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 Emerita
Brígida Agüero y Agüero (1837–1866), Cuban-born poet
Mirta Aguirre (1912–1980), poet, novelist, journalist
Ginny Aiken (born 1955), Cuban-American novelist writing in English
Magaly Alabau (born 1945), Cuban-American poet, theatre director, actress, writes in Spanish
Dora Alonso (1910–2001), novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, children's writer
María Argelia Vizcaíno (born 1955), Cuban-American historian, journalist, non-fiction writer
Cristina Ayala (1856–1936), Afro-Cuban poet[1] Ruth Behar (born 1956), Cuban-American anthropologist, poet, memoirist, non-fiction writer
Marilyn Bobes (born 1955), poet, novelist
Juana Borrero (1877–1896), painter, poet
Dulce María Borrero (1883–1945), poet, feministLydia Cabrera (1899–1991), anthropologist, poet, non-fiction writer
Ana Cairo Ballester (1949–2019), writer, literature professor
Julieta Campos (1932–2007), Cuban-Mexican novelist
Yanitzia Canetti (born 1967), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, translator
Daína Chaviano (born 1957), Cuban science fiction and fantasy novelist and poet; columnist, editor, translator; now lives in the United States; writes in Spanish and English
Aurelia 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, novelist
Carolina Garcia-Aguilera (born 1949), Cuban-American novelist, writes in English
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873), letter writer, poet, novelist, playwright, political activist, lived mainly in Spain
Wendy Guerra (born 1970), poet, novelist, columnistAchy Obejas (born 1956), Cuban-American novelist, short story writer, journalist
Mirta 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, critic
Mirta Rodríguez Calderón , journalist based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Ofelia Rodríguez Acosta (1902–1975), novelist, essayist, playwright, feminist
Emma 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 poet
Cecilia Samartin (born 1961), Cuban-American novelist, psychologist; best-selling novelist in Norway; now lives in California
Cristina Saralegui (born 1948), journalist, magazine editor, television presenter
Anna Lidia Vega Serova (born 1968), Russian-born Cuban poet, novelist, short story writer
Ana María Simo (born 1943), Cuban-American playwright, novelist, essayist
Karla 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