Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during t

Was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the battle of Ypres. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem In Flanders Fields.

Is an African American author, journalist and academic.

Is an African American author, journalist and academic.

Was an American poet, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the s

Was an American poet, born in McAlester, Oklahoma. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and often considered one of the founders of the Confessional school of poetry. He was the author of The Dream Songs, which are playful, witty, and morbid. Berryman committed suicide in 1972.

Is a Fortean author and professional journalist currently residing in New York City, New York, USA.J

Is a Fortean author and professional journalist currently residing in New York City, New York, USA.John Keel's first published story was in a magician's magazine at the age of 12. He later moved to Greenwich Village and wrote for various magazines. [1] His first published book was Jadoo in 1957 that was serialised in a men's adventure magazine. The book is his account of his travels to India to investigate the alleged activities of fakirs and holy men who perform the Indian rope trick and who survive being buried alive.

Was a Czech teacher, scientist, educator, and writer. He was a Unity of the Brethren/Moravian Protes

Was a Czech teacher, scientist, educator, and writer. He was a Unity of the Brethren/Moravian Protestant bishop, a religious refugee, and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book Didactica Magna. Comenius became known as the teacher of nations. He is often considered the father of modern education.

Was an American poet, translator, and etymologist.John Ciardi was primarily a poet, but he also tran

Was an American poet, translator, and etymologist.John Ciardi was primarily a poet, but he also translated Dante's Divine Comedy, wrote several volumes of children's poetry, pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-tim

Was a French poet and writer most famous for his novel Enemy Force, which won the first Prix Goncour

Was a French poet and writer most famous for his novel Enemy Force, which won the first Prix Goncourt during 1903. He returned to France during 1883 and married during 1885. For the honeymoon they went to Martinique, planning to stay, but family obligations forced them to return to France. He would never return to Martinique. During 1886 he lived in San Raphaél; 1887 in Piriac; then elsewhere. Onto Carteret in La Manche where he wrote his first book of poetry. During 1897 he published it, Au seuil de l’espoir (On the Threshold of Hope),

Was a freelance author, whose main subjects were sport and wine, a poet, and a radio producer and br

Was a freelance author, whose main subjects were sport and wine, a poet, and a radio producer and broadcaster, best known for his cricket commentary as a member of the BBC Radio 3 Test Match Special team.

Was a journalist and author.Leaving with a first mate's certificate, Barry came to Australia in the

Was a journalist and author.Leaving with a first mate's certificate, Barry came to Australia in the 1870s, and after working in Queensland at the gold diggings, spent some years as a drover, boundary rider and station manager. He returned to shipboard life around 1877 along the east coast of Australia for about two years. Then he returned to the landas an overseer and station manager. He began writing for the press and contributed stories to the Australasian, Sydney Mail, The Queenslander, the Town and Country Journal, the Pall Mall Gazette, and others. In 1893 he spent a holiday in England and published a collection of his stories, Steve Brown's Bunyip and other Stories. He had become acquainted with Rudyard Kipling who wrote an introductory poem for the volume.

Is an American poet. He has won nearly every major American award for poetry and is recognized as on

Is an American poet. He has won nearly every major American award for poetry and is recognized as one of America's most important, though still controversial, poets. In an article on Elizabeth Bishop in his Selected Prose, he characterizes himself as havi

Is an acclaimed Irish novelist and journalist. His novel, The Book of Evidence (1989), was shortlist

Is an acclaimed Irish novelist and journalist. His novel, The Book of Evidence (1989), was shortlisted for the Booker Prize,

Was a Scottish poet and the first major literary voice to write in Scots, the vernacular language of

Was a Scottish poet and the first major literary voice to write in Scots, the vernacular language of Lowland Scotland. He holds a place in the nation's literary tradition similar to the position that Chaucer, roughly his contemporary, independently occupi

McInerney studied writing with Raymond Carver and once worked as a fact-checker at The New Yorker. M

McInerney studied writing with Raymond Carver and once worked as a fact-checker at The New Yorker. McInerney achieved fame with his first published novel Bright Lights, Big City. Published in 1984, the novel was unique at the time for its depiction of cocaine culture in second-person narrative. The title is taken from a 1961 blues song by Jimmy Reed. The novel established McInerney’s reputation as part of a new generation of writers.

Was an Australian journalist and novelist, editor of Melbourne Punch.Dalley was born in Rose Bay, Sy

Was an Australian journalist and novelist, editor of Melbourne Punch.Dalley was born in Rose Bay, Sydney, the second son of William Bede Dalley (1831-1888) and Eleanor Jane, née Long[1]. He was born at Sydney and was educated at St Aloysius' College. Following his fathers death in 1888, John and his brothers wer sent to England by their Uncle and guardian William Alexander Long, where they attended St Augustine's Abbey school at Ramsgate, and Beaumont College. On 1 November 1895, Dalley matriculated from University College, Oxford.[1]

An American drummer, guitarist, songwriter, DJ, remixer and music producer of Puerto Rican descent.

