Susanna Rowson
SUSANNA ROWSON, NÉE HASWELL was a poet, novelist, actress, playwright, first woman geographer in the United States and pioneer in female education. She was born in England but moved to America to...
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Suzanne R. Day
SUZANNE R. DAY was an Irish novelist and playwright who lived in Cork, France, and London at different points in her life. She was a feminist who formed a Cork local branch of the Irish Women’s...
Swarnakumari Devi
SWARNAKUMARI DEVI was a Bengali poet, musician, playwright, and among the first female novelists in India. She was a member of the legendary Tagore family, who valued education and produced many...
Sybil le Brocquy
SYBIL LE BROCQUY was a playwright and conservationist. A member of the Drama League, she wrote a number of short dramatic plays which were staged at the Abbey Theatre and broadcast by Radio...
Sylvia Wynter
SYLVIA WYNTER is a novelist, critic, essayist, and playwright, whose work is known for reframing ontological studies to decenter the Western man. After being awarded a scholarship from her high...
Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik
TATIANA SHCHEPKINA-KUPERNIK was a poet, playwright, and translator. One of her first known literary endeavors was a poem dedicated to her grandfather, which she wrote in school. She began her...
Teresa Deevy
TERESA DEEVY was first regarded as the successor to Sean O'Casey at the Abbey Theatre, but within a decade had fallen into obscurity. In 1913, she lost her hearing and learned to lip read by...
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Thelma Myrtle Duncan
THELMA MYRTLE DUNCAN was an African-American playwright born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. Duncan’s first produced and published play, The Death Dance, was written while she was still a music...