Maria Konopnicka
Writer of lyrics, poems, dramatic sketches, novels, and commentaries on literature, who translated many masterpieces of French, Czech and German literature.
Writer of lyrics, poems, dramatic sketches, novels, and commentaries on literature, who translated many masterpieces of French, Czech and German literature.
Brighton’s first female mountain guide, followed by a career as a successful author.
Letter writer and source of local history information
Full of young women navigating high society, handsome men with more money than sense, duels, danger, and romance, Georgette Heyer’s novels paint a world that was far from the one lived in by the 1920s and ‘30s readers who were the first to eagerly flock to her work.
Latvian educator
Spanish writer and novelist
German children’s book writer
She enjoyed little fame during her lifetime, but criticism now proclaims her the greatest Spanish poet of her generation.
Dominican writer and activist
Bengali poet and translator