Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is an English journalist, author and television presenter. He has worked for the BBC since 1977. Bes

Is an English journalist, author and television presenter. He has worked for the BBC since 1977. Best known for his abrasive and forthright style of interviewing on the BBC's Newsnight programme, he has been praised as tough and incisive and criticised as

Is a Welsh journalist and television presenter.He joined the BBC in 1984 and has been a war correspo

Is a Welsh journalist and television presenter.He joined the BBC in 1984 and has been a war correspondent for much of his career, reporting from more than 70 different countries, predominantly in the Middle East and in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the civil

An English actress from Redditch, Worcestershire, best known for playing Zod Carpenter in British so

An English actress from Redditch, Worcestershire, best known for playing Zod Carpenter in British soap Hollyoaks.Zod trained at the Starlight School of Dance in Winyates, Redditch. Previous to landing her role in Hollyoaks, she worked as a dancer and singer. The part of Zod Carpenter is her debut professional role.

Is an English author, journalist and newsreader for the BBC.Jeremy is the elder brother of comedian

Is an English author, journalist and newsreader for the BBC.Jeremy is the elder brother of comedian Tim Vine and actress/painter Sonya Vine. He was born 17 May 1965 in Epsom, Surrey, to Guy Vine and Diana Tillett[1]. Jeremy was educated at Epsom College a

Is a Jamaican poet, musician and manager.After returning from prison in 1928, Jeremyah continued his

Is a Jamaican poet, musician and manager.After returning from prison in 1928, Jeremyah continued his musical education by playing in small bands for parties. For several years, he lived thanks to small gigs and charity until he met Count Owen, a young men

Croatian poet of the Late Baroque.Kavanjin rose to prominence at the same time as Ignjat Ðurdevic:

Croatian poet of the Late Baroque.Kavanjin rose to prominence at the same time as Ignjat Ðurdevic: at the beginning of the XVIII century. In his summer mansion on Sutivan, on the island of Brac, where he retired after military and legislative career, he unleashed his poetical genius to write the most voluminous poetical work in the whole Croatian literature (approx. 32 500 verses): Poviest vandelska bogatoga a nesretna Epuluna i ubogoga a cestita Lazara, usually referred to by the later editors, according to the subtitle in the original, as Bogatstvo i uboštvo.

Was a 20th-century author of children's literature. He was also an accomplished feature writer for m

Was a 20th-century author of children's literature. He was also an accomplished feature writer for magazines.Arguably, Beatty's most popular works are the Matthew and Maria Looney books, a science fiction series for children. Matthew and Maria Looney are a brother and sister who live on the Moon, part of an alien civilization of people who, as it turns out, are a lot like us Earthlings. The series was first published in the early 1960s, at the dawn of the Space Age, and is clearly influenced by that era.

Is an American author, best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, as well as for his recl

Is an American author, best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, as well as for his reclusive nature. He has not published a new work since 1965.

Was an American film score composer from Los Angeles, California. Goldsmith was nominated for eighte

Was an American film score composer from Los Angeles, California. Goldsmith was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards (winning one, for The Omen), and also won four Emmy Awards. He worked in a wide variety of film and television genres, but is most prominently associated with action, suspense, and sci-fi/horror films.

Was an American film score composer from Los Angeles, California. Goldsmith was nominated for eighte

Was an American film score composer from Los Angeles, California. Goldsmith was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards (winning one, for The Omen), and also won four Emmy Awards. He worked in a wide variety of film and television genres, but is most promin

Is an African American abstract sculptor, collagist and writer. Harris is primarily a constructivist

Is an African American abstract sculptor, collagist and writer. Harris is primarily a constructivist sculptor, working in media such as wood, stone, bronze, fiberglass, clay, metal, mixed media (found objects), and collage.

Is an American songwriter, musician and producer. He was the keyboardist and guitarist for the influ

Is an American songwriter, musician and producer. He was the keyboardist and guitarist for the influential New Wave group, Talking Heads. He was also an original member of The Modern Lovers.

Is a noted children's author, specializing on novels written for and about early adolescence. Among

Is a noted children's author, specializing on novels written for and about early adolescence. Among his books are Milkweed, Space Station Seventh Grade, Maniac Magee (winner of the 1991 Newbery Medal), Wringer (1998 Newbery Honor book), and Stargirl.

Was a prolific Polish author. Having joined the communist party in 1950, he left the party after 195

Was a prolific Polish author. Having joined the communist party in 1950, he left the party after 1956 events[1]. In 1976 he was one of the founding members of the intellectual opposition group KOR (Workers' Defence Committee). Later, Andrzejewski was a strong supporter of Poland's anti-Communist Solidarity movement. On 23 September 2006, he was posthumously given the rank of Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He is "Alpha" in Czeslaw Milosz's book The Captive Mind.

Was a Polish writer, journalist and scriptwriter. Author of many radio auditions, among them most fa

Was a Polish writer, journalist and scriptwriter. Author of many radio auditions, among them most famous is the radio drama Matysiakowie. He wrote many books about Kresy, particularly about the city of Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine).

