Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a South African writer and scholar. In the mid-1990s he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and stud

Is a South African writer and scholar. In the mid-1990s he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and studied at Oxford University's Balliol college, from which he graduated with a doctorate in political theory. He returned to South Africa in 1998 and worked for the national daily newspaper Business Day, writing on the Constitutional Court and the police. He left Business Day to write the book Midlands, which explores racial conflict in the post-apartheid countryside through an account of an unsolved murder.

Was a Finnish composer. He was one of the most internationally famous Finnish composers of the 20th

Was a Finnish composer. He was one of the most internationally famous Finnish composers of the 20th century after Sibelius; his opera The Last Temptations has received over 500 performances worldwide, and is considered by many to be Finland's most distinguished national opera.Even though he studied at the Sibelius Academy, he was mainly self-learned in composition. Usually his compositions are divided into three style periods: a neo-classical early style from 1948 to 1958, a relatively short middle period twelve-tone style from 1959 to 1966, and a late "neo-Romantic" style of free tonality which also used aspects of his earlier style periods, which began in 1967 and lasted for the rest of his life.

Was a Dutch writer and playwright.

Was a Dutch writer and playwright.

A contemporary Australian poet and academic.Jordie Albiston, grew up in Melbourne, studied flute at

A contemporary Australian poet and academic.Jordie Albiston, grew up in Melbourne, studied flute at Victoria College of the Arts before turning to writing. Her first collection of poems, Nervous Arcs, won the Mary Gilmore Award. Her next works were in the form of 'documentary' collections, the first about the first European women in the Botany Bay settlement, and the second collection about Jean Lee, the last woman executed in Australia.

Was a Brazilian writer of the Modernist school. He was the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, h

Was a Brazilian writer of the Modernist school. He was the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, his work having been translated into some 30 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and her Two Husbands (Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos) in 1978. His work dealt largely with the poor urban black and mulatto communities of Bahia.

Was a Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader. He started in music at eight with his father. At ten h

Was a Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader. He started in music at eight with his father. At ten he was able to substitute in a trio. In 1892, he went to Mexico as musical director of the bufo company of Nachos Lopez, visiting various Mexican states, and also touring California.

Is an Argentine writer and politician born 3 March 1946 in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires province.Asís w

Is an Argentine writer and politician born 3 March 1946 in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires province.Asís was born in Avellaneda, a working/middle-class suburb of Buenos Aires to a family of Syrian immigrants. From his youth he was drawn to literature and political activism.Among his first major books is "Los reventados" ("The down-and-out"), a novella about sundry characters seeking to make easy money in the context of Juan Perón's return to Argentina in 1973. Some of whom eventually become passive observers of the 20 June 1973 Ezeiza massacre, which is narrated from their point of view.

Jorge Ben obtained his first pandeiro (Brazil's most popular type of tambourine) when he was thirtee

Jorge Ben obtained his first pandeiro (Brazil's most popular type of tambourine) when he was thirteen, and two years later, was singing in a church choir. He also took part as a pandeiro player in the blocos of Carnival, and from eighteen years of age, he began performing at parties and nightclubs with the guitar his mother gave him.

Is a gestalt psychotherapist, psychodramatist, and writer from Argentina. His books have sold more t

Is a gestalt psychotherapist, psychodramatist, and writer from Argentina. His books have sold more than 2 million copies around the world, and have been translated into more than seventeen languages.He was born in the Floresta neighborhood of Buenos Aires in 1949 to a modest family. He started working at the age of thirteen. In the course of his life, he has worked as a traveling salesman selling socks, books and sports clothing, as well as an insurance agent, taxi driver, clown, warehouseman, educator, actor, doctor on duty, host of children's parties, psychiatrist, group coordinator, radio collaborator, and television host.

