List of Mexican Women Writers (133 items)report

• Liliana Abud (born 1948), actress, screenwriter (A)

• Griselda Álvarez (1913–2009), state governor, poet (A)

• Pita Amor, pen name of Guadalupe Teresa Amor Schmidtlein (1918–2000), actress, poet (A)

• María Anna Águeda de San Ignacio (1695–1756), nun, respected religious writer (A)

• Brigitte Alexander (1911–1995), German-born Mexican playwright, memoirist, actress, translator (A)

• María Luisa Algarra (1916–1957), Spanish-born Mexican playwright (A)

• Carolina Amor de Fournier (1908–1993), editor, publisher, non-fiction writer, translator (A)

• Tamara De Anda (born 1983), feminist activist and writer (A)

• Ikram Antaki (1948–2000), Syrian-born Mexican poet, essayist, translator, wrote in Spanish, French and Arabic (A)

• Elvia Ardalani (born 1963), poet, short story writer (A)

• Araceli Ardón (born 1958), journalist, novelist, short story writer (A)

• Inés Arredondo (1928-1989), Mexican writer, one of the most influential Mexican writers (A)

• Elena Arizmendi Mejia (1884–1949), autobiographer, feminist, established the Neutral White Cross (A)

• Concepcion Cabrera de Armida (1862–1937), mystic, religious writer, author of I Am: Eucharistic Meditations on the Gospel (A)

• Carolina Amor de Fournier (1908–1993) writer and founder of several publishing companies (A)

• Elena Arizmendi Mejia (1884–1949), journalist, autobiography, creator of the White Cross (A)

• Rowena Bali (born 1977), novelist, short story writer, poet (B)

• Carmen Barajas Sandoval (1925–2014), best selling biographer, non-fiction writer, screenwriter (B)

• Mimí Bechelani, since 1958 television screenwriter, poet (B)

• Sabina Berman (born 1955), playwright, short story writer, essayist, film director (B)

• Hortensia Blanch Pita (1914–2004), Cuban-born non-fiction writer, later moved to Mexico (B)

• Minerva Bloom (born 1959), poet, photographer (B)

• Carmen Boullosa (born 1954), leading poet, novelist, playwright (B)

• Liliana V. Blum (born 1974), short story writer, some works translated into English (B)

• Coral Bracho (born 1951), poet, translator (B)

• Anita Brenner (1905-1974), non-fiction author, children's literature author (B)

• Esperanza Brito de Martí (1932–2007), journalist, feminist, journal director (B)

• Maritza M. Buendía (born 1974), essayist, magazine publisher, some works translated into English (B)

• Amalia González Caballero de Castillo Ledón (1898–1986), diplomat, minister, essayist, playwright (C)

• Lydia Cacho (born 1963), investigative journalist, feminist (C)

• Adela Calva Reyes (born 1968), indigenous novelist, educator (C)

• María Enriqueta Camarillo (1872–1968), poet, novelist, short story writer, translator (C)

• Nellie Campobello (1900–1986), narrative writer, memoirist, poet, author of Cartucho (C)

• Julieta Campos (1932–2007), Cuban-Mexican novelist (C)

• Lorea Canales, since 2001, novelist, journalist (C)

• Nancy Cárdenas (1934–1994), actress, playwright, journalist, broadcaster, theatre director (C)

• Rosario Castellanos (1925–1974) poet, essayist, novelist (C)

• Rita Cetina Gutiérrez (1864–1908) poet, educator, feminist (C)

• Susana Chávez (1974–2011), poet, human rights activist (C)

• Ana Clavel (born 1961), novelist, short story writer (C)

• Teresa del Conde (born 1938), art critic, historian (C)

• Elsa Cross (born 1946), poet, essayist, translator (C)

• Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695), nun, poet (C)

• Mireya Cueto (1922–2013), puppeteer, playwright, non-fiction writer (C)

• Briceida Cuevas (born 1969), poet (C)

• Amparo Dávila (born 1928), poet, short story writer (D)

• Clementina Díaz y de Ovando (1916–2012), historian, essayist, non-fiction writer (D)

• Emma Dolujanoff (1922–2013), novelist (D)

• Anilú Elías (born 1937) feminist writer (E)

• María de los Ángeles Errisúriz (born 1966), teacher, non-fiction writer (E)

• Ximena Escalante (born 1964), playwright, screenwriter, non-fiction writer (E)

• Laura Esquivel (born 1950), novelist, essayist, screenwriter (E)

• Cecilia Eudave (born 1968), short story writer, novelist, essayist, educator (E)

• Malva Flores (born 1961), poet, short story writer, essayist (F)

• Mariana Frenk-Westheim (1898–2004), German-born Spanish-Mexican poet, translator (F)

• Hermila Galindo (1886–1954), magazine editor, feminist, politician (G)

• Francesca Gargallo (born 1956), Italian-born Mexican novelist, poet (G)

• Elena Garro (1916–1998), playwright, novelist, short story writer, biographer (G)

• María Luisa Garza (1887–1980), journalist, novelist (G)

• Eve Gil (born 1968), acclaimed novelist, short story writer, poet (G)

• Margo Glantz (born 1930), linguistic scholar, essayist, non-fiction writer (G)

• Dulce María González (1958–2014), journalist, poet, novelist, short story writer (G)

• Reyna Grande (born 1975), novelist, writing in English (G)

• Rosario Green (born 1941), politician, diplomat, non-fiction writer (G)

• Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza (1875–1942), journalist, poet, feminist (G)

• Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen (1899–1979), lexicographer, linguist, educator, poet (G)

• Eulalia Guzmán (1890–1985), archeologist, educator, feminist, writer (G)

