List of Colombian women writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Colombia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
[edit]- María Josefa Acevedo Sánchez (1803–1861), non-fiction writer, poet, biographer
- Soledad Acosta (1833–1913), novelist, short story writer, journalist
- Albalucía Ángel (born 1939), novelist, folksinger
- Dorila Antommarchi (c.1850–1923), poet, one of three sisters
- Elmira Antommarchi (19th century), poet
- Hortensia Antommarchi (1850–1915), poet
- Consuelo Araújo (1940–2001), journalist, non-fiction writer, short story writer
- Helena Araújo (1934–2015), literary critic, short story writer, novelist
B
[edit]- Luisa Ballesteros Rosas (born 1957), essayist, poet, and educator
- Ángela Becerra (born 1957), novelist
- Piedad Bonnett (born 1951), poet, playwright, novelist
- Fanny Buitrago (born 1943), novelist, playwright
- Isabel Bunch de Cortés (1845–1921), poet, translator
D
[edit]- Margarita Diez-Colunje y Pombo (1838–1919), historian, translator, genealogist
F
[edit]- Francisca Josefa de la Concepción (1671–1742), nun, autobiographer
H
[edit]- Bertha Hernández Fernández (1907–1993), first lady of Colombia, non-fiction writer, works on gardening
K
[edit]- Leszli Kálli, kidnapped in 1999, diarist
L
[edit]- Magdalena León de Leal (born 1939), feminist writer
- Orietta Lozano (born 1956), poet
M
[edit]- Ana María Martínez de Nisser (1812–1872), historical writer
- Olga Elena Mattei (born 1933), poet
N
[edit]- Jerónima Nava y Saavedra (1669–1727), writer and Catholic religious
O
[edit]- Cecilia Orozco Tascón, contemporary journalist
R
[edit]- Laura Restrepo (born 1950), journalist, novelist
- Teresa Román Vélez (1925–2021), cookbook writer
- Amira de la Rosa (1895–1974), playwright, poet, journalist, and writer
- María Teresa Ronderos (born 1959), journalist, columnist, non-fiction writer
S
[edit]- Bertilda Samper Acosta (1856–1910), nun, poet
- Agripina Samper Agudelo (1833–1892), poet
- Carmelina Soto (1916–1994), acclaimed poet
T
[edit]- Anabel Torres (born 1948), poet, translator
- Consuelo Triviño Anzola (born 1956), narradora
U
[edit]- Ofelia Uribe de Acosta (1900–1988), suffragist, journalist, newspaper editor
V
[edit]- Virginia Vallejo (born 1949), novelist, journalist, television presenter