List of Cuban women writers

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

A

• Mirta Aguirre (1912–1980), poet, novelist, journalist
• Ginny Aiken (born 1955), Cuban-American novelist writing in English
• Magaly Alabau (born 1945), Cuban-American poet, theatre director, actress, writes in Spanish
• Dora Alonso (1910–2001), novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, children's writer
• María Argelia Vizcaíno (born 1955), Cuban-American historian, journalist, non-fiction writer

B

• Ruth Behar (born 1956), Cuban-American anthropologist, poet, memoirist, non-fiction writer
• Marilyn Bobes (born 1955), poet, novelist
• Juana Borrero (1877–1896), painter, poet

C

• Lydia Cabrera (born 1899), anthropologist, poet, non-fiction writer.
• Julieta Campos (1932–2007), Cuban-Mexican novelist
• Yanitzia Canetti (born 1967), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, translator
• Daína Chaviano (born 1957), Cuban science fiction and fantasy novelist and poet; columnist, editor, translator; now lives in the United States; writes in Spanish and English

D

• Ofelia Domínguez Navarro (1894–1976), journalist, newspaper director, feminist
• Teresa Dovalpage (born 1966), novelist, playwright, living in the United States

F

• María Irene Fornés (born 1930), Cuban-American playwright, author of Fefu and Her Friends

G

• Cristina García (born 1958), Cuban-American journalist, novelist
• Carolina Garcia-Aguilera (born 1949), Cuban-American novelist, writes in English
• Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873), letter writer, poet, novelist, playwright, political activist, lived mainly in Spain
• Wendy Guerra (born 1970), poet, novelist, columnist
• Gilda Antonia Guillen (1959–2006), anarchist, anti-communist writer, exiled to the United States in 1978

I

• Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz (1943–2012), Cuban-American theologist, non-fiction writer

L

• Carilda Oliver Labra (born 1922), poet
• Dulce María Loynaz (1902–1997), poet

M

• Mayra Montero (born 1952), Cuban-Puerto Rican short story writer, novelist, non-fiction writer
• Nancy Morejón (born 1944), poet, critic, essayist

O

• Achy Obejas (born 1956), Cuban-American novelist, short story writer, journalist
• Mirta Ojito (born 1964), Cuban-American journalist, non-fiction writer

P

• Hortensia Blanch Pita (1914–2004), Cuban-born non-fiction writer, moved to Mexico
• Juana Rosa Pita (born 1939), poet, translator

R

• Mireya Robles (born 1934), Cuban-American novelist, short story writer, critic
• Ofelia Rodríguez Acosta (1902–1975), novelist, essayist, playwright, feminist
• Emma Romeu, emigrated to Mexico in the early 1990s; since 1996 a non-fiction, children's, and environmental writer; writes in Spanish and English
• Isel Rivera, Cuban born poet left Cuba and resided in Madrid until she could emigrate to the U.S.1960's epic style poetry.

S

• Cecilia Samartin (born 1961), Cuban-American novelist, psychologist; best-selling novelist in Norway; now lives in California
• Cristina Saralegui (born 1948), journalist, magazine editor, television presenter
• Anna Lidia Vega Serova (born 1968), Russian-born Cuban poet, novelist, short story writer
• Ana María Simo (born 1943), Cuban-American playwright, novelist, essayist
• Karla Suárez (born 1969), novelist, short story writer, travel writer

T

• Nivaria Tejera (born 1929), poet, novelist, now living in Paris

V

• Zoé Valdés (born 1959), novelist, screenwriter, journalist, magazine editor

W

• Sylvia Wynter (born 1928), Cuban-born Jamaican novelist, playwright, critic, essyist

See also

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

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