36 Catalan women writers

Elisenda Alamany i Gutiérrez is a Spanish teacher and politician, currently serving as a member of the City Council of Barcelona. From January 2018 to April 2019 she was a deputy in the 12th Legislature of the Parliament of Catalonia. Initially part of the coalition Catalunya en Comú–Podem, she was the spokesperson for its parliamentary group from 18 January to 29 October 2018. In October 2018, she promoted the platform Sobiranistes (Sovereigntists) as a criticism of the leadership of En Comú Podem. In February 2019 she left the parliamentary group but kept her seat. On 24 February 2019, she announced the creation of the party Nova.

Caterina Albert i Paradís, better known by her penname Víctor Català, was a Catalan writer in Catalan and Spanish who participated in the Modernisme movement and was the author of one of the signature works of the genre, Solitud (Solitude) (1905). Her literary skill was first recognized in 1898, when she received the Jocs Florals prize; soon thereafter, she began using the pseudonym Victor Català, taking it from the protagonist of a novel she never finished. Despite her success as a dramatist and her forays into poetry, she is best known for her work in narrative literature, with the force of her style and the richness of her diction being especially noted. She died in her hometown of l’Escala, Catalonia, in 1966 and is interred in the Cementiri Vell de l’Escala.

María Dolores Alibés i Riera was a Catalan author of children's books. She was the sister of sports journalist Arcadi Alibés, and was emotionally involved with cartoonist Juan López Fernández, "Jan".

Dolors Anglada i Sarriera, commonly known as Lola Anglada, was a Spanish writer, comics artist and illustrator.

Maria Dolors Bramon Planes is a Spanish philologist, historian, and university professor specializing in the Muslim world.

Zenobia Camprubí Aymar was a Spanish-born writer and poet; she was also a noted translator of the works of Rabindranath Tagore.

Maria Aurelia Capmany i Farnés was a Catalan novelist, playwright and essayist of Catalan descent. She was also a prominent feminist cultural and anti-Franco activist.

Maite Carranza Gil-Dolz del Castellar is a Spanish writer and educator, mainly writing in Catalan.

Paula Contreras Márquez was a novelist and author of short stories and tales.

Cristina Fernández Cubas is a Spanish writer and journalist. She has been described as "one of the most important writers who have begun to publish since the end of the Franco dictatorship" and has been credited with inaugurating "a renaissance in the short story genre in Spain."

Teresa Forcades i Vila is a Spanish physician and Benedictine nun. She is a social activist, focusing on public health.

Laura Freixas is a Spanish novelist, short story writer, and newspaper columnist.

Marina Ginestà i Coloma was a French-born Spanish veteran of the Spanish Civil War, and a member of the Unified Socialist Youth and CNT. She became famous due to the photo taken by Juan Guzmán on the rooftop of Plaça de Catalunya 9, 08002 Barcelona, Catalonia, Barcelona during the July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona. It is one of the most iconic photographs of the Spanish Civil War.

Carme Karr i Alfonsetti was a Spanish Catalan feminist, journalist, writer, musicologist and song-composer.

Dolors Lamarca y Morell is a Catalan librarian and philologist. She has led the Service of Libraries and Bibliographic Heritage of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and has directed the National Library of Catalonia.

Gemma Lienas Massot is a Spanish writer, feminist activist, and politician. In October 2015, she became one of Barcelona's deputies for Catalunya Sí que es Pot. She is a recipient of the medal Francesc Macia al Treball.

Eulàlia Lledó i Cunill is a doctor in Romance Philology from the University of Barcelona, a specialist in sexism and language research. She is the author of the first guide in Spain on the treatment of gender violence and media, published in 1999 by the Andalusian Women's Institute and Radio y Televisión de Andalucía. She has received several awards for her work, including the Creu de Sant Jordi in 2008. She is currently a contributor to HuffPost.

Maria Mercè Marçal i Serra was a Catalan poet, professor, writer and translator from Spain.

Laia Martínez i López, also known as Laia MaLo, (1984) is a Catalan writer and musician.

Ana María Martínez Sagi was a Catalan poet, trade unionist, journalist, feminist and athlete of Republican Spain.

Maria del Pilar Maspons i Labrós was a Spanish poet, novelist and writer of Catalan descent. Writing under the pseudonym Maria de Bell-lloc, that she used her entire career, she is notable as one of the first Spanish women folklorists and the first woman novelist to be published in Catalan.

Marta Ángela Mata Garriga was a Spanish politician and pedagogue who promoted the renovation of public schools during Spain's transition to democracy in 1978, and defended secular schools. She was the founder of the Associació de Mestres Rosa Sensat and wrote numerous books and articles on reading and writing didactics, pedagogy, educational policy, and children's stories.

Dolors Monserdà i Vidal was a Spanish writer, poet, storyteller, playwright, essayist, and columnist of Catalan descent. She was the sister of the painter Enric Monserdá i Vidal (1850-1926), and her daughter was married to the modernist architect, Josep Puig i Cadafalch.

Anna Murià i Romaní was a Spanish narrator, translator, literary critic, and journalist of Catalan descent who wrote short stories, novels, children's literature, and essays. A feminist activist, Murià i Romaní served as secretary of the Institució de les Lletres Catalanes, was a founding member of the Grup Sindical d'Escriptors Catalans, and was an Honorary Member of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana.

Isabel Olid Báez, known as Bel Olid, is a Catalan writer, translator, and teacher of language, literature, translation, and creative writing. She has received several literary prizes, among them the 2010 Documenta Award. Since March 2015 she has been the president of the Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana.

Maria Antònia Oliver Cabrer is a Spanish writer of Catalan descent. Her work has been translated into German, English, Spanish, Galician, French, Portuguese, and Russian. She has been honored with the Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes in 2016.

Teresa Pàmies i Bertran was a Spanish Catalan-language writer.

Glòria Pérez-Salmerón is the Stichting IFLA Global Libraries Chair from August 30, 2019 and was Director of the National Library of Spain (BNE). She was President of the Spanish Federation of Societies of Archivists, Librarians, Documentalists and Museology (FESABID) from 2014 to 2018 and from 2017 to 2019 President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).

Irene Polo Roig was a Spanish journalist, publicist, theater representative, and translator. She was one of the first women journalists in the Catalan press. Polo, who favored labor rights, participated in the creation of "l'Agrupació Professional de Periodistes". Because of the Spanish Civil War, she lived the last three years of her life in exile in Buenos Aires, where she committed suicide at the age of 32.

Rosa Regàs is a Catalan writer and novelist. She is a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela and the Premio Nadal.

Maria Mercè Roca i Perich is a Catalan writer and politician. She was deputy to the Parliament of Catalonia for Republican Left of Catalonia, and currently serves as a councillor at the City Council of Girona for the same party.

Mercè Rodoreda i Gurguí was a Catalan novelist.

Macarena Santos i Torres, is a Spanish writer who writes under the name "Care Santos". She writes in both Catalan and Spanish languages, for both young and adult readers.

Isabel-Clara Simó i Monllor was a Spanish journalist and writer. She is considered one of the most important writers in the Catalan language.

Esther Tusquets was a Spanish publisher, novelist and essayist.

Olga Xirinacs Díaz is a Spanish writer and piano teacher. During her literary career, she has written poetry, drama, tales and essays. She was born in Tarragona, where she still lives and works.