List of Hungarian women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Hungary or whose writings are 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

• Mariska Ady (1888–1977), poet

B

• Mária Bajzek Lukács (born 1960), Hungarian-born, Slovene-language writer, educator and translator
• Zsófia Balla (born 1949) Romanian-born Hungarian poet and essayist
• Linda Vero Ban (born 1976), writer on Jewish identity and spirituality
• Zsófia Bán (born 1957), novelist, literary writer and critic
• Kata Bethlen (1700–1759), memoirist, letter writer and autobiographer
• Janka Boga (1889–1963), playwright and essayist
• Katalin Bogyay (born 1956), politician, non-fiction writer and critic
• Edith Bone (1889–1975), journalist and autobiographer
• Ágota Bozai (born 1965), novelist and translator
• Edith Bruck (born 1932), novelist and playwright writing in Italian
• Zsuzsanna Budapest (born 1940), Hungarian-born American journalist, playwright and feminist

D

• Anna Dániel (1908–2003), novelist, children's writer and historian

E

• Renée Erdős (1879–1956), poet and novelist

F

• Kinga Fabó (1953–2021), poet, essayist and linguist
• Klára Fehér (1919–1996), novelist and children's writer
• Éva Földes (1914–1981), epic works Olympic medallist for Der Jugendquell (Well of Youth)
• Flora Frangepán (fl. 1743), writer and translator

G

• Erzsébet Galgóczi (1930–1989), short story writer, playwright and screenwriter
• Ágnes Gergely (born 1933), novelist, poet and translator
• Alisz Goriupp (1894–1979), librarian and bibliographer

J

• Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003), novelist and children's writer
• Ida Jenbach (1868 – c.1943), German-language journalist and screenwriter

K

• Margit Kaffka (1880–1918), poet, novelist and memoirist
• Teréz Karacs (1808–1892), memoirist and women's rights activist
• Etelka Kenéz Heka (born 1936), writer, poet and singer
• Rivka Keren (born 1946), fiction and children's writer in Hungarian and Hebrew
• Annamária Kinde (1956–2014), Romanian-born Hungarian poet and journalist
• Noémi Kiss (born 1974), short story writer and essayist
• Helene Kottanner (15th c.), German-language memoirist
• Agota Kristof (1935–2011), French-language poet, novelist and short story writer
• Žofia Kubini (17th c.), poet writing in old Czech

L

• Ágnes Lehóczky (born 1976), poet
• Laura Leiner (born 1985), novelist

M

• Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992), mystical writer
• Réka Mán-Várhegyi (born 1979), fiction writer
• Kati Marton (born 1949), Hungarian-American journalist and non-fiction writer
• Béláné Mocsáry (1845–1917), Hungarian geographer and travel writer
• Terézia Mora (born 1971), German-language fiction writer

N

• Borbála Nádasdy (born 1939), novelist, memoirist and ballet master
• Ágnes Nemes Nagy (1922–1991), poet, translator and educator

O

• Emma Orczy (1865–1947), Hungarian-born novelist and playwright writing in English

P

• Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1659–1708), Hungarian Baroque prose writer and poet
• Susan Polgar (born 1969), chess writer and champion

R

• Ágnes Rapai (born 1952), poet writing in Hungarian and German
• Lea Ráskay (early 16th century), manuscript copier, translator and nun
• Kati Rekai (1921–2010), Hungarian-born English-language children's writer

S

• Regina Saphier, writer, blogger, and TED video subtitle translator
• Kate Seredy (1899–1975), Hungarian-born English-language children's writer and illustrator
• Henriett Seth F. (real name Henrietta Fajcsák, born 1980), autistic poet, writer and artist
• Magda Szabó (1917–2007), novelist, playwright and poet
• Noémi Szécsi (born 1976), novelist and translator
• Júlia Székely (1906–1986), novelist, biographer and musician
• Mária Szepes (1908–2007), novelist, autobiographer and screenwriter
• Edina Szvoren (born 1974), novelist

T

• Judit Dukai Takách (wrote as Malvina, 1795–1836), poet
• Kata Tisza (born 1980), novelist
• Cécile Tormay (1876–1937), fiction writer and translator

U

• Ida Urr (1904–1989), poet and physician (born in Czechoslovakia)

See also

• List of women writers
• List of Hungarian writers