo, novelist, journalist, translator
C
- Fernán Caballero, novelist
- Amparo Cabanes Pecourt, academic and politician
- María Cambrils, socialist feminist writer
- Roser Caminals-Heath, Catalan novelist and translator
- María Teresa Campos, journalist, memoirist, humorous writer
- Zenobia Camprubí, Spanish-born writer, diarist, later moved to Cuba and the United States
- Matilde Camus, poet, non-fiction writer
- Eva Canel, Spanish-born writer who settled in Cuba
- Maria Aurèlia Capmany, Catalan novelist, playwright and essayist
- Àngels Cardona Palmer, Catalan writer, educator and activist
- María del Carme Ribé i Ferré, librarian, writer and activist
- Ana Caro, Golden Age poet and playwright
- Maite Carranza, educator and children's writer, mainly in Catalan
- Maria Carratalà i Van den Wouver, music critic, translator, playwright
- Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, religious poet, writer
- Sofía Casanova, poet, novelist and journalist
- Borita Casas, journalist, playwright and children's writer
- Yolanda Castaño, painter, literary critic and poet
- Josefina Castellví, oceanographer, non-fiction writer
- María Andrea Casamayor, early female science writer, two works on mathematics
- Borita Casas, children's writer
- Fina Casalderrey, Galician children's writer
- Cecilia Castaño, professor of political science and applied economics
- Yolanda Castaño, Galician-language poet, translator
- Sofía Castañón, poet, journalist, politician
- Luisa Castro, novelist, poet, journalist, writing in Galician and Spanish
- Rosalía de Castro, romanticist poet, writings in Galician and Spanish
- Mariana de Carvajal y Saavedra, Golden Age writer
- Mercedes Cebrián, Catalan-language writer
- Mercedes Comaposada, educator, lawyer and writer
- Ernestina de Champourcín, poet
- Rosa Chacel, well-known novelist
- Dulce Chacón, poet, novelist, playwright
- Ernestina de Champourcín, poet
- Isabel Cheix, writer of historical, religious and romantic novels as well as poetry and stage plays
- Rosa María Cid López, academic specializing in gender and women's studies
- Victoria Cirlot, non-fiction literary writer
- Mercè Company, writer in Spanish, Catalan and French languages
- Flavia Company, Argentine-born Spanish novelist, poet, children's writer, writes in Catalan and Spanish
- Nieves Concostrina, writer and journalist
- Paula Contreras Márquez, novelist, short story writer
- Carolina Coronado, popular poet, novelist, playwright
- Aixa de la Cruz, Basque writer of novels and short stories
D
- Mercedes Deambrosis, Spaniard who writes in French
- Nieves Delgado, science fiction writer and teacher
- Paloma del Río, journalist
- Paloma Díaz-Mas, novelist, playwright, non-fiction writer
- Eva Díaz Pérez, journalist, essayist and academic
- Maria Doménech, Catalan-language writer
- María Domínguez, journalist, poet and politician
- Amalia Domingo Soler, novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, autobiographer
- Maite Dono, singer-songwriter, poet, and actress
- María Dueñas, best-selling novelist, academic writer
E
- María de Echarri, Catholic apologist and feminist advocate
- María Egual, poet and playwright
- María Luisa Elío, writer and actress exiled in Mexico
- Rosa de Eguílaz y Renart, playwright and journalist
- Tina Escaja, Spanish-American poet, writer and academic
- Teresa Espasa, Valencian poet, essayist and academic
- Lucía Etxebarría, novelist, poet, essayist
- Luisa Etxenike, novelist, short story writer and poet
F
- Lidia Falcón, politician and writer
- Elvira Farreras i Valentí, poet and essayist
- Cristina Fernández Cubas, journalist, short story writer and novelist
- Concepció Ferrer, philogist, politician and writer
- Ángela Figuera Aymerich, Basque poet writing in Spanish
- Alaíde Foppa, Spanish born poet, published in Guatemala and Mexico
- Francesca Forrellad, Catalan writer
- Lluïsa Forrellad, novelist and playwright in Spanish and Catalan
- Susana Fortes, novelist, columnist
- Elena Fortún, children's writer, author of Celia, lo que dice
