List of Czech women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in the Czech Republic or Czechoslovakia or whose writings are closely associated with those countries.

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

• Madeleine Albright (1937–2022), American politician, non-fiction writer, autobiographer, writing in English
• Hana Andronikova (1967–2011), novelist, short story writer

B

• Božena Benešová (1873–1936), Czech poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright
• Alexandra Berková (1949–2008), novelist, short story writer, some works translated into English
• Zdeňka Bezděková (1907–1999), writer, philosopher and translator
• Anna Bolavá, (born 1981), novelist, poet
• Tereza Boučková (born 1957), short story writer, playwright
• Zuzana Brabcová (1959–2015), novelist

C

• Marie Červinková-Riegrová (1854–1895), biographer, autobiographer, librettist
• Zuzana Černínová z Harasova (1600–1654), letter writer

D

• Radka Denemarková (born 1968), novelist, biographer
• Dominika Dery (born 1975), poet, prose writer, memoirist, author of The Twelve Little Cakes

E

• Helen Epstein (born 1947 in Prague), biographer, memoirist, essayist, author of Children of the Holocaust

H

• Jiřina Hauková (1919–2005), poet, translator
• Eva Hauserová (1954–2023), novelist, non-fiction writer, feminist
• Iva Hercíková (1935–2007), novelist, screenwriter
• Daniela Hodrová (born 1946), novelist, editor, literary researcher
• Eva Hudečková (born 1949), novelist, screenwriter
• Petra Hůlová (born 1979), popular novelist

J

• Jožka Jabůrková (1896–1942), journalist, non-fiction writer, translator
• Milena Jesenská (1896–1944), journalist, columnist, editor, translator

K

• Eva Kantůrková (born 1930), novelist, short story writer, essayist, diarist
• Jakuba Katalpa (born 1979), novelist, short story writer
• Věra Kohnová (1929–1942), child diarist, author of The Diary of Vera Kohnova
• Eliška Krásnohorská (1847–1926), poet, librettist, children's writer, critic, feminist

L

• Květa Legátová (1919–2012), novelist, short story writer, essayist
• Věra Linhartová (born 1938), art historian, short story writer, children's writer, poet, sometimes writing in French
• Helena Lisická (1930–2009), writer of fairy tales and legends
• Lucie Lomová (born 1964), comics writer
• Jarmila Loukotková (1923–2007), historical novelist, short story writer, children's writer, playwright

M

• Marie Majerová (1882–1967), novelist, short story writer, children's writer
• Heda Margolius Kovály (1919–2010), memoirist, novelist, some works translated into English
• Libuše Moníková (1945–1998), novelist, playwright, essayist, writing in German

N

• Božena Němcová (1820–1862), acclaimed novelist, writer of folk tales, author of The Grandmother (Czech: Babička)
• Bára Nesvadbová (born 1975), novelist, columnist, children's writer

P

• Halina Pawlowská (born 1955), screenwriter, short story writer, journalist, television presenter
• Iva Pekárková (born 1963 in Prague), Czech-language novelist, now living in New York
• Gabriela Preissová (1862–1946), playwright, short story writer
• Lenka Procházková (born 1951), novelist, television screenwriter
• Marie Pujmanová (1893–1958) Czech poet and novelist

R

• Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová (1785–1845), remembered for her cookery book
• Sylvie Richterová (born 1945), short story writer, poet, essayist, educator
• Lenka Reinerová (1916–2008), German-language non-fiction writer, journalist, editor, memoirist, essayist

S

• Zdena Salivarová (born 1933), novelist, living in Canada
• Milada Součková (1898–1983), writer, literary historian, diplomat
• Petra Soukupová (born 1982), author, playwright, screenwriter
• Petra Štarková (born 1975), author, psychologist
• Marie Šťastná (born 1981), poet
• Ela Stein-Weissberger (1930-2018), biographer
• Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914), born in Prague, Austrian pacifist, novelist, Nobel Peace Prize winner
• Eva Švankmajerová (1940–2005), surrealist artist, writer, poet
• Karolina Světlá (1830–1899), novelist, feminist

T

• Jindra Tichá (born 1937), academic, short story writer, living in New Zealand
• Kateřina Tučková (born 1980), best-selling novelist (works translated into English), non-fiction writer

U

• Eli Urbanová (1922–2012), Esperantist, novelist, poet

V

• Fan Vavřincová (1917–2012), screenwriter, novelist, short story writer
• Božena Viková-Kunětická (1862–1934), novelist, short story writer, politician

W

• Alena Wagnerová (born 1936), journalist, biographer
• Magdalena Wagnerová (born 1960), short story writer, screenwriter

Z

• Marketa Zinnerová (born 1942), novelist, screenwriter, children's writer
• Anna Zonová (born 1962), novelist, short story writer

See also

• List of Czech writers
• List of women writers