An American drummer, guitarist, songwriter, DJ, remixer and music producer of Puerto Rican descent. Benitez has produced and remixed for artists such as Madonna, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, and the Pointer Sisters.Benitez's mother moved from Puerto Rico in the early 1950s to the South Bronx section of New York. She raised three children as a single mother, Benitez being the second child. Born in New York City, he grew up enjoying listening to music, usually playing his sister's record collection. His sister, Debbie, nicknamed him Jellybean as his initials are J.B. and from the saying "Do you know what I mean, Jellybean?"[1][2] Benitez attended De Witt Clinton and John F. Kennedy High Schools but dropped out before graduating.

Was an Australian poet and schoolmaster.O'Hara was born at Bendigo, Victoria. His father, Patrick Kn

Was an Australian poet and schoolmaster.O'Hara was born at Bendigo, Victoria. His father, Patrick Knight O'Hara, a primary school teacher in the education department, Victoria, also published two volumes of verse. O'Hara was educated at Carlton College and Ormond College, University of Melbourne, where he had a distinguished career. After winning various exhibitions he graduated with first-class honours in mathematics and physics in 1885. He was appointed lecturer in mathematics and natural philosophy at Ormond College in 1886, and in 1889 resigned to become headmaster of South Melbourne College. In his hands it became the leading private school in Victoria, and its pupils more than held their own in competition with those from the public schools. During a period of eight years, of 28 first-class honours gained by all the schools of Victoria in physics and chemistry, 14 were obtained by pupils from South Melbourne College. O'Hara was an inspiring teacher, and many of his pupils have since held distinguished positions in the universities of Australia.

An Australian author. Birmingham was born in Liverpool, England and migrated to Australia with his p

An Australian author. Birmingham was born in Liverpool, England and migrated to Australia with his parents in 1970.John Birmingham grew up in Ipswich, Queensland and was educated at St Edmunds Christian Brother's College in Ipswich and the University of Queensland in Brisbane. His only stint of full time employment was as a researcher at the Defence Department. After this he returned to Queensland to study law but he did not complete his legal studies, choosing instead to pursue a career as a writer. He currently lives in Brisbane.

Was an Australian poet.Born in Unley, South Australia on 30 July 1913, Blight was educated at Brisba

Was an Australian poet.Born in Unley, South Australia on 30 July 1913, Blight was educated at Brisbane State High School.[1] During the Great Depression in Australia he tramped the Queensland coast looking for work.[2] In 1939 he became an accountant in Bundaberg, Queensland, and after World War II a part-owner of timber mills in the Gympie, Queensland region. He took up full-time writing in 1973.

Was an English poet.Two songs by him are included in Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler, and in 1683 app

Was an English poet.Two songs by him are included in Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler, and in 1683 appeared Thealma and Clearchus. A Pastoral History in smooth and easie Verse. Written long since by John Chalkhill, Esq., an Acquaintant and Friend of Edmund

Was a well-known and controversial American novelist and university professor, best known for his no

Was a well-known and controversial American novelist and university professor, best known for his novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth.Gardner's most popular novels are: The Sunlight Dialogues, about a brooding, disenchanted policeman who is asked to engage a madman fluent in classical mythology; Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf legend from the monster's point of view; and October Light, about an aging and embittered brother and sister living and feuding together in rural Vermont. This last novel won the National Book Critics' Circle Award in 1976. Each book features brutish, isolated figures struggling for integrity and understanding in an unforgiving society.

Was an English poet, in his time commonly known as "the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet", born the son

Was an English poet, in his time commonly known as "the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet", born the son of a farm labourer at Helpston (which, at the time of his birth, was in the Soke of Peterborough, which itself was part of Northamptonshire) near Peterbor

Is an English foreign correspondent. He is world affairs editor of BBC News, the world's biggest bro

Is an English foreign correspondent. He is world affairs editor of BBC News, the world's biggest broadcast news service. [1] One of the most travelled reporters ever, he has spent all his working life at the corporation. He has reported from more than 120

Is an American composer with strong roots in minimalism. He is best known for his opera Nixon in Chi

Is an American composer with strong roots in minimalism. He is best known for his opera Nixon in China (1985

Was an American folk, country and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddl

Was an American folk, country and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore. Hartford performed with a variety of ensembles throughout his career, and is perhaps best known for his solo performances where he would interchange the guitar, banjo, and fiddle from song to song.

Was an American poet, essayist, social and political theorist, man of letters, and academic.Ransom w

Was an American poet, essayist, social and political theorist, man of letters, and academic.Ransom was home schooled until age 10, and entered Vanderbilt University at 15, graduating first in his class in 1909. He interrupted his studies for two years, to