- Isabel Franc, novelist, short story writer and essayist
- Espido Freire, successful novelist, works translated into several languages
- Anna Freixas, academic and writer on the subjects of aging, feminism, and psychology
- Laura Freixas, novelist, short story writer, columnist
- Milagros Frías, writer, journalist and literary reviewer
- Gloria Fuertes, poet, novelist, children's writer, playwright
- Felícia Fuster, Catalan-language poet, translator
G
- Patrícia Gabancho, Argentine-born Spanish journalist who wrote in Catalan
- Belén Gache, Argentine-born novelist, electronic poet, living in Madrid
- Ana Galán, children's writer, humorous writer, writing in Spanish and English
- Rosa Galcerán, cartoonist and poet
- Beatriz Galindo, Latinist and educator
- María Rosa Gálvez de Cabrera, poet and playwright
- Berta García Faet, poet and translator
- Adelaida García Morales, novelist, actress
- Yolanda García Serrano, scriptwriter and playwright
- Olvido García Valdés, poet, biographer, translator
- Fanny Garrido, Galician writer and translator
- Alicia Giménez Bartlett, detective novelist
- Teresa Giménez Barbat, anthropologist, writer and politician
- Lupe Gómez, Galician-language poet, literary critic, columnist
- Mar Gómez Glez, playwright and novelist
- Paloma Gómez Borrero, journalist and writer
- Eloísa Gómez-Lucena, contemporary novelist, non-fiction writer, historian
- Consuelo González Ramos, journalist and feminist
- Belén Gopegui, novelist, journalist
- Dolores Gortázar Serantes, novelist, journalist and activist
- María Goyri de Menéndez Pidal, literary critic, poet, feminist
- Almudena Grandes, erotic novelist, short story writer
- Olga Guirao, novelist
- Goya Gutiérrez, poet
H
- Úrsula Heinze, poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer and children's writer
- Francisca Herrera Garrido, Galician-language novelist, poet
- María Gertrudis Hore, poet
I
- Carmen de Icaza, novelist
- María Antonia Iglesias, journalist, non-fiction writer
- Lola Iturbe, trade unionist and journalist
- Mari Carmen Izquierdo, pioneering sports journalist
J
- Maria de la Pau Janer, Catalan-language novelist
- Clara Janés, acclaimed poet, novelist, essayist, translator
- Palmira Jaquetti i Isant, folklorist, poet, and writer
- Isabel de Josa, Catalan writer
- Inés Joyes y Blake, translator and feminist essayist
- Conxita Julià, Catalan-language poet
- Cristina Jurado, science fiction and fantasy writer and editor
K
- Carmen Karr, feminist and journalist
- Alicia Kopf, novelist and academic
L
- Ángela Labordeta, novelist, journalist
- María Elvira Lacaci, Galician poet
- Lorraine C. Ladish, Spanish-born writer based in Florida
- Carmen Laforet, existentialist novelist, short story writer
- Regina de Lamo, pianist, writer, journalist and activist
- Margarita Landi, journalist and television presenter
- Paula Lapido, short story writer
- María Teresa León, novelist, short story writer, playwright, children's writer, columnist
- Rosa Leveroni, Catalan-language poet
- Gemma Lienas, writer, feminist activist, politician
- Lucía Lijtmaer, journalist, writer
- Elvira Lindo, journalist, novelist, playwright
- Eulàlia Lledó, philologist and non-fiction writer
- Ángeles López de Ayala, playwright, journalist and activist
- Leonor López de Córdoba, Spain's earliest autobiographer
- Marian Lopez Fernandez-Cao, academic, curator and art writer
- Mariló López Garrido
- Rosaura Lopez, maid who wrote about John Lennon
- Irene Lozano, writer, journalist and politician
M
- :es:Ángeles_Maestro|Ángeles Maestro, Spanish politician
- Chantal Maillard, poet, essayist, non-fiction works on philosophy
- Helena Maleno, journalist, writer and activist
- Maria Mercè Marçal, Catalan-language poet, translator
- Carolina Marcial Dorado, educator and writer based in USA
- Inés Marful, scholar
- María Mariño, Galician writer
- Inka Martí, journalist, editor, writer and photographer
- Carmen Martín Gaite, novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, children's writer
