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.
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 (born 1940), 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