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

A Florencia Abbate (born 1976), novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, journalist Margarita Abella Caprile (1901–1960), poet, novelist, short story writer, travel writer, journalist Marcelina Almeida (ca. 1830–1880), writer Agustina Andrade (1858–1891), poet Judith Astelarra (born 1943), sociologist specializing in gender studies Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell (1933–2004), surrealist poet, short story writer, critic, translator

B Ana Baron (1950–2015), writer, journalist Odile Baron Supervielle (1915–2016), writer, journalist Emma de la Barra (1861–1947), best selling novelist Emma Barrandeguy (1914–2006), poet, novelist, journalist, translator Diana Bellessi (born 1946), poet, essayist Juana Bignozzi (1937–2015), translator, journalist, poet Poldy Bird (1941–2018), poet, essayist, columnist Liliana Bodoc (1958–2018), novelist Ivonne Bordelois (born 1934), poet, essayist, linguist Alicia Borinsky, (fl. since 1975), novelist, poet, critic Norah Borges (1901–1998), artist, illustrator, poet, journalist Elsa Bornemann (1952–2013), children's writer Herminia Brumana (1897–1954), novelist, playwright, journalist Silvina Bullrich (1915–1990), best selling novelist, translator, screenwriter, critic Delfina Bunge (1881–1952), poet, short story writer, essayist

C Susana Calandrelli (1901–1978), poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist, textbook writer Estela Canto (1919–1994), novelist, biographer, journalist, translator María Luisa Carnelli (1898–1987), poet, journalist Albertina Carri (born 1973), actress, screenwriter, film director Nené Cascallar (1914–1982), playwright for radio and television, screenwriter Estela Beatriz Cols (1965–2010), pedagogue, researcher, educator, non-fiction writer Flavia Company (born 1963), novelist, poet Celia Correas de Zapata (1933–2022), poet, non-fiction writer, historian, educator Maria Sonia Cristoff (born 1965), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer Emilce Cuda (born 1965), Catholic theologian, professor and writer María Guadalupe Cuenca (1790–1854), letter writer Maria Renee Cura (died 2007), indologist, non-fiction writer

D Emma de Cartosio (1928–2013), writer, poet, storyteller, essayist Mercedes Dantas Lacombe (1888–1966), poet, teacher Juana Dib (1924–2015), poet, journalist, teacher Adelia Di Carlo (1883–1965) writer, chronicler, founder Beatriz Doumerc (1929–2014), children's literature writer Alicia Dujovne Ortiz (born 1940), poet, columnist, short story writer, biographer

E Ada María Elflein (1880–1919), poet, columnist, translator, teacher Mariana Enríquez (born 1973), journalist, novelist, short story writer

F Paloma Fabrykant (born 1981), artist, journalist, non-fiction writer, mixed martial arts expert Manuela Fingueret (1945–2013), poet, novelist, journalist, essayist Luisa Futoransky (born 1939), poet, novelist, journalist, scholar

G Sara Gallardo (1931–1988), novelist, short story writer Griselda Gambaro (born 1928), novelist, playwright, short story writer, essayist, young adult writer Fernanda García Lao (born 1966), novelist, poet, short story writer. Carlota Garrido de la Peña (1870–1958), journalist, writer, teacher Alicia Ghiragossian (1936–2014), poet Betina Gonzalez (born 1972), novelist, short story writer Clotilde González de Fernández (1880–1935), non-fiction writer, educator Viviana Gorbato (1950–2005), journalist, writer, professor Angélica Gorodischer (1928–2022), short story writer, novelist Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818–1892), novelist, short story writer, politician Rosa Guerra (1834–1864), educator, journalist, writer Beatriz Guido (1924–1988), novelist, screenwriter Golde Gutman-Krimer (1906–1984), Yiddish writer

H Liliana Heker (born 1943), short story writer, novelist, essayist

I Marcela Iacub (born 1964), French-language novelist, essayist Sylvia Iparraguirre (born 1947), novelist, human rights activist Blanca Irurzun (1910–1999), poet

J Alicia Jurado (1922–2011), writer and academic

K Nelly Kaplan (1931–2020), French-language novelist, essayist, script writer Bertha Koessler-Ilg (1881–1965), German-born Argentine folklorist Natalia Kohen (1919–2022), artist and writer Alicia Kozameh (born 1953), novelist, short story writer, poet

