Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter I

Was a Soviet composer and conductor, who specialized in "light music" for operetta and film comedies

Was a Soviet composer and conductor, who specialized in "light music" for operetta and film comedies, frequently working with the film director Grigory Aleksandrov. Dunayevsky studied at the Kharkiv Musical School in 1910 where he studied violin under Jos

Is a Chilean-American novelist. Allende, who writes in the "magic realist" tradition, is one of the

Is a Chilean-American novelist. Allende, who writes in the "magic realist" tradition, is one of the first successful women novelists in Latin America.She is largely famous for her contributions to Latin-American literature, novels such as The House of the Spirits (La casa de los esp

Is a German composer. Isabel Mundry was born in Schlüchtern (Germany) in 1963 and studied compositi

Is a German composer. Isabel Mundry was born in Schlüchtern (Germany) in 1963 and studied composition at the Hochschule der Künste and electronic music, musicology and history at the Berlin Technische Universität. From 1991 to 1994 she taught at the Hochschule der Künste and furthered her studies in Frankfurt with Hans Zender and later researched at the IRCAM in Paris. In addition to her teaching activities in Berlin, she held teaching appointments in Zürich and at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts.[1]

Is a Filipina journalist, model and former TV talk show host in Madrid, Spain. She is known in the S

Is a Filipina journalist, model and former TV talk show host in Madrid, Spain. She is known in the Spanish press as "La Reina de Corazones" (the Queen of Hearts) ever since a best-selling biography by the same name was published about her. She is the moth

Was the pen name of Berta Friedberg, daughter of the author Abraham Shalom Friedberg and the first w

Was the pen name of Berta Friedberg, daughter of the author Abraham Shalom Friedberg and the first wife of Mordechai Spector.[1]In the 1890s, she settled in Odessa, Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire and undertook to write in Russian. As a playwright Grinevskaya wrote the play "Báb" based on the life an events of the founder of the Bábí religion[3] which was performed in St. Petersburg in 1904 and again in 1916/7, translated into French and Tatar,[4] and lauded by Leo Tolstoy and other reviewers at the time.[5] Grikor Suni won the first prize in a contest based on the play before it and the music were confiscated.[6] In 1910 she settled in Constantinople[1] where there was a substantial Bahá'í population.[7] In 1910-11 she met `Abdu'l-Bahá, then head of the Bahá'í Faith, when he traveled to Egypt and she became a Bahá'í.

Is a French artist, author and former colleague and superstar of Andy Warhol. Isabelle Collin Dufres

Is a French artist, author and former colleague and superstar of Andy Warhol. Isabelle Collin Dufresne was brought up in a strictly religious family but rebelled at an early age. She was exorcised as a young woman[citation needed] and instructed at a Catholic school.

Is a Dutch-born writer of the Enlightenment who lived the latter half of her life in Switzerland. Sh

Is a Dutch-born writer of the Enlightenment who lived the latter half of her life in Switzerland. She is now best known for her letters although she also wrote novels, pamphlets and plays. She took a keen interest in the society and politics and her work around the time of the French Revolution is regarded as being of particular interest.

Is a Filipino writer. He is a prolific playwright, short-story writer, writing critic, educator, col

Is a Filipino writer. He is a prolific playwright, short-story writer, writing critic, educator, columnist and publisher.As a writer, Cruz has received recognition for his contributions to Philippine literature. He had written more than thirty books. He is a Don Carlos Palanca Memorial awardee for Literature. As a result he became a member of the Palanca Hall of Fame in 2004 for his plays, essays, and short stories in Filipino and English.

Is a South Aftrican born German composer born in 1959. He is known for his arrangements of South Afr

Is a South Aftrican born German composer born in 1959. He is known for his arrangements of South African music, especially his work with the musical groups Ladysmith Black Mambazo[1] and Kwela Tebza. Resident in Europe, Roux has participated in musical festivals such as the Tonkünstlerfest (Baden-Württemberg, 1990 and 1993) and the International Composers' Workshop (Amsterdam, 1996). In 1999, he delivered a lecture-recital for the Stuttgart German-American Society on South African (township) jazz. His commitment to African musical forms, rhythms and instrumentation has, however, remained central to his creative vision.[2]

Was a Japanese tanka poet and playwright writer active in Taisho and Showa period Japan. Attracted t

Was a Japanese tanka poet and playwright writer active in Taisho and Showa period Japan. Attracted to European romanticism in his youth, his later works were more subdued.Yoshii Isamu was born in the elite Takanawa district Tokyo. His grandfather, Count Yoshii Tomosane was a member of the House of Peers, the Privy Council and official in the Imperial Household Ministry, and his aunt was the wife of Field Marshal Oyama Iwao. Yoshii began to live at his father's cottage in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture from 1887 and entered the elementary section of the Kamakura Normal School in 1891. The following year the family returned to Tokyo, but for the rest of his life, he returned to Kamakura frequently to recuperate from bouts of ill health (i.e. tuberculosis).

Or better known as Pak Sako was a prominent Malaysian writer, active in the 1930s until the 1950s. H

Or better known as Pak Sako was a prominent Malaysian writer, active in the 1930s until the 1950s. He was a nationalist and his involvement began before independence and continued thereafter. He fought for the idea of the unification of Melayu Raya where Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei are united in one collective.

Was one of the most renowned Punjabi humorous poets of the 20th century.His poems centred around his

Was one of the most renowned Punjabi humorous poets of the 20th century.His poems centred around his comic creation ‘Bhaiya’, who was used as a vehicle for biting satirical comment on all aspects of Indian society and culture. Ishar Singh’s compositions were delivered in his native language – the particular form of Punjabi spoken in the Potwar region, which is now part of Pakistan. A tall, bespectacled Sikh, he published at least 12 poetic collections involving Bhaiya. But he lived in a time and place where culture was primarily transmitted by oral means, and where poetry was one of the chief forms of public entertainment. So it was in the mass public recitals – or ‘kavi darbars’ – that his works were most keenly and widely appreciated.

