Login
Login

List of Russian women writers

{{Short description|none}}

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

{{Dynamic list}}

{{TOC right}}

A

  • Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010), poet, short story writer, translator
  • Anna Akhmatova (1899–1966), acclaimed poet, author of Requiem
  • Elizaveta Akhmatova (1820–1904), "Leila" published a journal for 30 years with translations of English and French writers{{cite book|author1=Marina Ledkovskai͡a-Astman|author2=Charlotte Rosenthal|author3=Mary Fleming Zirin |author3-link=Mary Fleming Zirin |title=Dictionary of Russian Women Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lI4hPO8u3ecC&pg=PA613|year=1994|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-26265-4|pages=12–14}}
  • Elena Akselrod (born 1932), Belarus-born Russian poet, translator
  • Ogdo Aksyonova (1936–1995), poet, short story writer, founder of Dolgan written literature
  • Tatiana Aleshina (born 1961), singer-songwriter, poet, short story writer
  • Margarita Aliger (1915–1992), poet, essayist, journalist
  • Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926–2011), daughter of Joseph Stalin, memoirist, biographer, author of Twenty Letters to a Friend
  • Al Altaev (1852–1959), writer for children{{cite book|author1=Marina Ledkovskai͡a-Astman|author2=Charlotte Rosenthal|author3=Mary Fleming Zirin|title=Dictionary of Russian Women Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lI4hPO8u3ecC&pg=PA613|year=1994|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-26265-4|page=22}}
  • Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861–1937), psychoanalyst, memoirist, literary essayist, novelist, often writing in German
  • Domna Anisimova (19th century), poet
  • Nina Pávlovna Annenkova-Bernár (1859/64–1933) actress, writer, playwright{{cite book|author1=Marina Ledkovskai͡a-Astman|author2=Charlotte Rosenthal|author3=Mary Fleming Zirin|title=Dictionary of Russian Women Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lI4hPO8u3ecC&pg=PA27|year=1994|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-26265-4|pages=27–29}}
  • Varvara Annenkova (1795–1866), prominent poet
  • Alexandra Nikitichna Annenskaya (1840–1915), translator and writer of feminist novels{{cite book|author1=Marina Ledkovskai͡a-Astman|author2=Charlotte Rosenthal|author3=Mary Fleming Zirin|title=Dictionary of Russian Women Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lI4hPO8u3ecC&pg=PA27|year=1994|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-26265-4|pages=30–31}}
  • Olga Anstei (1912–1985), writer about the Holocaust{{cite book |author1=Marina Ledkovskai͡a-Astman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lI4hPO8u3ecC&pg=PA27 |title=Dictionary of Russian Women Writers |author2=Charlotte Rosenthal |author3=Mary Fleming Zirin |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-313-26265-4 |pages=33-36}}
  • Elena Ivanovna Apréleva (1846–1923), non-fiction writer, short story writer, memoirist, playwright, children's writer
  • Maria Arbatova (born 1957), novelist, playwright, poet, journalist, feminist
  • Olga Arefieva (born 1966), singer-songwriter, poet, musician
  • Yekaterina Avdeyeva (1788–1865), non-fiction writer

B

C

D

E

F

G

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

Y

Z

See also

References

{{reflist}}

{{Lists of women writers by nationality}}

-

Russian

Writers

Writers, women