Djuna Barnes
DJUNA BARNES was an American novelist, poet, playwright, journalist, and visual artist, as well as an important figure in the Modernist movement. Deeply influenced by the French symbolists and the...
Dodie Smith
DOROTHY GLADYS “DODIE” SMITH was an English novelist and playwright. Smith entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1914, and briefly acted professionally until she decided to pursue...
Dolors Monserdà de Macià
DOLORS MONCSERD, née DOLORS MONCERDÀ I VIDAL was a Spanish writer, poet, storyteller, playwright, essayist, and columnist of Catalan descent. Her childhood was spent in an influential cultural...
Dora Wilcox
DORA WILCOX was a poet and playwright. Born in New Zealand, her work was being published in periodicals by the time she was 12. She moved to Australia at 18 and three years later relocated to...
Doris Lessing
DORIS LESSING was a novelist, poet, and playwright. Lessing is renowned for her contributions to literature, having received the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature in 2007. Lessing was born to...
Dorothea Du Bois
DOROTHEA DU BOIS was the eldest daughter of Richard Annesley, sixth Earl of Anglesey, and was educated at Dublin boarding schools. In 1740 her father repudiated his marriage, declared his...
Dorothy Baker
DOROTHY BAKER (née Dodds) was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. After graduating from UCLA with a B.A. in French, she traveled to France, where she met poet Howard Baker. They...
Dorothy Hewett
DOROTHY HEWETT was a feminist poet, novelist, and playwright. She began as a journalist writing under a pseudonym for a Communist paper “The Worker’s Star,” and later wrote for another, the...