A Japanese author and a literature critic. His critic, “Maihime”, on the short story of the same

A Japanese author and a literature critic. His critic, “Maihime”, on the short story of the same name by Mori Ogai, was an important dispute in literature during the early Meiji period.

Is an Indian poet and writer of contemporary India. She has also written at times under the pseudony

Is an Indian poet and writer of contemporary India. She has also written at times under the pseudonym Senjuti Bhaduri.She has twenty-one books published including poetry, short stories, travelogues, prose, rhyme and other edited works. Her work includes S

Is an American poet, essayist and novelist. Reed is one of the best-known African-American writers o

Is an American poet, essayist and novelist. Reed is one of the best-known African-American writers of his generation, and along with Amiri Baraka is one of the most controversial (and politically left-wing)[citation needed]. His work consistently satirizes the American right-wing (and often the left as well), highlighting domestic, political, and cultural oppression. While some have found

Was a Bengali poet and writer. Gupta was born in the village Kanchanpolli or Kanchrapara Chabbis Par

Was a Bengali poet and writer. Gupta was born in the village Kanchanpolli or Kanchrapara Chabbis Pargana (currently in the state of West Bengal, India). Ishwar Chandra Gupta was brought up in his uncle's house after the death of his mother. Gupta spent most of his childhood in Kolkata. At that time, poets were named Kobiwala and the kobiwalas were not so civilized in language. Sexual words and clashes were common. But Ishwar Chandra Gupta created a different style of poetry.He started the newspaper Sambad Prabhakar with Jogendra Mohan Tagore on on January 28, 1831. [1] which finally became a daily on June 4, 1839. Many Bengali writers of the 19th century started their career with that magazine. He revolutionized Bengali poetry by introducing a new style with double meaning:

Was a Bengali poet and writer. Gupta was born in the village Kanchanpolli or Kanchrapara Chabbis Par

Was a Bengali poet and writer. Gupta was born in the village Kanchanpolli or Kanchrapara Chabbis Pargana (currently in the state of West Bengal, India).

Was a Serbian composer, pedagogue, and publisher.He was born in Kula. A pupil of H.Koesller in Budap

Was a Serbian composer, pedagogue, and publisher.He was born in Kula. A pupil of H.Koesller in Budapest, he taught at the Novi Sad High School, where he founded a music school and initiated the publication of the Serbian Music Magazine and the Serbian Mus

Was a Romanian-born French poet, film critic and visual artist. He was the founder of Lettrism, an a

Was a Romanian-born French poet, film critic and visual artist. He was the founder of Lettrism, an art and literary movement which owed inspiration to Dada and Surrealism.

Was an Argentine writer.Son of David Blaisten and Dora Gliclij, Blaisten was born in Concordia, Arge

Was an Argentine writer.Son of David Blaisten and Dora Gliclij, Blaisten was born in Concordia, Argentina. His family was among the many Argentine Jews who populated rural areas in Entre Ríos Province during the early 20th century. Although born with the surname Blaistein, he would later spell it Blaisten, even though his signature occasionally read Blaistein.He was a member of the Academia Argentine de Letras from 2001 until his death as well as a correspondent of the Real Academia Española, mixing literature with his profession as a neighborhood bookseller after having been a publicist and child photographer. He collaborated with the magazine El escarabajo de oro and other journalistic media in Argentina.

Was an Egyptian writer who was born in Alexandria and got a PhD from Moscow in 1931. He was one of t

Was an Egyptian writer who was born in Alexandria and got a PhD from Moscow in 1931. He was one of the few writers to openly declare their atheism and try to promote it in the Arab world. He published his most famous manifesto " Limaza ana Mulhid" (Why I am an Atheist?) that provoked responses from theist writers. Ismail Adham suffered from a strange existential depression which he had contracted while reading Schopenhauer and Kierkegaard. Suddenly the world stopped making sense to him.

Was a French journalist and interpreter. French Guiana Urbain was the illegitimate son of a merchant

Was a French journalist and interpreter. French Guiana Urbain was the illegitimate son of a merchant from Marseille named Urbain Brue and a free colored woman from French Guiana named Appoline. Ismael who bore his fathers first name as his surname, was brought by him to Marseilles when he was eight, and there he received an education.

Is an Iranian writer, journalist, critic, encyclopedist, lexicographer, translator and university in

Is an Iranian writer, journalist, critic, encyclopedist, lexicographer, translator and university instructor.Four collections of modern poetry are the fruits of his endeavors; With All My Tears by Fereydun Moshiri, Another Birth by Forough Farrokhzad, The Water’s Footfall by Sohrab Sepehri and Maybe It’s the Messiah by Simin Behbahani.

Was an eminent Indian Urdu writer, known for her indomitable spirit and a fierce feministic views. S

Was an eminent Indian Urdu writer, known for her indomitable spirit and a fierce feministic views. She was considered the grand dame of Urdu fiction, as one of the four pillars of modern Urdu short story, the other three being Saadat Hasan Manto, Krishan Chander, and Rajinder Singh Bedi.[1] Her outspoken and controversial style of writing made her the passionate voice for the unheard, and she has become an inspiration for the younger generation of writers, readers and intellectuals.

Is a Turkish poet and Islamist thinker. He is the sixth child of a police officer from S

Is a Turkish poet and Islamist thinker. He is the sixth child of a police officer from S