Uses mostly English (no book from a non-English language found) 31 of 197, 15,7% 1. Zambia 2. Uganda 3. Tuvalu 4. Trinidad and Tobago
5. Tonga 6. Singapore 7. Sierra Leone 8. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9. Saint Lucia 10. Saint Kitts and Nevis 11. Papua New Guinea 12. Nauru Margaret Hendrie wrote the Nauruan language lyrics for the national anthem. 13. Micronesia, Federated States 14. Marshall Islands 15. Malawi 16. Liberia 17. Kiribati 18. Jamaica 19. Guyana 20. Grenada 21. Ghana 22. Gambia, The 23. Fiji 24. Eswatini (Gladys Lomafu Pato, I think it’s published in English.) 25. Botswana 26. Bhutan 27. Belize 28. Barbados 29. Bahamas, The 30. Australia 31. Antigua and Barbuda No women writers found 2 out of 197, 1% 32. Vatican City 33. Korea, North Women not in English translation 37 out of 197, 18,7% 34. Zimbabwe, Barbara Makhalisa 35. Vanatu Antholgy: A Tovotovo lo Leo Nduindui 36. Turkmenistan, Bakhargul Kerimova 37. Togo Jeannette Délali Ahonsou 38. Tanzania, May Balisidya 39. Suriname Thea Doelwijt 40. Solomon Islands, Jully Makini 41. Seychelles, Magie Faure-Vidot 42. Sao Tome and Principe, Conceição Lima 43. San Marino, Milena Ercolani 44. Samoa, Aiono Fanaafi Le Tagaloa 45. Panama, Annabel Miguelena 46. Palau, Siobhon Rumurang McManus 47. Niger, Hélène Kaziendé (lived in Togo 10 years before she published) 48. Namibia Anoeschka von Meck 49. Mongolia, Sonomyn Udval 50. Monaco, Paulette Cherici-Porello 51. Moldova, Valentina Tăzlăuanu 52. Mauritania, Aïchetou Mint Ahmedou 53. Mali Fatoumata Keïta 54. Maldives, Aminath Faiza 55. Liechtenstein, Iren Nigg 56. Guinea-Bissau Filomena Embaló 57. Eritrea Genet Sium 58. East Timor (Timor-Leste) Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão 59. Djibouti, Mouna-Hodan Ahmed 60. Congo, Republic of the, Destinée Doukaga 61. Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Maguy (Margaret) Rashidi Kabamba 62. Comoros, Coralie Frei 63. Chad, Marie-Christine Koundja 64. Cambodia Mao Samnang 65. Burundi, Marie-Louise Sibazuri 66. Benin, Adélaïde H. Edith Bignon Fassinou 67. Azerbaijan, Sevinj Nurugizi 68. Angola, Cremilda de Lima 69. Andorra, Marta Repullo i Grau 70. Albania, Selfixhe Ciu
Has some English translation 8 out of 197, 4% 71. Uzbekistan, Khosiyat Rustam Some poems translated into English, and some books written in English 72. Philippines, Bautista On January 5, 2022, Bautista revealed in a Facebook post an offer by Penguin Classics, an imprint of international book publisher Penguin Books, to publish Dekada '70 in English. 73. Madagascar, Cyprienne Toazara Some short stories like “One Times Two” 74. Lesotho, Ntšeliseng ʻMasechele Khaketla Some poems are translated into English 75. Kyrgyzstan, Mayramkan Abylkasymova Some of her verse is translated, among other places the anthology The Tender Muse 76. Costa Rica, Shirley Campbell Barr Selected poems (Absolute Black) 77. Brunei, Norsiah Gapar Pengabdian (1987) is currently being translated 78. Bahrain Fawziya Rashid Some short stories translated Women in English Translation 119 out of 197, 60% 79. Yemen, Bushra Al-Maqtari, What Have You Left Behind? 