Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is a Russian poet who has been cited by Joseph Brodsky as the best living poet in the Russian langua

Is a Russian poet who has been cited by Joseph Brodsky as the best living poet in the Russian language. Bella was born on the 10 April 1937 in Moscow. Akhmadulina was the only child of a Tatar father and a Russian-Italian mother.

An author who has published internationally. She grew up in India and London, studied anthropology a

An author who has published internationally. She grew up in India and London, studied anthropology at Cambridge University and worked as a lecturer and copywriter before publishing her first work of fiction in 2003.“The Seduction of Silence,” is the story of an Indian family as it changes through love and loss over a period of a hundred years, in prose that was described by Geraldine Brooks as ‘vivid and arresting,’ and as ‘ample and fascinating’ by Thomas Keneally. It was less favourably reviewed by Anderson Teppe in the New York Times [1] The book achieved wide success,

Was a Chinese American writer and labor organizer who rose to prominence in the Chinatowns of San Fr

Was a Chinese American writer and labor organizer who rose to prominence in the Chinatowns of San Francisco and New York in the mid-twentieth century. He was president of the Chinese Workers Mutual Aid Association and leader of the Chinese section of the United States Communist Party.[1]

Is a South African author and journalist of Scottish and American heritage.Maclennan was launched on

Is a South African author and journalist of Scottish and American heritage.Maclennan was launched on a career in journalism by a 1975 position on the East London Daily Dispatch which was then under the editorship of Donald Woods. In late 1976 he secured a photojournalist position on the Rhodesia Herald, based in Salisbury (later Harare), Rhodesia until the 1979 downfall of the Ian Smith government. At that time, he returned to Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa with his then wife, Kate Skinner, a librarian, artist and minor poet and their son Seamus. In the Eastern Cape, Ben worked as a reporter for the Eastern Province Herald, with headquarters in Port Elizabeth, and an office in Grahamstown. In the mid-eighties he moved to Cape Town and has worked for SAPA as a journalist, for a number of years. Besides his firstborn, Seamus, he has two further sons, David and Simon from a second marriage to journalist and author Martine Barker.

Is a novelist, poet and philosopher who teaches at the Mohammed V University, Rabat in Morocco.He ha

Is a novelist, poet and philosopher who teaches at the Mohammed V University, Rabat in Morocco.He has published 26 books, both literary and scientific works, in Arabic and French. As a liberal philosopher, Himmich is concerned with matters including ideological education in Islam. He advocates the division of church and state.

Is a Filipino newspaper columnist and radio newscaster. Ben won Best Public Service Program host in

Is a Filipino newspaper columnist and radio newscaster. Ben won Best Public Service Program host in the 2005 Star Awards for Television.[1]His siblings include Ramon Tulfo, Erwin Tulfo (Ben's occasional partner and Producer of Mission-X), and Raffy.

Was an Irish author and broadcaster from Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland.Kiely's father, Tom, a native

Was an Irish author and broadcaster from Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland.Kiely's father, Tom, a native of Moville, County Donegal, was a Boer War veteran. When he was only eighteen, he joined the Leinster Regiment. Over the next five or so years, he travelled over Ireland and abroad, including the Caribbean, and finally, to South Africa. He was decorated for heroism, for his actions in the Boer War (during which time he had met with General Christiaan De Wet). Sometime after having retured to Ireland, Tom took up employment with the Ordnance Survey as a survey measurer (or "chain man" - so called because a chain was used to do the measuring).

Is a French poet and literary critic. He also teaches at the University of Paris X - Nanterre, under

Is a French poet and literary critic. He also teaches at the University of Paris X - Nanterre, under the department of modern literature. He serves on the editorial board of the journal New Series where he published numerous poems and reviews.

Is a Guatemalan writer.

Is a Guatemalan writer.

Was a Franco-Flemish singer and composer of the Renaissance, active in Bruges and Brussels. He serve

Was a Franco-Flemish singer and composer of the Renaissance, active in Bruges and Brussels. He served Dowager Queen Mary of Hungary for much of his career, and was a prolific composer of vocal music, both sacred and secular, throughout his long career.While he spent most of this time in Brussels, he also occasionally traveled with Mary through the Habsburg lands, as it was common for the singers of the musical chapels to accompany monarchs and members of royal families. Some of the places he is known to have visited include 's-Hertogenbosch, Augsburg, and Munich. Mary moved to Spain in 1556,

Is a Moscow literary critic, scholar, and writer with memories of the Stalin period. His career in t

Is a Moscow literary critic, scholar, and writer with memories of the Stalin period. His career in the Soviet period involved a struggle between what he wanted to publish, and what would pass the censors' approval. He has published over twenty books, and

