List of Bosnia and Herzegovina women writers explained

This is a list of women writers who were born in Bosnia and Herzegovina or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

A

• Bisera Alikadić (born 1939), poet, novelist, children's writer

B

• Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar (born 1951), novelist, poet, playwright, young adults writer

C

• Umihana Čuvidina (c.1794–c.1870), early poet, songwriter

F

• Zlata Filipović (born 1980), diarist, non-fiction writer, author of Zlata's Diary

K

• Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić (1932–1995), children's writer, poet, textbook writer

M

• Senka Marić (born 1972), poet and novelist
• Ognjenka Milićević (1927–2008), biographer, essayist, translator

O

• Ljubica Ostojić (1945–2021), poet, playwright, short story writer, critic, educator
• Téa Obreht (born 1985), American-Bosniak novelist, author of The Tiger's Wife

S

• Staka Skenderova (c.1830–1891), first woman author published in Bosnia
• Tanja Stupar-Trifunović (born 1977), poet and novelist, winner of 2017 European Union Prize for Literature

See also

• List of women writers