80. Vietnam, Dương Thu Hương, Paradise of the Blind 81. Venezuela, Miyó Vestrini Grenade in Mouth: Some Poems of Miyó Vestrini 82. Uruguay, Fernanda Trías The Rooftop 83. United States, Ofelia Zepeda Ocean Power 84. United Kingdom, Kate Roberts Feet in chains 85. United Arab Emirates, Asma Kalban Weaving a square 86. Ukraine, Oksana Zabuzhko The museum of abandoned secrets 87. Turkey Erendiz Atasü The Other Side of the Mountain 88. Tunisia, Rachida el-Charni The Way to Poppy Street 89. Thailand, Duanwad Pimwana, Bright 90. Tajikistan, Farzaneh Khojandi Farzaneh Khojandi poems 91. Taiwan, Qiu Miaojin Notes of a crocodile 92. Syria Samar Yazbek Cinnamon 93. Switzerland, Johanna Spyri Heidi 94. Sweden, Astrid Lindgren Ronja, the Robber’s daughter 95. Sudan, South, Stella Gaitano Edo’s soul 96. Sudan, Rania Mamoun Thirteen Months of Sunrise 97. Sri Lanka, Sharmila Seyyid Ummath: A Novel of Community and Conflict 98. Spain, Carmen Laforet Nada 99. South Africa. Marlene van Niekerk The snow sleeper 100. Somalia. Hawa Jibril And Then She Said, Saa Waxay Tiri, Book published in both Somali and English 101. Slovenia, Maja Haderlap Angel of Oblivion 102. Slovakia, Božena Slančíková That Alluring Land : Slovak Stories 103. Serbia Jelena Lengold Fairground Magician 104. Senegal Mariama Bâ So Long a Letter 105. Saudi Arabia. Raja’a Alem The Dove’s Necklace 106. Rwanda Scholastique Mukasonga Our Lady of the Nile 107. Russia, Lydia Chukovskaya Sofia Petrovna 108. Romania, Tatiana Niculescu The Confession 109. Qatar. Hissa Al-Awadi 6 Qisas Lilaitfali / 6 children's stories. Book published in both Arabic and English 110. Portugal, Ana Filomena Amaral The Director 111. Poland, Elza Orzeskowa The Argonats 112. Peru Katya Adaui Here Be Icebergs 113. Paraguay, Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga The knots of silence 114. Palastine Sahar Khaliefeh Wild Thorn 115. Pakistan, Umera Ahmad Pir-e-Kamil 116. Oman, Jokha Alharthi Celestial Bodies 117. Norway Sigrid Undset Kristin Lavransdaughter 118. North Macedonia, Rumena Bužarovska My husband 119. Nigeria, Balaraba Ramat Yakub Sin Is a Puppy That Follows You Home 120. Nicaragua, Claribel Alegría Ashes of Izalco 121. New Zealand, Ngāreta Gabel Oh Hogwash, Sweet Pea! 122. Netherlands, Anne Frank The diary of a young girl 123. Nepal Parijat Blue Mimosa 124. Myanmar (Burma) Nu Nu Yi Smile as they bow 125. Mozambique, Lília Momplé, Neighbours: The Story of a Murder 126. Morocco, Leila Abouzeid Year of the Elephant 127. Montenegro, Olja Raičević Knežević Catherine the Great and the Small 128. Mexico, Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate 129. Mauritius, Nathacha Appanah The Last Brother 130. Malta, Clare Azzopardi The green line 131. Malaysia, Ho Sok Fong Lake Like a Mirror 132. Luxembourg, Anise Koltz At the edge of night 133. Lithuania, Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė Breathing into Marble 134. Libya, Najwa Bin Shatwan The Slave Yards 135. Lebanon, Hoda Barakat, The Stone of Laughter 136. Latvia, Nora Ikstena Soviet’s milk 137. Laos Douangdeuane Bounyavong and Inkiane Dejvongsa Mư̄a mǣ khao khuk: lưangching khō̜ng phūying khonnưng = When Mother Was In Prison, Book published in both Laos and English 138. Kuwait, Hayat Alyaqout Schnozi! 