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List Of Women Writers (A–L)
This is a list of notable women writers. Abbreviations: b. (born), c. (circa), ch. (children's), col. (columnist), es. (essayist), fl. (flourished), Hc. (Holocaust), mem. (memoirist), non-f. (non-fiction), nv. (novelist), pw. (playwright), wr. (writer), TV (television), YA (young adult) :''See also women writers by nationality'' A Aa–Ag *Karen Aabye (1904–1982, Denmark), nv. & travel wr. *Uma Aaltonen (1940–2009, Finland), YA wr. *Jane Aamund (1936–2019, Denmark), col. & nv. *Jane Aaron (b. 1951, Wales), wr. & scholar * Madiha Abdalla (fl 2010s), Sudanese newspaper editor *Masoumeh Abad (b. 1962, Iran/Persia), mem. & academic * Mercedes Abad (b. 1961, Spain), fiction wr. *Ines Abassi (b. 1982, Tunisia/UAE), poet & travel wr. * Florencia Abbate (b. 1976, Argentina), fiction wr., poet & es. *Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958, United States), poet & fiction wr. * Rachel Abbott (b. 1952, England), thriller wr. *Shaila Abdullah (b. 1971, Pakistan/United States), ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Nationality Women Writers A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, plays ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Abeita
Louise Abeita Chewiwi (E-Yeh-Shure or Blue Corn) (September 9, 1926 – July 21, 2014), was a Puebloan writer, poet, and educator, who was an enrolled member of Isleta Pueblo. Early life Louise Abeita was born and raised at Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico. Her father, Diego Abeita, was active in tribal government. Her mother, Lottie Gunn Abeita, was from Laguna Pueblo. ''I am a Pueblo Indian Girl'' To showcase his daughter's poems, Diego brought together artists from Navajo, Apache and Pueblo communities to print a book based on them. This group formed the National Gallery of the American Indian (NGAI), and published Abeita's illustrated book. She was 13 years old at the time. ''I am a Pueblo Indian Girl'' (1939) has been described as the "first truly Indian book" by historians Gretchen Bataille and Laurie Lisa. The book depicts the life of Abeita through prose and poetry. Themes throughout the book touch on Pueblo traditions, with illustrations by artists from NGAI complimenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Ace
Ann Juliet Ace (born 27 June 1938) is a dramatist and screenwriter who contributed to '' EastEnders'' and '' The District Nurse''. She also supplied many original scripts and dramatisations to BBC Radio drama, including ''The Archers''. She wrote the screenplay for '' Cameleon'', which won the Golden Spire Award for Best Dramatic Television Feature at the 1998 San Francisco International Film Festival. Early life and teaching Juliet Ace was the third daughter of Charles and Glenys Ace, born and raised in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire in South Wales. She was educated at Llanelli Girls' Grammar School, City of Coventry Training College, which was soon to become Coventry College of Education and be incorporated into the University of Warwick, where she specialised in drama and art. She then trained further at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama. Ace taught for three years in St Mary Cray before joining a children's theatre company, and then working in weekly repertory at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lama Abu-Odeh
Lama Abu-Odeh ( ar, لمى أبو عودة, born 1962) is a Palestinian-American professor and author who teaches at the Georgetown University Law Center. She has written extensively on Islamic law, feminism, and family law. Early life and education Abu-Odeh was born in Amman, Jordan in 1962. She is the daughter of Adnan Abu-Odeh, a former senator in the Jordanian House of Parliament and ambassador. She earned her LL.B. from the University of Jordan, her LL.M. from the University of Bristol, England, her MA from the University of York, England, and her S.J.D. from Harvard University. She has taught at Stanford Law School and worked for the World Bank's Middle East/North Africa division. Abu-Odeh has also written on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Israelis ( he, יִשְׂרָאֵלִים, translit=Yīśrāʾēlīm; ar, الإسرائيليين, translit=al-ʾIsrāʾīliyyin) are the citizens and nationals of the State of Israel. The country's populace is compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Abulhawa
Susan Abulhawa (, born June 3, 1970) is a Palestinian-American writer and human rights activist and animal rights advocate. She is the author of several books, and the founder of a non-governmental organization, Playgrounds for Palestine. She lives in Pennsylvania. Her first novel, ''Mornings in Jenin'', was translated into 32 languages and sold more than a million copies. The sales and reach of her debut novel made abulhawa the most widely read Palestinian author of all time. Her second novel, ''The Blue Between Sky And Water'', was sold in 19 languages before its release, and was published in English in 2015. ''Against the Loveless World,'' her third novel, was released in August 2020, also to critical acclaim. Early life and education Abulhawa's parents, born in At-Tur in Jerusalem, were refugees of the 1967 war. Her father, according to one account, "was expelled at gunpoint; her mother, who was studying in Germany at the time, was unable to return and the couple reunited in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umayya Abu-Hanna
