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.

A

• Draginja Adamović (1925–2000), poet
• Princess Anka Obrenović (1821–1868), hers were the first literary works compiled by a woman to be published in Serbia
• Smilja Avramov (born 1918), nonfiction writer

B

• Jelena Balšić (1365/1366–1443), her three epistles are part of the Gorički zbornik (Cyrillic: Горички зборник), a medieval manuscript collection
• Anabela Basalo (born 1972), novelist, short-story writer
• Isidora Bjelica (born 1967), prose writer, playwright
• Marina Blagojević (born 1958), writer on gender and feminism
• Milica Bodrožić, political history writer

D

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

H

• Ljiljana Habjanović Đurović (born 1953), novelist

J

• Jefimija, Medieval poet
• Zorica Jevremović Munitić (born 1948), playwright, literary historian

K

• Olivera Katarina (born 1940), poet
• Irena Kazazić (born 1972), writer

L

• 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

M

• Desanka Maksimović (1898–1993), poet
• Jasmina Mihajlović (born 1960), writer and literary critic
• Princess Milica of Serbia (ca. 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

N

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

O

• Vida Ognjenović (born 1941), playwright, writer

P

• Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945), poet
• Mira Adanja Polak (born 1942), journalist, television presenter

R

• Eva Ras (born 1941), poet, short story writer, novelist

S

• Anica Savić Rebac (1892—1953), translator, essayist, biographer
• Ljiljana Smajlović (born 1956), journalist, newspaper editor
• Biljana Srbljanović (born 1970), playwright
• Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1828–1878), poet
• Maša Stokić (born 1966), dramatist, drama critic
• Gordana Suša (born 1946), journalist
• Staka Skenderova (1830-1891), Bosnian Serb writer
• Olivia Sudjic (born 1988), British novelist

T

• Ana Tasić (born 1978), theatre critic
• Jasmina Tešanović (born 1954) essayist, short story writer, translator

V

• Svetlana Velmar-Janković (1933–2014), novelist, essayist, chronicler
• Divna M. Vuksanović (born 1965), non-fiction writer, philosopher

Z

• Nina Živančević (born 1957), Serbian-born playwright, poet, novelist, critic

See also

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

References