List of Puerto Rican women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Puerto Rico 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

• Silvia Álvarez Curbelo (born 1940), historian, non-fiction writer
• Isabel Andreu de Aguilar (1887–1948), suffragist, feminist writer
• Marta Aponte Alsina (born 1945), writer
• Delma S. Arrigoitia (1945–2023), historian, biographer
• Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (born 1970), novelist, short story writer, essayist

B

• Marilyn Batista Márquez (born 1959), journalist, short story writer
• Janette Becerra (born 1965), short story writer, poet, critic
• Alejandrina Benítez de Gautier (1819–1879), poet
• María Bibiana Benítez (1783–1873), Puerto Rico's first female poet, playwright
• Giannina Braschi (born 1953), novelist, poet, essayist, playwright
• Julia de Burgos (1914–1953), acclaimed poet, activist

C

• Zenobia Camprubí (1887–1956), Spanish-born poet, diarist, translator
• Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922), anarchist, feminist writer
• Caridad de la Luz (born 1977), Nuyorican poet, actress, activist
• Edna Coll (1906–2002), educator, writer of literary works
• Isabel Cuchí Coll (1904–1993), playwright, short story writer, journalist, non-fiction writer

D

• Jaquira Díaz, fiction writer, essayist, author of Ordinary Girls

E

• Sandra María Esteves (born 1948), Nuyorican poet, artist

F

• Rosario Ferré (1938–2016), novelist, essayist, poet, educator
• Isabel Freire de Matos (1915–2004), educator, journalist, children's writer, independence activist

G

• Gilda Galán (1917–2009), actress, playwright, poet
• Magali García Ramis (born 1946), short story writer, journalist, novelist, essayist
• Migene González-Wippler, since the 1980s, books on the Santería religious sect in Spanish and English

J

• Zoé Jiménez Corretjer, since the 1980s: poet, short story writer, essayist

L

• Georgina Lázaro (born 1965), journalist, novelist, poet, children's writer
• Aurora Levins Morales (born 1954), poet, biographer, non-fiction writer, feminist
• Teresita A. Levy (born 1970), educator, historian, author of The History of Tobacco Cultivation in Puerto Rico, 1898-1940. ^{[1] [2]}

M

• Nemir Matos-Cintrón (born 1949), poet
• Concha Meléndez (1895–1983), poet, essayist, educator
• Nancy Mercado (born 1959), Post-Beat writer, Nuyorican poet, essayist, fiction writer, playwright, editor, activist
• Mayra Montero (born 1952), journalist, novelist, short story writer
• Nicholasa Mohr (born 1938), Nuyorican novelist, children's writer, short story writer
• Rosario Morales (1930–2011), poet, essayist, raised in New York City

N

• Vionette Negretti (born 1947), journalist, writer
• Frances Negrón-Muntaner (born 1966), film-maker, literary critic, essayist, screenwriter
• Mercedes Negrón Muñoz (1895–1973), poet

O

• Ana María O'Neill (1894–1981), educator, women's rights activist, non-fiction author
• Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952–2016), poet, short story writer, essayist, children's writer, autobiographer, educator

P

• Olivia Paoli (1855–1942), suffragist, magazine editor

R

• Tania Ramos González (born 1971), author, academic, former dancer

S

• Esmeralda Santiago (born 1948), novelist, memoirist, actress
• Mayra Santos-Febres (born 1966), poet, essayist, short story writer, novelist
• Mercedes Sola (1879–1923), educator, women's rights activist, feminist writer

T

• Luisita Lopez Torregrosa (born 1943), journalist, memoirist

U

• Luz María Umpierre (born 1947), poet, critic, human rights activist

V

• Lourdes Vázquez (born 1949), since the 1980s, short story writer, novelist, poet essayist
• Ana Lydia Vega (born 1946), acclaimed short story writer, essayist
• Irene Vilar (born c.1969), editor, memoirist, author of The Ladies' Gallery: A Memoir of Family Secrets

Z

• Iris Zavala (1936–2020), poet, novelist, essayist, non-fiction writer, educator

See also

• List of women writers
• List of Puerto Rican writers
• List of Spanish-language authors

References

1. The History of Tobacco Cultivation in Puerto Rico, 1898-1940
2. Tostones and Matzoh, a Puerto Rican-Jewish journey