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This is a list of women writers who were born in Cuba or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
Alma Flor Ada (born 1938), Cuban-American writer, poet, Professor EmeritaBrígida Agüero y Agüero (1837–1866), Cuban-born poetMirta Aguirre (1912–1980), poet, novelist, journalistGinny Aiken (born 1955), Cuban-American novelist writing in EnglishMagaly Alabau (born 1945), Cuban-American poet, theatre director, actress, writes in SpanishDora Alonso (1910–2001), novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, children's writerMaría Argelia Vizcaíno (born 1955), Cuban-American historian, journalist, non-fiction writerCristina Ayala (1856–1936), Afro-Cuban poet[1] Ruth Behar (born 1956), Cuban-American anthropologist, poet, memoirist, non-fiction writerMarilyn Bobes (born 1955), poet, novelistJuana Borrero (1877–1896), painter, poetDulce María Borrero (1883–1945), poet, feministLydia Cabrera (1899–1991), anthropologist, poet, non-fiction writerAna Cairo Ballester (1949–2019), writer, literature professorJulieta Campos (1932–2007), Cuban-Mexican novelistYanitzia Canetti (born 1967), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, translatorDaína Chaviano (born 1957), Cuban science fiction and fantasy novelist and poet; columnist, editor, translator; now lives in the United States; writes in Spanish and EnglishAurelia Castillo de González (1842–1920), writer[2] Domitila García Doménico de Coronado (1847–1938), considered to be the first women to practice journalism in CubaCristina García (born 1958), Cuban-American journalist, novelistCarolina Garcia-Aguilera (born 1949), Cuban-American novelist, writes in EnglishGertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873), letter writer, poet, novelist, playwright, political activist, lived mainly in SpainWendy Guerra (born 1970), poet, novelist, columnistAchy Obejas (born 1956), Cuban-American novelist, short story writer, journalistMirta Ojito (born 1964), Cuban-American journalist, non-fiction writerSandra Abd'Allah-Alvarez Ramírez , Cuban blogger and activist living in Germany[4] Mireya Robles (born 1934), Cuban-American novelist, short story writer, criticMirta Rodríguez Calderón , journalist based in Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicOfelia Rodríguez Acosta (1902–1975), novelist, essayist, playwright, feministEmma Romeu , emigrated to Mexico in the early 1990s; since 1996 a non-fiction, children's, and environmental writer; writes in Spanish and EnglishMariblanca Sabas Alomá (1901-1983), feminist, journalist, and poetCecilia Samartin (born 1961), Cuban-American novelist, psychologist; best-selling novelist in Norway; now lives in CaliforniaCristina Saralegui (born 1948), journalist, magazine editor, television presenterAnna Lidia Vega Serova (born 1968), Russian-born Cuban poet, novelist, short story writerAna María Simo (born 1943), Cuban-American playwright, novelist, essayistKarla Suárez (born 1969), novelist, short story writer, travel writerSylvia Wynter (born 1928), Cuban-born Jamaican novelist, playwright, critic, essayist
Lists of women writers by nationality
