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Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin (; born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977) was a French-Cuban author, based at first in France and later in the United...
Anaïs Nin (; born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977) was a French-Cuban author, based at first in France and later in the United...
Angelika Overath
Angelika Overath (born July 17, 1957 in Karlsruhe) is a German author and journalist.
Angelika Overath (born July 17, 1957 in Karlsruhe) is a German author and journalist.
Anne Frank
Annelies "Anne" Marie Frank was one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
Annelies "Anne" Marie Frank was one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn
Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn (née Betts), PC, GCOT (6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002) was a British Labour Party politician.
Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn (née Betts), PC, GCOT (6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002) was a British Labour Party politician.
Charlotte Grove
Charlotte Grove (1773–1860) was first child and eldest daughter of Thomas Grove, a landowner of Ferne House, in Wiltshire, by his marriage to Charlotte Pilfold.
Charlotte Grove (1773–1860) was first child and eldest daughter of Thomas Grove, a landowner of Ferne House, in Wiltshire, by his marriage to Charlotte Pilfold.
Dorothy Wordsworth
Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth (25 December 1771 – 25 January 1855) was an English author, poet and diarist.
Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth (25 December 1771 – 25 January 1855) was an English author, poet and diarist.
Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle
Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle (born 19 April 1778 at Falkingham, now Folkingham, Lincolnshire, died 2 November 1857 in or near Nice, France) was the main author of the extensive Wynne Diaries an...
Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle (born 19 April 1778 at Falkingham, now Folkingham, Lincolnshire, died 2 November 1857 in or near Nice, France) was the main author of the extensive Wynne Diaries an...
Emily Shore
Margaret Emily Shore (1819–1839) was a young English woman who kept a journal from the age of eleven until her death from consumption at the age of nineteen.
Margaret Emily Shore (1819–1839) was a young English woman who kept a journal from the age of eleven until her death from consumption at the age of nineteen.
Esther Edwards Burr
Esther Edwards Burr was the mother of U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr, Jr. and the wife of Princeton University President Aaron Burr, Sr. whom she married in 1752.
Esther Edwards Burr was the mother of U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr, Jr. and the wife of Princeton University President Aaron Burr, Sr. whom she married in 1752.
Frances Burney
Frances Burney, also known as Fanny Burney and, after her marriage, as Madame d’Arblay, was an English novelist, diarist and playwright.
Frances Burney, also known as Fanny Burney and, after her marriage, as Madame d’Arblay, was an English novelist, diarist and playwright.
Frances Stevenson
Frances Stevenson, Countess Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, CBE (7 October 1888 – 5 December 1972) was the mistress, personal secretary, confidante and second wife of British Prime Minister David Lloyd ...
Frances Stevenson, Countess Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, CBE (7 October 1888 – 5 December 1972) was the mistress, personal secretary, confidante and second wife of British Prime Minister David Lloyd ...
Hannah Szenes
Hannah Szenes, often anglicized as Hannah Senesh was a Hungarian Jew, one of 37 Jews from the British Mandate for Palestine that were trained by the British army to parachute into Yugoslav...
Hannah Szenes, often anglicized as Hannah Senesh was a Hungarian Jew, one of 37 Jews from the British Mandate for Palestine that were trained by the British army to parachute into Yugoslav...
Harriet Arbuthnot
Harriet Arbuthnot (10 September 1793 – 2 August 1834) was an early 19th century English diarist, social observer and political hostess on behalf of the Tory party.
Harriet Arbuthnot (10 September 1793 – 2 August 1834) was an early 19th century English diarist, social observer and political hostess on behalf of the Tory party.
Hélène Berr
Hélène Berr (27 March 1921 – April 1945) was a Jewish French woman, who documented her life in a diary during the time of Nazi occupation of France.
Hélène Berr (27 March 1921 – April 1945) was a Jewish French woman, who documented her life in a diary during the time of Nazi occupation of France.
Jemima Condict
Jemima Condict was born in a rural setting in the mountains of northwestern New Jersey on 24 August 1754.
Jemima Condict was born in a rural setting in the mountains of northwestern New Jersey on 24 August 1754.
Julia, Lady Inglis
The Honourable Julia Selina, Lady Inglis, was the daughter of Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford and the wife of Major-General Sir John Eardley Inglis who commanded the British troops at th...
The Honourable Julia Selina, Lady Inglis, was the daughter of Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford and the wife of Major-General Sir John Eardley Inglis who commanded the British troops at th...
