List of German women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Germany or whose writings are closely associated with it. == A == Maximiliane Ackers (1896–1982), lesbian actress, novelist, scriptwriter Martha Albrand (1914–1981), novelist Helene Adler (1849–1923), German Jewish poet and educator Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), German Jewish political theorist Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859), writer, novelist Ludmilla Assing (1785–1859), short story writer, biographer Anita Augspurg (1857–1943), feminist, lawyer, actress Elisabeth Augustin (1903–2001), poet, short story writer, novelist, wrote in German and Dutch Frau Ava (c.1060–1127), first woman writer in German == B == Ingrid Bachér (born 1930), playwright, screenwriter Bertha Badt-Strauss (1885–1970), journalist, biographer, translator Amalie Baisch (1859–1904), writer of etiquette guide books Zsuzsa Bánk (born 1965), novelist Gertrud Bäumer (1873–1954), writer, feminist Sybille Bedford (1873–1954), German born English-language novelist, non-fiction writer, memoirist Maria Beig (1920–2018), novelist Hedwig von Beit (1896–1973), folklorist Margot Benary-Isbert (1889–1979), children's writer in German and English Augusta Bender (1846–1924), writer, poet, folklorist, activist Josefa Berens-Totenohl (1891–1969), novelist Sibylle Berg (born 1962), successful novelist, essayist, short story writer, playwright Dörthe Binkert (born 1949), novelist, non-fiction writer Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer (c.

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