L María Hortensia Lacau (1910–2006), pedagogue, writer, essayist, poet, educator Ana Emilia Lahitte (1921–2013), poet, playwright, essayist, journalist Norah Lange (1905–1972), poet, novelist, autobiographer María Rosa Lida de Malkiel (1910–1962), philologist, non-fiction writer Natalia Litvinova (born 1986) writer, editor, poet, translator Belén López Peiró (born 1992), writer and columnist Marta Lynch (1925–1985), novelist, short story writer Pilar de Lusarreta (1914–1967), journalist, short story writer, essayist, critic

M Eduarda Mansilla (1834–1892), novelist, playwright, essayist, music critic, composer Daisy May Queen (born 1965), radio and television presenter, writer Rosita Melo (1897–1981), pianist, composer, songwriter, poet Gaby Melian (born 1969/1970), chef, cookbook writer Martha Mercader (1926–2010), politician, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's writer Tununa Mercado (born 1939), novelist, short story writer, essayist Liliana Díaz Mindurry (born 1953), poet, novelist, short story writer Delfina Molina y Vedia (1879–1961), memoirist, poet and academic writer Adela Montes (1928–2024), journalist Graciela Montes (born 1947), children's writer, translator Ana Gloria Moya (1954–2013), novelist Cristina Mucci (born 1949), writer, journalist Carolina Muzzilli (1889–1917), industrial researcher, social activist, non-fiction writer

N María Negroni (born 1951), poet, essayist, novelist, translator

O Clara Obligado (born 1950), novelist, short story writer Silvina Ocampo (1903–1993), poet, short story writer, playwright Victoria Ocampo (1890–1979), magazine publisher, critic, journalist, essayist, autobiographer, translator María Rosa Oliver (1898–1977), short story writer, essayist, critic, translator Olga Orozco (1920–1999), poet, journalist Elvira Orphée (1922–2018), novelist, short story writer

P Agustina Palacio de Libarona (1825–1880), non-fiction writer, storyteller, heroine Alicia Partnoy (born 1955), poet, translator, human rights activist Josefina Passadori (1900–1987), writer, educator Clara Passafari (1930–1994), anthropologist, non-fiction writer, poet Iris Pavón (1906–1951) poet and writer Luisa Peluffo (born 1941), journalist, poet, novelist Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972), poet, journalist Lucía Puenzo (born 1976), novelist, film director Adriana Puiggrós (born 1941), non-fiction writer, politician, educator

R Patricia Ratto (born 1962), writer, teacher Viviana Rivero (born 1966), writer Petrona Rosende (1797–1893), poet, journalist

S María Sáez de Vernet (1800–1858), chronicler of Argentine settlement of the Falkland Islands Matilde Sánchez (born 1958), journalist, writer, and translator Beatriz Sarlo (1942–2024), critic, journal editor, non-fiction writer Samanta Schweblin (born 1978), novelist, short story writer Susy Shock (born 1968), actress, writer, singer Ana María Shua (born 1951), novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, playwright, children's writer Sara Solá de Castellanos (1890–?), poet, novelist, playwright, lyricist Alicia Steimberg (1933–2012), novelist, short story writer, translator Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938), poet, playwright Matilde Alba Swann (1912–2000), poet, journalist, lawyer

T María Dhialma Tiberti (1928–1987), novelist, poet Marta Traba (1923–1983), art critic, novelist Raymunda Torres y Quiroga (?-?), 19th-century writer and women's rights activist

U Hebe Uhart (1936–2018), novelist, short story writer

V Luisa Valenzuela (born 1938), novelist, short story writer, essayist Aurora Venturini (1922–2015), novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, translator Esther Vilar (born 1935), German-language non-fiction writer, playwright Paulina Vinderman (born 1944), poet, translator

W Paula Wajsman (1939–1995), psychologist, poet, translator, researcher María Elena Walsh (1930–2011), children's writer, poet, novelist, playwright, musician Susana, Lady Walton (1926–1983), non-fiction writer in English Ema Wolf (born 1948), writer, journalist

Y Laura Yasán (1960–2021), poet

See also List of Argentine writers List of women writers List of Spanish-language authors