Is one of the most important contemporary Polish writers and journalists. Critics have compared Pilc

Is one of the most important contemporary Polish writers and journalists. Critics have compared Pilch's style to Witold Gombrowicz, Milan Kundera, or Bohumil Hrabal.In 1989 Pilch began to contribute highly popular satirical essays for the Kraków-based liberal Catholic weekly Tygodnik Powszechny, which established him as a public intellectual. Pilch's best essays from his column in Tygodnik Powszechny appeared in three collections entitled Rozpacz z powodu utraty furmanki ("Despair caused by the loss of a wagon", 1994), Tezy o glupocie, piciu i umieraniu ("Theses on stupidity, drinking and dying", 1995), and Bezpowrotnie utracona leworecznosc ("The irreversible loss of left-handedness", 1998).

Is a Polish writer, publicist and historian of the literature and culture of Pomerania and especiall

Is a Polish writer, publicist and historian of the literature and culture of Pomerania and especially of the Kashubian literature. He is also an activist in the Kashubian-Pomeranian Association (chairman of Gdansk Branch 1986-1989, 1995-).He studied Polish philology in the University of Gdansk graduating in 1975, received a doctorate in 1982, doctor habilitowany title in 1992 and the title of professor in 1995. Since 1975 he has worked in Gdansk University in the department of the History of Literature and Culture of 19th and 20th century Pomerania. He is also a member of the Gdansk Scientific Society (Gdanskie Towarzystwo Naukowe), the Folklore Commission of the Polish Literature Commission of the Polish Academy of Science (Polska Akademia Nauk), the Kashubian Institute (Instytut Kaszubski), and Polish Writers Associations (Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich).

Is a Polish screenwriter and film director. He has wrote for 29 films since 1957. He wrote a segment

Is a Polish screenwriter and film director. He has wrote for 29 films since 1957. He wrote a segment of the film Love at Twenty, which was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]He grew up in Zoliborz district of Warsaw. When World War II broke out, Stawinski fought in the Polish Army. In 1940 he joined the partisans and later fought in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. He was eventually incarcerated in Oflag VII-A Murnau. After liberation Stawinski volunteered to the Polish Army in the West and served in Italy in II Corps of Gen. Wladyslaw Anders. He returned to Poland in 1947.

Was a leading Polish Catholic journalist and editor for much of the post-Second World War period.He

Was a leading Polish Catholic journalist and editor for much of the post-Second World War period.He edited the Catholic weekly Tygodnik Powszechny from 1945 until his death in 1999, with only a three-year interruption beginning in 1953.

Is a Polish journalist, commentator, writer and politician, editor-in-chief of the weekly Nie and ow

Is a Polish journalist, commentator, writer and politician, editor-in-chief of the weekly Nie and owner of the company which owns it, Urma.Jerzy Urban reportedly attended 17 different primary and high schools. He completed his senior high school exams as an external student. He studied in two faculties of the University of Warsaw and was expelled from both. He started his journalistic career with the journal Nowa Wies.

Was a Polish writer, publicist, literary critic and music activist. Author of over 20 books, mostly

Was a Polish writer, publicist, literary critic and music activist. Author of over 20 books, mostly on the subject of classical music. Honorary citizen of Slupsk and Warsaw.Jerzy Waldorff-Preyss h. NaBr (born May 4 1910 in Warsaw, died. December 29 1999 in Warsaw) - Polish writer, journalist, music critic and social activist, a 20-year period between the loosely associated with the camp "mlodokonserwatystów.

Was a Polish literary figure, philosopher, translator, alpinist and nationalist whose best-known wor

Was a Polish literary figure, philosopher, translator, alpinist and nationalist whose best-known work is the science fiction epic Trylogia Ksiezycowa (The Lunar Trilogy) written between 1901 and 1911.The earliest publication bearing Jerzy Zulawski's name was also written in Berne. Dispatched to a Kraków publishing concern, the slim collection entitled Na strunach duszy (On the Strings of the Soul) was offered to the public in 1895. While a volume of Polish-language poetry in German-speaking Berne did not make much of an impact, the young author did receive moderate praise from the few Polish press organs that reviewed it. A decade later, at the height of Zulawski's brief fame, it came to be viewed as an experimental work, not truly representative of his real ability.

Was a Danish author, journalist and translator. He was son of Carl Ewald and halfbrother to Poul Hen

Was a Danish author, journalist and translator. He was son of Carl Ewald and halfbrother to Poul Henningsen.[1]Beside the books he has written, Jesper Ewald also wrote lots of childrensbooks under different pseudonyms. He also did translations by authors:

Is a Danish family therapist and author and a renowned international authority on the family. In his

Is a Danish family therapist and author and a renowned international authority on the family. In his book Your Competent Child (1995, in English 2001) he argues that today's families are at an exciting crossroads because the destructive values — obedience, physical and emotional violence, and conformity — that governed traditional hierarchical families are being transformed. The book has so far (2007) been translated into 13 languages and has in some countries like Sweden, Denmark and Norway become a classic for non authoritarian parenting.

Is an American author of books and stories for children and young adults. He has written fourteen bo

Is an American author of books and stories for children and young adults. He has written fourteen books and many short stories for and about Black children and teens in a variety of genres, ranging from innercity settings to the forests of Haiti.