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 (1954-2018), 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

I

• Marith Iedema (born 1989), journalist, documentarian, writer

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
• Emy Koopman (born 1985), video and print journalist, bibliotherapy researcher and scholar

L

• Astrid Lampe (born 1955), poet, actress
• Katharyne Lescailje (1649–1711), successful female poet, translator
• Noni Lichtveld (1929–2017), children's writer and illustrator based in Suriname
• 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 (1934-2016), 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 1938), 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

See also

• List of women writers
• List of Dutch writers

References