• Source: List of Italian women writers

This is a list of women writers (including poets) who were born in Italy or whose writings are closely associated with that country.




A


Vittoria Aganoor (1855–1910), poet, letter writer
Milena Agus (born 1959), novelist
Sibilla Aleramo (1876–1960), poet, autobiographer, feminist writer
Gabriella Ambrosio (born 1954), novelist, essayist, journalist
Isabella Andreini (1562–1604), playwright, poet, actress
Tullia d'Aragona (c. 1510–1556), writer, philosopher, courtesan
Antonia Arslan (born 1938), novelist, critic, translator, educator
Devorà Ascarelli (c. 16th century), poet and translator
Costanza d'Avalos Piccolomini (died 1560), poet
Elisa S. Amore (born 1984), novelist




B


Ida Baccini (1850–1911), children's writer
Emma Baeri (born 1942), feminist historian, political scientist
Teresa Bandettini (1763–1837), poet, dancer
Anna Banti (1895–1985), historical novelist, critic, autobiographer
Barbara Baraldi, thriller novelist
Giuseppa Barbapiccola, (1702–c. 1740), poet, translator
Laura Battiferri (1523–1589), poet
Giuliana Berlinguer (1933–2014), film director, screenwriter, novelist
Angela Bianchini (1921–2018), novelist, short story writer, translator
Alberta Bigagli (1928–2017), poet
Margarita Bobba (16th century), poet
Catherine of Bologna (1413–1463), religious writer, saint
Simona Bonafé (born 1973), journalist, politician
Laudomia Bonanni (1907–2002), writer, journalist
Maria Selvaggia Borghini (1656–1731), poet, translator
Benedetta Brevini, academic, author, journalist, and reformer
Helle Busacca (1915–1996), poet, painter, author




C


Paola Calvetti (born 1958), novelist, journalist
Duccia Camiciotti (1928–2014), poet, essayist
Manuela Campanelli (born 1962), journalist, non-fiction writer
Paola Capriolo (born 1962), novelist, translator
Lara Cardella (born 1969), novelist, author of Good Girls Don't Wear Trousers
Catherine of Siena (1347–1380), religious writings
Nadia Cavalera (born 1950), novelist, poet, critic
Laura Cereta (1469–1499), 15th-century letter writer
Isabella Cervoni (1575–1600), poet
Alba de Céspedes (1911–1997), journalist, novelist
Saveria Chemotti (born 1947), non-fiction, essays, literary criticism, novels
Maria Chessa Lai (1922–2012), Catalan poet from Sardinia
Elisa Chimenti (1883–1969), author
Fausta Cialente (1898–1994), novelist
Maria Luisa Cicci (1760–1794), poet
Vittoria Colonna (1492–1547), popular 16th-century poet
Danila Comastri Montanari (1948–2023), novelist
Cristina Comencini (born 1956), novelist, film director
Margherita Costa (17th century), poet, songwriter
Maria Corti (1915–2002), philologist, critic, novelist




D


Virgilia D'Andrea (1888–1933), anarchist poet
Emanuela Da Ros (born 1959), children's writer
Grazia Deledda (1871–1936), novelist, poet, Nobel laureate
Silvana De Mari (born 1953), children's writer, fantasy novelist
Compiuta Donzella (13th century), earliest women poet writing in Italian
Paola Drigo (1876–1938), short story writer, novelist
Francesca Duranti (born 1935), novelist




E


Muzi Epifani (1935–1984), novelist, poet, playwright, columnist




F


Camilla Faà (c. 1599–1662), early autobiographer
Oriana Fallaci (1929–2006), journalist, biographer
Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel (1752–1799), poet, letter writer
Moderata Fonte (1555–1592), Venetian poet
Laudomia Forteguerri (1515–1555?), poet
Biancamaria Frabotta (1946–2022), poet, playwright, essayist, non-fiction writer
Veronica Franco (1546–1591), poet




G


Veronica Gambara (1485–1550), poet, letter writer
Brunella Gasperini (1918–1979), journalist, novelist
Natalia Ginzburg (1916–1991, novelist, short story writer, essayist
Cinzia Giorgio (born 1975), novelist, playwright, essayist
Elisabetta Gnone (born 1965), children's writer
Simonetta Greggio (born 1961), novelist, writes in French
Cornelia Barbaro Gritti (1719–1808), poet and salon-holder
Amalia Guglielminetti (1881–1941), poet, letter writer
Margherita Guidacci (1921–1992), poet, translator
Lucia Guerrini (1921–1990), classical scholar, archaeologist, writer and editor




