List of Romanian women writers

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

  • Elisabeth of Wied (1843–1916), Queen Consort of Romania, poet, novelist, essayist, writing in German, Romanian, French and English under the pen name Carmen Sylvia
  • Elena Farago (1878–1954), poet, children's writer
  • Carmen Firan (born 1958), poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist, playwright, writing in Romanian and English
  • Mária Földes (1925–1976), Romanian-Hungarian playwright, writing in Hungarian
  • Anneli Ute Gabanyi (born 1942), Romanian-born German-language political scientist, critic, journalist, philologist
  • Anca Giurchescu (1930–2015), Romanian-Danish folk dance researcher and academic
  • Delia Grigore (born 1972), Romani-language non-fiction writer, philologist, Romani rights activist
  • Iulia Hasdeu (1869–1888), poet, essayist, writing in French, died from tuberculosis when only 18
  • Dora d'Istria, pen name of Duchess Helena Koltsova-Massalskaya (1828–1888), narrative writer, essayist, feminist, writing mainly in French
  • Nora Iuga (born 1931), poet, writer and translator
  • Monica Lovinescu (1923–2008), essayist, short story writer, critic, translator, journalist
  • Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947), poet, novelist, memoirist, playwright, writing mainly in French

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