List of Chinese women writers explained

The following is a list of Chinese women writers.

B

• Consort Ban (c. 48 – c. 6 BCE) scholar and poet
• Ban Zhao (45 – c. 116) historian
• Bao Junhui (fl. late 8th c. CE) poet
• Bao Linghui (fl. c. 464 CE) poet
• Anni Baobei (born 1974) novelist
• Bing Xin (1900–1999) fiction and children's writer

C

• Cai Yan (c. 178 – post 206) poet
• Chang Ch'ung-ho (1914–2015) poet
• Eileen Chang (1920–1995) novelist, essayist and screenwriter
• Chen Jingrong (1917–1989) poet
• Chen Danyan (born 1958) biographer
• Chen Xiaocui (1902–1967), poet, novelist, painter
• Chen Xuezhao (1906–1991) writer and commentator
• Angelica Cheung (born 1966) fashion writer

D

• Dai Houying (1938–1996) novelist
• Ding Ling (1904–1986) fiction writer
• Duan Shuqing (c. 1510 – c. 1600) poet

F

• Fang Fang (born 1955) poet and novelist
• Bu Feiyan (born 1981) novelist
• Feng Yuanjun (1900–1974) scholar
• Fu Shanxiang (1833–1864) scholar
• Fu Tianlin (born 1946) poet

G

• Gao Yu (born 1944) journalist
• Gu Taiqing (1799 – c. 1877) poet
• Guan Daosheng (1262–1319) poet

H

• Han Lanying (died 493) scholar and writer
• Hao Jingfang (born 1984) novelist
• Hong Ying (born 1962) novelist and poet
• Ganggang Hu Guidice (born 1984) writer and artist
• Hu Lanqi (1901–1994) writer and military leader
• Huang E (1498–1569) poet
• Madame Huarui (c. 940–976) poet

J

• Jiang Biwei (1899–1978) memoirist

K

• Ke Yan (1929–2011) playwright, novelist and poet

L

• Li Qingzhao (1084 – c. 1151) writer and poet
• Li Ye (died 784) poet
• Liang Desheng (1771–1847) poet and Four occupations
• Lin Huiyin (1904–1955) architectural historian
• Lin Zongsu (1878–1944) women's rights essayist
• Ling Shuhua (1900–1990) modernist writer and painter
• Liu Rushi (1618–1664) singer,poet and writer
• Liu Ying (born 1974) novelist
• Lü Bicheng (1883–1943) poet and commentator
• Luo Luo (born 1982) novelist
• Lüqiu Luwei (born 1969) journalist

M

• Mian Mian (born 1970) fiction writer

P

• Lynn Pan (born 1945) travel writer

Q

• Qiu Jin (1875–1907) poet, essayist and political writer

R

• Rao Xueman (born 1972) fiction writer, essayist and blogger
• Ru Zhijuan (1925–1998) fiction writer

S

• Shangguan Wan'er (c. 664–710) poet and writer
• Shen Qing (living) fashion writer
• Shen Rong (born 1936) fiction writer and essayist
• Shen Shanbao (1808–1862) poet and writer
• Shu Ting (born 1952) poet
• Su Hui poet
• Su Qing (1914–1982) essayist
• Su Xiaoxiao (c. 479 – c. 501) poet
• Su Xuelin (1897–1999) author and scholar

T

• Tian Yuan (born 1985) singer-songwriter and novelist
• Tie Ning (born 1957) novelist and short story writer

W

• Wang Qinghui (1264–1288) poet
• Wang Anyi (born 1954) fiction writer
• Wang Wei (1597–1647) poet
• Wang Xufeng (born 1955) writer on tea and novelist
• Wang Yun (1749–1819) poet and playwright
• Yun Wang (born 1964) poet
• Woeser (born 1966) blogger, poet and essayist
• Wu Chuntao (born 1963) social writer
• Wu Zao (1799–1862) poet
• Madame Wu (born 13th century) cookbook writer

X

• Xi Xi (1937-2022) novelist and poet
• Xia Jia (born 1984) science fiction and fantasy writer
• Xiao Hong (1911–1942) fiction writer and essayist
• Xie Bingying (1906–2000) autobiographer
• Xie Daoyun poet and scholar
• Empress Xu (Ming dynasty) (1362–1407)
• Lady Xu Mu (fl. 7th c. BCE) poet
• Xu Hui (627–650) poet
• Xu Kun (born 1965) postmodern fiction writer
• Xu Zihua (1873–1935) poet
• Xue Susu (c. 1564 – c. 1650) poet
• Xue Tao (768–831) poet
• Xinran (born 1958) non-fiction writer

Y

• Yang Erche Namu (born 1966) social writer
• Yang Gang (1905–1957) journalist, novelist and translator
• Yang Hongying (born 1962) children's fiction writer
• Yang Jiang (1911–2016) playwright, author and translator
• Lizzie Yu Der Ling (1885–1944), writer of several memoirs
• Nellie Yu Roung Ling (1889–1973), author of a memoir and a novella
• Ting-Xing Ye (born 1952) author of young adult novels
• Ye Yingchun (born 1970) commentator
• Chia-ying Yeh (born 1924) poet and scholar
• Yu Xuanji (c. 840 – c. 868) poet

Z

• Zhai Yongming (born 1955) poet
• Lijia Zhang (born 1964) commentator and public speaker
• Zeng Baosun (1893–1978) historian
• Zhang Haidi (born 1955) writer and translator
• Zhang Huaicun (born 1972) novelist, poet and children's writer
• Zhang Jie (1937–2022) fiction writer
• Zhang Kangkang (born 1950) fiction writer
• Zhang Ling (born 1957) fiction writer
• Zhang Xinxin (born 1953) biographer and fiction writer
• Zhang Yaotiao (fl. 9th c. CE) poet
• Zhang Yueran (born 1982) fiction writer
• Empress Zhangsun (601–636) essayist
• Zhao Luanluan (fl. mid-14th c. CE) poet
• Zhao Luorui (1912–1998) poet and translator
• Zheng Min (1920–2022) scholar and poet
• Zheng Yunduan (c. 1327–1356) poet
• Yilin Zhong (living) fiction writer and poet
• Zhou Weihui (born 1973) novelist
• Zong Pu (born 1928) writer and scholar
• Zhu Lin (born 1949) novelist
• Zhu Shuzhen (c. 1135–1180) poet
• Zhuo Wenjun (fl. 2nd c. BCE) poet
• Zuo Fen (c. 255–300) poet

See also

• List of Chinese writers
• List of women writers
• List of Chinese-language poets