Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Italian writer, was born in Florence, Italy and is best known for his series of fictionalized biogr

Italian writer, was born in Florence, Italy and is best known for his series of fictionalized biographies of Italian leaders in art and science, and for a volume of work that immortalizes traditions, values and ways of life of Tuscany and Florence. Ugoli

Was an Austrian conductor, composer, violinist, and pedagogue. He was the founding conductor of the

Was an Austrian conductor, composer, violinist, and pedagogue. He was the founding conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1922.Kunits was born Ludwig Paul Maria in Vienna, Austria, where he studied with Jakob Grün, Otakar Ševcík, Anton Bruckner, a

Was a Guatemalan writer, essayist, poet, art critic, and diplomat born in La Antigua Guatemala but w

Was a Guatemalan writer, essayist, poet, art critic, and diplomat born in La Antigua Guatemala but who spent a good part of his life living in exile in Mexico.Cardoza attended primary school in La Antigua Guatemala and at the Colegio Centroamericano in Guatemala City. His received a secondary education in the city's Instituto Nacional Central para Varones. In the 1920s, Cardoza moved to Paris, France where he became friends with André Breton.

Was a Spanish poet and literary critic.The son of a military man, Cernuda received a strict educatio

Was a Spanish poet and literary critic.The son of a military man, Cernuda received a strict education as a child, and then studied law at the University of Seville, where he met the poet and literature professor Pedro Salinas. In 1928, after his mother died, Cernuda left his hometown, with which he had all his life an intense love-hate relationship. He briefly moved to Madrid, where he quickly became part of the literary scene. However, his detached, timid and morose character, his search of perfection frequently made him lose friendships and popularity.

Was a Cuban journalist, professor and historian. He was a professor to Bill Clinton and a classmate

Was a Cuban journalist, professor and historian. He was a professor to Bill Clinton and a classmate of Fidel Castro.When he returned from Spain, he taught for a time at the Universidad de Oriente - Santiago de Cuba, but then went to Havana to practice law. He was also a political writer for the newspaper Prensa Libre and the magazines Bohemia and Carteles. Aguilar was also the director of Universidad del Aire (University of the Air) on the radio network CMQ.

A prolific Argentine composer of film scores. Early on in his career, he composed scores for Spaghet

A prolific Argentine composer of film scores. Early on in his career, he composed scores for Spaghetti Western films, including Django, Storm Rider and The Price of Power.Bacalov has been nominated twice for Academy Awards: for Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment for The Gospel According to St. Matthew in 1967 and winning the award for Original Music Score for Il Postino in 1996.In recent years, Bacalov has also composed significant works for chorus and orchestra, including his Misa Tango, a work setting a Spanish-language adaptation of the classic liturgical Mass to the tango rhythms of his native Argentina. The standard Mass text has been significantly truncated in accordance with Bacalov's desire that the work appeal to those of all Abrahamic faiths: Christians, Muslims and Jews. All references to Christ - except as the Lamb of God in the Agnus Dei - have been deleted. The Credo has been reduced to "I believe in one God, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. Amen.

Is an artist, writer, intellectual and teacher from Buenos Aires, Argentina where he is known as Yuy

Is an artist, writer, intellectual and teacher from Buenos Aires, Argentina where he is known as Yuyo. In 1961 he formed Otra Figuración (another figuration) with three other Argentine artists. Their eponymous exhibition and subsequent work greatly influenced the Neofiguration (Neo-figuration, New figuration) movement. After the group disbanded, Noé relocated to New York City where he painted and showed assemblages that stretched the boundaries of the canvas.

Is a Peruvian journalist and writer.Jochamowitz has worked for the Peruvian magazines Variedades and

Is a Peruvian journalist and writer.Jochamowitz has worked for the Peruvian magazines Variedades and Caretas. In 1993, while Alberto Fujimori was president of Peru, he published Ciudadano Fujimori ("Citizen Fujimori"). He has also published El descuartiza

Is one of the most important and best-selling Puerto Rican authors.

Is one of the most important and best-selling Puerto Rican authors.

Was a Puerto Rican poet, playwright, and politician. He was also an advocate for the independence of

Was a Puerto Rican poet, playwright, and politician. He was also an advocate for the independence of Puerto Rico.Llorens' parents, Luis Aurelio del Carmen Llorens and Marcelina Soledad de Torres, were the wealthy owners of a coffee plantation. In Collores (a section of Juana Diaz), Llorens Torres was always in contact with nature, which accounts for the love that he felt for nature and country. Llorens always stated that he was proud to come from "Collores". His Catalan grandfather, Josep de Llorens i Robles, had immigrated from the village of Llorens, which belongs to the town of El Vendrell in Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain).

Is one of the most important and best-selling Puerto Rican authors. He has won the National Literatu

Is one of the most important and best-selling Puerto Rican authors. He has won the National Literature Prize on two occasions: first, in 2000, with his book of historical short stories The True Death of Juan Ponce de León; second, in 2005, with his novel Voltaire's Heart. He has published two other books which include Seva, one of Puerto Rico's most influential short stories, and Writing for Rafa. His short stories have been published in major Latin American and Spanish anthologies.

Was an Argentine politician.a distinguished Argentine family in Buenos Aires, Drago began his career

Was an Argentine politician.a distinguished Argentine family in Buenos Aires, Drago began his career as a newspaper editor. Later, he served as a minister of foreign affairs (1902). At that time, when the UK, Germany, and Italy were seeking to collect the public debt of Venezuela by force, he wrote to the Argentine minister in Washington setting forth his doctrine, commonly known as the Drago Doctrine.

