The centre of this study is the presentation of various modes of the physical structure through which Croatian writers of 20th and 21st century encoded the intimate self into the texts of war prose. The main aim is to recognize how they reinterpreted the approach to the female body and thus overcame culturally accepted stereotypes and binary oppositions of its representation since Ancient Times. In the first chapter of this paper the meaning of the term ‘women’s letter’ will be presented, as well as its features, in order to abandon its misinterpretations resulting from limited observations of gender criterion. What is more, an overview with the names of Croatian writers will be given and their marginalization issue will be answered. The second chapter provides an overview of the development of body theories from Ancient spirit/body dualism through feminist movements to the development of Humanistic sciences which will offer new and more systematic approaches to the conception of the female body by attributing new cultural meanings and emphasizing the connection between body and identity. The third chapter is a periodic demonstration of the development of Croatian war prose with the emphasis on its features and literary-historical context of origin. The main aim is to perceive the way in which the external reality has influenced body imaginary and physicality in the literary production. The last chapter of this paper shows how Croatian writers of 20th and 21st century incorporated physical experiences into their own texts. Having done that, they constructed new conceptions and meanings of the body which has indisputable relation with (de)construction of identity. All things considered, Croatian writers reinterpreted approach to the women’s body, deconstructed literary language regarding women’s body and overcame culturally accepted and stereotypically imposed conception of its representation and meaning.