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Jana Begum (17th century), early female writer of a commentary on the Qur'an; Pupul Jayakar (1915–1997), biographer, non-fiction writer on handicrafts; Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927–2013), acclaimed German-born British novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, grew up in India
Meena Alexander (17 February 1951 – 21 November 2018) was an Indian American poet, scholar, and writer.Born in Allahabad, India, and raised in India and Sudan, Alexander later lived and worked in New York City, where she was a Distinguished Professor of English at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center.
American writer and biographer of Woodrow Wilson [193] Curt Weibull: 1886–1991: 105: Swedish historian and author [194] Ruth Weiss: 1924– 100: German-born South African writer [195] Phyllis A. Whitney: 1903–2008: 104: American mystery writer [196] Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx: 1916–2018: 102: English poet; wife of British ...
Edward Robb Ellis (1911–1998), American writer and reporter; Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), American writer; Selma Engel-Wijnberg (1922–2018), Dutch Holocaust survivor; Brian Eno (born 1948), English musician, record producer and polymath; Annie Ernaux (1940-), French writer; John Evelyn (1620–1706), English writer, scholar and gardener
[4] [5] She was amongst the first women in India to join a mainstream publication when she joined The Illustrated Weekly of India. [6] [7] A pioneer in her field, Vyarawalla died at the age of 98. Google doodle honoured India's "First Lady of the lens" in 2017 with a tapestry of Indian life and history drawn by guest doodler Sameer Kulavoor.
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Padma Sachdev (17 April 1940 – 4 August 2021) was an Indian poet and novelist. She was the first modern woman poet of the Dogri language. [1] She also wrote in Hindi. She published several poetry collections, including Meri Kavita Mere Geet (My Poems, My Songs), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Ruth Johnson Colvin, who founded Literacy Volunteers of America, was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and received the nation’s highest civilian award, the ...