Machiko Hasegawa

Pioneering Japanese manga artist best known for creating the popular comic strip “Sazae-san” in 1946. Her work achieved national circulation in 1949 and ran daily until her retirement in 1974.

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Maria Rodziewiczówna

Polish writer, one of the most famous of the interwar years, whose works often addressed patriotism and rural life and praised the countryside and peasantry.

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