139. Kosovo, Flora Brovina Call me by my Name, Poetry from Kosova 140. Korea, South, Hye-Jin Kim Concerning my daughter 141. Kenya, Grace Ogot The Strange Bride 142. Kazakhstan, Aigerim Tazhi Paper-Thin skin 143. Jordan, Laila al-Atrash A Woman of Five Seasons 144. Japan Yoko Ogawa The housekeeper and the professor 145. Italy, Grazia Deledda After the divorce 146. Israel, Dorit Rabinyan All the Rivers 147. Ireland, Celia de Fréine Blood debts 148. Iraq, Haifa Zangana Packaged Lives: Ten Stories and a Novella 149. Iran, Nasim Marashi I’ll be strong for you 150. Indonesia Dee Lestari Supernova 151. India, Ajeet Cour, The Other Woman 152. Iceland, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir Miss Iceland 153. Hungary, Magda Szabó Iza’s Ballad 154. Honduras, Melissa Cardoza, 13 Colors of the Honduran Resistance 155. Haiti, Marie Chauvet Love, Anger, Madness 156. Guinea, Ann Binta Marriage by mail 157. Guatemala, Aido Toledo The kindness of cybernetics 158. Greece Sappho The complete poems of sappho 159. Germany Cornelia Funke Inkheart 160. Georgia, Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili Me, Margarita: Stories 161. Gabon, Angele Rawiri, The Fury and Cries of Women 162. France George Sand The devil’s pool 163. Finland Tove Janson Moomin 164. Ethiopia Gabriella Ghermandi Queen of Flowers and Pearls 165. Estonia Viivi Luik, The beauty of history 166. Equatorial Guinea, Trifonia Melibea Obono La Bastarda 167. El Salvador, Roxana Méndez The sky through the window 168. Egypt, Nawal El Saadawi Memoirs of a Woman Doctor 169. Ecuador, Eugenia Viteri A taste of Ecuador 170. Dominican Republic, Rita Indiana Tentacle 171. Dominica, Mara Etienne-Manley Mwen sé Donmnik, I Am Dominica (Children’s Book in English and Creole) 172. Denmark, Karen Blixen Babette’s feast 173. Czech Republic, Daniela Hodrová A Kingdom of Souls 174. Cyprus, Myrto Azina Chronides The experiment 175. Cuba, Wendy Guerra, I was never the first lady 176. Croatia Daša Drndić EEG 177. Côte d’Ivoire, Marguerite Abouet Aya 178. Colombia, Laura Restrepo Isle of Passion 179. China, Geling Yan White Snake and other stories 180. Chile, Isabel Allende Eva Luna 181. Central African Republic, Adrienne Yabouza Co-wives, co-widows 182. Canada, Marie-Claire Blais Songs for angel 183. Cameroon, Hemley Boum Days Come and Go 184. Cabo Verde, Dina Salústio The Madwoman of Serrano 185. Burkina Faso, Monique Ilboudo So distant from my life 186. Bulgaria, Ivinela Samuilova Life Can Be a Miracle 187. Brazil Adriana Lisboa Crow blue 188. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Senka Marić, Body Kintsugi 189. Bolivia, Giovanna Rivero Fresh from the grave 190. Belgium Madeleine Bourdouxhe, La femme de Gilles 191. Belarus, Elena Moiseevna Rzhevskay Memories of a war-time interpreter 192. Bangladesh, Shaheen Akhtar The search 193. Austria, Auguste Groner Detective Muller 194. Armenia, Susanna Harutyunyan Ravens before Noah 195. Argentina Samanta Schweblin Mouthful of birds 196. Algeria Assia Djebar Children of the new world 197. Afghanistan Homeira Qaderi Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son
Uses mostly English (no book from a non-English language found)
