List of Swiss women writers

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

B

• Elisabeth Baumgartner (1889–1957), Swiss author of play is Bernese German dialect
• Béatrix Beck (1914–2008), Swiss-born Belgian writing in French, novelist
• Maja Beutler (1936–2021), German-language novelist, short story writer, playwright
• S. Corinna Bille (1912–1979), short story writer, poet, novelist, children's writer
• Teresina Bontempi (1883–1968), Italian-language Swiss journalist, editor
• Irena Brežná (born 1950), Slovak-Swiss writer, journalist, activist
• Erika Burkart (1922–2010), German language poet, short story writer, novelist
• Martha Burkhardt (1874–1958), Swiss-born travel writer

C

• Dominique Caillat (born 1956), playwright, non-fiction writer, works in German, French and English
• Corinne Chaponnière (born 1954), Swiss-Canadian writer
• Anne Cuneo (1936–2015), French-language novelist, journalist, screenwriter
• Suzanne Curchod (1737–1794), French-language non-fiction writer, salonist

D

• Laurence Deonna (1937–2023), journalist, writer and photographer specializing in the Middle-East

E

• Isabelle Eberhardt (1877–1904), French-language journalist, travel writer
• Marianne Ehrmann (1755–1795), early German-language novelist, journalist
• Dorothee Elmiger (born 1985), German-language novelist and essayist
• Ruth Erat (born 1951), German-language narrative works

F

• Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998), German-language psychologist, writings on symbolism

G

• Valérie de Gasparin (1813–1894), French-language non-fiction writer
• Marthe Gosteli (1917–2017), Swiss women's history archivist and suffrage writer
• Emilie Gourd (1879–1946), French-language journalist, feminist
• Anne-Lise Grobéty (1949–2010), French-language novelist, poet, young adults writer

H

• Anita Hansemann (1962–2019), Late start writer, books and libretto play
• Eveline Hasler (born 1933), German-language novelist, children's writer, essayist, playwright
• Jeanne Hersch (1910–2000), French-language writings on philosophy, human rights
• Meta Heusser-Schweizer (1797–1876), German-language poet

I

• Mirjam Indermaur (born 1967), German-language non-fiction writer
• Henriette Ith (1885-1978), French-language writer and political activist

J

• Fleur Jaeggy (born 1940), Italian-language novelist
• Zoë Jenny (born 1974), German-language novelist, widely translated
• Hanna Johansen (1939–2023), novelist, children's writer, translator

K

• Isabelle Kaiser (1866–1925), poet, novelist, writing in both French and German
• Agota Kristof (1935–2011), French-language novelist, poet, playwright
• Christina Krüsi (born 1968), author of the autobiographical Paradise Was My Hell describing child abuse

L

• Monique Laederach (1938–2004), poet, novelist, translator
• Gertrud Leutenegger (1948–2025), poet, novelist, playwright and theatre director

M

• Ella Maillart (1903–1997), French-language travel writer
• Janine Massard (born 1939), French-language novelist
• Jane Marcet (1769–1858), English-language writings on science
• Mariella Mehr (1947–2022), German-language novelist
• Isabelle de Montolieu (1751–1832), French-language novelist, translator
• Hortensia von Moos (1659–1715), German-language writings on the status of women

N

• Marguerite Naville (1852–1930), painter, photographer and diarist

P

• Erica Pedretti (1930–2022), German-language non-fiction writer, essayist, playwright
• Amélie Plume (born 1943), novelist, playwright

R

• Ilma Rakusa (born 1946), writer, essayist, poet & translator
• Grisélidis Réal (1929–2005), sex worker, writer
• Alice Rivaz (1901–1998), French-language novelist, essayist, feminist
• Noëlle Roger (1874–1953), French-language novelist
• Annelise Rüegg (1879–1934), biographer, pacifist, communist

S

• Isabelle Sbrissa (born 1971), poet, playwright
• Anka Schmid (born 1961), screen writer, film director, video artist
• Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908–1942), German-language novelist, journalist, travel writer
• Monique Schwitter (born 1972), short story writer, playwright, actress
• Johanna Spyri (1827–1901), German-language children's writer, author of Heidi
• Laurence Suhner (born 1968), French-language comic and short-story writer since 1984

U

• Regina Ullmann (1884–1961), German-language poet

V

• Aline Valangin (1889–1986), novelist, short story writer
• Aglaja Veteranyi (1962–2002), German-language novelist
• Camille Vidart (1854–1930), women's rights activist, translated Heidi into French

W

• Silja Walter (1919–2011), nun, German-language poet, religious writer

Z

• Bertha Züricher (1869-1949), author, painter and engraver

See also

• List of women writers
• List of German-language authors
• List of French-language authors

References