- Ana María Martínez Sagi, poet, journalist, feminist and trade unionist
- Laia Martínez i López, poet and translator
- Susana Martinez-Conde, Spanish-American researcher, non-fiction writer
- Raquel Martínez-Gómez, novelist
- Toti Martínez de Lezea, novelist, translator, writing in Spanish and Basque
- Maria del Pilar Maspons i Labrós, poet and novelist
- María Josefa Massanés, poet
- Pilar Mateos, children's writer
- Ana María Matute, highly acclaimed novelist, short story writer
- Megan Maxwell, romantic chick lit novelist
- Antonia Maymón, novelist and non-fiction writer
- Margarita de Mayo Izarra, journalist and teacher
- Elena Medel, poet, literary critic
- Susana Medina, poetry and prose in Spanish and English
- Concha Méndez, poet, playwright, member of Generation of '27
- Ana Merino, poet, novelist, educator, living in the United States
- Sara Mesa, poet and novelist
- Ana María Moix, poet, novelist, short story writer, translator
- Selena Millares, poet, essayist and academic
- Montserrat Minobis i Puntonet, journalist and academic
- Laura Mintegi, novelist, politician and academic
- Pilar Molina Llorente, children's writer
- Empar Moliner, writer and journalist
- Dolors Monserdà, poet, novelist and playwright
- Rosa Montero, journalist, acclaimed novelist
- Carmen Montoriol Puig, Catalan poet, playwright, translator
- Federica Montseny, novelist, essayist, politician
- María Luz Morales, pioneering cultural journalist and writer
- María Victoria Moreno, children's writer, poet and essayist, writing in both Spanish and Galician
- Teresa Moure, Galician-language essayist, novelist, children's writer
- Elisabeth Mulder, poet, novelist, short story writer
- Estefanía Muñiz, poet and scriptwriter
- Isabel Muñoz-Caravaca, journalist writer and labour activist
- Anna Murià, short story writer, novelist, children's writer, essayist
N
- Elvira Navarro, novelist and short story writer
- Julia Navarro, best-selling novelist, journalist, novels widely translated but not into English
- Margarita Nelken, feminist and writer
- Carmen Nonell, novelist
- Olga Novo, Galician-language poet, essayist
O
- Carlota O'Neill, novelist, non-fiction writer and journalist
- Mercedes Odina, journalist, non-fiction writer
- Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer, Catalan-language novelist, short story writer, translator
- Lourdes Oñederra, Basque-language novelist, short story writer, academic works on linguistics
- Lourdes Ortiz, novelist, poet, essayist, translator
- Marisol Ortiz de Zárate, children's writer
- Isabel Oyarzábal Smith, feminist writer, journalist, diplomat
P
- Teresa Pàmies, non-fiction Catalan writer
- Emilia Pardo Bazán, novelist, journalist, essayist, critic, associated with the naturalistic movement
- Ana Pardo de Vera, journalist and newspaper editor
- Victòria Peña i Nicolau,, Mallorcan poet
- Pilar Pedraza, novelist and essayist
- Paloma Pedrero, actress and playwright
- María Dolores Pérez Enciso, journalist, essayist
- Mónica Pérez de las Heras, journalist, writer and academic
- Isabel Pérez Montalbán, poet
- Gloria Pérez-Salmerón, national librarian and writer
- Núria Perpinyà, Catalan-language novelist, essayist
- Julia Piera, poet
- Maria del Pilar Maspons i Labrós, poet, novelist, folklorist
- Aurora Picornell, political activist and martyr
- Florencia del Pinar, early female poet
- Valentina Pinelo, religious writer
- Irene Polo, journalist and translator
- Núria Pompeia, cartoonist, journalist and writer in both Spanish and Catalan
- Marta Portal, novelist, short story writer and essayist
- Nativel Preciado, journalist and non-fiction writer
- Isabel Prieto de Landázuri, poet and dramatist
Q
- Ana Rosa Quintana, journalist and television presenter
- Rebeca Quintáns, journalist and research writer
- Elena Quiroga, novelist
R
- Llucia Ramis, journalist and novelist
- Dolores Redondo, novelist
- Rosa Regàs, novelist, columnist
- Charlotte Remfry, writer and translator
- Eugenia Rico, novelist, poet, journalist
- Lolo Rico, children's writer and television producer
