Carmen Boullosa
Carmen Boullosa is the author of seventeen novels, fifteen poetry collections, four plays, two collections of short stories, and a screenplay.
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Hana Shimozumi
As a young opera star, Shimozumi encountered frequent incredulity at her unaccented English from those who assumed she a Japanese national. During World War II she was sent to the Tule Lake War Relocation Center solely because of her Japanese ancestry.
Carlotta Monterey O’Neill
Once an actress with abandoned dreams of joining a convent, Carlotta Monterey O’Neill collaborated with her playwright husband Eugene O’Neill on some of his most famous work during their five years in “Tao House” in Danville, California.
Lorraine Hansberry
In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry made history as the first African American woman to have a show produced on Broadway—A Raisin in the Sun. As a playwright, feminist, and racial justice activist, Hansberry never shied away from tough topics during her short and extraordinary life. an American artists. Her commitment to racial justice inspired countless more.
Aphra Behn
1600s playwright, poet and spy
Rosemary Rees
New Zealand romance novelist, actress, theatre producer and playwright.
Neta Neale
New Zealand theatre director, speech and drama teacher
Marjory Nicholls
New Zealand poet, teacher and drama producer
Adelaide Phillipps
1800s contralto singer
Hrotsvitha von Gandersheim
Religious poet and nun