31 of 197, 15,7%
1. Zambia
2. Uganda
3. Tuvalu
4. Trinidad and Tobago
5. Tonga
6. Singapore
7. Sierra Leone
8. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
9. Saint Lucia
10. Saint Kitts and Nevis
11. Papua New Guinea
12. Nauru Margaret Hendrie wrote the Nauruan language lyrics for the national anthem.
13. Micronesia, Federated States
14. Marshall Islands
15. Malawi
16. Liberia
17. Kiribati
18. Jamaica
19. Guyana
20. Grenada
21. Ghana
22. Gambia, The
23. Fiji
24. Eswatini (Gladys Lomafu Pato, I think it’s published in English.)
25. Botswana
26. Bhutan
27. Belize
28. Barbados
29. Bahamas, The
30. Australia
31. Antigua and Barbuda
No women writers found
2 out of 197, 1%
32. Vatican City
33. Korea, North
Women not in English translation
37 out of 197, 18,7%
34. Zimbabwe, Barbara Makhalisa
35. Vanatu Antholgy: A Tovotovo lo Leo Nduindui
36. Turkmenistan, Bakhargul Kerimova
37. Togo Jeannette Délali Ahonsou
38. Tanzania, May Balisidya
39. Suriname Thea Doelwijt
40. Solomon Islands, Jully Makini
41. Seychelles, Magie Faure-Vidot
42. Sao Tome and Principe, Conceição Lima
43. San Marino, Milena Ercolani
44. Samoa, Aiono Fanaafi Le Tagaloa
45. Panama, Annabel Miguelena
46. Palau, Siobhon Rumurang McManus
47. Niger, Hélène Kaziendé (lived in Togo 10 years before she published)
48. Namibia Anoeschka von Meck
49. Mongolia, Sonomyn Udval
50. Monaco, Paulette Cherici-Porello
51. Moldova, Valentina Tăzlăuanu
52. Mauritania, Aïchetou Mint Ahmedou
53. Mali Fatoumata Keïta
54. Maldives, Aminath Faiza
55. Liechtenstein, Iren Nigg
56. Guinea-Bissau
Filomena Embaló
57. Eritrea Genet Sium
58. East Timor (Timor-Leste) Maria Ângela Guterres Viegas Carrascalão
59. Djibouti, Mouna-Hodan Ahmed
60. Congo, Republic of the, Destinée Doukaga
61. Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Maguy (Margaret) Rashidi Kabamba
62. Comoros, Coralie Frei
63. Chad, Marie-Christine Koundja
64. Cambodia Mao Samnang
65. Burundi, Marie-Louise Sibazuri
66. Benin, Adélaïde H. Edith Bignon Fassinou
67. Azerbaijan, Sevinj Nurugizi
68. Angola, Cremilda de Lima
69. Andorra, Marta Repullo i Grau
70. Albania, Selfixhe Ciu
Has some English translation
8 out of 197, 4%
71. Uzbekistan, Khosiyat Rustam Some poems translated into English, and some books written in English
72. Philippines, Bautista On January 5, 2022, Bautista revealed in a Facebook post an offer by Penguin Classics, an imprint of international book publisher Penguin Books, to publish Dekada '70 in English.
