From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of women writers who were born in
Wales or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
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Mary Balogh (born 1944), Welsh-Canadian historical novelist
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Rachel Barrett (1874–1953), suffragette and newspaper editor
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Anne Beale (1816–1900), popular novelist, poet and children's writer
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Anna Maria Bennett (c. 1750–1808), novelist
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Ruth Bidgood (1922–2022), poet
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Emily Rose Bleby (1849-1917), non-fiction writer and temperance activist
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Natasha Bowen, Nigerian Welsh novelist
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Jane Brereton (1685–1740), poet and contributor to
The Gentleman's Magazine
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Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920), novelist and short story writer
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Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927), historian and author
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Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Hywel (
fl. 1555), poet
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Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971), artist and poet
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Grace Coddington (born 1941), fashion writer, director of
Vogue, memoirist
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Gillian Clarke (born 1937), poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster
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Hafina Clwyd (1936–2011), educator and journalist
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Jasmine Cresswell (born 1941), novelist
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Fflur Dafydd (born 1978), novelist, playwright, poet and singer, in Welsh and English
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Catherine Glyn Davies (1926–2007), historian and translator
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Deborah Kay Davies, contemporary poet, novelist and educator
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Margaret Davies (fl. 1700s), poet and scribe
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Mary Davies (1846–1882), poet
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Amy Dillwyn (1845–1935), novelist and industrialist
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Dorothy Edwards (1903–1934), fiction writer
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Fanny Winifred Edwards (1876–1959), children's author, dramatist and schoolteacher
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Rhian Edwards (active from 2000s), poet
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Sally El Hosaini (born 1976), British-Egyptian film director and screenwriter
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Elen Egryn (1807–1897), Welsh-language poet
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Menna Elfyn (born 1952), Welsh-language poet, playwright, columnist and editor
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Christine Evans (born 1943), poet
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Margiad Evans (1909–1958), poet and novelist
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Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988), poet and children's writer
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Ursula Masson (1945–2008), educator, literature researcher and non-fiction writer
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Gwerful Mechain (15th century), Welsh-language poet
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Nia Medi, since 2005, Welsh-language novelist and actress
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Dorothy Miles (1931–1993), poet, in English and sign language
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Moelona, pen name of Elizabeth Mary Jones (1877–1953), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer and translator
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Jan Morris (born James Morris, 1926–2020), Welsh historian and travel writer
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Ann Moray (1909–1981), novelist, short story writer and singer
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Elaine Morgan (1920–2013), non-fiction writer on anthropology, playwright and columnist
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Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973), Welsh-language novelist and children's writer
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Elizabeth Morgan (born 1930), non-fiction writer
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Eluned Morgan (1870–1938), Welsh-language author from
Patagonia, travel writer and non-fiction writer
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Gwenllian Elizabeth Fanny Morgan (1852–1939), non-fiction writer and mayor
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Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999), journalist, biographer and novelist
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Wendy Mulford (born 1941), poet and feminist
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Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991), Welsh-born Australian artist, poet, autobiographer and illustrator
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Allen Raine, pen name of Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe (1836–1908), novelist in English and Welsh
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Helen Raynor (born 1972), television screenwriter, script editor and playwright
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Sarah Jane Rees (1839–1916), teacher, poet and temperance campaigner
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Deryn Rees-Jones (fl. since 1994), poet and essayist
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Eigra Lewis Roberts (born 1939), poet, children's writer and novelist in Welsh
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Kate Roberts (1891–1985), Welsh-language fiction writer
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Jane Helen Rowlands (1891–1955), linguist, non-fiction writer and missionary
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Bernice Rubens (1923–2004), novelist:
The Elected Member
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Paula Yates (1959–2000), non-fiction writer and television presenter
See also
References
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