Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Dutch writer, lyricist, novelist and translator. He made his literary debut with Kokkels in 196

Is a Dutch writer, lyricist, novelist and translator. He made his literary debut with Kokkels in 1960. He became known for a larger public with the novel Hersenschimmen from 1984, which treated the theme dementia.[1] The book is basis for a film from 1987, and a theater play from 2006. Bernlef received the P. C. Hooft Award for 1994.

Is a Zimbabwean doctor and writer. She is the author of Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter, a terribl

Is a Zimbabwean doctor and writer. She is the author of Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter, a terrible book. She is a practicing neurosurgeon in Klamath Falls, Oregon. She got her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and then attended The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. Soon after she entered a neurosurgery internship at Yale. She currently lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

Is an Estonian writer. aak Urmet studied Estonian philology and history (from 1997 to 2002) at the T

Is an Estonian writer. aak Urmet studied Estonian philology and history (from 1997 to 2002) at the Tallinn Pedagogical University and from 2002 to 2004 literary theory (the same university), graduated as M.A. Urmet participated Tallinna Noored Tegijad (a

Is an Estonian poet, philosopher, and culture critic. Kaplinski is known for his independent mind, f

Is an Estonian poet, philosopher, and culture critic. Kaplinski is known for his independent mind, focus on global issues and support for left-wing/liberal thinking. He has been deeply influenced by Eastern philosophical schools (taoism and especially bud

Is a retired Estonian film score composer who worked extensively in Estonian language films of the 1

Is a retired Estonian film score composer who worked extensively in Estonian language films of the 1960s and 1970s.

Was a Polish writer and businessmen, a member of the Polish nobility and a political writer. From 17

Was a Polish writer and businessmen, a member of the Polish nobility and a political writer. From 1775 he was the castellan (governor of the castle) of the town of Luków. He was also manager of the personal domain of the Primate of Poland, which allowed him to gain a significant fortune. During the Four Years Sejm he opposed the Russian influence in Poland and was among the supporters of a Polish alliance with Prussia and Great Britain. He opposed radical reforms and the granting of civil rights to burghers.

Is a Polish journalist and writer. He cooperated with many of the most notable Media in Poland, incl

Is a Polish journalist and writer. He cooperated with many of the most notable Media in Poland, including the Television News Agency, Zycie Warszawy, Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita and Radio Zet.After 1990 Moskwa for several years worked as a correspondent of the Polish media in Rome and was one of the few Polish journalists accredited at the Vatican.

Is a Polish journalist, traveller and explorer. Fellow (by recommendation from Thor Heyerdahl) of th

Is a Polish journalist, traveller and explorer. Fellow (by recommendation from Thor Heyerdahl) of the prestigious London-based Royal Geographical Society and numerous other such societies, he is best known for his discovery of the sources of Amazon River.Throughout his life Palkiewicz collaborated with many of the most respected newspapers, including Corriere della Sera, Rzeczpospolita, Gazzetta dello sport, Newsweek and National Geographic. He also authored more than 30 books documenting his expeditions and became an internationally recognized expert on survival skills in extreme conditions.

Is one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature, a prominent literary figure of the Renaixença.

Is one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature, a prominent literary figure of the Renaixença. The bishop Torras i Bages called him the Prince of the Catalan poets. He was also known as mossèn Cinto Verdaguer, because of his career as a priest.

One of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century.

One of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century.

A community activist, poet, writer, and translator. He is also a former Director of the Museo del Ba

A community activist, poet, writer, and translator. He is also a former Director of the Museo del Barrio in New York City.Agüeros's "work deals with the complexities, challenges, and struggles of the Puerto Rican experience in America."[1]

Was a South African novelist, short story writer, poet, and editor.During the following four decades

Was a South African novelist, short story writer, poet, and editor.During the following four decades Cope published eight novels, more than a hundred short stories, and three collections of poetry, the last one in association with C.J. Driver. For twenty of those years, beginning in 1960, he edited Contrast, a literary magazine bilingual in English and Afrikaans. He co-edited The Penguin Book of South African Verse (1968) with Uys Krige and, as general editor throughout much of the 1970s, produced the Mantis editions of Southern African poets. In 1980 he moved to England, where he published The Adversary Within: Dissident Writers in Afrikaans (1982) and his Selected Stories (1986).

