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18th-century playwrights

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Princess Maria Amalie of SaxonyPerson · Music memorabiliaAmalie Marie Friederike Auguste (10 August 1794 – 18 September 1870), Princess of Saxony, full name Maria Amalia Friederike Augusta Karolina Ludovica Josepha Aloysia Anna Nepomucena…
Rouget de LisleAuthor · BooksClaude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836) was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars.
Silvio PellicoAuthor · BooksSilvio Pellico (Italian: [ˈsilvjo ˈpɛlliko]; 24 June 1789 – 31 January 1854) was an Italian writer, poet, dramatist and patriot active in the Italian unification.
Sophia LeeAuthor · BooksSophia Lee (1750 – 13 March 1824) was an English novelist, dramatist and educator. She was a formative writer of Gothic fiction.
Sophie BawrPerson · Music memorabiliaBaroness Sophie de Bawr (8 October 1773 – 31 December 1860), born Alexandrine-Sophie Goury de Champgrand, was a French writer, playwright and composer, also known as "Comtesse de…
Sophie GayPerson · Music memorabiliaMarie Françoise Sophie Gay (born Nichault de la Valette; 1 July 1776 – 2 March 1852) was a French author who was born in Paris.
Stanisław KonarskiAuthor · BooksStanisław Konarski, Sch.P. (actual name: Hieronim Konarski; 30 September 1700 – 3 August 1773) was a Polish pedagogue, educational reformer, political writer, poet, dramatist, Piarist…
Sylvain MaréchalAuthor · BooksSylvain Maréchal (15 August 1750 – 18 January 1803) was a French essayist, poet, philosopher and political theorist, whose views presaged utopian socialism and communism.[1] His views on a…
Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the ElderAuthor · BooksIllustration — Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel
Thomas Love PeacockAuthor · BooksThomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 – 23 January 1866) was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company.
Tomás de IriartePerson · Music memorabiliaTomás de Iriarte (or Yriarte) (18 September 1750 in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife – 17 September 1791 in Madrid) was a Spanish neoclassical poet.
Tomasz ZanAuthor · BooksIllustration — Tomasz Zan, in a drawing by R. Żukowski (1825–1855)
Twm o'r NantAuthor · BooksTwm o'r Nant ('Tom from the Brook') was the pseudonym of a Welsh language dramatist and poet, Thomas Edwards (January 1739 – 3 April 1810), also known as Tom of the Dingle.
Ugo FoscoloAuthor · BooksUgo Foscolo (6 February 177810 September 1827), born Niccolò Foscolo, was an Italian writer, revolutionary and poet.
Václav Kliment KlicperaAuthor · BooksVáclav Kliment Klicpera (23 November 1792 – 15 September 1859) was a Czech playwright and poet.
Vincenzo MontiAuthor · BooksVincenzo Monti (19 February 1754 – 13 October 1828) was an Italian poet, playwright, translator, and scholar, the greatest interpreter of Italian Neoclassicism in all of its various phases.
Virginie AncelotArtist · PaintingsMarguerite-Louise Virginie Chardon Ancelot (1792–1875) was a French painter, writer and playwright.
Vladislav OzerovAuthor · BooksIllustration — Vladislav A. Ozerov, portrait by Johann Rombauer
Walter ScottAuthor · BooksSir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature.
Washington IrvingAuthor · BooksWashington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.
William WhiteheadAuthor · BooksWilliam Whitehead was a British poet, playwright and writer (1715–1785). He was born in Cambridge and died in Berkeley Square.
Wolfgang von KempelenArtist · PaintingsJohann Wolfgang von Kempelen (Kempelen Farkas; 23 January 1734 – 26 March 1804) was a writer, engineer, and inventor, known for his chess-playing "automaton" hoax The Turk and for his…
Xavier Boniface SaintineAuthor · BooksXavier Boniface Saintine (10 July 1798 – 21 January 1865) was a French dramatist and novelist.
Yakov KnyazhninAuthor · BooksYakov Borisovich Knyazhnin (November 3, 1742 or 1740, Pskov – January 1, 1791, St. Petersburg) was a Russian writer.

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