Murasaki Shikibu

Japanese novelist and poet Murasaki Shikibu served as a lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian period, in the late 900s and early 1000s CE. While she is best known for the three-part novel The Tale of Genji, 128 of her poems were gathered into a collection of Poetic Memoirs, and her diary serves as a fascinating look at court life in this period.

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Nidia Esther Rosado

Nidia Esther Rosado [Bacelis] was a Mexican educator and writer. She was a pioneer of audiovisual education in Yucatán, director of the Rodolfo Menéndez de la Peña Normal School for Teachers, and received the Yucatán Medal in 1987.

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