This is a list of women writers who were born in Poland or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

A Miriam Akavia (1927–2015), Polish-born Israeli novelist, translator Lisa Appignanesi (born 1946), Polish-born English-language novelist, non-fiction writer, editor, columnist Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (1865–1942), poet, playwright, journalist

B Rosa Bailly (1890–1976), teacher, activist, translator, journalist history and travel writer and poet Lidia Bajkowska, writer of children’s educational music books Jadwiga Barańska (1935–2024), actress, screenwriter Ewa Białołęcka (born 1967), novelist, short story writer Agnieszka Biedrzycka, contemporary historian, researcher and editor of the Polish Biographical Dictionary Irena Bobowska (1920–1942), journalist, editor, poet, resistance worker Krystyna Boglar (1931–2019), writer and screenwriter known mostly for her work for children and young adults Helena Boguszewska (1883–1978), writer, columnist and social activist Barbara Bojarska, contemporary historian, works on the history of Pomerania Maria Boniecka (1910–1978), editor, writer, teacher, resistance fighter Anna Brzezińska, (born 1971), historian, fantasy author

C Zofia Chądzyńska (1912–2003), novelist, translator Joanna Chmielewska (1932–2013), widely translated bestselling crime fiction novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer, screenwriter Sylwia Chutnik (born 1979), novelist Izabela Czartoryska (1746–1835), salonist, diarist, memoirist

D Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965), novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright Janina Domanska (1913–1995), Polish-American children's writer, writing in English Gusta Dawidson Draenger (1917–1943), diarist Kinga Dunin (born 1954), novelist, non-fiction writer, feminist Elżbieta Drużbacka (c.1695–1765), poet Wanda Dynowska (1888–1971), theosophist, non-fiction writer, publisher in India, translator of Polish poetry into English

F Ida Fink (1921–2011), Polish-Israeli writer, Polish-language works on the Holocaust Wirydianna Fiszerowa (1761–1826), noblewoman, French-language memoirist

G Aleksandra Gajewska, children's writer, poet Zuzanna Ginczanka (1917–1945), poet, translator Agnieszka Graff (born 1970), non-fiction writer, essayist, columnist, feminist Manuela Gretkowska (born 1964), novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, politician Katarzyna Grochola (born 1957), best selling novelist, short story writer, playwright Wioletta Grzegorzewska (born 1974), poet, some works translated into English

H Klementyna Hoffmanowa (1798–1845), children's author, translator

I Maria Ilnicka (c.1825–1897), poet, novelist, translator, journalist Bozenna Intrator (born 1964), Polish-American novelist, poet, playwright, translator, writing in German, Polish and English

J Irena Jurgielewiczowa (1903–2003), children's writer, memoirist

K Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986), children's writer, poet, translator Anna Kańtoch (born 1976), fantasy writer Gerda Weissmann Klein (1924–2022), Polish-American writer, works on the Holocaust Irena Klepfisz (born 1941), poet, essayist, feminist writer, translator, writing in Yiddish and English Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910), acclaimed poet, novelist, children's writer Rachel Korn (1898–1982), poet, writing in Polish and (mainly) Yiddish Natalia Korwin-Szymanowska (1857–1952), writer, journalist, and translator Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889–1968), historical novelist, memoirist, columnist Chana Kowalska (1899–1942), Jewish painter and journalist Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938), nun, author of a diary relating her mystic experiences Hanna Krall (born 1935), journalist, historian, works on the war period in Poland Katarzyna Krenz (born 1953), poet, novelist, translator Maria Kuncewiczowa (1895–1989), novelist, columnist

L Anna Langfus (1920–1966), Polish-born French-language novelist Marija Lastauskienė (1872–1957), novelist, short story writer, often in collaboration with her sister Sofija Pšibiliauskienė, wrote in Polish and Lithuanian Henryka Łazowertówna (1909–1942), poet, remembered for her poem written in the Warsaw Ghetto Joanna Lech (born 1984), poet, some works translated into English Ewa Lipska (born 1945), widely translated poet Tekla Teresa Łubieńska (1767–1810), poet, playwright and translator from the French and English Jadwiga Łuszczewska (1834–1908), poet, novelist

