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

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• P
• R
• S
• V
• Z
• See also
• References

A

• Gintarė Adomaitytė (born 1957), journalist
• Loreta Anilionytė, philosopher, educator, non-fiction writer, novelist, since 2000
• Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz (1909–1998), Lithuanian-born Hebrew children's writer
• Magdalena Avietėnaitė (1892–1984), journalist, diplomat and a public figure

B

• Ona Baliukonė (1948–2007), poet, essayist, painter

C

• Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė (born 1976), playwright, novelist
• Birutė Ciplijauskaitė (1929–2017), scholar, translator

G

• Ona Galdikaitė (1898–1990), Lithuanian nun, poet and dissident writer, theological translator
• Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994), Lithuanian-American translator, non-fiction writer, writings in German and English on archaeology, Lithuanian culture
• Emma Goldman (1869–1940), Lithuanian-born Russian-American memoirist, autobiographer, publisher, anarchist
• Aldona Gustas (1932–2022), Lithuanian-born German-language poet, illustrator, feminist, works translated into several languages

H

• Esther Hautzig (1930–2009), Lithuanian-born American, author of the autobiographical work The Endless Steppe

I

• Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961–2007), novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, some works translated into English

J

• Vidmantė Jasukaitytė (1948–2018), poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist
• Vanda Juknaitė (born 1949), playwright, novelist, memoirist

K

• Ugnė Karvelis (1935–2002), novelist, translator, publisher, editor

L

• Marija Lastauskienė (1872–1957), novelist, short story writer, journalist, frequently writing jointly with her sister under the pen name Lazdynų Pelėda, wrote in Polish and Lithuanian
• Meilė Lukšienė (1913–2009), writings on education and Lithuanian culture

M

• Edita Mildažytė (born 1966), journalist, talk show host
• Miriam Mosessohn (1841–1920), Lithuanian-born Hebrew-language translator of German novels

N

• Salomėja Nėris, pen name of Salomėja Bačinskaitė-Bučienė (1904–1945), acclaimed poet

P

• Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė (1861–1943), journalist, novelist, short story writer, playwright
• Sofija Pšibiliauskienė (1867–1926), wrote jointly with her sister Marija Lastauskienė under the pen name Lazdynų Pelėda, journalist, short story writer, novelist, usually writing in Polish
• Paulina Pukytė (born 1966), artist, poet, essayist, critic

R

• Giedra Radvilavičiūtė (born 1960), journalist, short story writer
• Undinė Radzevičiūtė (born 1967), novelist, worked in advertising

S

• Kristina Sabaliauskaitė (born 1974), art historian, historical novelist, short story writer
• Šatrijos Ragana (Witch of Šatrija), pen name of Marija Pečkauskaitė (1877–1930), short story writer, novelist, translator
• Ieva Simonaitytė (1897–1978), historical novelist, works often subjected to Soviet censorship

V

• Laima Vaitkunskienė (born 1936), archaeologist
• Indrė Valantinaitė (born 1984), poet, singer

Z

• Žemaitė, pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė (1845–1921), novelist, short story writer

See also

• List of Lithuanians
• List of women writers

References