Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Croatian writer and poet.Rebellious by nature, he was expelled from Rijeka high school and dro

Was a Croatian writer and poet.Rebellious by nature, he was expelled from Rijeka high school and dropped out of the school in Zagreb. Because of his participation in the demonstration against the Hungarian governor in Croatia, Khuen-Héderváry, he was sentenced to three months in prison in 1903.

Is a Dutch writer.After primary school, Jonkman studied dance at the Koninklijk Conservatorium for t

Is a Dutch writer.After primary school, Jonkman studied dance at the Koninklijk Conservatorium for three years. She broke off her studies there and subsequently attended the Stedelijk Gymnasium in Leiden, where she obtained her diploma in 1997. Whilst studying Dutch at the Universiteit van Amsterdam she became a member of the editorship of the literary magazine Nymph.

Is a Filipino American journalist and broadcaster known for her work as the host of Kababayan L.A.,

Is a Filipino American journalist and broadcaster known for her work as the host of Kababayan L.A., a daily show for and about the Filipinos airing on KSCI LA-18.So moved to the United States in 2003 with her family, leaving behind a budding career as a sportscaster for the Philippine Basketball Association.[2] She completed a certificate course in journalism at UCLA extension and did freelance writing for Young Money and Audrey before coming to Kababayan L.A. So has also worked as a correspondent for various news programs airing on The Filipino Channel.[3]

Was a prominent Polish science fiction author. He died from cancer.Zajdel is a precursor of social a

Was a prominent Polish science fiction author. He died from cancer.Zajdel is a precursor of social and dystopian fiction. In his works, he envisions totalitarian states and collapsed societies. His heroes are desperately trying to find sense in world around them, sometimes, as in Cylinder van Troffa, they are outsiders from a different time or place, trying to adapt to a new environmen

Was a Polish-Jewish children's author, pediatrician, and child pedagogue, known as Pan Doktor (Mr Do

Was a Polish-Jewish children's author, pediatrician, and child pedagogue, known as Pan Doktor (Mr Doctor) or Stary Doktor (Old Doctor).Korczak was born in Warsaw to an assimilated Jewish family. His mother Cecylia Glebicka was the daughter of prominent Kalisz Jews and his father Józef Goldszmit was from a family of proponents of the haskalah. Korczak's father died in 1896, possibly by his own hand, leaving the family without a source of income. Over the next few years, the family was forced to abandon their spacious apartment and, during his teens, Korczak was the sole breadwinner for his mother, sister, and grandmother.

Is a Polish scientist and writer mostly known for his novel S@motnosc w Sieci translated into Englis

Is a Polish scientist and writer mostly known for his novel S@motnosc w Sieci translated into English as Loneliness on the Net[1].Wisniewski holds a Master of Physics and Master of Economics, qualifications both from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Doctor of Informatics from Warsaw University of Technology and Habilitation in Chemistry from the Technical University of Lódz. He is one of the authors of the computer program AutoNom, a naming tool for organic substances in the IUPAC nomenclature [2]. Currently Wisniewski lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany.

Was a Polish writer, translator, journalist and satirist.Active in various journals, he was consider

Was a Polish writer, translator, journalist and satirist.Active in various journals, he was considered one of the heirs to the Skamander group of poets. In 1939 he fled Nazi-occupied part of Poland to Vilna, then under Lithuanian occupation, where in 1940 (after the Soviet take-over of the city) he ran a satirical theatre, as well as the "Ksantypa" cabaret in Bialy Sztral cafe. [1]Following the German take-over of the city in 1941 he moved back to Warsaw, where he collaborated with numerous officially-approved theatres. [2] After the war he became a noted translator of literature, mostly Russian. He collaborated with satiric journals Szpilki, Przekrój and Cyrulik Warszawski.

Polish catholic priest, poet and writer, historian.

Polish catholic priest, poet and writer, historian.

Was a Polish poet, satirist, critic, translator, literary theorist and chess player (a three times c

Was a Polish poet, satirist, critic, translator, literary theorist and chess player (a three times chess champion of Warsaw, he also held a nationwide title of Master).He was the creator of satirical tragi-comedic poems which ridiculed the communist government of Poland. These works were often written in an absurdist, grotesque style, and specifically lampooned prominent members of the Polish communist party, as well as the general "low life" mentality of the average Communist Party member.

Is the author of a number of works in English and Dutch. He is particularly noted for his detective

Is the author of a number of works in English and Dutch. He is particularly noted for his detective fiction, his most popular creations being Grijpstra and de Gier

She first became known as a writer in the magical scene in the 1980s through articles in various mag

She first became known as a writer in the magical scene in the 1980s through articles in various magazines. Most notable was Mezlim, an American quarterly. Her first book, Understanding Chaos Magic, was published in 1996. Since then she has become known internationally to some of those within the occult and pagan subcultures as both a writer and lecturer on the subject.

Is a Brazilian instrumentalist, arranger, conductor, composer and music producer.He started his musi

Is a Brazilian instrumentalist, arranger, conductor, composer and music producer.He started his musical career as part of group A Barca do Sol, participated in the Nova Banda that performed with Antonio Carlos Jobim, acting in shows and recordings that led to the Grammy winners with the CD Antonio Brasileiro. A cellist, he studied music in Brazil and later joined the New England Conservatory of Music. He integrated the Quarteto Jobim Morelenbaum in 1995, along with Paula Morelenbaum, Paulo Jobim and Daniel Jobim with whom he toured several times to Europe, including presentation at the Expo'98 held in Lisbon, in addition to presentations at the United States and Brazil and a CD recording of Quarteto Jobim Morelenbaum.

