Women opera librettists

African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette or as Colette Willy, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her 1944 novella Gigi, which was the basis for the 1958 film and the 1973 stage production of the same name. Her short story collection The Tendrils of the Vine is also famous in France.

American author (1874–1946)

American poet (1892–1950)

Czech feminist author, editor (1847-1926)

Finnish soprano (1876-1944)

Italian screenwriter (1914–2010)

American actress and director

British actress (1878-1955)

German journalist (1783-1856)

Russian writer

librettist and art critic (1911-1997)

American playwright and screenwriter (1912–2000)

American poet (born 1972)

German poet

English writer (1911–2007)

English children's writer

Irish composer

American novelist, poet (1899–1998)

American poet, librettist and Anglican priest

Australian poet, playwright and fantasy novelist

American writer and playwright (born 1974)

French actress and librettist (1902-2008)

German translator, autobiographer and writer (1906–1999)

Czech writer and librettist (1854-1895)

American writer (born 1949)

British writer and historian

British writer (1764–1838)

British musician, librettist and translator (1948-2021)

British journalist

American writer

Mexican social worker and feminist

Australian poet (1954–2008)

Austrian actor and writer (1866-1923)