Hrosvit of Gandersheim
935?-1002?
- Female member of the Abbey of Gandersheim in Lower Saxony
- Wrote Dulcitius between 935-973
- First known Christian Dramatist
- Benedictine Nun
- Read Virgil, Ovid, and Terrence
- It can be assumed that she was of noble birth
- She was writing plays when quem queritas began
- Whether her plays were literary exercise or works for theatre is unknown
Information taken from The Norton Anthology of Drama Vol 1 (Third Edition.) pages 471-475
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