Is a radio and television personality born in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico.At the age of 16 Seijo started

Is a radio and television personality born in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico.At the age of 16 Seijo started his radio career in nearby Manatí, Puerto Rico at local station WMNT-AM (1500 kHz). He studied a degree in Economics at the University of Puerto Rico at Ri

Was a Peruvian artist and writer. As an artist he is known for his quipus, a reinterpretation of an

Was a Peruvian artist and writer. As an artist he is known for his quipus, a reinterpretation of an ancient Andean device, they are considered precursors of conceptual art.

Is an Argentinian writer and poet born in Buenos Aires in 1956. His published poetry books are Elegías (1983), Imperio de la Luna (1987), Standards (1993) and Los últimos tres años (2006). He also published La Buenos Aires ajena (2000), a history of the city told by foreigners that visited it since 1536 to 2000; Versiones de la Patagonia (2003), a history of that part of Argentina, told by confronting different versions of the same facts, and Licantropía. Historias de hombres lobos de Occidente, a history of werewolfism in the Western world through the ages until the present. He also translated many books of contemporary French poetry –Henri Deluy and Yves Di Manno, among others–, Poesía francesa contemporánea. 1940-1997, an anthology on that matter and together, with Gerardo Gambolini, Poesía irlandesa contemporánea, the first bilingual anthology of contemporary Irish poetry published in a Spanish speaking country.

Was a Colombian novelist, poet, essayist and journalist.García worked for several Colombian journal

Was a Colombian novelist, poet, essayist and journalist.García worked for several Colombian journals and was president of the Circle of Journalists in Cartagena (Spanish: Círculo de Periodistas de Cartagena and of the Cultural Foundation Héctor Rojas Herazo. In 1984 he was awarded with the national León de Greiff poetry award.[3] Due to a cerebral disease he died in the hospital of Bocagrande.[4]

Is an Argentine journalist and writer.He is the current director of the daily Argentine newspaper Cr

Is an Argentine journalist and writer.He is the current director of the daily Argentine newspaper Crítica de la Argentina, which he co-founded on March 2, 2008.He started his career at 14 writing short news for Radio Nacional. Since 1977 he was a collaborator of several written media: Siete Días magazine, Clarín Revista. In 1983 he entered the news program of Radio Belgrano and made investigation reports for Sin Anestesia show, while collaborating with Humor, El Periodista and El Porteño magazines.

Is a Chilean writer, playwright, screenwriter, novelist and journalist.His first job as a journalist

Is a Chilean writer, playwright, screenwriter, novelist and journalist.His first job as a journalist was for Revista Paula, a magazine dedicated to the women's world. Simultaneously he wrote literary reviews for the evening newspaper La Segunda, but his vocation as a journalist did not consolidate and in the eighties Televisión Nacional de Chile, a TV channel from Santiago, hired him as a screenwriter.

He is the creator of the Moviment of Kaos.

He is the creator of the Moviment of Kaos.

A classical guitarist and composer from Argentina. He is now living and working in New York City.Mor

A classical guitarist and composer from Argentina. He is now living and working in New York City.Morel's musical career began in his native country of Argentina and his father taught him the rudiments of classical guitar at age seven. He went on to study advanced guitar at the internationally recognized Academy of Professor Pablo Escobar in Buenos Aires and after graduating joined Mr Escobar in radio and concert performances.Morel left Argentina to perform in Ecuador, Colombia and Cuba, where he recorded his first solo LP and was featured in a weekly TV show. Vladimir Bobri, then President of the Classical Guitar Society in New York, lent his recognition and support to Morel after hearing him perform in Puerto Rico. This led to concert engagements in California and Hawaii and Morel's eventual debut at Carnegie Hall in 1961. At this time, he recorded his second LP for Decca Records and subsequently recorded three more albums. Morel appeared at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall in London, National Hall in Dublin and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Over the years he performed in many countries including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, France, Holland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Singapore, Germany and more.

