Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Croatian writer.He wrote stories, plays and novels. In them he showed great ability to portray

Was a Croatian writer.He wrote stories, plays and novels. In them he showed great ability to portray Slavonian peasants and expressed his displeasure over the decay of Slavonian economy and foreigners taking over Croatian national wealth. His most well-known work is his novel, Mrtvi kapitali.

Was a Slovenian symbolist poet. Together with Ivan Cankar, Oton Župancic, and Dragotin Kette, he wa

Was a Slovenian symbolist poet. Together with Ivan Cankar, Oton Župancic, and Dragotin Kette, he was regarded as one of the beginners of modernism in Slovenian literature.[1]

Ften referred to simply as Josquin, was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He is also kno

Ften referred to simply as Josquin, was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He is also known as Josquin Desprez, a French rendering of Dutch "Josken Van De Velde", diminutive of "Joseph Van De Velde" ("of the fields"), and Latinized as Josquinus Pratensis, alternatively Jodocus Pratensis. He was the most famous European composer between Guillaume Dufay and Palestrina, and is usually considered to be the central figure of the Franco-Flemish School. Josquin is widely considered by music scholars to be the first master of the high Renaissance style of polyphonic vocal music that was emerging during his lifetime.

A Finnish theatrical director and controversialist. As a teacher and later headmaster in the Helsink

A Finnish theatrical director and controversialist. As a teacher and later headmaster in the Helsinki school of theatre, Jouko Turkka created a whole generation of Finnish actors, and a recognisable style of acting.The method was to progressively search for a mental borderline state by psychic and physical exertion, and the result was frequently an acting performance characterised by actors shaking uncontrollably and spewing spit and snot and other bodily fluids around them. Some likened the method to brainwashing, or to those of religious cults.

Is one of the best-known Serbian poets.He wrote in many of the genres of poetry, including love, lyr

Is one of the best-known Serbian poets.He wrote in many of the genres of poetry, including love, lyric, patriotic, political, youth's, and educational poetry. But he is best known for his children's poetry. His nursery rhymes have entered the Serbian nati

Was a Serbian composer from Donji Kraj near Cetinje, Montenegro. While young he showed exquisite tal

Was a Serbian composer from Donji Kraj near Cetinje, Montenegro. While young he showed exquisite talent for music, and is most famous for composing contemporary anthem of Montenegro Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori (To Our Beautiful Montenegro). He died while being

Is a Macedonian poet, essayist and literary critic.Works in National and University Library "St. Cle

Is a Macedonian poet, essayist and literary critic.Works in National and University Library "St. Clement of Ohrid" (Macedonian: "????? ??????? ????????") and he is an editor of literary magazine "Stremež".

Is an Indian poet. Goswami writes in Bangla and is widely considered as one of the most important Be

Is an Indian poet. Goswami writes in Bangla and is widely considered as one of the most important Bengali poets of his generation.Joy was born on November 10, 1954 in Kolkata. His family moved to Ranaghat, West Bengal shortly after and he has lived there

Was a South African author of autobiography and romantic adventure novels.She worked initially as a

Was a South African author of autobiography and romantic adventure novels.She worked initially as a free-lance journalist, in 1931 becoming a reporter for London's Daily Express. After this she spent time on radio in Hong Kong as well as a stint writing for British publications in the Balkans. World War II saw her as a broadcaster to South Africa for the BBC, then later working in the Ministry of Information in Egypt, as at Allied Headquarters in Italy. Her travelling was tied up with her marriage to a British admiral, Sir Herbert Packer. When her husband was knighted in the 1950 Honours list Mrs. Joy Packer automatically became known as "Lady Packer", a courtesy title.

Was born in Ciales, Puerto Rico and was a well known poet, journalist and pro-independence political

Was born in Ciales, Puerto Rico and was a well known poet, journalist and pro-independence political activist opposing United States rule in Puerto Rico.Corretjer joined the "Literary Society of Jose Gautier Benitez", which later would be renamed the "Nationalist Youth", while he was still in elementary school. When he was in 8th grade, he organized a student protest against the United States in his town. He was expelled from school and he was not permitted to attend any schools in the municipality of Ciales. Corretjer was forced to go to school in the town of Vega Baja.

Was an Argentine physician, journalist, politician, and writer. After finishing medical school he jo

Was an Argentine physician, journalist, politician, and writer. After finishing medical school he joined the Unión Cívica Radical, later participating in the foundation of the Socialist Party in 1896, of which he was chief director until his death. He married Alicia Moreau de Justo, with whom he had three children.Justo studied medicine at the Universidad de Buenos Aires while working as a journalist to earn a living. He graduated with honors in 1888, after what he travelled to Europe where he learnt about socialist ideas. Back in Argentina, he worked as a surgeon at the Hospital de Crónicos.

Was an Argentine painter, architect and sketcher, born in the city of Mar del Plata. He studied in t

Was an Argentine painter, architect and sketcher, born in the city of Mar del Plata. He studied in the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, and soon he became disciple of Lino Enea Spilimbergo and Ramón Gómez Cornet.

