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This is a list of women writers (including poets) who were born in
Italy or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
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Vittoria Aganoor (1855–1910), poet, letter writer
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Milena Agus (born 1959), novelist
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Sibilla Aleramo (1876–1960), poet, autobiographer, feminist writer
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Gabriella Ambrosio (born 1954), novelist, essayist, journalist
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Isabella Andreini (1562–1604), playwright, poet, actress
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Tullia d'Aragona (c. 1510–1556), writer, philosopher, courtesan
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Antonia Arslan (born 1938), novelist, critic, translator, educator
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Devorà Ascarelli (c. 16th century), poet and translator
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Costanza d'Avalos Piccolomini (died 1560), poet
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Elisa S. Amore (born 1984), novelist
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Ida Baccini (1850–1911), children's writer
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Emma Baeri (born 1942), feminist historian, political scientist
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Teresa Bandettini (1763–1837), poet, dancer
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Anna Banti (1895–1985), historical novelist, critic, autobiographer
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Barbara Baraldi, thriller novelist
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Giuseppa Barbapiccola, (1702–c. 1740), poet, translator
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Laura Battiferri (1523–1589), poet
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Giuliana Berlinguer (1933–2014), film director, screenwriter, novelist
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Angela Bianchini (1921–2018), novelist, short story writer, translator
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Alberta Bigagli (1928–2017), poet
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Margarita Bobba (16th century), poet
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Catherine of Bologna (1413–1463), religious writer, saint
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Simona Bonafé (born 1973), journalist, politician
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Laudomia Bonanni (1907–2002), writer, journalist
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Maria Selvaggia Borghini (1656–1731), poet, translator
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Benedetta Brevini, academic, author, journalist, and reformer
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Helle Busacca (1915–1996), poet, painter, author
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Paola Calvetti (born 1958), novelist, journalist
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Duccia Camiciotti (1928–2014), poet, essayist
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Manuela Campanelli (born 1962), journalist, non-fiction writer
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Paola Capriolo (born 1962), novelist, translator
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Lara Cardella (born 1969), novelist, author of
Good Girls Don't Wear Trousers
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Catherine of Siena (1347–1380), religious writings
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Nadia Cavalera (born 1950), novelist, poet, critic
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Laura Cereta (1469–1499), 15th-century letter writer
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Isabella Cervoni (1575–1600), poet
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Alba de Céspedes (1911–1997), journalist, novelist
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Saveria Chemotti (born 1947), non-fiction, essays, literary criticism, novels
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Maria Chessa Lai (1922–2012), Catalan poet from Sardinia
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Elisa Chimenti (1883–1969), author
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Fausta Cialente (1898–1994), novelist
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Maria Luisa Cicci (1760–1794), poet
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Vittoria Colonna (1492–1547), popular 16th-century poet
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Danila Comastri Montanari (1948–2023), novelist
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Cristina Comencini (born 1956), novelist, film director
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Margherita Costa (17th century), poet, songwriter
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Maria Corti (1915–2002), philologist, critic, novelist
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Virgilia D'Andrea (1888–1933), anarchist poet
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Emanuela Da Ros (born 1959), children's writer
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Grazia Deledda (1871–1936), novelist, poet, Nobel laureate
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Silvana De Mari (born 1953), children's writer, fantasy novelist
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Compiuta Donzella (13th century), earliest women poet writing in Italian
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Paola Drigo (1876–1938), short story writer, novelist
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Francesca Duranti (born 1935), novelist
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Muzi Epifani (1935–1984), novelist, poet, playwright, columnist
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Camilla Faà (c. 1599–1662), early autobiographer
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Oriana Fallaci (1929–2006), journalist, biographer
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Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel (1752–1799), poet, letter writer
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Moderata Fonte (1555–1592), Venetian poet
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Laudomia Forteguerri (1515–1555?), poet
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Biancamaria Frabotta (1946–2022), poet, playwright, essayist, non-fiction writer
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Veronica Franco (1546–1591), poet
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Veronica Gambara (1485–1550), poet, letter writer
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Brunella Gasperini (1918–1979), journalist, novelist
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Natalia Ginzburg (1916–1991, novelist, short story writer, essayist
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Cinzia Giorgio (born 1975), novelist, playwright, essayist
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Elisabetta Gnone (born 1965), children's writer
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Simonetta Greggio (born 1961), novelist, writes in French
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Cornelia Barbaro Gritti (1719–1808), poet and salon-holder
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Amalia Guglielminetti (1881–1941), poet, letter writer
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Margherita Guidacci (1921–1992), poet, translator
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Lucia Guerrini (1921–1990), classical scholar, archaeologist, writer and editor
