List of Dutch women writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in the Netherlands or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A
- Jo van Ammers-Küller (1884–1966), successful interwar novelist, non-fiction writer
- Threes Anna (born 1959), novelist, live performance producer, film director
B
- Maria Barnas (born 1973), novelist, poet, essayist
- Marjolein Bastin (born 1943), children's writer, illustrator
- Beatrice of Nazareth (1200–1268), prioress, author of early Dutch prose work Van seven manieren van heiliger minnen (Seven Ways of Holy Love)
- Thea Beckman (1923–2004), children's writer
- Nel Benschop (1918–2005), best-selling poet
- Carli Biessels (1936-2016), writer of children's literature
- Anna Blaman (1905–1960), poet, novelist
- Marion Bloem (born 1952), Indo novelist, non-fiction writer, documentary film producer
- Louise Sophie Blussé (1801–1896), non-fiction writer
- Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812–1886), novelist
- Anneke Brassinga (born 1948), poet, prose writer, translator
- Til Brugman (1888–1958), poet, novelist, translator
- Andreas Burnier (1931–2002), poet, novelist, feminist
C
- Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805), letter-writer, novelist, playwright, wrote in French
D
- Aagje Deken (1741–1804), poet, letter writer
- Maria Dermoût (1888–1962), acclaimed novelist, author of The Ten Thousand Things
- Thea Doelwijt (born 1938), journalist, novelist, playwright
- Renate Dorrestein (born 1954), journalist, novelist
- Tonke Dragt (born 1930), children's writer, illustrator, author of De brief voor de Koning
- Jessica Durlacher (born 1961), critic, columnist, novelist
E
- Anna Enquist (born 1945), popular poet, novelist
- Henrica van Erp (c. 1480 – 1548), abbess and author of her monastery's Chronicle
F
- Anne Frank (1929–1945), Holocaust victim, author of The Diary of a Young Girl
G
- Ida Gerhardt (1905–1997), poet
- Hermine de Graaf (1951–2013), short story writer, novelist
- Els de Groen (born 1949), politician, novelist, non-fiction writer
H
- Francisca de Haan (fl. 1998-), historian specializing in gender studies
- Hella Haasse (1918–2011), highly acclaimed novelist, some works set in the East Indies
- Judith Herzberg (born 1934), poet, playwright
- Nienke van Hichtum (1860–1939), children's writer, wrote in West Frisian and Dutch
- Etty Hillesum (1914–1943), diarist, letter writer, during German occupation of Amsterdam
- Rozalie Hirs (born 1965), poet, composer
- Marjolijn Hof (born 1956), novelist, some works translated into English
- Xaviera Hollander (born 1943), call girl, memoirist
- Maria Aletta Hulshoff (1781–1846), feminist writer
- Cornélie Huygens (1781–1846), feminist activist, columnist
K
- Marie Kessels (born 1954), poet, prose writer
- Yvonne Keuls (born 1931), Indo writer, novelist
- Yvonne Kroonenberg (born 1950), psychologist, columnist, popular works about men
- Mina Kruseman (1839–1922), feminist, non-fiction writer
- Gerdina Hendrika Kurtz (1899–1989), historical works
L
- Astrid Lampe (born 1955), poet, actress
- Katharyne Lescailje (1649–1711), successful female poet, translator
- Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer (1664–1737), memoirist, translator
- Tessa de Loo (born 1946), successful contemporary novelist
- Emilie Luzac (1748–1788), letter writer
M
- Cissy van Marxveldt (1889–1948), children's writer
- Dora van der Meiden-Coolsma (1918–2001), columnist, children's writer
- Vonne van der Meer (born 1952), novelist, short story writer, playwright
- Doeschka Meijsing (1947–2012), novelist
- Hanny Michaelis (1922–2007), poet
- Marga Minco (born 1920), journalist, novelist
- Marente de Moor (born 1972), novelist, columnist
- Mieke Mosmuller (born 1951), novelist, non-fiction work, writes mainly in Dutch and German
- Charlotte Mutsaers (born 1942) prose writer and essayist
N
- Saskia Noort (born 1967), crime-fiction writer, journalist
P
- Connie Palmen (born 1955), novelist
- Ethel Portnoy (1927–2004), essayist, columnist, short story writer, novelist, wrote in English but considered herself a Dutch writer
- Maria Pypelinckx (1538–1608), letter writer
Q
- Catharina Questiers (1631–1669), successful female poet, playwright
R
- Veronique Renard (born 1965), trans woman memoirist, non-fiction writer in English
- Henriette Roland Holst (1869–1952), poet, playwright, biographer
- Astrid Roemer (born 1947), Surinamese novelist, poet, living in the Netherlands
- Hannie Rouweler (born 1951), leading contemporary Dutch poet
- Heleen van Royen (born 1965), best selling novelist, columnist
- Renate Rubinstein (1929–1990), journalist, columnist, non-fiction writer
- Helga Ruebsamen (born 1934), columnist, novelist
- Anna Rutgers van der Loeff (1910–1990), children's writer
S
- Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg (1944–2000), historical works on Ancient Greece and Persia
- Annet Schaap (born 1965), children's literature
- Margo Scharten-Antink (1868–1957), poet, novelist
- Mineke Schipper (born 1939), novelist, non-fiction works on women's literature
- Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911–1995), highly acclaimed children's writer, screenwriter for television
- Anna Maria van Schurman (1607–1678), German-born poet, works in Latin in defence of female education
- Anja Sicking (born 1965), novelist, short story writer
- Hilda van Stockum (1908–2006), successful English-language children's writer
T
- Marianne Thieme (born 1972), politician, works on animals rights
- Petronella Johanna de Timmerman (1723–1786), poet, translators
U
- Mellie Uyldert (1908–2009), astrologer, numerous best-selling esoteric works
V
- M. Vasalis (1909–1998), poet, psychiatrist
- Cornelia van der Veer (1639–1704), poet
- Jacoba van Velde (1903–1985), novelist, author of the successful De grote zaal
- Stephanie Vetter (1884–1974), novelist, short story writer
- Anna Visscher (1584–1651), poet, translator
- Simone van der Vlugt (born 1966), historical and young adult novelist, several works translated into English
- Ida Vos (1931–2006), children's writer
- Beb Vuyk (1639–1704), acclaimed Indo short story writer, novelist
W
- Lulu Wang (born 1960), Chinese born best-selling novelist, writes in Dutch
- Elly de Waard (born 1940), poet, music critic
- Maria Petronella Woesthoven (1760–1830), poet
- Betje Wolff (1738–1804), epistolary novelist, works co-authored with Aagje Deken
Z
- Annejet van der Zijl (born 1962), best-seller novelist, biographer
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See also
- List of women writers
- List of Dutch writers
References
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