List of Swiss women writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Switzerland or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
B
- Béatrix Beck (1914–2008), Swiss-born Belgian writing in French, novelist
- Maja Beutler (born 1936), German-language novelist, short story writer, playwright
- S. Corinna Bille (1912–1979), short story writer, poet, novelist, children's writer[1]
- Teresina Bontempi (1883–1968), Italian-language Swiss journalist, editor
- Erika Burkart (1922–2010), German language poet, short story writer, novelist
- Martha Burkhardt (1874–1958), Swiss-born travel writer
C
- Dominique Caillat (born 1956), playwright, non-fiction writer, works in German, French and English
- Corinne Chaponnière (born 1954), Swiss-Canadian writer
- Anne Cuneo (1936–2015), French-language novelist, journalist, screenwriter
- Suzanne Curchod (1737–1794), French-language non-fiction writer, salonist
D
- Laurence Deonna (born 1937), journalist, writer and photographer specializing in the Middle-East
E
- Isabelle Eberhardt (1877–1904), French-language journalist, travel writer
- Marianne Ehrmann (1755–1795), early German-language novelist, journalist
- Ruth Erat (born 1951), German-language narrative works
F
- Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998), German-language psychologist, writings on symbolism
G
- Valérie de Gasparin (1813–1894), French-language non-fiction writer
- Marthe Gosteli (1917–2017), Swiss women's history archivist and suffrage writer
- Emilie Gourd (1879–1946), French-language journalist, feminist
- Anne-Lise Grobéty (1949–2010), French-language novelist, poet, young adults writer
H
- Anita Hansemann (1962-2019), Late start writer, books and libretto play
- Eveline Hasler (born 1933), German-language novelist, children's writer, essayist, playwright
- Jeanne Hersch (1910–2000), French-language writings on philosophy, human rights
I
- Mirjam Indermaur (born 1967), German-language non-fiction writer
J
- Fleur Jaeggy (born 1940), Italian-language novelist
- Zoë Jenny (born 1974), German-language novelist, widely translated
- Hanna Johansen (born 1939), novelist, children's writer, translator
K
- Isabelle Kaiser (1866–1925), poet, novelist, writing in both French and German
- Agota Kristof (1935–2011), French-language novelist, poet, playwright
- Christina Krusi (born 1968), author of the autobiographical Paradise Was My Hell describing child abuse
L
- Monique Laederach (1938–2004), poet, novelist, translator
M
- Ella Maillart (1903–1997), French-language travel writer
- Janine Massard (born 1939), French-language novelist
- Jane Marcet (1769–1858), English-language writings on science
- Mariella Mehr (born 1947), German-language novelist
- Isabelle de Montolieu (1751–1832), French-language novelist, translator
- Hortensia von Moos (1659–1715), German-language writings on the status of women
P
- Erica Pedretti (born 1930), German-language non-fiction writer, essayist, playwright
- Amélie Plume (born 1943), novelist, playwright
R
- Grisélidis Réal (1929–2005), sex worker, writer
- Alice Rivaz (1901–1998). French-language novelist, essayist, feminist
- Noëlle Roger (1874–1953), French-language novelist[2]
S
- Isabelle Sbrissa (born 1971), poet, playwright
- Anka Schmid (born 1961), screen writer, film director, video artist
- Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908–1942), German-language novelist, journalist, travel writer
- Monique Schwitter (born 1972), short story writer, playwright, actress
- Johanna Spyri (1827–1901), German-language children's writer, author of Heidi
- Laurence Suhner (born 1968), French-language comic and short-story writer since 1984
U
- Regina Ullmann (1884–1961), German-language poet
V
- Aline Valangin (1889–1986), novelist, short story writer
- Aglaja Veteranyi (1962–2002), German-language novelist
W
- Silja Walter (1919–2011), nun, German-language poet, religious writer
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References
- Wilson, Katharina M. (1991). An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. Taylor & Francis. pp. 129–. ISBN 978-0-8240-8547-6.
- "Papiers Noëlle Roger" (PDF) (in French). Bibliothèque de Genève.
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