List of Polish women writers

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Miriam Akavia (1927–2015), Polish-born Israeli novelist, translator
• Lisa Appignanesi (born 1946), Polish-born English-language novelist, non-fiction writer, editor, columnist
• Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (1865–1942), poet, playwright, journalist

B

• Rosa Bailly (1890–1976), teacher, activist, translator, journalist history and travel writer and poet
• Lidia Bajkowska, writer of children’s educational music books
• Jadwiga Barańska (born 1935), actress, screenwriter
• Ewa Białołęcka (born 1967), novelist, short story writer
• Agnieszka Biedrzycka, contemporary historian, researcher and editor of the Polish Biographical Dictionary
• Irena Bobowska (1920–1942), journalist, editor, poet, resistance worker
• Krystyna Boglar (1931–2019), writer and screenwriter known mostly for her work for children and young adults
• Helena Boguszewska (1883–1978), writer, columnist and social activist
• Barbara Bojarska, contemporary historian, works on the history of Pomerania
• Maria Boniecka (1910–1978), editor, writer, teacher, resistance fighter
• Anna Brzezińska, (born 1971), historian, fantasy author

C

• Zofia Chądzyńska (1912–2003), novelist, translator
• Joanna Chmielewska (1932–2013), widely translated bestselling crime fiction novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer, screenwriter
• Sylwia Chutnik (born 1979), novelist
• Izabela Czartoryska (1746–1835), salonist, diarist, memoirist

D

• Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965), novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright
• Janina Domanska (1913–1995), Polish-American children's writer, writing in English
• Gusta Dawidson Draenger (1917–1943), diarist
• Kinga Dunin (born 1954), novelist, non-fiction writer, feminist
• Elżbieta Drużbacka (c.1695–1765), poet
• Wanda Dynowska (1888–1971), theosophist, non-fiction writer, publisher in India, translator of Polish poetry into English

F

• Ida Fink (1921–2011), Polish-Israeli writer, Polish-language works on the Holocaust
• Wirydianna Fiszerowa (1761–1826), noblewoman, French-language memoirist

G

• Zuzanna Ginczanka (1917–1945), poet, translator
• Agnieszka Graff (born 1970), non-fiction writer, essayist, columnist, feminist
• Manuela Gretkowska (born 1964), novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, politician
• Katarzyna Grochola (born 1957), best selling novelist, short story writer, playwright
• Wioletta Grzegorzewska (born 1974), poet, some works translated into English

H

• Klementyna Hoffmanowa (1798–1845), children's author, translator

I

• Maria Ilnicka (c.1825–1897), poet, novelist, translator, journalist
• Bozenna Intrator (born 1964), Polish-American novelist, poet, playwright, translator, writing in German, Polish and English

J

• Irena Jurgielewiczowa (1903–2003), children's writer, memoirist

K

• Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986), children's writer, poet, translator
• Anna Kańtoch (born 1976), fantasy writer
• Gerda Weissmann Klein (1924–2022), Polish-American writer, works on the Holocaust
• Irena Klepfisz (born 1941), poet, essayist, feminist writer, translator, writing in Yiddish and English
• Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910), acclaimed poet, novelist, children's writer
• Rachel Korn (1898–1982), poet, writing in Polish and (mainly) Yiddish
• Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889–1968), historical novelist, memoirist, columnist
• Chana Kowalska (1899–1942), Jewish painter and journalist
• Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938), nun, author of a diary relating her mystic experiences
• Hanna Krall (born 1935), journalist, historian, works on the war period in Poland
• Katarzyna Krenz (born 1953), poet, novelist, translator
• Maria Kuncewiczowa (1895–1989), novelist, columnist

L

• Anna Langfus (1920–1966), Polish-born French-language novelist
• Marija Lastauskienė (1872–1957), novelist, short story writer, often in collaboration with her sister Sofija Pšibiliauskienė, wrote in Polish and Lithuanian
• Henryka Łazowertówna (1909–1942), poet, remembered for her poem written in the Warsaw Ghetto
• Joanna Lech (born 1984), poet, some works translated into English
• Ewa Lipska (born 1945), widely translated poet
• Tekla Teresa Łubieńska (1767–1810), poet, playwright and translator from the French and English
• Jadwiga Łuszczewska (1834–1908), poet, novelist

