María Teresa León
MARÍA TERESA LEÓN was a writer, activist, and cultural ambassador. She came from a wealthy family, but moved around Spain frequently because of her father’s job in the Spanish army. She found...
Maria Vilalta i Soteras
MARIA VILALTA I SOTERAS known as Maruxa Vilalta, was a Catalan-born Mexican playwright and theatre director whose work has been translated widely and produced internationally. Born in Barcelona,...
Marie-Adélaïde Barthélemy-Hadot
MARIE-ADÉLAÏDE BEARTHÉLEMY-HADOT was a French novelist and playwright. She was also a member and municipal officer of the Revolutionary Committee during the French Revolution. She believed the...
Marie Aspioti
MARIE ASPIOTI was a Greek playwright, writer, poet, and magazine publisher. She was born into a very wealthy family living in the Villa Rosa mansion in the suburb of Corfu. She published her first...
Marie-Catherine de Villedieu
MARIE-CATHERINE DE VILLEDIEU, born Marie-Catherine Desjardins and also known as MADAME DE VILLEDIEU, was a novelist and playwright. She moved to Paris with her mother when she was fifteen, after...
Marie Eugenie Delle Grazie
MARIE EUGENIE DELLE GRAZIE was an Austrian playwright, poet, journalist, and novelist who received the Bauernfeld, Ebner-Eschenbach, and Volkstheater prizes. Delle Grazie began as a poet and...
Marie Jenney Howe
MARIE JENNEY HOWE was a suffragist and organizer from New York. Originally a minister, she married political reformer Frederic C. Howe in 1904, then moved to New York City in 1910 where she helped...
Marie Lenéru
MARIE LENÉRU was a playwright and diarist, who contracted measles as a child, leaving her partially blind and completely deaf. This did not deter her from receiving an education, however. She...