Mary Holland
Irish journalist
Irish journalist
New Zealand singer, radio broadcaster and personality, writer
New Zealand medical doctor, medical superintendent, writer, publicist and health campaigner.
American poet and story writer
1600s Italian singer, poet and composer
Pioneering Japanese manga artist best known for creating the popular comic strip “Sazae-san” in 1946. Her work achieved national circulation in 1949 and ran daily until her retirement in 1974.
Czech writer renowned for her famous cookery book.
Polish writer, one of the most famous of the interwar years, whose works often addressed patriotism and rural life and praised the countryside and peasantry.
New Zealand short-story writer, poet, editor
New Zealander Sarah Greenwood recorded in letters and drawings her experience of pioneer life in the Nelson district, where she lived for 46 years.