List of Ecuadorian women writers

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Carmen Acevedo Vega (1913–2006), poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist
• Elysa Ayala (1879–1956), short story writer, painter

B

• Ana Cecilia Blum (born 1972), novelist, journalist
• Veronica Bonilla (born 1962), prolific children's writer, publishes in Spanish and English
• Rosa Borja de Ycaza (1889–1964), playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, feminist
• Aminta Buenaño (born 1958), short story writer, journalist, politician

C

• Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante (1889–1972), novelist, poet, journalist, suffragist, feminist
• Fanny Carrión de Fierro (born 1936), poet, critic, essayist, educator
• María Piedad Castillo de Levi (1888—1962), poet, journalist, suffragist
• Luz Argentina Chiriboga (born 1940) Afro-Ecuadorian essayist, poet, novelist
• Mary Corylé (1894–1976), journalist, poet
• Alicia Yánez Cossío (born 1928), poet, novelist, journalist

E

• Ileana Espinel (1933–2001), poet, journalist, magazine editor
• Jenny Estrada (1940–2024), historian, biographer, non-fiction writer, journalist

F

• Carmen Febres-Cordero de Ballén (1829–1893), writer, poet

G

• Karina Galvez (born 1964), Ecuadorian-American poet, writes in Spanish and English

H

• Yanna Hadatty (born 1969), short story writer, essayist
• Catalina de Jesús Herrera (1717–1795), prioress, nun, autobiographer, mystical poet

I

• Edna Iturralde (born 1948), acclaimed children's writer

L

• Violeta Luna (born 1943), poet, novelist, essayist, critic, educator

M

• Nela Martínez (1912–2004), politician, activist, poet, short story writer

O

• Elisa Ortiz de Aulestia (1909–1991), teacher and writer

R

• Cristina Reyes (born 1981), poet, lawyer, and politician
• Sonia Romo Verdesoto, poet, author of Ternura del aire (1963)
• Lupe Rumazo (born 1933), essayist, short story writer, novelist

T

• Doménica Tabacchi (born 1973), politician, journalist

U

• Zoila Ugarte de Landívar (1864–1969), journalist, magazine editor, suffragist, feminist

V

• Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857), poet
• Marieta de Veintemilla (1855–1907), first lady, non-fiction writer
• Raquel Verdesoto (1910–1999), poet, biographer, feminist
• Eugenia Viteri (1928–2023), novelist, anthologist, teacher

See also

• List of women writers
• List of Spanish-language authors