An Argentinian composer, pianist and conductor, born in Córdoba (Argentina) on October 2nd, 1966.Ju

An Argentinian composer, pianist and conductor, born in Córdoba (Argentina) on October 2nd, 1966.Juan Carlos Tolosa began his musical studies in 1972 at Instituto Domingo Zípoli in Córdoba, where he got the degree as choir master. After dropping Law, he entered Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina) to pursue a career as a composer from 1986 to 1989. In 1989 he left for Europe and settled in Brussels. He studied at Brussels Conservatory, where he got composition prizes in the classes of Paul-Baudouin Michel and Daniel Capelletti, for orchestration, forms, harmony and musical theory. At the same time, between 1990 and 1998, he regularly attended the Ars musica contemporary music festival composition seminars and workshops,

Was a black Cuban band leader, composer and clarinetist. He founded the small orchestra Flor de Cuba

Was a black Cuban band leader, composer and clarinetist. He founded the small orchestra Flor de Cuba, which played at dances and in theatres in the middle 19th century in Havana.In Havana, Alfonso played clarinet in Feliciano Ramos's band La Unión in 1856, and directed Las Almendares in 1859. It is not known precisely when he formed La Flor de Cuba, but it must have been in the 1860s. It became one of the most popular bands in the middle to late 19th century. They played contradanzas, and other dances of the time. The orchestra was a típica in format, based mainly on wind instruments.

Was a Guatemalan writer.

Was a Guatemalan writer.

Was a noted Puerto Rican composer and music teacher.Acosta, who came from a numerous family, was bor

Was a noted Puerto Rican composer and music teacher.Acosta, who came from a numerous family, was born and educated in the town of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico located on the western part of Puerto Rico. His parents, realizedg that their son was gifted with musical talent, enrolled him at a young age to take music classes. He was under the tutorship of Jesus Fiqueroa (1878-1971), an accomplished composer himself, who taught him how to play various musical instruments, among them the clarinet and the euphonium. By 1900, when Acosta was only 10 years old, he was able to prepare the musical arrangements for the orchestras directed by Fiqueroa. In 1906, when he was 16 years old, Acosta was approached by the director of the San Sebastian Municipal Band, Angel Mislan (1862-1911) who took him under his wing. Mislan taught Acosta the art of musical composition and harmony. Every town had a Band which played in the town's square. The position of Band director was considered a very important one and when Mislan left San Sebastian, he recommended that Acosta be his successor.

Was an Argentinian writer. At various times, he was also a swimmer and a boxing referee. He spoke se

Was an Argentinian writer. At various times, he was also a swimmer and a boxing referee. He spoke seven languages. Most of his life was spent in Rio Cuarto, south of Córdoba, where he served as a judge.He wrote 55 novels, all of which were given titles with seven letters: "Caterva," "¡Estafen!," "Aquende," "La Purga," "Metopas," "Periplo," "Sexamor," "Tal Cual" and "Zodíaco" are among the best known. He also composed over 6,000 palindromes and coined words which have passed into general usage.

Is a writer, translator and editor. He has written four novels (Corazones cautivos más arriba, 1987

Is a writer, translator and editor. He has written four novels (Corazones cautivos más arriba, 1987, Frivolidad, 1995, Puras mentiras, and "María Domecq", 2007), a compilation of short stories (Nadar de noche, 1989) and essays (La tierra elegida, 2005).

A Argentinian investigative journalist and author.[1]

A Argentinian investigative journalist and author.[1]

Is an Argentine poet. He has published more than twenty books of poetry since 1956.His works celebra

Is an Argentine poet. He has published more than twenty books of poetry since 1956.His works celebrate life but are also tempered with social and political commentary and reflect his own painful experiences with the politics of his country.

Was a Cuban physician and pathologist specializing in yellow fever.Guiteras studied medicine at the

Was a Cuban physician and pathologist specializing in yellow fever.Guiteras studied medicine at the University of Havana, and moved to the United States in 1873 to attend the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated that some year. He worked at Philadelphia Hospital until 1879, when he went into the U.S. Navy as a physician and began to research yellow fever, working with Stanfard Chaille and George Miller Sternberg in the Havana Yellow Fever Commission.

Was a Chilean poet and diplomat.

Was a Chilean poet and diplomat.

Was an Argentinian composer and conductor.Returning to Buenos Aires in 1925, he was named conductor

Was an Argentinian composer and conductor.Returning to Buenos Aires in 1925, he was named conductor of the Renacimiento Chamber Orchestra in 1928 and the Teatro Colón in 1930. From 1939 to 1943 he was a professor at the Buenos Aires Conservatory.

Was one of the most important Argentine novelists of the last fifty years.Born to Syrian immigrants

Was one of the most important Argentine novelists of the last fifty years.Born to Syrian immigrants in Serodino, a small town in the Santa Fe Province, he studied law and philosophy at the National University of the Littoral, where he taught History of Cinematography. Thanks to a scholarship, he moved to Paris in 1968, where he remained until his death from lung cancer in Paris at the age of 67.

Was an Argentine poet, born in the town of Puerto Ruiz, Entre Ríos Province. He died in Paraná, ca

Was an Argentine poet, born in the town of Puerto Ruiz, Entre Ríos Province. He died in Paraná, capital of the same province, at the age of 82.