This is a list of women writers who were born in

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or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

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* 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 Maja Beutler (nee Maroni; 8 December 1936 – 15 December 2021) was a Swiss writer who wrote in German. She published seven novels, three collections of short stories and three other collections of radio commentaries. She won four Bernese Book P ...

(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

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* 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

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

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* Isabelle Eberhardt (1877–1904), French-language journalist, travel writer * Marianne Ehrmann (1755–1795), early German-language novelist, journalist * Ruth Erat (born 1951), German-language narrative works

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

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* Valérie de Gasparin (1813–1894), French-language non-fiction writer *

Marthe Gosteli Marthe Gosteli (22 December 1917 – 7 April 2017) was a Swiss suffrage activist and archivist. For thirty years, she led the fight for women's right to vote in Switzerland and then focused her attention on preserving the history of Swiss women. ...

(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

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* 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 Jeanne Hersch (13 July 1910 – 5 June 2000) was a Swiss philosopher of Polish-Jewish origin, whose works dealt with the concept of freedom. She was the daughter of Liebman Hersch. Education and career Hersch was born in 1910 in Geneva, Sw ...

(1910–2000), French-language writings on philosophy, human rights

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

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* Fleur Jaeggy (born 1940), Italian-language novelist *

Zoë Jenny Zoë Jenny (born 16 March 1974 in Basel, Switzerland) is a List of Swiss people#Writers, Swiss writer. Her first novel, ''The Pollen Room'', was published in German in 1997 and has been translated into 27 languages. She was awarded the Aspekte-Lit ...

(born 1974), German-language novelist, widely translated * Hanna Johansen (1939–2023), novelist, children's writer, translator

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* Isabelle Kaiser (1866–1925), poet, novelist, writing in both French and German * Agota Kristof (1935–2011), French-language novelist, poet, playwright *

Christina Krüsi Christina Krüsi (born 1968) is a Swiss author, artist, consultant on mediation and conflict resolution, and advocate for preventing child abuse. She was a missionary kid who was sexually abused for five years as a child while her parents worked ...

(born 1968), author of the autobiographical ''Paradise Was My Hell'' describing child abuse

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* Monique Laederach (1938–2004), poet, novelist, translator

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* 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 Mariella Mehr (26 December 1947 – 5 September 2022) was a Swiss novelist, playwright, and poet. She was born a member of the itinerant Yeniche people, but was separated from her family by the program Kinder der Landstrasse, and raised in insti ...

(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

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

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Erica Pedretti Erica Pedretti (; 25 February 1930 – 14 July 2022) was a Swiss author and artist. Pedretti has published texts since 1970, and since 1976 she has worked as an artist, especially as a sculptor. In 1984, Pedretti received the Ingeborg Bachmann ...

(1930–2022), German-language non-fiction writer, essayist, playwright *

Amélie Plume Amélie Plume (born 1943 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland) is a Swiss writer. She won the Schiller Prize for her whole body of work in 1988. She also won the Pittard de l'Andelyn Prize om 1993 for ''Promenade avec Emile L''. Her work has been de ...

(born 1943), novelist, playwright

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* 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 Annelise Rüegg (1879–1934) was a working-class Swiss communism, communist, pacifist, women's rights activist and writer. She travelled widely, lecturing in Russia, Australia and the United States. She is remembered for two autobiographical publi ...

(1879–1934), biographer, pacifist, communist

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* Isabelle Sbrissa (born 1971), poet, playwright * Anka Schmid (born 1961), screen writer, film director, video artist *

Annemarie Schwarzenbach Annemarie Minna Renée Schwarzenbach (23 May 1908 – 15 November 1942) was a Swiss writer, journalist and photographer. Her bisexual mother brought her up in a masculine style, and her androgynous image suited the bohemian Berlin society of the ...

(1908–1942), German-language novelist, journalist, travel writer * Monique Schwitter (born 1972), short story writer, playwright, actress *

Johanna Spyri Spyri (; ; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book ''Heidi''. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zürich, as a child she spent several summers near Chur i ...

(1827–1901), German-language children's writer, author of ''

Heidi ''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published between 1880 and 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' () and ''Heidi: How She Used What She Learned'' ( ...

'' * Laurence Suhner (born 1968), French-language comic and short-story writer since 1984

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

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Aline Valangin Aline Valangin was a Swiss writer, pianist, and psychoanalyst PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: and is a set of theories and techniques of research to discover unconscious processes and their influence on conscious thought, emotion and behaviour ...

(1889–1986), novelist, short story writer * Aglaja Veteranyi (1962–2002), German-language novelist * Camille Vidart (1854–1930), women's rights activist, translated ''

'' into French

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

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* Bertha Zuricher (1869-1949), author, painter and engraver

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