Margherita Costa
MARGHERITA COSTA, singer, poet, playwright and early feminist, is the most Baroque of the seventeenth-century Italian women writers and stands out for her original style and themes. She was the...
Marguerite Dale
MARGUERITE DALE was an Australian playwright and feminist. In 1921, her first play was chosen for performance at the Sydney Repertory Theatre, followed by several more productions through 1934...
Marguerite De Navarre
MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE, aka MARGUERITE OF ANGOULÊME, was the princess of France, Queen of Navarre, and Duchess of Alencon and Berry. She was married to Henry II of Navarre. Her brother Francis I...
Marguerite Merington
MARGUERITE MERINGTON was a British-born dramatist and writer. As a young girl, her family immigrated to Buffalo, New York, where she was enrolled in a convent school. There, she discovered her...
Maria Aurelia Capmany i Farnés
MARIA AURELIA CAPMANY I FARNÉS was a playwright, essayist, and award-winning novelist. She earned a philosophy degree from the University of Barcelona, and then went on to teach. She won the...
María Bibiana Benítez Batista
MARÍA BIBIANA BENÍTEZ BATISTA was Puerto Rico’s first known female poet and playwright. Her family was well off due to her father’s involvement with the Spanish government. They owned a private...
Maria Clara Machado
MARIA CLARA MACHADO was a Brazilian playwright born in Belo Horizonte in 1921. As the daughter of award-winning writer Aníbal Machado, she grew up immersed in the arts. She studied theatre in...
Maria Dąbrowska
MARIA DĄBROWSKA, born Maria Szumska, was a Polish novelist, playwright, essayist, and journalist. While raised under Tsarist military control, she developed an interest in literature and politics....