ELENA GURO was a Russian painter, playwright, poet, and fiction writer living in the transitory period between Russian symbolism and futurism. She was born in St. Petersburg to a high-ranking army...
ELENA VĂCĂRESCU was a playwright, poet, and aristocrat. She was lucky to come from a very connected and well-off family, which gave her access to an education in English, French, philosophy, and...
ELISE HENLE was a dramatist and poet, the author of numerous dramatic comedies, opera libretti, poems, and cookbooks. Henle was born in Bavaria to a prominent and wealthy Jewish family. She was...
ELISKA PESkOVA (Eliška Pešková) was a major stage actor and playwright. An influential actress during her era, she was best remembered for her portrayals of heroines, and was admired by many. She...
ELIZABETH BACKHOUSE was a novelist, screenwriter and playwright. She wrote her first three novels during WWII, when she was in the Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force. Although these novels...
ELIZABETH BAKER was an English playwright who explored class, gender, and the domestic lives of the lower middle classes. Baker was involved with the Women Writers Suffrage League and the National...
ELIZABETH CARY VISCOUNTESS FALKLAND (1585-1639) was a poet, dramatist, translator and historian. According to a biography written by her daughter, Cary considered poetry the highest literary form....
ELIZABETH CRAVEN, aka MARGRAVINE OF BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH, and previously BARONESS CRAVEN, was an English novelist and playwright. At 16, her family forced her to marry Earl William Craven. They had...