• M. G. Harris, Mexican-born British children's writer, author of The Joshua Files (2008) (H)

• María Luisa Ocampo Heredia (1899–1974), novelist, playwright, translator (H)

• Luisa Josefina Hernández (born 1928), novelist, playwright, critic (H)

• Malú Huacuja del Toro (born 1961), novelist, playwright, screenwriter (H)

• Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695), nun, important Golden Age scholar, poet, author of Loa to Divine Narcissus (J)

• Helen Kleinbort Krauze, Polish-born Mexican journalist since 1959, columnist, travel writer, with national newspapers and magazines (K)

• Laureana Wright de Kleinhans (1846–1896), journal editor, poet, non-fiction writer, feminist (K)

• Marcela Lagarde (born 1948), non-fiction author, politician, feminist (L)

• Marta Lamas (born 1947), feminist, professor, activist, non-fiction author and columnist (L)

• Mónica Lavín, (born 1955) novelist (L)

• Rossy Evelin Lima (born 1986), poet, linguist, translator (L)

• Guadalupe Loaeza (born 1946), novelist, short story writer, columnist (L)

• Margarita López Portillo (1914–2006) novelist and politician (L)

• Valeria Luiselli (born 1983), novelist, non-fiction writer, essayist (L)

• Guadalupe Marín (1895-1983) novelist, model (M)

• Sanjuana Martínez (born 1963), journalist, non-fiction writer (M)

• Ángeles Mastretta (born 1949), journalist, novelist (M)

• María Luisa Mendoza (born 1930) journalist, novelist, columnist (M)

• Concha Michel (1899–1990), singer-songwriter, playwright, archivist and non-fiction writer (M)

• Margarita Michelena (1917–1998), poet, critic, translator, journalist (M)

• María del Carmen Millán (1914-1982), academic, writer, 1st woman elected to the Mexican Academy of Letters (M)

• Alice-Leone Moats (1908–1989), Mexican-born American journalist, columnist, travel writer (M)

• Magdalena Mora (1952–1981), activist, feminist writer (M)

• Myriam Moscona (born 1955), journalist, translator, poet (M)

• Angelina Muñiz-Huberman (born 1936), poet, short story writer (M)

• Verónica Murguía (born 1960), children's literature, fantasy fiction, novelist (M)

• Julia Nava de Ruisánchez (1883–1964), activist, educator, journalist, non-fiction writer (N)

• Guadalupe Nettel (born 1973), novelist, short story writer (N)

• Eva Norvind (1944–2006), Norwegian-born Mexican playwright, screenwriter, actress (N)

• Orlandina de Oliveira (born 1943), Brazilian-born Mexican sociologist, academic, non-fiction writer (O)

• Emilia Ortiz (1917–2012), painter, cartoonist, poet (O)

• Cristina Pacheco (born 1941), journalist, television presenter (P)

• Susana Pagano (born 1968), novelist, short story writer (P)

• Edmée Pardo Murray (born 1965) novelist (P)

• Beatríz Peniche Barrera (1893–1976), poet, feminist, one of three first elected female politicians in Mexico (P)

• María Dolores Pérez Enciso (1908–1949), Spanish-born Mexican journalist, prose writer (P)

• Aline Pettersson (born 1938), novelist, poet (P)

• Hortensia Blanch Pita (1914–2004), Cuban born, Spanish and Mexican writer (P)

• Elena Poniatowska (born 1932), French-born Mexican journalist, essayist, novelist, non-fiction writer (P)

• María Luisa Puga (1944–2004), novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's writer (P)

• Hortensia Blanch Pita (P)

• Marta Randall (born 1948), Mexican-born American science-fiction novelist, short story writer (R)

• Antonieta Rivas Mercado (1900–1931), journalist, playwright (R)

• Cristina Rivera Garza (born 1964), novelist, short story writer, poet, non-fiction writer, translator (R)

• Margarita Robles de Mendoza (1896–1954) feminist writer, journalist (R)

• Jesusa Rodríguez (born 1955), director, actress, playwright (R)

• Sandra Rodríguez Nieto, contemporary journalist (R)

• Rosamaría Roffiel (born 1945), poet, novelist, journalist, and editor (R)

• Emma Romeu, Cuban-born Mexican journalist, novelist, essayist (R)

• Sara Sefchovich (born 1949), novelist, essayist, translator (S)

• Esther Seligson (1941–2010), novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, translator (S)

• Carla Stellweg, art curator, writer (S)

• Altaír Tejeda de Tamez (born 1922), short story writer, poet, playwright, essayist, journalist (T)

• Natalia Toledo (born 1968), poet, writes in Spanish and Zapotec (T)

• Elena Torres (1893–1970), revolutionary, women's rights activist, essayist, autobiographer (T)

• Julia Tuñón Pablos (born 1948), historian, feminist writer (T)

• Lourdes Urrea (born 1954), poet, novelist, young adult writer (U)

• Estrella del Valle (born 1971), poet (V)

• Yolanda Vargas Dulché (1926–1999), journalist, comic book writer, author of Memín Pinguín (V)

• Socorro Venegas (born 1972), short story writer, novelist (V)

• Josefina Vicens (1911–1988), acclaimed novelist, screenwriter, journalist (V)

• Maruxa Vilalta (1932–2014), Spanish-born Mexican playwright, novelist (V)

• Andrea Villarreal (1881–1963), revolutionary, journalist, feminist (V)

• Carmen Villoro, (born 1958), poet, journalist, children's story writer (V)

• Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny (born 1973), novelist, short story writer (Z)

• Rose Zwi (born 1928), Mexican-born South African novelist, short story writer (Z)

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