M Wanda Malecka (1800–1860), editor, translator, poet, novelist, newspaper publisher, journalist Dorota Masłowska (born 1983), best selling novelist, playwright Grażyna Miller (1957–2009), poet, critic, translator Weronika Murek (born 1989) short story writer, playwright Małgorzata Musierowicz (born 1945), popular children's writer

N Anna Nakwaska (1781–1851), memoirist, novelist, children's author and women's educationalist Zofia Nałkowska (1884–1954), acclaimed novelist, playwright

O Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910), acclaimed novelist, playwright, short story writer Hanna Ożogowska (1904–1995), novelist, poet, translator

P Helena Janina Pajzderska (1862–1927), novelist, poet, translator Magdalena Parys (born 1971), novelist Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945), acclaimed poet, playwright Tillie S. Pine (1896–1999), Polish-American children's writer Zofia Posmysz (1923–2022), journalist, novelist, and author Halina Poświatowska (1935–1967), significant poet, essayist, autobiographer Stanisława Przybyszewska (1901–1935), playwright, writer of acclaimed works on the French revolution Sofija Pšibiliauskienė (1867–1926), sister of Marija Lastauskienė, co-authored some of her works Anastazja Pustelnik (1950–2026), cookbook writer (Polish and other recipes)

R Małgorzata Rejmer (born 1985) novelist, short story writer Maria Rodziewiczówna (1863–1944), important novelist and short story writer of the interwar period Helena Romer-Ochenkowska (1875–1947), writer, playwright, opinion journalist, columnist and theatre critic Chava Rosenfarb (1923–2011), Polish born Yiddish poet, short story writer

S Barbara Sanguszko (1718–1791), poet, translator, moralist and philanthropist Magdalena Samozwaniec (1894–1972), satirist Wanda Sieradzka de Ruig (1923–2008), poet, journalist, television screenwriter Kate Simon (1912–1990), Polish-born American travel writer, autobiographer Żanna Słoniowska (born 1978), novelist Dominika Słowik (born 1988) writer Eva Stachniak (born 1952), Polish-born Canadian novelist, short story writer Agnieszka Stelmaszyk (born 1978), writer, novelist Anna Świrszczyńska (1909–1984), poet, some works translated into English Anna Szatkowska (1928–2015), memoirist, wartime experiences written in French Lola Szereszewska (1895–1943), Polish-Jewish poet journalist Małgorzata Szumowska (born 1973), screenwriter, film director Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012), poet, essayist, translation, Nobel Prize in Literature

T Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962), poet, popular novelist, short story writer, essayist, Nobel Prize in Literature Dorota Terakowska (1938–2004) novelist and journalist best known for literature for children and young adults Magdalena Tulli (born 1955), novelist, translator

W Bronisława Wajs (1908–1987), Polish-Romani poet, singer Joanna Wajs (born 1979), poet, critic, translator Maria Wirtemberska (1768–1854), salonist, novelist Maia Wojciechowska (1927–2002), Polish-American children's writer

Z Julia Zabłocka (1931–1993), historian, archaeologist Anna Zahorska (1882–1942), poet, novelist, playwright Stefania Zahorska (1890–1961), novelist, historian, non-fiction writer, memoirist Maria Julia Zaleska (1831–1889), novelist, short story writer, essayist Gabriela Zapolska (1857–1921), prolific novelist, playwright, short story writer, critic, actress Katarzyna Ewa Zdanowicz-Cyganiak (born 1979), acclaimed contemporary poet, regional journalist and social scientist Narcyza Żmichowska (1819–1876), pen name Gabryella, novelist, poet, letter writer, feminist Rajzel Żychlińsky (1910–2001), Yiddish-language poet

See also List of Polish-language authors List of women writers

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