M

• Wanda Malecka (1800–1860), editor, translator, poet, novelist, newspaper publisher, journalist
• Dorota Masłowska (born 1983), best selling novelist, playwright
• Grażyna Miller (1957–2009), poet, critic, translator
• Weronika Murek (born 1989) short story writer, playwright
• Małgorzata Musierowicz (born 1945), popular children's writer

N

• Anna Nakwaska (1781–1851), memoirist, novelist, children's author and women's educationalist
• Zofia Nałkowska (1884–1954), acclaimed novelist, playwright

O

• Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910), acclaimed novelist, playwright, short story writer
• Hanna Ożogowska (1904–1995), novelist, poet, translator

P

• Helena Janina Pajzderska (1862–1927), novelist, poet, translator
• Magdalena Parys (born 1971), novelist
• Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945), acclaimed poet, playwright
• Tillie S. Pine (1896–1999), Polish-American children's writer
• Zofia Posmysz (1923–2022), journalist, novelist, and author
• Halina Poświatowska (1935–1967), significant poet, essayist, autobiographer
• Stanisława Przybyszewska (1901–1935), playwright, writer of acclaimed works on the French revolution
• Sofija Pšibiliauskienė (1867–1926), sister of Marija Lastauskienė, co-authored some of her works

R

• Małgorzata Rejmer (born 1985) novelist, short story writer
• Maria Rodziewiczówna (1863–1944), important novelist and short story writer of the interwar period
• Helena Romer-Ochenkowska (1875–1947), writer, playwright, opinion journalist, columnist and theatre critic
• Chava Rosenfarb (1923–2011), Polish born Yiddish poet, short story writer

S

• Barbara Sanguszko (1718–1791), poet, translator, moralist and philanthropist
• Magdalena Samozwaniec (1894–1972), satirist
• Wanda Sieradzka de Ruig (1923–2008), poet, journalist, television screenwriter
• Kate Simon (1912–1990), Polish-born American travel writer, autobiographer
• Żanna Słoniowska (born 1978), novelist
• Dominika Słowik (born 1988) writer
• Eva Stachniak (born 1952), Polish-born Canadian novelist, short story writer
• Anna Świrszczyńska (1909–1984), poet, some works translated into English
• Anna Szatkowska (1928–2015), memoirist, wartime experiences written in French
• Lola Szereszewska (1895–1943), Polish-Jewish poet journalist
• Małgorzata Szumowska (born 1973), screenwriter, film director
• Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012), poet, essayist, translation, Nobel Prize in Literature

T

• Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962), poet, popular novelist, short story writer, essayist, Nobel Prize in Literature
• Dorota Terakowska (1938–2004) novelist and journalist best known for literature for children and young adults
• Magdalena Tulli (born 1955), novelist, translator

W

• Bronisława Wajs (1908–1987), Polish-Romani poet, singer
• Joanna Wajs (born 1979), poet, critic, translator
• Maria Wirtemberska (1768–1854), salonist, novelist
• Maia Wojciechowska (1927–2002), Polish-American children's writer

Z

• Julia Zabłocka (1931–1993), historian, archaeologist
• Anna Zahorska (1882–1942), poet, novelist, playwright
• Stefania Zahorska (1890–1961), novelist, historian, non-fiction writer, memoirist
• Maria Julia Zaleska (1831–1889), novelist, short story writer, essayist
• Gabriela Zapolska (1857–1921), prolific novelist, playwright, short story writer, critic, actress
• Katarzyna Ewa Zdanowicz-Cyganiak (born 1979), acclaimed contemporary poet, regional journalist and social scientist
• Narcyza Żmichowska (1819–1876), pen name Gabryella, novelist, poet, letter writer, feminist
• Rajzel Żychlińsky (1910–2001), Yiddish-language poet

See also

• List of Polish-language authors
• List of women writers