Umayya Abu-Hanna (born 17 March 1961) is a Palestinian-Finnish writer, journalist, and former member of the Helsinki City Council born in Haifa, Haifa, Israel into a Palestinian family. She moved to Finland in 1981. In 2011, she moved to Amsterdam where she resides with her South African daughter. Career In the 1980s, Abu-Hanna was a member of the Helsinki City Council (for the Green Party (Finland), Green Party) and a member of the Real Estate Board of Helsinki. In the 1990s, she was a journalist, documentary maker and columnist. She became known to the wider public as the first non-white presenter of the weekly current affairs news-program Ajankohtainen kakkonen, Ajankohtainen Kakkonen at the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE. In the 2000s, she was member of the Arts Council of Finland, Arts Council Finland (2004-2009) and was the first chair of its Multicultural Board. Abu-Hanna was also the cultural diversity adviser of the Finnish National Gallery. Her first novel, ''N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liliana Abud
Liliana Abud (born 5 July 1948) is an actress in telenovelas and Mexican cinema. She is also a screenwriter of telenovelas. Abud played Raquel Rodríguez, the main character in the educational television program ''Destinos''. As an actress Films * '' Íntimo terror'' (1992) * '' Vieja moralidad'' as Benedicta (1988) * '' La dama o el león'' (1986) * '' La doncella sabia'' (1986) * '' El gato con botas'' (1986) * '' Hansel y Gretel'' (1986) * '' El niño que quiso temblar'' (1986) * ''Rapunzel'' (1986) * '' El Rey Midas'' (1986) * '' El ruiseñor chino'' (1986) Telenovelas * ''Mi segunda madre'' as Sonia(1989) * '' Rosa Salvaje'' as Cándida Linares (1987) * ''Herencia maldita'' as Clara Velarde (1986) * ''Tú o nadie'' as Camila Lombardo (1985) * ''Un solo corazón'' as Maria (1983) * ''Gabriel y Gabriela'' (1982) * '' Limosna de amor, Una'' as Daniela (1981) * ''Colorina'' as Alba (1980) * '' La divina Sarah'' as Lysiana (1980) * '' Espejismo'' (1980) * ''Amor prohibido'' as S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abiola Abrams
Abiola Abrams is an American author, podcaster, motivational speaker and spiritual life coach. Abrams has penned three books, including ''African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy'', her first book from self-help publisher Hay House, published on July 20, 2021. Her second book, ''The Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love'', won an African American Literary Award for Best Self Help. Black Enterprise included her inspirational podcast in “20 Must-Listen to Black Women Podcasts for 2019” and in 2020, her podcast was chosen by Success.com as one of “16 Motivational Podcasts by Black Hosts You Need to Listen To.” Essence Magazine included Abrams' annual Goddess Retreat in their roundup of “Black Girl-Approved and Operated Wellness Escapes.” Abrams' website, Womanifesting.com, discusses spirituality, personal growth, and entrepreneurship. Her previous advice columns include ''Intimacy Intervention'' on Essence.com and ''Abiola's Love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila Abouzeid
Leila Abouzeid ( ar, ليلة أبو زيد) (born 1950, El Ksiba) is a Moroccan author.'Abu Zayd, Layla', in Simon Gikandi, ed., ''Encyclopedia of African Literature''. Routledge; 2002. . She writes in Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ... and is the first Moroccan woman writer of literature to have her works published in English-language translation. Relationship with the French Abouzeid's radio show was unique because it was spoken in Arabic, as opposed to French. Almost every radio broadcast was done in French because the radio was a business, and French was used in business. As part of her program, she translated movie scripts into Arabic and did dramatic readings. One of these was the famous autobiography of Malcolm X. She translated this script into Ara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila Aboulela
Leila Fuad Aboulela (Arabic:ليلى فؤاد ابوالعلا; born 1964) is a fiction writer, essayist, and playwright of Sudanese origin based in Aberdeen, Scotland. She grew up in Khartoum, Sudan, and moved to Scotland in 1990 where she began her literary career. Aboulela has published five novels and several short stories, which have been translated into fifteen languages. Her most popular novels, ''Minaret'' (2005) and ''The Translator'' (1999) both feature the stories of Muslim women in the UK and were long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award and Orange Prize. Aboulela’s works have been included in publications such as '' Harper's Magazine'', ''Granta'', ''The Washington Post'' and ''The Guardian''. ''BBC Radio'' has adapted her work extensively and broadcast a number of her plays, including ''The Insider'', ''The Mystic Life'' and the historical drama ''The Lion of Chechnya''. The five-part radio serialization of her 1999 novel ''The Translator'' was short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marguerite Abouet
Marguerite Abouet (born 1971) is an Ivorian writer of bandes dessinées, best known for her graphic novel series '' Aya''.Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie Biography at Drawn & Quarterly. Biography Abouet was born in 1971 in , , and at the age of 12 she and her brother moved to France with their great uncle.Zuarino, John"An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native speakers, and was additionally a second or third language for around 13 million non-native speakers in Karnataka. Kannada was the court language of some of the most powerful dynasties of south and central India, namely the Kadambas, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Yadava Dynasty or Seunas, Western Ganga dynasty, Wodeyars of Mysore, Nayakas of Keladi Hoysalas and the Vijayanagara empire. The official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka, it also has scheduled status in India and has been included among the country's designated classical languages.Kuiper (2011), p. 74R Zydenbos in Cushman S, Cavanagh C, Ramazani J, Rouzer P, ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition'', p. 767, Princeton Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