Was a Puerto Rican poet who is credited with creating the poetry genre known as Afro-Antillano.In 19

Was a Puerto Rican poet who is credited with creating the poetry genre known as Afro-Antillano.In 1918, he moved to the town of Fajardo where he worked for El Pueblo, the town's local newspaper. There he met a young lady by the name of Natividad Suliveres and soon married her. Natividad gave birth to a baby boy, but within a year she died. Matos was devastated and expressed his grief in the poem "El palacio en sombras" (The palace in shadows). He moved to San Juan and worked for the daily newspapers, El Mundo and El Imparcial. In San Juan he met and befriended Jose T. de Diego Pardo, a fellow poet and together they created a literary movement known as "Diepalismo", a name derived from the combination of their surnames.[1]

Is a Chilean film director, producer, writer and professor of communications.Vargas was born in Sant

Is a Chilean film director, producer, writer and professor of communications.Vargas was born in Santiago, Chile. He left the country following the 1973 military coup and came first to Peru as a refugee, and then later to Romania where he studied in film at the University of Bucharest. In 1979, he came as a refugee to Sweden.

Is a Chilean writer, film director, journalist and political activist.Luis Sepúlveda was politicall

Is a Chilean writer, film director, journalist and political activist.Luis Sepúlveda was politically active first as a leader of the student movement and in the Salvador Allende administration in the department of cultural affairs where he was in charge of a series of cheap editions of classics for the general public. He also acted as a mediator between the government and Chilean companies.

Is a Filipina American poet and author of various award-winning collections.She received her undergr

Is a Filipina American poet and author of various award-winning collections.She received her undergraduate degree from the University of the Philippines, Baguio in 1980 (B.A. Humanities - Cum Laude - major in Comparative Literature, minor in English, cognate in Philosophy), and the M.A. in Literature at Ateneo de Manila University at Manila, Philippines in 1988 as a Robert Southwell Fellow. She received a Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing at the University of Illinois at Chicago in July 1995, where she was a Fulbright Fellow.

Is a postmodern novelist and short story writer. She is a writer of magical realism, a popular theme

Is a postmodern novelist and short story writer. She is a writer of magical realism, a popular theme in Latin American literature.

Was a Brazilian guitarist and composer best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black

Was a Brazilian guitarist and composer best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus.[1]Bonfá first gained widespread exposure in Brazil in 1947 when he was featured on Rio's Rádio Nacional, then an important showcase for up-and-coming talent. He was a member of the vocal group Quitandinha Serenaders in the late 1940s. Some of his compositions were recorded and performed by Brazilian crooner Dick Farney in the 1950s. It was through Farney that Bonfá was introduced to Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, the leading songwriting team behind the worldwide explosion of Brazilian jazz/pop music in the late 1950s and 1960s. Bonfá collaborated with these and with other prominent Brazilian musicians and artists in productions of de Moraes' anthological play Orfeu da Conceição, which several years later gave origin to Marcel Camus' legendary film "Black Orpheus" (Orfeu Negro in Portuguese).

Is a Brazilian folk musician, and composer.His career began in 1988, when he began to participate in

Is a Brazilian folk musician, and composer.His career began in 1988, when he began to participate in festivals. He has toured several states in Brazil, and Santa Catarina, Parana, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goias, Brasilia and Tocantins, as well as in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, with Santiago Chalar, and recordings with Pepe Guerra and Jorge Nasser (Uruguayan folk singers), and recordings with Antonio Tarrago Ros and Ramon Ayala of Argentina. [1]

Was a writer, publisher, polemicist and literary critic (mainly Portuguese literature). He was most

Was a writer, publisher, polemicist and literary critic (mainly Portuguese literature). He was most proud of his work as a publisher. In fact, Contraponto released works by many Portuguese writers (Herberto Helder, Natália Correia, Mário Cesariny de Vasco

Is an American composer, conductor, pianist, and professor. He studied with Julius Goldstein. He mov

Is an American composer, conductor, pianist, and professor. He studied with Julius Goldstein. He moved to Paris in 1933 where he studied piano with Lazare Lévy, composition with Noël Gallon, orchestration with Felix Wolfes, and flute with Louis Moyse. In 1937 he moved to America and studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, with Sergei Koussevitzky during the summers from 1939 to 1943 at the Berkshire Music Center, and, as a special student, composition with Paul Hindemith at Yale University from 1939 to 1940.

An Australian writer of novels, poetry and screenplays.Davies' first poetry collection, Four Plots f

An Australian writer of novels, poetry and screenplays.Davies' first poetry collection, Four Plots for Magnets, was published in 1982, when he was twenty.His novel Candy, was made into a film starring Heath Ledger in 2006. His other works include the novels, Isabelle the Navigator and God of Speed, and poetry Four Plots for Magnets, Absolute Event Horizon, Running With Light and Totem.

Was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. His family was from modern Wuzhou, Zhejiang, but he was rais

Was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. His family was from modern Wuzhou, Zhejiang, but he was raised in Shandong. Luo is grouped with Wang Bo, Yang Jiong (??/??) and Lu Zhaolin (???/???) as one of the Four Greats of the Early Tang as the most outstanding writers of their time.

Was a Chinese author attributed with writing Romance of the Three Kingdoms and editing Water Margin,

Was a Chinese author attributed with writing Romance of the Three Kingdoms and editing Water Margin, two of the most revered adventure epics in Chinese literature.

Was a Chinese statesman and poet of the Tang Dynasty. Luo was born in Yuhang, Zhejiang. At the age o

Was a Chinese statesman and poet of the Tang Dynasty. Luo was born in Yuhang, Zhejiang. At the age of 20, he took his first imperial exam. He failed the exam ten times. As a result, he gave himself the pseudonym Yin (the dormant).