Is a contemporary American poet with particular interests in traditional lyric and narrative poetry

Is a contemporary American poet with particular interests in traditional lyric and narrative poetry and in the geographic and cultural area of the Midwestern United States.

A well-known Finnish author of prose. He is a major name in current Finnish literature.He writes tra

A well-known Finnish author of prose. He is a major name in current Finnish literature.He writes traditional plot-driven prose, sometimes more humoristic (Poliisin poika), sometimes more like a detective story (Myyrä). Often he includes autobiographical elements. For example, Kallellaan is a diary, and Minun sukuni tarina has a protagonist which is, in all but de jure, the author himself. Despite the good reputation he has gained in Finland his novels have not yet been translated into English.

Was a Finnish poet and a writer of prose and plays. He also translated American literature to Finnis

Was a Finnish poet and a writer of prose and plays. He also translated American literature to Finnish.Jarkko Laine was born in Turku, Finland. He became known from the 1960s underground movement, deriving inspiration from popular culture, pop music and co

Was a Czech composer, conductor, and musicologist. After the short-lived Prague Spring, he incurred

Was a Czech composer, conductor, and musicologist. After the short-lived Prague Spring, he incurred the disfavor of his country's Communist regime and had to adopt the pseudonym Michal Hájku in order to write a series of compositions in a style which evoked earlier periods of music, called Storie apocrifa della musica Boema.

Was a Czech composer, painter, and pedagogue.He studied in the Prague Conservatory with Otakar Jerem

Was a Czech composer, painter, and pedagogue.He studied in the Prague Conservatory with Otakar Jeremiáš. His works are typified by somber, yet dramatic, music in the Romantic style. His Third Symphony' (1957) and ballet Don Quijote (1955) are some of his most popular works. Doubrava was heavily influenced by Czech and Moravian folklore as seen in his opera, Ballad on Love (1960). Doubrava was also well known for his satires, especially the ballet King Lávra (1951), Lazy Honza and The Christening of St. Vladimir.

Was a famous Czech author who wrote many novels about young Boy Scouts and their adventures in natur

Was a famous Czech author who wrote many novels about young Boy Scouts and their adventures in nature and dark city streets.While they may be considered ideological, his stories are not mere fables, but are based upon his long-term work with children on summer camps and in club-rooms.

Was a Czech composer, pianist and conductor, author of jazz, classical, incidental and film music.Je

Was a Czech composer, pianist and conductor, author of jazz, classical, incidental and film music.Ježek was born in the Prague quarter of Žižkov to the family of a tailor. He was almost blind from a young age. He studied composition at the Prague Conservatory as a pupil of Karel Jirák (1924 - 1927), at the master school of composition with Josef Suk (1927 - 1930), and shortly also with Alois Hába (1927 - 1928). Ježek met the playwrights/comedians Jan Werich and Jirí Voskovec (aka George Voskovec), leaders of the Osvobozené divadlo (Prague Liberated Theatre) in Prague, and took up the post of main composer and conductor for the theatre.

Was a Czech violinist, classical composer and teacher.An interpreter of violin compositions of Johan

Was a Czech violinist, classical composer and teacher.An interpreter of violin compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is especially noted for his compositions for the violin, which have been recorded most often by his student Josef Suk.

Is a Czech radio producer, conductor, inventor of musical instruments and composer of classical and

Is a Czech radio producer, conductor, inventor of musical instruments and composer of classical and folk music.Krcek was the musical director for Plzen Radio and the music editor for the recording company Supraphon.[2] He is the artistic leader and performer in the folklore group Chorea Bohemica (founded 1967), for which he has composed and adapted a number of songs and dances.[2] Musica Bohemica, a chamber ensemble specialising in Czech (Bohemian) Christmas songs,

Was a Czech composer, teacher, conductor and pianist.Kvapil was an excellent accompanist, noted for

Was a Czech composer, teacher, conductor and pianist.Kvapil was an excellent accompanist, noted for his skill in sight reading. As the choirmaster and conductor of the Brno Beseda (1919–47) he gave the Czech premières of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St Matthew Passion (1923), Arthur Honegger’s Judith (1933) and Karol Szymanowski’s Stabat mater (1937). He received the Award of Merit in 1955. He taught at the School of Organists and at the Brno Conservatory, and he was appointed professor of composition at the academy in 1947. His students included Hana Janku, Miloslav Ištvan, Ctirad Kohoutek and Jirí Matys. He died in Brno at the age of 65.

Was a Czech composer, conductor, harpist, and music teacher.He composed seven symphonies and one sin

Was a Czech composer, conductor, harpist, and music teacher.He composed seven symphonies and one sinfonietta, one string serenade, concertos for violin (1), piano (1), and cello (2), chamber music, pieces for piano, cantatas, and also prepared his own arrangements of folk songs. His work is composed rather in traditional style, first compostitions are influenced by romanticism, later he composed in traditional, neo-classical style. His oeuvre contains 47 numbered opuses, both in chamber and orchestral instrumentation. Rídký composed also violin, piano and two violoncello concertos. In 1954 he was awarded National Prize for his Piano Concerto Op. 46.

A Nobel prize winning Czech writer, poet and journalist.

A Nobel prize winning Czech writer, poet and journalist.

Is a Polish poet, essayist, dramatist and literary critic. He is a son of Hanna Baranowska (a physic

Is a Polish poet, essayist, dramatist and literary critic. He is a son of Hanna Baranowska (a physician) and Wladyslaw Rymkiewicz (a writer).As a poet, he is influenced by the traditions of classicism and the baroque. He has received multiple prizes for his novels, essays, and translations, including the Koscielski Prize (1967), S. Vincenz Prize (1985), and Polish PEN Club Prize. His volume of poetry Zachód slonca w Milanówku won the prestigious Nike Award in 2003.