73. Madagascar, Cyprienne Toazara Some short stories like “One Times Two”
74. Lesotho, Ntšeliseng ʻMasechele Khaketla Some poems are translated into English
75. Kyrgyzstan, Mayramkan Abylkasymova Some of her verse is translated, among other places the anthology The Tender Muse
76. Costa Rica, Shirley Campbell Barr Selected poems (Absolute Black)
77. Brunei, Norsiah Gapar Pengabdian (1987) is currently being translated
78. Bahrain Fawziya Rashid Some short stories translated
Women in English Translation
119 out of 197, 60%
79. Yemen, Bushra Al-Maqtari, What Have You Left Behind?
80. Vietnam, Dương Thu Hương, Paradise of the Blind
81. Venezuela, Miyó Vestrini Grenade in Mouth: Some Poems of Miyó Vestrini
82. Uruguay, Fernanda Trías The Rooftop
83. United States, Ofelia Zepeda Ocean Power
84. United Kingdom, Kate Roberts Feet in chains
85. United Arab Emirates, Asma Kalban Weaving a square
86. Ukraine, Oksana Zabuzhko The museum of abandoned secrets
87. Turkey Erendiz Atasü The Other Side of the Mountain
88. Tunisia, Rachida el-Charni The Way to Poppy Street
89. Thailand, Duanwad Pimwana, Bright
90. Tajikistan, Farzaneh Khojandi Farzaneh Khojandi poems
91. Taiwan, Qiu Miaojin Notes of a crocodile
92. Syria Samar Yazbek Cinnamon
93. Switzerland, Johanna Spyri Heidi
94. Sweden, Astrid Lindgren Ronja, the Robber’s daughter
95. Sudan, South, Stella Gaitano Edo’s soul
96. Sudan, Rania Mamoun Thirteen Months of Sunrise
97. Sri Lanka, Sharmila Seyyid Ummath: A Novel of Community and Conflict
98. Spain, Carmen Laforet Nada
99. South Africa. Marlene van Niekerk The snow sleeper
100. Somalia. Hawa Jibril And Then She Said, Saa Waxay Tiri, Book published in both Somali and English
101. Slovenia, Maja Haderlap Angel of Oblivion
102. Slovakia, Božena Slančíková That Alluring Land : Slovak Stories
103. Serbia Jelena Lengold Fairground Magician
104. Senegal Mariama Bâ So Long a Letter
105. Saudi Arabia. Raja’a Alem The Dove’s Necklace
106. Rwanda Scholastique Mukasonga Our Lady of the Nile
107. Russia, Lydia Chukovskaya Sofia Petrovna
108. Romania, Tatiana Niculescu The Confession
109. Qatar. Hissa Al-Awadi 6 Qisas Lilaitfali / 6 children's stories. Book published in both Arabic and English
110. Portugal, Ana Filomena Amaral The Director
111. Poland, Elza Orzeskowa The Argonats
112. Peru Katya Adaui Here Be Icebergs
113. Paraguay, Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga The knots of silence
114. Palastine Sahar Khaliefeh Wild Thorn
115. Pakistan, Umera Ahmad Pir-e-Kamil
116. Oman, Jokha Alharthi Celestial Bodies
117. Norway Sigrid Undset Kristin Lavransdaughter
118. North Macedonia, Rumena Bužarovska My husband
119. Nigeria, Balaraba Ramat Yakub Sin Is a Puppy That Follows You Home
120. Nicaragua, Claribel Alegría Ashes of Izalco
121. New Zealand, Ngāreta Gabel Oh Hogwash, Sweet Pea!
122. Netherlands, Anne Frank The diary of a young girl
123. Nepal Parijat Blue Mimosa
124. Myanmar (Burma) Nu Nu Yi Smile as they bow
125. Mozambique, Lília Momplé, Neighbours: The Story of a Murder
126. Morocco, Leila Abouzeid Year of the Elephant
127. Montenegro, Olja Raičević Knežević Catherine the Great and the Small
128. Mexico, Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate
129. Mauritius, Nathacha Appanah The Last Brother
130. Malta, Clare Azzopardi The green line
131. Malaysia, Ho Sok Fong Lake Like a Mirror
132. Luxembourg, Anise Koltz At the edge of night
133. Lithuania, Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė Breathing into Marble
134. Libya, Najwa Bin Shatwan The Slave Yards
135. Lebanon, Hoda Barakat, The Stone of Laughter
136. Latvia, Nora Ikstena Soviet’s milk
137. Laos Douangdeuane Bounyavong and Inkiane Dejvongsa Mư̄a mǣ khao khuk: lưangching khō̜ng phūying khonnưng = When Mother Was In Prison, Book published in both Laos and English
