Famous People with Name Arja

Arja Salafranca            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Arja Salafranca: is a South African writer, poet and journalist.Her first poetry collection, A life stripped of illusions, received the 1994 Sanlam Award for poetry, while a short story, ‘Couple on the Beach’ was a winner of the same award in 1999 for short fiction. Her second collection of poetry, The fire in which we burn, was published by Dye Hard Press in 2000. An anthology of prose and poetry, Glass Jars Among Trees, which she co-edited with Alan Finlay, was published by Jacana Media in 2003.

Arja Uusitalo            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Arja Uusitalo: is a Finnish poetess and journalist.She moved to Sweden and attended the University of Stockholm, studying social anthropology, pedagogy, the Finnish language and economic history. She went to Poppius Journalist School to work as journalist. Uusitalo published poems in Swedish and Finnish magazines and worked in Swedish Radio. In 1992, a documentary film was made about her on Finnish television. Arja won a prize for her libretto which was composed by Oliver Kohlenberg and played in Kärsämäki in July 2000.[1]

Mohamed Arjaoui            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Mohamed Arjaoui: is a Moroccan amateur boxer who qualified for the Olympics 2008 at Heavyweight.He beat Awusone Yekeni in the process, a final loss to Abdelaziz Toulbini was meaningless.