List of Uruguayan women writers

A

• María Abella de Ramírez, journal publisher, columnist, feminist
• Ethel Afamado, poet, composer
• Gladys Afamado, poet, visual artist
• Delmira Agustini, acclaimed 20th century Latin-American poet
• Victoria Aihar, author of erotic novels
• Claudia Amengual, novelist, short story writer, essayist, educator, columnist
• Teresa Amy, teacher, poet, translator

  B

• Ana Barrios Camponovo, writer, actress, and illustrator
• Lalo Barrubia, poet and translator
• Carolina Bello, writer
• Amanda Berenguer, poet, autobiographer
• Matilde Bianchi, writer
• Inés Bortagaray, writer, screenwriter
• Virginia Brindis de Salas, poet, columnist

  C

• Esther de Cáceres, poet, educator
• Marta Canessa, historian, academic writer
• Selva Casal, poet
• Adela Castell, essayist, poet, teacher
• Dorila Castell de Orozco, poet and teacher who wrote under the pseudonym Una Oriental
• Gladys Castelvecchi, poet, literature professor
• Maria Collazo Educator & Journalist
• Marcia Collazo, writer, teacher, lawyer
• Enriqueta Compte y Riqué, educator
• Helena Corbellini, writer, literature professor
• Cecilia Curbelo, journalist, columnist, screenwriter

  E

• Paula Einöder, poet, novelist, educator
• Gloria Escomel, Uruguayan-born Canadian journalist, novelist, short story writer
• María Esperanza Barrios, journalist, writer

  F

• Edda Fabbri, writer

  G

• Eloísa García Etchegoyhen, non-fiction writer, educator
• María Esther Gilio, journalist, writer, biographer, and lawyer
• Marosa di Giorgio, acclaimed poet, novelist
• Estela Golovchenko, playwright

  I

• Juana de Ibarbourou, popular poet, feminist

  L

• Clotilde Luisi, lawyer, educator, translator, short story writer
• Luisa Luisi, poet, teacher, literary critic

  M

• Mirta Macedo, writer, social worker, human rights activist
• Circe Maia, poet, essayist, translator, teacher
• Amparo Menendez-Carrion, Uruguayan-Ecuadorian author, academic
• María de Montserrat, writer

  O

• Susana Olaondo, writer and illustrator
• Gabriela Onetto, writer, philosopher

  P

• Gladys Parentelli, feminist theologian
• Mariana Percovich, playwright, teacher, theater director
• Carina Perelli, writer, political consultant
• Cristina Peri Rossi, novelist, short story writer, poet, translator
• Amalia Polleri, poet, journalist, art critic
• Alicia Porro, poet
• Teresa Porzecanski, anthropologist, novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer
• Carmen Posadas, best selling novelist, short story writer, children's writer
• Fanny Puyesky, writer, dramatist, lawyer

  R

• Mercedes Rein, dramatist, translator
• Ana Ribeiro, writer, historian, professor
• Alba Roballo, politician, poet
• Carolina de Robertis, Uruguayan-American author, teacher of creative writing
• Cristina Rodríguez Cabral, poet, researcher

  S

• Beatriz Santos Arrascaeta, narrative writer, historian, essayist
• Concepción Silva Belinzon, poet
• Susana Soca, poet
• Armonía Somers, novelist, short story writer, feminist
• Alcira Soust Scaffo, poet, teacher
• Michelle Suárez Bértora, transgender lawyer, politician, writer

  V

• María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira, poet, teacher
• Helen Velando, successful young adult writer
• Idea Vilariño, poet, essayist, literary critic
• Ida Vitale, prolific writer, poet, non-fiction writer, essayist

  Z

• Giselda Zani, Italian-born poet, short story writer, critic