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Fleur Jaeggy (born 1940), Swiss-born Italian-language novelist
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Maria-Antonietta Macciocchi (1922–2007), journalist, non-fiction writer
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Alessandra Macinghi (1406–1471), letter writer
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Clementina Laura Majocchi (1866–1945)
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Maria Majocchi (1864–1917) writer, journalist, editor-in-chief
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Laura Beatrice Mancini (1821–1869), poet, salonist
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Gianna Manzini (1896–1974), novelist
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Dacia Maraini (born 1936), novelist, playwright, poet, journalist
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Faustina Maratti (c. 1679–1745), poet
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Andrea Marcolongo (born 1987) Greek classics enthusiast
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Lucrezia Marinella (1571–1653), poet, prose writer
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Battista Malatesta (c. 1384–1448), Renaissance poet
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Chiara Matraini (1515–1604), poet, religious writer
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Margaret Mazzantini (born 1961), actress, novelist
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Melania Mazzucco (born 1966), author
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Diamante Medaglia Faini (1724–1770), poet, madrigal composer
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Alda Merini (1931–2009), revered poet
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Maria Messina (1887–1944), short story writer and novelist
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Beatrice Monroy (born 1953), author and dramatist
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Maria Montessori (1870–1952), educational writer
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Giuliana Morandini (1938–2019), novelist, children's writer
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Elsa Morante (1912–1985), novelist, short story writer, poet
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Marta Morazzoni (born 1950), novelist, short story writer
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Lisa Morpurgo (1923–1998), novelist
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Isabella Morra (c. 1520–1545), Renaissance poet
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Angeliki Palli (1798–1875), Greek-Italian playwright, novelist, poet, translator
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Melissa Panarello (born 1985), erotic novelist
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Valeria Parrella (born 1974), novelist, short story writer, playwright
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Nicoletta Pasquale (16th century), poet
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Jeanne Perego (born 1958), children's writer
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Sandra Petrignani (born 1952), journalist, short story writer, novelist
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Giulietta Pezzi (1810–1878), poet, novelist, playwright
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Fernanda Pivano (1917–2009), journalist, biographer, critic, translator
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Christine de Pizan (1364–c. 1430), courtly poet, wrote in French
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Antonia Pozzi (1912–1938), poet, diarist, translator
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Antonia Tanini Pulci (1452/54–1501), early playwright
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Fabrizia Ramondino (1936–2008), novelist
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Lidia Ravera (born 1951), journalist, novelist, essayist, screenwriter
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Marina Ripa Di Meana (1941–2018), autobiographical novelist
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Eugenia Romanelli (born 1972), author, journalist
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Lalla Romano (1906–2001), novelist, poet, journalist
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Diodata Saluzzo Roero (1774–1840), poet, novelist
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Sara Santoro Bianchi (1950–2016), archaeologist and classical scholar
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Patrizia Sanvitale (born 1951), journalist, novelist
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Maria Antonia Scalera Stellini (1634–1704), poet, playwright
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Michela Schiff Giorgini (1923–1978), Egyptologist, non-fiction writer
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Matilde Serao (1856–1927), Greek-born Italian journalist, novelist
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Clara Sereni (1946–2018), autobiographical literature
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Ippolita Maria Sforza (1446–1484), letter writer, poet
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Gabriella Sica (born 1950), poet
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Maria Luisa Spaziani (1923–2014), poet, translator, academic writer
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Gaspara Stampa (1523–1554), Renaissance poet
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Sara Copia Sullam (1592–1641), poet
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Susanna Tamaro (born 1957), novelist, children's writer
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Clotilde Tambroni (1758–1817), philologist, poet
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Virginia Tango Piatti (1869–1958), writer and pacifist
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Laura Terracina (1519–c. 1577), poet
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Maria Tore Barbina (1940–2007), poet, translator
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Maria Antonietta Torriani (1840–1920), journalist, novelist; pen name "Marchesa Colombi"
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Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1425–1482), poet
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Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso (1808–1871), non-fiction writer, journalist
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Licia Troisi (born 1980), fantasy novelist
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Patrizia Valduga (born 1953), poet, translator
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Maria Valtorta (1897–1961), poet, mystic
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Ida Vassalini (1891–1953), poet, philosopher
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Angela Veronese (1778–1847), poet
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Grazia Verasani (born 1964), crime writer
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Simona Vinci (born 1970), novelist, children's writer
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Patrizia Vicinelli (1943–1991), poet, actress
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Mitì Vigliero Lami (born 1957), journalist, poet, essayist, humorist
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Isabella Vincentini (born 1954), poet, essayist, critic
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Annie Vivanti (1866–1942), novelist, short story writer, playwright
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See also
References
External links
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