List of Peruvian women writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Peru or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
- Katya Adaui (born 1977), writer
- María Jesús Alvarado Rivera (1878–1971), novelist, playwright, journalist, women's rights activist
- Marie Arana (born 1949), Peruvian-American novelist, journalist
B
- Monica Brown (author) (born 1969), children's book author, literature professor
C
- Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera (1845–1909), novelist, essayist
- Aurora Cáceres (1877–1958), novelist, essayist, travel writer, biographer
- Clarinda (17th century), pen name of an anonymous poet, author of Discurso en loor de la poesía
F
- Julia Ferrer (1925–1995), poet
G
- Doris Gibson (1910–2008), journalist, magazine publisher
- Teresa González de Fanning (1836–1918), essayist, journalist, feminist writer, women's rights activist
- Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818–1892), Argentine-born Peruvian freedom fighter, novelist, short story writer, newspaper founder
L
- Ana María Llona Málaga (born 1936), poet
M
- María Emma Mannarelli (born 1954), feminist writer, historian, professor
- Manuela Antonia Márquez García-Saavedra (1844–1890), writer, poet, composer pianist
- Clorinda Matto de Turner (1852–1909), novelist, biographer, essayist, translator
N
- María Nieves y Bustamante (1871–1947), novelist, short story writer
O
- Scarlett O'Phelan Godoy (born 1951), historian and university professor
P
- Angélica Palma (1878–1935), novelist, biographer, journalist
S
- Isabel Sabogal (born 1958), novelist, poet, translator
- Claudia Salazar Jiménez (born 1976), writer, editor, academic
V
- Ana Varela Tafur (born 1963), poet and educator
- Gisela Valcárcel (born 1963), television host, actress, autobiographer, magazine publisher
- Virginia Vargas (born 1945), sociologist
- Blanca Varela (1926–2009), widely translated poet
- Chalena Vásquez (1950–2016), ethnomusicologist
W
- Julia Wong Kcomt (1965–2024), poet, novelist, short story writer
See also
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