European women writers considered "famous"
The two first volumes of Lettres Européennes. Histoire de la littérature européenne (Dutch version, 1994) include the following women's names for the centuries up to 1900:
[provisional presentation, is being handled]
Frau Ava I, 103
Azalaïs I, 128
Beatrijs van Nazareth I, 111
Behn, A I, 13
Bijns I 314-6
Bingen, H I, 111
Birgitta St I, 213
Casteloza I, 128
Catherina v Siena I, 213
Comnena I 122
Die I, 128
Hadewijch I, 111
Kempe I, 215
Labé I, 318
Marie de F I, 95, 118, 158
Nassau-Saarb. , 191
Navarre, M I, 248, 305, 318
Norwich, Julia I, 215
Oignies, Marie I, 111
Pizan, Christine I, 181
Porete, M I, 111
Sappho I, 22-23
Austen II, 671-3
Bazan E II, 840
Beecher-Stowe II, 841
Benedictsson, V II, 862
Biehl, C II, 682
Bosboom-T II 774
Bremer, F II 843
Browning E II, 746
Burney, F II, 671-3, 703
Castro, R II 870
Catherina II - II, 591, 663-6, 815
Centlivre, S II, 599
Châtelet, Mme du II, 645
Christina, Leonora II, 489
Collett, C II, 843
Courtmans-B II 840
Dacier, A II, 604
Deffand II, 576
Deken, A II, 658
Deledda, G II 860
Desbordes-V II, 746
Druzbacka II, 609
Edgeworth II, 773, 794
Eliot G II, 788, 796, 833-4
Finch, A II, 613
Gaskell, E II, 833-4
Geoffrin II, 576
Graffigny II, 624, 702
Guyon, J II, 568
Haywood, E II, 619
Héloïse II, 606
Huber, M II, 569
La Fayette II, 481, 486
La Roche, Sopie II, 704
Lambert, II, 576, 587
Lenngren II, 660
Loveling, Virginie II, 840
Montagu, Lady (NIET Wortley) II, 586
Nemcova, B II, 781
Novákova, T II, 837
Orzeszko II, 861
Radcliffe, A II, 672, 737
Rambouillet, II, 470
Manley, Mary de la R II, 618
Sand, G II, 713, 745, 771, 800, 834
Scudéry II, 468-70, 481
Serao, M II, 860
Sévigné II, 462, 485, 519
Shelley M II, 773
Skram, A II, 862
Staël II, 653, 731, 764, 766, 769-70, 805
Svetla, K II, 837
Tencin II, 576, 618
Villedieu II, 624
Warens II, 670
Webb, B II, 700
Wolff, B II, 658-9
Woolf II, 700, 727, 893
Wortley Montagu II, 611
Zapolska II, 861
SvD, May 2010
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