138. Kuwait, Hayat Alyaqout Schnozi!
139. Kosovo, Flora Brovina Call me by my Name, Poetry from Kosova
140. Korea, South, Hye-Jin Kim Concerning my daughter
141. Kenya, Grace Ogot The Strange Bride
142. Kazakhstan, Aigerim Tazhi Paper-Thin skin
143. Jordan, Laila al-Atrash A Woman of Five Seasons
144. Japan Yoko Ogawa The housekeeper and the professor
145. Italy, Grazia Deledda After the divorce
146. Israel, Dorit Rabinyan All the Rivers
147. Ireland, Celia de Fréine Blood debts
148. Iraq, Haifa Zangana Packaged Lives: Ten Stories and a Novella
149. Iran, Nasim Marashi I’ll be strong for you
150. Indonesia Dee Lestari Supernova
151. India, Ajeet Cour, The Other Woman
152. Iceland, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir Miss Iceland
153. Hungary, Magda Szabó Iza’s Ballad
154. Honduras, Melissa Cardoza, 13 Colors of the Honduran Resistance
155. Haiti, Marie Chauvet Love, Anger, Madness
156. Guinea, Ann Binta Marriage by mail
157. Guatemala, Aido Toledo The kindness of cybernetics
158. Greece Sappho The complete poems of sappho
159. Germany Cornelia Funke Inkheart
160. Georgia, Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili Me, Margarita: Stories
161. Gabon, Angele Rawiri, The Fury and Cries of Women
162. France George Sand The devil’s pool
163. Finland Tove Janson Moomin
164. Ethiopia Gabriella Ghermandi Queen of Flowers and Pearls
165. Estonia Viivi Luik, The beauty of history
166. Equatorial Guinea, Trifonia Melibea Obono La Bastarda
167. El Salvador, Roxana Méndez The sky through the window
168. Egypt, Nawal El Saadawi Memoirs of a Woman Doctor
169. Ecuador, Eugenia Viteri A taste of Ecuador
170. Dominican Republic, Rita Indiana Tentacle
171. Dominica, Mara Etienne-Manley Mwen sé Donmnik, I Am Dominica (Children’s Book in English and Creole)
172. Denmark, Karen Blixen Babette’s feast
173. Czech Republic, Daniela Hodrová A Kingdom of Souls
174. Cyprus, Myrto Azina Chronides The experiment
175. Cuba, Wendy Guerra, I was never the first lady
176. Croatia Daša Drndić EEG
177. Côte d’Ivoire, Marguerite Abouet Aya
178. Colombia, Laura Restrepo Isle of Passion
179. China, Geling Yan White Snake and other stories
180. Chile, Isabel Allende Eva Luna
181. Central African Republic, Adrienne Yabouza Co-wives, co-widows
182. Canada, Marie-Claire Blais Songs for angel
183. Cameroon, Hemley Boum Days Come and Go
184. Cabo Verde, Dina Salústio The Madwoman of Serrano
185. Burkina Faso, Monique Ilboudo So distant from my life
186. Bulgaria, Ivinela Samuilova Life Can Be a Miracle
187. Brazil Adriana Lisboa Crow blue
188. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Senka Marić, Body Kintsugi
189. Bolivia, Giovanna Rivero Fresh from the grave
190. Belgium Madeleine Bourdouxhe, La femme de Gilles
191. Belarus, Elena Moiseevna Rzhevskay Memories of a war-time interpreter
192. Bangladesh, Shaheen Akhtar The search
193. Austria, Auguste Groner Detective Muller
194. Armenia, Susanna Harutyunyan Ravens before Noah
195. Argentina Samanta Schweblin Mouthful of birds
196. Algeria Assia Djebar Children of the new world
197. Afghanistan Homeira Qaderi Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son