List of Serbian women writers

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

• Draginja Adamović (1925–2000), poet
• Mira Alečković (1924–2008), poet
• Princess Anka Obrenović (1821–1868), hers were the first literary works compiled by a woman to be published in Serbia
• Smilja Avramov (1918–2018), nonfiction writer
• Eustahija Arsić (1776–1843), writer

B

• Jelena Balšić (1365/1366–1443), her three epistles are part of the Gorički zbornik (Cyrillic: Горички зборник), a medieval manuscript collection (See: Jelena Lazarević)
• Anabela Basalo (born 1972), novelist, short-story writer
• Isidora Bjelica (born 1967), prose writer, playwright
• Marina Blagojević (1958–2020), writer on gender and feminism
• Milica Bodrožić, political history writer
• Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946), writer
• Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani (1710–1784), writer. This writer also holds a place in the Serbian literature of the 18th century.
• Anica Bošković (1714–1804), writer and poet. She's the sister of the famed physicist and scientist Roger Joseph Boscovich.
• Danica Bandić (1871–1950), writer (See also: Danica Bandić Telečki)

C

• Elizabeth Christitch (1861–1933), Irish journalist, writer, poet, translator and Serbian patriot.
• Annie Christitch (1885–1977), Serbian journalist, patriot and women's rights activist.

D

• Jelena Dimitrijević (1862–1945), short story writer, novelist, poet
• Jelena Đurović (born 1973), journalist
• Rajna Dragićević, writer, dictionary collaborator
• Draga Dejanović (1840–1871), poet

F

• Helen Losanitch Frothingham (1885–1972), best known for her Mission for Serbia: Letters from America and Canada, a collection of her letters during the six years she travelled doing war relief work during the First World War.

H

• Ljiljana Habjanović Đurović (born 1953), novelist

I

• Branislava Ilić (born 1970), playwright, screenwriter, prose writer, essayist

J

• Jefimija (1349–1405), poet
• Zorica Jevremović Munitić (1948–2023), playwright, literary historian

K

• Olivera Katarina (born 1940), poet
• Irena Kazazić (born 1972), writer
• Stoja Kašiković, née Zdjelarević (1865 – after 1927), writer
• Mina Karadžić (1828–1894), writer and painter

L

• Jelena Lazarević (1365–1443), writer
• Paulina Lebl-Albala (1891–1967), journalist, translator, literary critic
• Vladana Likar-Smiljanić (born 1943), correspondent
• Tamara Lujak (born 1976), science fiction and fantasy writer, translator, editor, journalist, short story writer, book reviewer
• Svetlana Lukić (born 1958), journalist
• Jelena Lozanić (See: Helen Losanitch Frothingham)
• Andjelija Lazarević (1885–1926), writer

M

• Desanka Maksimović (1898–1993), poet
• Jasmina Mihajlović (born 1960), writer and literary critic
• Princess Milica of Serbia (c. 1335 – 1405), poet, author of "A Mother's Prayer"
• Ognjenka Milićević (1927–2008), translator, essayist
• Mir-Jam (1887–1952), novelist
• Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928), non-fiction writer
• Zorica Mršević (born 1954), non-fiction writer on gender equality, violence, human rights, marginalized groups, and jurisprudence
• Ana Marija Marović (1815–1887), poet and painter
• Mara Đorđević-Malagurski (1894–1971), writer and ethnologist
• Milena Mrazović (1863–1927), Austro-Hungarian writer
• Maga Magazinović (1882–1968), journalist and writer
• Jelisaveta Marković (1868–1953), translator from French, Latin, Norwegian, and English

N

• Anna Novakov (born 1959), art historian, art critic

O

• Vida Ognjenović (born 1941), playwright, writer
• Princess Anka Obrenović (1821–1868), writer

P

• Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945), poet
• Mira Adanja Polak (born 1942), journalist, television presenter
• Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia (c. 1300 – 1355), writer

R

• Eva Ras (born 1941), poet, short story writer, novelist
• Ana Ristović (born 1972), poet and translator

S

• Anica Savić Rebac (1892–1953), translator, essayist, biographer
• Ljiljana Smajlović (born 1956), journalist, newspaper editor
• Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1828–1878), poet
• Maša Stokić (born 1966), dramatist, drama critic
• Gordana Suša (1946–2021), journalist
• Staka Skenderova (1830–1891), Bosnian Serb writer
• Olivia Sudjic (born 1988), British novelist
• Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958), novelist
• Jela Spiridonović-Savić (1891–1974), poet and fiction writer
• Dubravka Sekulić (born 1980), author and architect
• Sofija Skoric (1937–2022), cultural activist and author
• Ružica Sokić (1934–2013), actress and writer
• Svetlana Spajić (born 1971), cultural activist and translator
• Mirjana Stefanović (1939–2021), writer
• Jelena Skerlić Ćorović (1870–1960), writer and translator
• Andjelija Stančić (1865–1955), writer and translator

T

• Ana Tasić (born 1978), theatre critic
• Jasmina Tešanović (born 1954) essayist, short story writer, translator
• Danica Bandić Telečki (1871–1950), writer

V

• Svetlana Velmar-Janković (1933–2014), novelist, essayist, chronicler
• Divna M. Vuksanović (born 1965), non-fiction writer, philosopher
• Nada Vilotijević (born 1953), professor and author
• Sonja Veselinović (born 1981), writer

Z

• Nina Živančević (born 1957), Serbian-born playwright, poet, novelist, critic
• Cvijeta Zuzorić (1552–1648), lyric poet; the Cvijeta Zuzorić Art Pavilion in Belgrade (Serbia) is named after her

See also

• List of women writers
• List of Serbian writers
• Serbian literature