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Essential Women Writers to Read in Translation - Flavorwire

Meytal Radzinski of the blog Bibliobio points out that women writers represent only 30% of translations into English. Not to mention, as Radzinksi also explains, "women writers in translation seem significantly less likely to get profiled by major literary outlets and are less likely to have their books sent for review."
So here's some absolutely fantastic writers, many of whom rival and even surpass their male contemporaries.
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My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
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Elena Ferrante
The Story of a New Name (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of a New Name
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Elena Ferrante
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Elena Ferrante)
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
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Elena Ferrante
The Story of the Lost Child (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of the Lost Child
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Elena Ferrante
The Days of Abandonment (Elena Ferrante)
The Days of Abandonment
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Elena Ferrante
The Lost Daughter (Elena Ferrante)
The Lost Daughter
6
Elena Ferrante
Cheri (Colette)
Cheri
7
Colette
Claudine at School (Claudine)
Claudine at School
8
Claudine
Claudine in Paris (Colette)
Claudine in Paris
9
Colette
Claudine Married (Colette)
Claudine Married
10
Colette
Claudine and Annie (Colette)
Claudine and Annie
11
Colette
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
12
Murasaki Shikibu
The Hunger Angel (Herta Müller)
The Hunger Angel
13
Herta Müller
Land of Green Plums
Land of Green Plums
14
The Appointment (Herta Muller)
The Appointment
15
Herta Muller
The Hour of the Star
The Hour of the Star
16
Clarice Lispector: The Complete Stories (Clarice Lispector)
Clarice Lispector: The Complete Stories
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Clarice Lispector
Kitchen (Banana Yoshimoto)
Kitchen
18
Banana Yoshimoto
Asleep - Banana Yoshimoto
Asleep - Banana Yoshimoto
19
The Lake (Yasunari Kawabata)
The Lake
20
Yasunari Kawabata
Extracting the Stone of Madness (Alejandra Pizarnik)
Extracting the Stone of Madness
21
Alejandra Pizarnik
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
22
Simone De Beauvoir
Sphinx (Anne Garreta)
Sphinx
23
Anne Garreta
The Poems of Anna Akhmatova
The Poems of Anna Akhmatova
24
My Bird (Fariba Vafi)
My Bird
25
Fariba Vafi
Kassandra (Christa Wolf)
Kassandra
26
Christa Wolf
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset
27
The Age of Suspicion (Nathalie Sarraute)
The Age of Suspicion
28
Nathalie Sarraute
Portrait of a Man Unknown (Nathalie Sarraute)
Portrait of a Man Unknown
29
Nathalie Sarraute
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
30
Laura Esquivel
The Last Lover (Can Xue)
The Last Lover
31
Can Xue
Lust, Caution
Lust, Caution
32
Love in a Fallen City (Eileen Chang)
Love in a Fallen City
33
Eileen Chang
The Piano Teacher
The Piano Teacher
34
Women as Lovers (Elfriede Jelinek)
Women as Lovers
35
Elfriede Jelinek
Lust (Elfriede Jelinek)
Lust
36
Elfriede Jelinek
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ)
So Long a Letter
37
Mariama Bâ
Astragal
Astragal
38
The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine (Alina Bronsky)
The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine
39
Alina Bronsky
Broken Glass Park (Alina Bronsky)
Broken Glass Park
40
Alina Bronsky
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