Li Man-Kuei
LI MAN KUEI (李曼瑰) was a dramatist, teacher, and political figure. Originally a teacher, she worked and studied in the United States, and had posts at the Library of Congress and Columbia...
Liu Qingyun
LIU QINGYUN (刘清韵) was a Chinese playwright and poet. Born into a well-to-do family during the Qing Dynasty, Liu showed remarkable talent from a young age in painting, poetry, and linguistics. She...
Lorraine Hansberry
LORRAINE HANSBERRY was a playwright and activist. Born and raised in Chicago, Hansberry moved to New York City in 1950 to pursue her career as a writer. She landed in Harlem in 1951 and became...
Louisa Medina
LOUISA MEDINA was a U.S. playwright and poet who wrote approximately 34 melodramas, of which only 11 are extant. She is mainly known for adapting dramatic versions of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's Last...
Louise Granberg
LOUISE GRANBERG was a playwright, translator, theatre director and novelist. Her sister was fellow playwright Jeanette Granberg. She started her dramatic career in 1849, translating and writing...
Loula Anagnostaki
LOULA ANAGNOSTAKI was a Greek writer and playwright. She was born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1928 and earned a law degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She married author and...
Lúcia Benedetti
LÚCIA BENEDETTI was a Brazilian storyteller, writer of Children's Literature, novelist, playwright, chronicler and translator who began writing as a college student. She met her journalist husband...
Lucille Fletcher
VIOLET LUCILLE FLETCHER was an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Soon after graduating from Vassar College in 1933, Fletcher worked as a music librarian, copyright clerk and...