Katherine Austen
Katherine Austen (1629 – ca.
Katherine Austen (1629 – ca.
Leszli Kálli
Leszli Kálli is a Colombian-born author who was kidnapped and held for slightly more than a year by Colombian leftist guerrillas.
Leszli Kálli is a Colombian-born author who was kidnapped and held for slightly more than a year by Colombian leftist guerrillas.
Liz Jones
Elizabeth Ann Jones, known as Liz Jones, is a British journalist and writer.
Elizabeth Ann Jones, known as Liz Jones, is a British journalist and writer.
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE (November 30, 1874 April 24, 1942), called "Maud" by family and friends and publicly known as L.M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of no...
Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE (November 30, 1874 April 24, 1942), called "Maud" by family and friends and publicly known as L.M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of no...
Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Evelyn Faithfull is an English singer, songwriter and actress whose career has spanned five decades.
Marianne Evelyn Faithfull is an English singer, songwriter and actress whose career has spanned five decades.
Mary Gladstone
Mary Drew (née Gladstone; 23 November 1847–1 January 1927), was a political secretary, writer and hostess.
Mary Drew (née Gladstone; 23 November 1847–1 January 1927), was a political secretary, writer and hostess.
Michitsuna no Haha
Michitsuna no Haha was a Heian period writer in Japan.
Michitsuna no Haha was a Heian period writer in Japan.
Märta Helena Reenstierna
Märta Helena Reenstierna, also von Schnell, known as Årstafrun, was a Swedish diary writer.
Märta Helena Reenstierna, also von Schnell, known as Årstafrun, was a Swedish diary writer.
Nuha al-Radi
Nuha al-Radi (January 27, 1941, Baghdad – August 30, 2004 Beirut), was an Iraqi diarist, ceramist and painter.
Nuha al-Radi (January 27, 1941, Baghdad – August 30, 2004 Beirut), was an Iraqi diarist, ceramist and painter.
Rachel Scott
Rachel Joy Scott was the first victim of the Columbine High School massacre, which claimed the lives of 12 students, one teacher and the two perpetrators, in one of the deadliest high schoo...
Rachel Joy Scott was the first victim of the Columbine High School massacre, which claimed the lives of 12 students, one teacher and the two perpetrators, in one of the deadliest high schoo...
Rose de Freycinet
Rose de Freycinet, born Rose Pinon, (1794 – 7 May 1832) was a Frenchwoman who, in the company of her husband, Louis de Freycinet, sailed around the world between 1817 and 1820 on a French ...
Rose de Freycinet, born Rose Pinon, (1794 – 7 May 1832) was a Frenchwoman who, in the company of her husband, Louis de Freycinet, sailed around the world between 1817 and 1820 on a French ...
Ruth Maier
Ruth Maier was an Austrian woman whose diaries describing her experiences of the Holocaust in Austria and Norway were published in 2007 to generally favorable reviews, leading her to be describe...
Ruth Maier was an Austrian woman whose diaries describing her experiences of the Holocaust in Austria and Norway were published in 2007 to generally favorable reviews, leading her to be describe...
Rutka Laskier
Rutka (Ruth) Laskier (1929—1943) was a Jewish teenager from Poland who is best known for her 1943 diary chronicling three months of her life during the Holocaust.
Rutka (Ruth) Laskier (1929—1943) was a Jewish teenager from Poland who is best known for her 1943 diary chronicling three months of her life during the Holocaust.
Tanya Savicheva
Tatiana Nikolayevna Savicheva, commonly referred to as Tanya Savicheva was a Soviet child diarist who endured the Siege of Leningrad during World War II.
Tatiana Nikolayevna Savicheva, commonly referred to as Tanya Savicheva was a Soviet child diarist who endured the Siege of Leningrad during World War II.
Violet Bonham Carter
Helen Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, DBE (15 April 1887 – 19 February 1969) was a British politician and diarist.
Helen Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, DBE (15 April 1887 – 19 February 1969) was a British politician and diarist.
Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English writer, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.
Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English writer, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.
Věra Kohnová
Věra Kohnová (1929 – 1942) was a Jewish girl from Czechoslovakia.
Věra Kohnová (1929 – 1942) was a Jewish girl from Czechoslovakia.
Zlata Filipović
Zlata Filipović is a Bosnian writer and author of the book Zlata's Diary.
Zlata Filipović is a Bosnian writer and author of the book Zlata's Diary.