Hella Wuolijoki
HELLA WUOLIJOKI was an Estonian-born, Finnish writer. She wrote many books under a male pseudonym, and was known for creating strong-willed and independent women characters. In 1938, she wrote The...
Helmina Von Chézy
HELMINA VON CHÉZY, née WILHELMINE CHRISTIANE VON KLENCKE, was a journalist, poet, and playwright who began writing seriously at only fourteen. She is known for writing the libretto for Carl Maria...
Héloïse (Ella) Durant Rose
HÉLOЇSE (ELLA) DURANT ROSE was an American playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. She received her primary education in Europe. She wrote multiple books and, in 1881, became a founding member of...
Henrietta Drake Brockman
HENRIETTA DRAKE BROCKMAN was an Australian journalist, novelist, historian, and playwright. Her early writing career included travel articles, sketches, and several historical novels about...
Hilda Hilst
HILDA HILST was a Brazilian poet, novelist, and playwright. Her work touches on themes of mysticism, insanity, the body, eroticism, and female sexual liberation. Her writing style fractures...
Hortense Flexner
HORTENSE FLEXNER was an American poet, playwright, and professor who began her career as a reporter. She worked for the Louisville Herald from 1912 to 1919 where she was also the editor of the...
Hrotsvitha
HROTSVITHA OF GANDERSHEIM is the first known female playwright, and the first recorded European dramatist after the fall of Rome. She was a secular cannoness and is credited with the authorship of...
Hulda Garborg
HULDA GARBORG, née BERGERSEN, was a writer, novelist, playwright, poet, folk dancer, and theatre instructor. Garborg was a pioneer in theatre, folk dance, cooking, Bunad (perserving traditional...