List of Peruvian women writers
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This is a list of women writers who were born in Peru or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A[]
- 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[]
- 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
P[]
- Angélica Palma (1878–1935), novelist, biographer, journalist
S[]
- Isabel Sabogal (born 1958), novelist, poet, translator
V[]
- Gisela Valcárcel (born 1963), television host, actress, autobiographer, magazine publisher
- Virginia Vargas (born 1945), sociologist
- Blanca Varela (1926–2009), widely translated poet
See also[]
Categories:
- Peruvian women writers
- Lists of women writers by nationality
- Lists of Peruvian people by occupation
- Lists of Peruvian women