List of Lithuanian women writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Lithuania or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
[edit]- Gintarė Adomaitytė (born 1957), journalist
- Loreta Anilionytė, philosopher, educator, non-fiction writer, novelist, since 2000
- Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz (1909–1998), Lithuanian-born Hebrew children's writer
- Magdalena Avietėnaitė (1892–1984), journalist, diplomat and a public figure
B
[edit]- Ona Baliukonė (1948–2007), poet, essayist, painter
C
[edit]- Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė (born 1976), playwright, novelist
- Birutė Ciplijauskaitė (born 1929), scholar, translator
G
[edit]- Ona Galdikaitė (1898–1990), Lithuanian nun, poet and dissident writer, theological translator
- Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994), Lithuanian-American translator, non-fiction writer, writings in German and English on archaeology, Lithuanian culture
- Emma Goldman (1869–1940), Lithuanian-born Russian-American memoirist, autobiographer, publisher, anarchist
- Aldona Gustas (born 1932), Lithuanian-born German-language poet, illustrator, feminist, works translated into several languages
H
[edit]- Esther Hautzig (1930–2009), Lithuanian-born American, author of the autobiographical work The Endless Steppe
I
[edit]- Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961–2007), novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, some works translated into English
J
[edit]- Vidmantė Jasukaitytė (born 1948), poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist
- Vanda Juknaitė (born 1949), playwright, novelist, memoirist
K
[edit]- Ugnė Karvelis (1935–2002), novelist, translator, publisher, editor
L
[edit]- Marija Lastauskienė (1872–1957), novelist, short story writer, journalist, frequently writing jointly with her sister under the pen name Lazdynų Pelėda, wrote in Polish and Lithuanian
- Meilė Lukšienė (1913–2009), writings on education and Lithuanian culture
M
[edit]- Edita Mildažytė (born 1966), journalist, talk show host
- Miriam Mosessohn (1841–1920), Lithuanian-born Hebrew-language translator of German novels
N
[edit]- Salomėja Nėris, pen name of Salomėja Bačinskaitė-Bučienė (1904–1945), acclaimed poet
P
[edit]- Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė (1861–1943), journalist, novelist, short story writer, playwright
- Sofija Pšibiliauskienė (1867–1926), wrote jointly with her sister Marija Lastauskienė under the pen name Lazdynų Pelėda, journalist, short story writer, novelist, usually writing in Polish
- Paulina Pukytė (born 1966), artist, poet, essayist, critic
R
[edit]- Giedra Radvilavičiūtė (born 1960), journalist, short story writer
- Undinė Radzevičiūtė (born 1967), novelist, worked in advertising
S
[edit]- Kristina Sabaliauskaitė (born 1974), art historian, historical novelist, short story writer
- Šatrijos Ragana (Witch of Šatrija), pen name of Marija Pečkauskaitė (1877–1930), short story writer, novelist, translator
- Ieva Simonaitytė (1897–1978), historical novelist, works often subjected to Soviet censorship
V
[edit]- Laima Vaitkunskienė (born 1936), archaeologist
- Indrė Valantinaitė (born 1984), poet, singer
Z
[edit]- Žemaitė, pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė (1845–1921), novelist, short story writer