List of Peruvian women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Peru 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

• María Jesús Alvarado Rivera (1878–1971), novelist, playwright, journalist, women's rights activist
• Marie Arana (born 1949), Peruvian-American novelist, journalist

B

• Monica Brown (author) (born 1969), children's book author, literature professor

C

• Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera (1845–1909), novelist, essayist
• Aurora Cáceres (1877–1958), novelist, essayist, travel writer, biographer
• Clarinda (17th century), pen name of an anonymous poet, author of Discurso en loor de la poesía

F

• Julia Ferrer (1925–1995), poet

G

• Doris Gibson (1910–2008), journalist, magazine publisher
• Teresa González de Fanning (1836–1918), essayist, journalist, feminist writer, women's rights activist
• Juana Manuela Gorriti (1818–1892), Argentine-born Peruvian freedom fighter, novelist, short story writer, newspaper founder

L

• Ana María Llona Málaga (born 1936), poet

M

• María Emma Mannarelli (born 1954), feminist writer, historian, professor
• Manuela Antonia Márquez García-Saavedra (1844–1890), writer, poet, composer pianist
• Clorinda Matto de Turner (1852–1909), novelist, biographer, essayist, translator

N

• María Nieves y Bustamante (1871–1947), novelist, short story writer

O

• Scarlett O'Phelan Godoy (born 1951), historian and university professor

P

• Angélica Palma (1878–1935), novelist, biographer, journalist

S

• Isabel Sabogal (born 1958), novelist, poet, translator
• Claudia Salazar Jiménez (born 1976), writer, editor, academic

V

• Ana Varela Tafur (born 1963), poet and educator
• Gisela Valcárcel (born 1963), television host, actress, autobiographer, magazine publisher
• Virginia Vargas (born 1945), sociologist
• Blanca Varela (1926–2009), widely translated poet
• Chalena Vásquez (1950–2016), ethnomusicologist

W

• Julia Wong Kcomt (1965–2024), poet, novelist, short story writer

See also

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