List of Bolivian women writers

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

A

Diego Aramburo (born 1971), actress, director^[1] and playwright
Beatriz Azurduy Palacios (1952–2003), film director, screenwriter, non-fiction writer^[2]

B

Yolanda Bedregal (1916–1999), poet,^[3] novelist
Nadezhda Bravo Cladera (born 1944), linguist, writer, educator

C

Matilde Casazola (born 1942), poet, songwriter, awarded the Order of the Condor of the Andes^[4]
Carola Cobo (1909–2003), writer, theater and radio artist
María Guadalupe Cuenca (1790–1854), letter writer
Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui (born 1949), Aymara feminist sociologist

F

Hercilia Fernández de Mujía (1860–1929), poet and writer

G

María Galindo (born 1964), activist, psychologist, screenwriter^[5]
Teresa Gisbert (1926–2018), architect, art historian, educator,^[6] non-fiction writer^[7]

M

Rosa Julieta Montaño Salvatierra (born 1946), attorney, activist, non-fiction writer
María Josefa Mujía (1812–1888), poet, Bolivia's first woman writer
Hilda Mundy (1912–1980), writer, poet, journalist

R

Centa Rek (born 1954), novelist, psychoanalyst,^[8] politician
Giovanna Rivero (born 1972), novelist and short story writer^[9]
Ana María Romero de Campero (1941–2010), politician, journalist, non-fiction writer

T

Lola Taborga de Requena (1890–c.1950), modernist poet
Gigia Talarico (born 1953), writer and poet^[10]
Ana Rosa Tornero (1907–1984), journalist, editor, women's rights activist
María Cristina Trigo (1935 – 30 December 2014), writer and human rights activist

U

Julia Urquidi (1926–2010), memoirist^[11]

V

Gaby Vallejo Canedo (24 September 1941 – 20 January 2024), novelist^[12]
Etelvina Villanueva y Saavedra (1897–1969), educator, feminist, writer, poet^[13]

W

Blanca Wiethüchter (1947–2004), poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist^[14]

Z

Adela Zamudio (1854–1928), acclaimed poet, feminist, educator^[15]

References

^ Soruco, Jorge (2018-05-03). "La directora Diego Aramburo ya es mujer" [Director Diego Aramburo is Now a Woman]. La Razón (in Spanish). La Paz. Archived from the original on 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
^ Seguí, Isabel (March 2021). "Beatriz Palacios: Ukamau's Cornerstone (1974–2003)". Latin American Perspectives. 48 (2): 77–92. doi:10.1177/0094582X20988693. hdl:20.500.11820/2f773565-008e-43fc-b7c7-da56a7709da5. ISSN 0094-582X. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ "Bolivian poet Yolanda Bedregal reading from her work". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ Machicado, Giannina (8 September 2022). "Matilde Casazola, 48 años de vigencia poética y musical". La Razón (La Paz) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ Rojas Medrano, July (2 October 2023). "María Galindo: "Yo voy a llevar ese debate hasta donde la gente quiera"". Los Tiempos (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^ "Gisbert Carbonell de Mesa, Teresa (1926–)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. Archived from the original on 2015-03-28.
^ Bouysse-Cassagne, Thérèse (2018). "In Memoriam: Teresa Gisbert (1926 – 2018)". Chungara: Revista de Antropología Chilena. 50 (4): 529–532. ISSN 0716-1182. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ García, Mara Lucy (2008). Escritoras bolivianas de hoy (1a ed.). Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia: Editorial La Hoguera. pp. 145–158. ISBN 9789995431792.
^ García, Mara Lucy (2008). Escritoras bolivianas de hoy (1a ed.). Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia: Editorial La Hoguera. pp. 159–166. ISBN 9789995431792.
^ García, Mara Lucy (2008). Escritoras bolivianas de hoy (1a ed.). Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia: Editorial La Hoguera. pp. 167–173. ISBN 9789995431792.
^ Soldán, Edmundo Paz (12 March 2010). "Julia Urquidi, la inolvidable tía Julia de Vargas Llosa". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ García, Mara Lucy (2008). Escritoras bolivianas de hoy (1a ed.). Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia: Editorial La Hoguera. pp. 175–176. ISBN 9789995431792.
^ Mamani, Elías Blanco (2005). "VILLANUEVA Y SAAVEDRA, Etelvina". Enciclopedia Gesta de Autores de la Literatura Boliviana (in Spanish). Plural Editores. pp. 202–203. ISBN 9990563624.
^ "Blanca Wiethüchter". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ "Three Poems by Adela Zamudio". Columbia Journal. Retrieved 1 February 2024.