Lilawatie Hélène Ramjiawan (20 February 1952 – 18 June 2021) was a Surinamese children's book author.

Her father Sewcharan Narain worked as a machine operator in the nearby Suralco [nl] bauxite mines.

[1] Ismene Krishnadath included two short stories by Ramjiawan in her 1993 anthology of female Surinamese authors.

[3] Ramjiawan's short story "The Eye Doctor" was translated into English by Peter Constantine and published in a 1996 issue of The Caribbean Writer.

For five years, she worked as a cleaner and at a day-care centre until she was able to find a position as a teacher in an Amsterdam school.