- Carme Riera, Catalan-language novelist, essayist, short story writer, critic, also writes in Spanish
- Pilar del Río, journalist, writer and translator
- Blanca de los Ríos, novelist, essayist and painter
- Marta Rivera de la Cruz, novelist
- Margarita Rivière, journalist and non-fiction writer
- Marta Robles, writer of fiction and non-fiction, television scriptwriter and presenter
- Maria Mercè Roca, Catalan short story writer, novelist, politician
- Cristina Rodríguez, French-language journalist, novelist
- Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan novelist
- Cristina Rodríguez, journalist, historian and novelist who writes in French
- Fanny Rubio, novelist and literary critic
S
- Oliva Sabuco, medical and psychological works
- Faustina Sáez de Melgar, novelist, poet and essayist
- Ada Salas, poet and educator
- María Salas Larrazábal, writer, journalist
- Mercedes Salisachs, novelist, short story writer
- Marcela de San Félix, poet, religious writer
- Isabel San Sebastián, journalist, writer and broadcaster
- Clara Sánchez, novelist
- Cristina Sánchez-Andrade, novelist and translator
- Cèlia Sànchez-Mústich, Catalan-language poet, short story writer
- Lucía Sánchez Saornil, poet and feminist
- Encarna Sant-Celoni i Verger, narrative writer, poet and translator
- Elena Santiago, novelist and short story writer
- Care Santos, journalist and novelist writing in Spanish and Catalan
- Marta Sanz, novelist and poet
- Lucía Sánchez Saornil, poet, feminist writer
- Encarna Sant-Celoni i Verger, Valencian poet, narrative writer
- Elena Santiago, novelist, short story, and children's writer
- Ana Santos Aramburo, national librarian and writer
- Care Santos, novelist, children's writer, writes in Catalan and Spanish
- Belén de Sárraga, journalist
- Elvira Sastre, poet and translator
- Berta Serra Manzanares, poet and novelist
- Luisa Sigea de Velasco, poet, wrote mainly in Latin
- Isabel-Clara Simó, Catalan-language journalist and writer
- Teresa Solana, crime novelist
- Carme Solé Vendrell, illustrator and children's writer
- Maria Assumpció Soler i Font, Catalan writer and journalist
- Dolores Soler-Espiauba, novelist
- Anna Soler-Pont, writer
- Cristina Spínola, journalist, athlete, YouTuber
T
- Corín Tellado, novelist
- Ana Tena, Aragonese short story writer
- Teresa de Cartagena, early feminist, autobiographer
- Teresa of Ávila, mystical writer
- Mònica Terribas i Sala, Catalan journalist, educator, broadcasting executive
- Josefina de la Torre, poet, novelist, opera singer, actress
- Carme Torras, computer scientist, technical writer and novelist
- Maruja Torres, journalist
- Xohana Torres, poet, playwright and novelist
- Laura Tremosa, engineer, feminist, non-fiction writer
- Esther Tusquets, publisher, novelist, essayist
U
- Rosana Ubanell, journalist, detective story novelist
- Pilar Urbano, journalist and non-fiction writer
- Arantxa Urretabizkaia, Basque-language novelist, screenwriter, poet
- Carmina Useros, writer, ceramist, painter, and cultural manager
V
- Amelia Valcarcel, philosopher, feminist, non-fiction writer
- Pilar de Valderrama, poet and playwright
- Curri Valenzuela, journalist and non-fiction writer
- Julieta Valero, poet
- Maria Vallejo-Nágera, novelist
- Ángela Vallvey, children's writer, novelist
- Brigitte Vasallo, writer and social activist
- Ana María Vázquez Hoys, non-fiction writer, historic novelist, historian
- María Teresa de Vega, novelist and poet
- Maria Verger, archivist, librarian and poet in Catalan and Spanish
- Isabel Vericat, author and translator
- Antònia Vicens, short story writer, novelist, children's writer, writes in Catalan
- Beatriz Villacañas, poet, essayist, critic
W
- Sultana Wahnón, essayist, literary critic and academic
X
- Olga Xirinacs Díaz, poet, playwright, essayist and children's writer
- Xosefa Xovellanos, Asturian poet
Z
- María Zambrano, essayist, philosopher, belonged to the Generation of '36
- María de Zayas, pioneer of literary feminism
- Pilar de Zubiaurre, essayist, letter writer