Is a Cuban-American poet living in Chicago.Sánchez was born in Miami, Florida and attended St. Ther

Is a Cuban-American poet living in Chicago.Sánchez was born in Miami, Florida and attended St. Theresa School and Belen Jesuit. He graduated from Loyola University Chicago in 2000 with a BA in English and Philosophy and from the University of Michigan with a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. He currently teaches at Hebrew Theological College. He lives in Chicago, Illinois with his wife, Elizabeth Wetmore, and their son.

Argentinean politician and journalist. Who was the 4th mayor of Buenos Aires, from 2006 to 2007. Pre

Argentinean politician and journalist. Who was the 4th mayor of Buenos Aires, from 2006 to 2007. Previously he was Vice Mayor, Secretary of Culture and Ambassador.He attended Biochemistry for three years at the Universidad de Buenos Aires until moving to France in 1977. There, he attended Philosophy courses at Aix-en-Provence, Université de Provence. In 1979 he returned to Buenos Aires, and attended Journalism at the Centro de Estudios Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Studies Centre). Here, he met the semiologist Oscar Steimberg, one of his teachers and tutor , with whom he specialized his studies in Semiology.

Was a Chilean composer, educator and writer, born in 1905. He has composed ballet music, symphonic p

Was a Chilean composer, educator and writer, born in 1905. He has composed ballet music, symphonic poems, and works for piano and for voice. He is regarded as a Chilean nationalist in his music, but nevertheless the influence of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel can be detected in his orchestration and harmony. He co-authored, with S. Claro, Historia de la musica en Chile (History of Music in Chile), published in 1971.

Is a well-known Cuban activist and poet. He was born in Cuba and was arrested as a political activis

Is a well-known Cuban activist and poet. He was born in Cuba and was arrested as a political activist by Fidel Castro in 1964. He spent more than 20 years behind bars in many Cuban prisons and was released in 1984. After his release from prison, he moved to Miami, Florida where in 1986, he wrote a book Twenty Years and Forty Days: Life in a Cuban Prison, in which he speaks about his experiences behind bars. He also published a couple of poem books in Spanish including Donde estoy no hay luz y está enrejado. He is currently the international secretary of the Democratic Social-Revolutionary Party of Cuba.

Is one of the most widely known Finnish computer game musicians of the 1980s, making music for Commo

Is one of the most widely known Finnish computer game musicians of the 1980s, making music for Commodore 64. Some of his most widely known pieces of music are Omega Man and 5th Dream About Happiness, latter of which was first published in Pure-Byte demo Scroll Machine and later used in the high-score list music of the game BMX Kidz (the main game music was composed by Rob Hubbard). The Omega Man song was used in the game with same name. Olkkonen also made the music for Jukka Tapanimäki's game Netherworld and Pasi Hytönen's game Uuno Turhapuro.

Is a Dutch non-fiction author, news correspondent and talk show host.Joris Luyendijk studied in Kans

Is a Dutch non-fiction author, news correspondent and talk show host.Joris Luyendijk studied in Kansas, Amsterdam, and Cairo. He earned his Master's degree equivalent "doctoraal" degree in Cairo. His first book Een goede man slaat soms zijn vrouw (1998, A good man sometimes hits his wife) is about the Egyptian society from a Western observer's point of view.

Is a German author. Remus comes from a bukovinish-Moselle Franconian family. He studied biology, Ger

Is a German author. Remus comes from a bukovinish-Moselle Franconian family. He studied biology, German and philosophy in Trier and Berlin. After traveling abroad and then working on a medical journal, he trained in Berlin, Rome and London where he worked

Is a writer, Cuban native, journalist and professor of Native American Studies at Cornell University

Is a writer, Cuban native, journalist and professor of Native American Studies at Cornell University. Barreiro was an early editor and contributor at Akwesasne Notes (1976-1984), during the years of Seneca luminary, John Mohawk. Barreiro was founding editor of Native Americas (1995-2002) and Senior editor of Indian Country Today.