List of Polish women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Poland or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

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Miriam Akavia (1927–2015), Polish-born Israeli novelist, translator
Lisa Appignanesi (born 1946), Polish-born English-language novelist, non-fiction writer, editor, columnist
Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (1865–1942), poet, playwright, journalist

Rosa Bailly (1890–1976), teacher, activist, translator, journalist history and travel writer and poet
Lidia Bajkowska, writer of children’s educational music books
Jadwiga Barańska (born 1935), actress, screenwriter
Ewa Białołęcka (born 1967), novelist, short story writer
Agnieszka Biedrzycka, contemporary historian, researcher and editor of the Polish Biographical Dictionary
Irena Bobowska (1920–1942), journalist, editor, poet, resistance worker
Krystyna Boglar (1931–2019), writer and screenwriter known mostly for her work for children and young adults
Helena Boguszewska (1883–1978), writer, columnist and social activist
Barbara Bojarska, contemporary historian, works on the history of Pomerania
Maria Boniecka (1910–1978), editor, writer, teacher, resistance fighter
Anna Brzezińska, (born 1971), historian, fantasy author

Zofia Chądzyńska (1912–2003), novelist, translator
Joanna Chmielewska (1932–2013), widely translated bestselling crime fiction novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer, screenwriter
Sylwia Chutnik (born 1979), novelist
Izabela Czartoryska (1746–1835), salonist, diarist, memoirist

Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965), novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright
Janina Domanska (1913–1995), Polish-American children's writer, writing in English
Gusta Dawidson Draenger (1917–1943), diarist
Kinga Dunin (born 1954), novelist, non-fiction writer, feminist
Elżbieta Drużbacka (c.1695–1765), poet
Wanda Dynowska (1888–1971), theosophist, non-fiction writer, publisher in India, translator of Polish poetry into English

Ida Fink (1921–2011), Polish-Israeli writer, Polish-language works on the Holocaust
Wirydianna Fiszerowa (1761–1826), noblewoman, French-language memoirist

Zuzanna Ginczanka (1917–1945), poet, translator
Agnieszka Graff (born 1970), non-fiction writer, essayist, columnist, feminist
Manuela Gretkowska (born 1964), novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, politician
Katarzyna Grochola (born 1957), best selling novelist, short story writer, playwright
Wioletta Grzegorzewska (born 1974), poet, some works translated into English

Maria Ilnicka (c.1825–1897), poet, novelist, translator, journalist
Bozenna Intrator (born 1964), Polish-American novelist, poet, playwright, translator, writing in German, Polish and English

Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986), children's writer, poet, translator
Anna Kańtoch (born 1976), fantasy writer
Gerda Weissmann Klein (1924–2022), Polish-American writer, works on the Holocaust
Irena Klepfisz (born 1941), poet, essayist, feminist writer, translator, writing in Yiddish and English
Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910), acclaimed poet, novelist, children's writer
Rachel Korn (1898–1982), poet, writing in Polish and (mainly) Yiddish
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889–1968), historical novelist, memoirist, columnist
Chana Kowalska (1899–1942), Jewish painter and journalist
Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938), nun, author of a diary relating her mystic experiences
Hanna Krall (born 1935), journalist, historian, works on the war period in Poland
Katarzyna Krenz (born 1953), poet, novelist, translator
Maria Kuncewiczowa (1895–1989), novelist, columnist

Anna Langfus (1920–1966), Polish-born French-language novelist
Marija Lastauskienė (1872–1957), novelist, short story writer, often in collaboration with her sister Sofija Pšibiliauskienė, wrote in Polish and Lithuanian
Henryka Łazowertówna (1909–1942), poet, remembered for her poem written in the Warsaw Ghetto
Joanna Lech (born 1984), poet, some works translated into English
Ewa Lipska (born 1945), widely translated poet
Tekla Teresa Łubieńska (1767–1810), poet, playwright and translator from the French and English
Jadwiga Łuszczewska (1834–1908), poet, novelist

Wanda Malecka (1800–1860), editor, translator, poet, novelist, newspaper publisher, journalist
Dorota Masłowska (born 1983), best selling novelist, playwright
Grażyna Miller (1957–2009), poet, critic, translator
Weronika Murek (born 1989) short story writer, playwright
Małgorzata Musierowicz (born 1945), popular children's writer

Anna Nakwaska (1781–1851), memoirist, novelist, children's author and women's educationalist
Zofia Nałkowska (1884–1954), acclaimed novelist, playwright
Madlen Namro (born 1973), science-fiction writer

Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910), acclaimed novelist, playwright, short story writer
Hanna Ożogowska (1904–1995), novelist, poet, translator

Helena Janina Pajzderska (1862–1927), novelist, poet, translator
Magdalena Parys (born 1971), novelist
Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945), acclaimed poet, playwright
Tillie S. Pine (1896–1999), Polish-American children's writer
Zofia Posmysz (1923–2022), journalist, novelist, and author
Halina Poświatowska (1935–1967), significant poet, essayist, autobiographer
Stanisława Przybyszewska (1901–1935), playwright, writer of acclaimed works on the French revolution
Sofija Pšibiliauskienė (1867–1926), sister of Marija Lastauskienė, co-authored some of her works

Małgorzata Rejmer (born 1985) novelist, short story writer
Maria Rodziewiczówna (1863–1944), important novelist and short story writer of the interwar period
Helena Romer-Ochenkowska (1875–1947), writer, playwright, opinion journalist, columnist and theatre critic
Chava Rosenfarb (1923–2011), Polish born Yiddish poet, short story writer

Barbara Sanguszko (1718–1791), poet, translator, moralist and philanthropist
Magdalena Samozwaniec (1894–1972), satirist
Wanda Sieradzka de Ruig (1923–2008), poet, journalist, television screenwriter
Kate Simon (1912–1990), Polish-born American travel writer, autobiographer
Żanna Słoniowska (born 1978), novelist
Dominika Słowik (born 1988) writer
Eva Stachniak (born 1952), Polish-born Canadian novelist, short story writer
Anna Świrszczyńska (1909–1984), poet, some works translated into English
Anna Szatkowska (1928–2015), memoirist, wartime experiences written in French
Lola Szereszewska (1895–1943), Polish-Jewish poet journalist
Małgorzata Szumowska (born 1973), screenwriter, film director
Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012), poet, essayist, translation, Nobel Prize in Literature

Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962), poet, popular novelist, short story writer, essayist, Nobel Prize in Literature
Dorota Terakowska (1938–2004) novelist and journalist best known for literature for children and young adults
Magdalena Tulli (born 1955), novelist, translator

Julia Zabłocka (1931–1993), historian, archaeologist
Anna Zahorska (1882–1942), poet, novelist, playwright
Stefania Zahorska (1890–1961), novelist, historian, non-fiction writer, memoirist
Maria Julia Zaleska (1831–1889), novelist, short story writer, essayist
Gabriela Zapolska (1857–1921), prolific novelist, playwright, short story writer, critic, actress
Katarzyna Ewa Zdanowicz-Cyganiak (born 1979), acclaimed contemporary poet, regional journalist and social scientist
Narcyza Żmichowska (1819–1876), pen name Gabryella, novelist, poet, letter writer, feminist
Rajzel Żychlińsky (1910–2001), Yiddish-language poet