List of Colombian women writers explained

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

A

• María Josefa Acevedo Sánchez (1803–1861), non-fiction writer, poet, biographer
• Soledad Acosta (1833–1913), novelist, short story writer, journalist
• Albalucía Ángel (born 1939), novelist, folksinger
• Dorila Antommarchi (c.1850–1923), poet, one of three sisters
• Elmira Antommarchi (19th century), poet
• Hortensia Antommarchi (1850–1915), poet
• Consuelo Araújo (1940–2001), journalist, non-fiction writer, short story writer
• Helena Araújo (1934–2015), literary critic, short story writer, novelist

B

• Luisa Ballesteros Rosas (born 1957), essayist, poet, and educator
• Ángela Becerra (born 1957), novelist
• Piedad Bonnett (born 1951), poet, playwright, novelist
• Fanny Buitrago (born 1943), novelist, playwright

D

• Margarita Diez-Colunje y Pombo (1838–1919), historian, translator, genealogist

F

• Francisca Josefa de la Concepción (1671–1742), nun, autobiographer

H

• Bertha Hernández Fernández (1907–1993), first lady of Colombia, non-fiction writer, works on gardening

K

• Leszli Kálli, kidnapped in 1999, diarist

L

• Magdalena León de Leal (born 1939), feminist writer
• Orietta Lozano (born 1956), poet

M

• Ana María Martínez de Nisser (1812–1872), historical writer
• Olga Elena Mattei (born 1933), poet

N

• Jerónima Nava y Saavedra (1669–1727), writer and Catholic religious

O

• Cecilia Orozco Tascón, contemporary journalist

R

• Laura Restrepo (born 1950), journalist, novelist
• Teresa Román Vélez (1925–2021), cookbook writer
• Amira de la Rosa (1895–1974), playwright, poet, journalist, and writer
• María Teresa Ronderos (born 1959), journalist, columnist, non-fiction writer

S

• Bertilda Samper Acosta (1856–1910), nun, poet
• Agripina Samper Agudelo (1833–1892), poet
• Carmelina Soto (1916–1994), acclaimed poet

T

• Anabel Torres (born 1948), poet, translator
• Consuelo Triviño Anzola (born 1956), narradora

U

• Ofelia Uribe de Acosta (1900–1988), suffragist, journalist, newspaper editor

V

• Virginia Vallejo (born 1949), novelist, journalist, television presenter

See also

• List of Colombian writers
• List of women writers
• List of Spanish-language authors