Was a notable Australian 20th Century playwright and poet, also an Indigenous rights campaigner. He

Was a notable Australian 20th Century playwright and poet, also an Indigenous rights campaigner. He was born in Western Australia, in the small town of Yarloop, and lived in Fremantle towards the end of his life. He was of the Aboriginal Noongar people, and much of his work dealt with the Australian Aboriginal experience. He has been referred to as the 20th Century's Aboriginal Poet Laureate, and many of his plays are on Australian school syllabuses.

Was an American novelist, writer, poet, and artist from Lowell, Massachusetts. Along with William S.

Was an American novelist, writer, poet, and artist from Lowell, Massachusetts. Along with William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, he is amongst the best known of the writers (and friends) known as the Beat Generation.

Is an American Academy Award-nominated songwriter who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

Is an American Academy Award-nominated songwriter who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

Was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeon

Was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing.

An award-winning American poet and author born to an Iraqi father and a Syrian mother of Jewish heri

An award-winning American poet and author born to an Iraqi father and a Syrian mother of Jewish heritage. [1] He is the author of numerous books and poems which reflect and explore his cultural heritage. Two examples, Baghdad to Brooklyn: Growing Up in a

Was an English playwright, who wrote 129 early episodes of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and

Was an English playwright, who wrote 129 early episodes of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and over 150 screenplays, including original TV plays, feature films, and adaptations.Rosenthal was born in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, and after studying English Literature at Sheffield University, carried out his National Service in the Royal Navy. He worked briefly in advertising before joining Granada Television and became a regular writer for the soap Coronation Street. During the 1960s, he wrote material for various television comedy shows including the satirical That Was The Week That Was. At Granada Television, he wrote a spin off series from Coronation Street for the character, Leonard Swindley, played by Arthur Lowe called Pardon the Expression and created two comedy series The Dustbinmen and The Lovers (TV series) starring Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox. In 1976 he also wrote a TV drama for ITV, called Ready When You Are, Mr McGill, which was later remade in 2003.

Was Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001. Welch gained a solid reputation for

Was Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001. Welch gained a solid reputation for uncanny business acumen and unique leadership strategies at GE. He remains a highly-regarded figure in business circles due to his innovative management st

Is a British-born novelist. She is the younger sister of actress Joan Collins. Each of Collins' twen

Is a British-born novelist. She is the younger sister of actress Joan Collins. Each of Collins' twenty-five novels have been on the New York Times bestsellers list

Is a television weatherperson and journalist.Guerrido was offered a job on a morning radio show call

Is a television weatherperson and journalist.Guerrido was offered a job on a morning radio show called El Vacilon de la Mañana ("Goofing Around in the Morning"), transmitted through "MEGA 97.9", by a producer who heard her doing a voice-over. She soon rec

Is an American comedian, comedy writer, musician, composer and actor. He is best known as "Jackie Th

Is an American comedian, comedy writer, musician, composer and actor. He is best known as "Jackie The Joke Man," a former cast member and later head writer for the The Howard Stern Show, a syndicated morning radio show.

Is an American television anchor for WTVJ-TV, the NBC owned and operated station in Miramar, Florida

Is an American television anchor for WTVJ-TV, the NBC owned and operated station in Miramar, Florida.Nespral began her entertainment and television career as a college student at the University of Miami, where she was elected Orange Bowl Queen in Miami in

Was an American poet, performance artist, composer and playwright, known to most readers of poetry a

Was an American poet, performance artist, composer and playwright, known to most readers of poetry as a practioneer of systematic chance operations and other non-intentional compositional methods in his work, which Mac Low first experienced in the musical work of John Cage, Earle Brown, and Christian Wolff.

Was an American newspaper columnist and is considered one of the fathers of modern investigative jou

Was an American newspaper columnist and is considered one of the fathers of modern investigative journalism.Jack Anderson was a key and often controversial figure in reporting on J. Edgar Hoover's apparent ties to the Mafia, Watergate, the John F. Kennedy assassination, the search for fugitive ex-Nazi officials in South America and the Savings and Loan scandal. He discovered a CIA plot to assassinate Fidel Castro, and has also been credited for breaking the Iran-Contra affair, though he has said the scoop was "spiked" because he had become too close to President Ronald Reagan. Anderson was a crusader against corruption.