Anne Nichols
ANNE NICHOLS was a Georgia-born playwright, producer and director who wrote a number of Broadway plays, several of which were made into films. Her farce Abie’s Irish Rose broke the record for the...
Anne-Hyacinthe de Colleville
ANNE-HYACINTHE GEILLE de SAINT-LEGÉR, aka, ANNE HYACINTHE DE COLLEVILLE, was a French novelist and playwright. With the support of her family, she published her first two novels at the ages of 20...
Anne-Marie du Boccage
ANNE-MARIE DU BOCCAGE was a French playwright, poet, and writer. She was born in 1710 and educated in a Parisian convent. She married Pieere-Joseph du Boccage in 1727, a tax collector and literary...
Annie Vivanti
ANNIE VIVANTI aka ANITA VIVANTI or ANITA VIVANTI CHARTRES was a British-born Italian and Jewish writer. Vivanti achieved remarkable international success during her life, while never belonging to...
Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières
ANTOINETTE DU LIGIER DE LA GARDE DESHOULIÈRES was a poet and playwright. Deshoulières’ social status gave her access to a rich education, allowing her to become proficient in Latin, Spanish, and...
Antonia Tanini Pulci
ANTONIA TANINI PULCI was a playwright whose works were published in several editions in the 15th and 16th centuries. She was born into a wealthy merchant family and her husband had considerable...
Antonine Maillet
ANTONINE MAILLET is a novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, and scholar. She earned her PhD in Literature in 1971 from the Université Laval. Her play La Sagouine gained attention in Acadian...
Aphra Behn
APHRA BEHN wrote under the pastoral pseudonym Astrea and was one of the first English women to earn her living as an author, breaking cultural barriers and serving as a literary role model for...