List of Hungarian women writers
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This is a list of women writers who were born in Hungary or whose writings are associated with that country.
A[]
- Mariska Ady (1888–1977), poet
B[]
- Mária Bajzek Lukács (born 1960), Hungarian-born, Slovene-language writer, educator and translator
- Zsófia Balla (born 1949) Romanian-born Hungarian poet and essayist
- Linda Vero Ban (born 1976), writer on Jewish identity and spirituality
- Zsófia Bán (born 1957), novelist, literary writer and critic
- Kata Bethlen (1700–1759), memoirist, letter writer and autobiographer
- Janka Boga (1889–1963), playwright and essayist
- Katalin Bogyay (born 1956), politician, non-fiction writer and critic
- Edith Bone (1889–1975), journalist and autobiographer
- Ágota Bozai (born 1965), novelist and translator
- Edith Bruck (born 1932), novelist and playwright writing in Italian
- Zsuzsanna Budapest (born 1940), Hungarian-born American journalist, playwright and feminist
D[]
- Anna Dániel (1908–2003), novelist, children's writer and historian
E[]
- Renée Erdős (1879–1956), poet and novelist
F[]
- Kinga Fabó (born 1953), poet, essayist and linguist
- Klára Fehér (1919–1996), novelist and children's writer
- Éva Földes (1914–1981), epic works Olympic medallist for Der Jugendquell (Well of Youth)
- Flora Frangepán (fl. 1743), writer and translator
G[]
- Erzsébet Galgóczi (1930–1989), short story writer, playwright and screenwriter
- Ágnes Gergely (born 1933), novelist, poet and translator
- Alisz Goriupp (1894–1979), librarian and bibliographer
J[]
- Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003), novelist and children's writer
- Ida Jenbach (1868 – c.1943), German-language journalist and screenwriter
K[]
- Margit Kaffka (1880–1918), poet, novelist and memoirist
- Teréz Karacs (1808–1892), memoirist and women's rights activist
- Etelka Kenéz Heka (born 1936), writer, poet and singer
- Rivka Keren (born 1946), fiction and children's writer in Hungarian and Hebrew
- Annamária Kinde (1956–2014), Romanian-born Hungarian poet and journalist
- Noémi Kiss (born 1974), short story writer and essayist
- Helene Kottanner (15th c.), German-language memoirist
- Agota Kristof (1935–2011), French-language poet, novelist and short story writer
- Žofia Kubini (17th c.), poet writing in old Czech
L[]
- Ágnes Lehóczky (born 1976), poet
- Laura Leiner (born 1985), novelist
M[]
- Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992), mystical writer
- Réka Mán-Várhegyi (born 1979), fiction writer
- Kati Marton (born 1949), Hungarian-American journalist and non-fiction writer
- Béláné Mocsáry (1845–1917), Hungarian geographer and travel writer
- Terézia Mora (born 1971), German-language fiction writer
N[]
- Borbála Nádasdy (born 1939), novelist, memoirist and ballet master
- Ágnes Nemes Nagy (1922–1991), poet, translator and educator
O[]
- Emma Orczy (1865–1947), Hungarian-born novelist and playwright writing in English
P[]
- Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1659–1708), Hungarian Baroque prose writer and poet
- Susan Polgar (born 1969), chess writer and champion
R[]
- Ágnes Rapai (born 1952), poet writing in Hungarian and German
- Lea Ráskay (early 16th century), manuscript copier, translator and nun
- Kati Rekai (1921–2010), Hungarian-born English-language children's writer
S[]
- Regina Saphier, writer, blogger, and TED video subtitle translator
- Kate Seredy (1899–1975), Hungarian-born English-language children's writer and illustrator
- Henriett Seth F. (real name Henrietta Fajcsák, born 1980), autistic poet, writer and artist
- Magda Szabó (1917–2007), novelist, playwright and poet
- Noémi Szécsi (born 1976), novelist and translator
- Júlia Székely (1906–1986), novelist, biographer and musician
- Mária Szepes (1908–2007), novelist, autobiographer and screenwriter
- Edina Szvoren (born 1974), novelist
T[]
- Judit Dukai Takách (wrote as Malvina, 1795–1836), poet
- Kata Tisza (born 1980), novelist
- Cécile Tormay (1876–1937), fiction writer and translator
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- Hungarian women writers
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- Lists of Hungarian women
- Lists of Hungarian people by occupation