Was a composer and tenor of the Classical era, a close friend of Mozart and the first performer (179

Was a composer and tenor of the Classical era, a close friend of Mozart and the first performer (1791) of the role of Tamino in Mozart's opera The Magic Flute.It was around this time that Schack became a friend and professional colleague of Mozart, who was gradually increasing his involvement with Schikaneder's troupe. Schack apparently asked his friend for advice and help in composing,[3] and the level of assistance evidently increased. The following anecdote was published in the Baierisches Musik-Lexikon by Felix Joseph Lipowsky (Munich, 1811):

Was a Danish folklorist who wrote one of the definitive works of fairy tale scholarship entitled Int

Was a Danish folklorist who wrote one of the definitive works of fairy tale scholarship entitled Interpretation of Fairy Tales (1987).This 660 page book details a method for use in the analysis of fairy tales and applies it to the tales found in the repertoires of five Danish peasants collected by Evald Tang Kristensen in the mid 19th century.

Is a journalist and a writer.Juan served as managing editor of Liwayway magazine for 16 years, and w

Is a journalist and a writer.Juan served as managing editor of Liwayway magazine for 16 years, and wrote numerous short stories, serialized and illustrated novels, essays, feature articles, and others. Afterwards, he became the editor and columnist of People's Journal and People's Taliba newspaper of the Journal Group of Companies.

Argentine novelist and short-story writer.He came from a family of Irish origin, settled on the Río

Argentine novelist and short-story writer.He came from a family of Irish origin, settled on the Río de la Plata region since the 18th century, descendants of Patrick Lynch from Galway. He spent his childhood and adolescence in his grandfather's, Ventura Lynch, large country estate.

Was a German conductor and composer.

Was a German conductor and composer.

Is an American rock journalist, author, and broadcaster best known for his association with Rolling

Is an American rock journalist, author, and broadcaster best known for his association with Rolling Stone magazine (through 1981) and the San Francisco Chronicle (from around 1982).

Was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is b

Was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of

Was an American philosopher and poet.Blood wrote prolifically but the larger portion of his writing

Was an American philosopher and poet.Blood wrote prolifically but the larger portion of his writing consisted of letters, either to local newspapers or to friends such as James Hutchison Stirling, Alfred Tennyson and William James (the above quote was fro

Is a South African-born author currently living in Israel.Brought up in Cape Town, he began a career

Is a South African-born author currently living in Israel.Brought up in Cape Town, he began a career as a journalist in 1958, writing for the Rand Daily Mail in Johannesburg, where he eventually became deputy-editor. The Rand Daily Mail was the only newspaper in South Africa at that time to report on events in black South Africa townships. In the course of his work he came to know the major players in the Apartied struggle and gained the respect and confidence of leaders such as Nelson Mandela[1]. Pogrund's reporting of police conduct in the Sharpeville massacre in 1960 was considered a "breakthrough. He was chief author of a 1965 series on beating and torture of black inmates. During his career reporting on Apartheid in South Africa he was put on trial several times, put in prison once, had is passport revoked and was investigated as a threat to the state by security police"[2].

Was an Israeli writer and artist who contributed to Israeli culture in many disciplines, as a noveli

Was an Israeli writer and artist who contributed to Israeli culture in many disciplines, as a novelist, journalist, critic, painter, and sculptor.

Is an author and scholar. According to the Mormon Literature Database, Urrutia is "the only LDS Basq

Is an author and scholar. According to the Mormon Literature Database, Urrutia is "the only LDS Basque Israeli American anthropologist, linguist, and science fiction writer in the universe." Urrutia co-edited, with Guy Davenport, The Logia of Yeshua, which collected what they consider to be Jesus' authentic sayings from a variety of canonical and non-canonical sources. Urrutia interprets Jesus' mission as a leadership role in the "Israelite nonviolent resistance to Roman oppression".

Is an American science fiction author and editor.

Is an American science fiction author and editor.

Is one of the first British Chinese playwrights to have his plays performed and recognised in the UK

Is one of the first British Chinese playwrights to have his plays performed and recognised in the UK.Born near London, England his father came from Ipoh, Malaysia and mother from Singapore. Yeoh won a scholarship to Westminster School and went on to study Natural Sciences at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, interestingly the same college as his father and grand father. He then went on to Harvard University as a Herchel Smith scholar studying dramaturgy and play writing.

Was a publisher and co-founder of Random House, also known for his own compilations of jokes and pun

Was a publisher and co-founder of Random House, also known for his own compilations of jokes and puns, for regular personal appearances lecturing across the United States, and for his television appearances in the panel game show What's My Line?