J


Fleur Jaeggy (born 1940), Swiss-born Italian-language novelist




M


Maria-Antonietta Macciocchi (1922–2007), journalist, non-fiction writer
Alessandra Macinghi (1406–1471), letter writer
Clementina Laura Majocchi (1866–1945)
Maria Majocchi (1864–1917) writer, journalist, editor-in-chief
Laura Beatrice Mancini (1821–1869), poet, salonist
Gianna Manzini (1896–1974), novelist
Dacia Maraini (born 1936), novelist, playwright, poet, journalist
Faustina Maratti (c. 1679–1745), poet
Andrea Marcolongo (born 1987) Greek classics enthusiast
Lucrezia Marinella (1571–1653), poet, prose writer
Battista Malatesta (c. 1384–1448), Renaissance poet
Chiara Matraini (1515–1604), poet, religious writer
Margaret Mazzantini (born 1961), actress, novelist
Melania Mazzucco (born 1966), author
Diamante Medaglia Faini (1724–1770), poet, madrigal composer
Alda Merini (1931–2009), revered poet
Maria Messina (1887–1944), short story writer and novelist
Beatrice Monroy (born 1953), author and dramatist
Maria Montessori (1870–1952), educational writer
Giuliana Morandini (1938–2019), novelist, children's writer
Elsa Morante (1912–1985), novelist, short story writer, poet
Marta Morazzoni (born 1950), novelist, short story writer
Lisa Morpurgo (1923–1998), novelist
Isabella Morra (c. 1520–1545), Renaissance poet




N


Ada Negri (1870–1945), poet, novelist
Giulia Niccolai (1934–2021), poet, novelist, translator




O


Anna Maria Ortese (1914–1998), short story writer, poet




P


Angeliki Palli (1798–1875), Greek-Italian playwright, novelist, poet, translator
Melissa Panarello (born 1985), erotic novelist
Valeria Parrella (born 1974), novelist, short story writer, playwright
Nicoletta Pasquale (16th century), poet
Jeanne Perego (born 1958), children's writer
Sandra Petrignani (born 1952), journalist, short story writer, novelist
Giulietta Pezzi (1810–1878), poet, novelist, playwright
Fernanda Pivano (1917–2009), journalist, biographer, critic, translator
Christine de Pizan (1364–c. 1430), courtly poet, wrote in French
Antonia Pozzi (1912–1938), poet, diarist, translator
Antonia Tanini Pulci (1452/54–1501), early playwright




R


Fabrizia Ramondino (1936–2008), novelist
Lidia Ravera (born 1951), journalist, novelist, essayist, screenwriter
Marina Ripa Di Meana (1941–2018), autobiographical novelist
Eugenia Romanelli (born 1972), author, journalist
Lalla Romano (1906–2001), novelist, poet, journalist




S


Diodata Saluzzo Roero (1774–1840), poet, novelist
Sara Santoro Bianchi (1950–2016), archaeologist and classical scholar
Maria Antonia Scalera Stellini (1634–1704), poet, playwright
Michela Schiff Giorgini (1923–1978), Egyptologist, non-fiction writer
Matilde Serao (1856–1927), Greek-born Italian journalist, novelist
Clara Sereni (1946–2018), autobiographical literature
Ippolita Maria Sforza (1446–1484), letter writer, poet
Gabriella Sica (born 1950), poet
Maria Luisa Spaziani (1923–2014), poet, translator, academic writer
Gaspara Stampa (1523–1554), Renaissance poet
Sara Copia Sullam (1592–1641), poet




T


Susanna Tamaro (born 1957), novelist, children's writer
Clotilde Tambroni (1758–1817), philologist, poet
Virginia Tango Piatti (1869–1958), writer and pacifist
Laura Terracina (1519–c. 1577), poet
Maria Tore Barbina (1940–2007), poet, translator
Maria Antonietta Torriani (1840–1920), journalist, novelist; pen name "Marchesa Colombi"
Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1425–1482), poet
Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso (1808–1871), non-fiction writer, journalist
Licia Troisi (born 1980), fantasy novelist




V


Patrizia Valduga (born 1953), poet, translator
Maria Valtorta (1897–1961), poet, mystic
Ida Vassalini (1891–1953), poet, philosopher
Angela Veronese (1778–1847), poet
Grazia Verasani (born 1964), crime writer
Simona Vinci (born 1970), novelist, children's writer
Patrizia Vicinelli (1943–1991), poet, actress
Mitì Vigliero Lami (born 1957), journalist, poet, essayist, humorist
Isabella Vincentini (born 1954), poet, essayist, critic
Annie Vivanti (1866–1942), novelist, short story writer, playwright




Z


Paola Zancani Montuoro (1901–1987), Italian archaeologist, writer and editor
Giovanna Zangrandi (1910–1988), novelist
Luisa Zeni (1896–1940), secret agent, writer




See also


List of Italian writers
List of women writers
List of Italian-American women writers




References






External links


Italian Women Writers database from the University of Chicago

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