Virginia Fox Brooks
VIRGINIA FOX BROOKS was an American actress, translator, journalist, and playwright. She was born in 1893 to theatre manager Joseph Brooks, immersing her in the arts from a young age. She moved to...
Virginia Moreno
VIRGINIA MORENO was a Filipina writer, poet, and playwright. Known as “The High Priestess” or the “The Empress Dowager of Philippine Poetry,” her work encompassed a range of literary genres,...
Virginie Ancelot
VIRGINIE ANCELOT was a French playwright, novelist, memorialist, and painter. From 1824-1875 she hosted one of Paris’ most influential literary salons which welcomed writers like Victor Hugo and...
Viva Tattersall
VIVA TATTERSALL was the stage name of Vera Tattersall, a British stage and film actress, sculptor, and playwright. She was born in London and moved to the United States to begin her career as a...
Viña Delmar
VIÑA DELMAR, born ALVINA LOUISE CROTER, was a screenwriter, novelist, author of short stories, and playwright. She rose to fame in the late 1920s with the publication of her suggestively titled...
Wakako Yamauchi
WAKAKO YAMAUCHI (山内 若子) was a Japanese-American writer and playwright. She was born to first-generation Japanese immigrants (Issei) and farmers in Southern California’s Imperial Valley. The...
Wang Yun
WANG YUN was a scholar, playwright, and poet during the Qing Dynasty. She was born in the ancient capital of Chang’an, now known as Xi’an. Her plays were written in the traditional style of...
Xohana Torres Fernández
XOHANA TORRES FERNÁNDEZ was a poet, playwright, and an academic. As a child, she was greatly influenced by her grandmother, who taught her Galician, the language she would write in for most of her...