This is a list of women writers who were born in Bosnia and Herzegovina or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
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Bisera Alikadić (born 1939), poet, novelist, children's writer
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Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar (born 1951), novelist, poet, playwright, young adults writer
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Umihana Čuvidina (c.1794–c.1870), early poet, songwriter
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Zlata Filipović (born 1980), diarist, non-fiction writer, author of Zlata's Diary
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Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić (1932–1995), children's writer, poet, textbook writer
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Senka Marić (born 1972), poet and novelist
Ognjenka Milićević (1927–2008), biographer, essayist, translator
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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