List of Women Writers - Y

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• Hisaye Yamamoto (1921–2011), Japanese American short-story writer.
• Empress Yamato (fl. later 7th c.), Japanese poet.
• Wakako Yamauchi (born 1924), Japanese American writer.
• Ann Yearsley (1753–1806), English poet, novelist, and playwright.
• Yeo Ok Korean poet from the Gojoseon kingdom.
• Anzia Yezierska (1883–1970), Polish American novelist and short-story writer.
• Charlotte M. Yonge (1823–1901), English novelist.
• Banana Yoshimoto (born 1964), Japanese novelist.
• Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987), Belgian novelist and essayist writing in French.
• Akiko Yosano (1878–1942), Japanese poet.
• Yu Xuanji (844–869 or 871), Chinese poet.