List of Guatemalan women writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Guatemala or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
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- Angelina Acuña (1905–2006), poet specializing in the classical sonnet form
- Isabel de los Ángeles Ruano (born 1945), novelist, poet, journalist
- Margarita Azurdia (1931–1998), painter, sculptor, poet
- Ana Maria Rodas (1937), poet, narrator and essayist, is considered one of the great figures
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- Margarita Carrera (1929–2018), poet, essayist, academic
- Rosina Cazali (born 1960), art critic, columnist
- Ana Cofiño (born 1955), researcher, anthropologist, editor, and historian
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- Margaret A. Dix (born 1939), Jersey-born botanist, educator, scientific works on biology and the environment
- Marta Yolanda Díaz-Durán, journalist, educator
G
- Natalia Górriz (1868–?), biographer, non-fiction writer, pedagogue
- María Josefa García Granados (1796–1848), poet, journalist, early feminist
H
- Elisa Hall de Asturias (1900–1982) author, feminist
L
- Alcina Lubitch Domecq (born 1953), short story writer, now living in Israel
M
- Rigoberta Menchú (born 1959), Nobel Peace Prize winner, autobiographer
- Lucrecia Méndez (born 1943), educator, essayist, art critic
- Luisa Moreno (1907–1992), civil rights activist, pamphlet writer
- Lucrecia Méndez (born 1943), academic, literary critic
- Luz Méndez de la Vega (1919–2012) feminist writer, poet, journalist, academic, actress
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- Dina Posada (born 1946), acclaimed Salvadoran-Guatemalan poet
R
- Ana María Rodas (born 1937), journalist, poet
S
- Magdalena Spínola, (1896–1991) poet, journalist, teacher
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- Aida Toledo (born 1952), poet, short story writer, educator
V
- Vania Vargas (born 1978), poet, narrator, editor and cultural journalist
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- Carol Zardetto, contemporary novelist, theatre critic, author of Con pasión absoluta (2007)
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