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Alice Childress

American playwright, actress, and author

American author, poet, and activist whose most famous work, “The Color Purple,” published in 1982, is a seminal novel in American literature, known for its powerful portrayal of African American women’s lives in the early 20th century South.

Clarissa Minnie Thompson Allen

Renowned author known for her tales of affluent African-American families in the South.

Nelly Sachs

Poet and playwright whose life was profoundly shaped by the horrors of World War II and the ascent of the Nazis in Europe, leading her to become a powerful voice representing the sorrows and aspirations of her fellow Jews.