Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is an African-American poet.

Is an African-American poet.

Was a Russian noble lady, poetess, nun, and member of the French Resistance movement during World Wa

Was a Russian noble lady, poetess, nun, and member of the French Resistance movement during World War II. In 1932 Elizaveta Pilenko made her monastic profession and became Mother Maria

Was a German composer. Maria Anna Herrin und Gräfin von Stubenberg was the daughter of Gustav Adolf

Was a German composer. Maria Anna Herrin und Gräfin von Stubenberg was the daughter of Gustav Adolf Josef Christian Felix Herr und Graf von Stubenberg and Maria Franciszka Freiin Staudach. She married Johann Remekhazy von Gurahoncz on 15 February 1840, and Friedrich Graf von Zichy on 22 February 1848. Her married names were Remekhazy von Gurahoncz, and von Zichy.

Is a German musician (pianist, composer) and professor. Maria Baptist is a pianist & composer (she h

Is a German musician (pianist, composer) and professor. Maria Baptist is a pianist & composer (she has achieved success in numerous international competitions) who is performing solo as well as with her Jazz Trio (CD-Release „Spring in Berlin“ 06/2010), with a string quartet (CD-Release 2011), various Bigbands (e.g. Reykjavik Bigband, hr Bigband in Frankfurt, NDR Bigband in Hamburg) and Symphony Orchestras (e.g. Jenaer Philharmonie, Vogtland Philharmonie).

Is a Spanish-German composer living in Germany who was born to Spanish father and German mother.

Is a Spanish-German composer living in Germany who was born to Spanish father and German mother.

Was an Afrikaans writer, and co-founder of the Voortrekkers youth movement. Her unique contribution

Was an Afrikaans writer, and co-founder of the Voortrekkers youth movement. Her unique contribution to Afrikaans literature was an ethical didactic, cultural historic review of a bygone Afrikaans society.M.E.R.'s writing career started in 1918 in the lowveld. She became involved with journalism – first at Die Boerevrou (1920 to 1922) in Pretoria, and afterwards at Die Burger (1922 to 1928) in Cape Town. She became the first woman editor of the latter. In 1928 she was appointed the organizing secretary of the A.C.V.V.. She traveled the country in this capacity, while investigating the question of poor whites.

Was a Polish writer, prosaist and publicist. Editor of weekly magazine Wieczory Rodzinne [Family eve

Was a Polish writer, prosaist and publicist. Editor of weekly magazine Wieczory Rodzinne [Family evenings] (since 1880).Zaleska was an author of pioneer and widely read popular science belletristic talks Wieczory czwartkowe [Thursday evenings] (1871), Wedrówki po niebie i ziemi [Wander through the sky and the ground] (1873), Obraz swiata roslinnego [Scene of a plant world] (1875), Przygody mlodego podróznika w Tatrach [Adventures of the young traveller in Tatra Mountains] (1882). She was also an author of science-fiction novel Niezgodni królewicze [Dissident princes] (1889), adaptations Mlody wygnaniec [Young exile] (based on themes of James Fenimore Cooper works; 1889) and Mieszkaniec puszczy [Wildernessian] (based on themes of Richard Roth works; 1894).

Was a Danish novelist, but also author of short stories, plays and society critical articles.She wro

Was a Danish novelist, but also author of short stories, plays and society critical articles.She wrote about erotic and social themes and fought for women's rights. In 1924 she founded the "Foreningen for Seksuel Oplysning", the Organization for Sexual Awareness, in which Dr. Leunbach performed abortions.

Is an award winning Greek poet. She read Law at the University of Athens, but she did not practice i

Is an award winning Greek poet. She read Law at the University of Athens, but she did not practice it, and has worked instead as a translator, critic, screenwriter, copy editor, professor of Greek and radio producer. She belongs to the so-called Genia tou 70, which is a literary term referring to Greek authors who began publishing their work during the 1970s, especially towards the end of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 and at the first years of the Metapolitefsi.

Shriver was born in Chicago, Illinois. A Roman Catholic of Irish and German descent, she was the sec

Shriver was born in Chicago, Illinois. A Roman Catholic of Irish and German descent, she was the second child and only daughter of the politician Sargent Shriver and Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Eunice is the sister of the former President John F. Kennedy. She attended Westland Middle School in Bethesda, Maryland,

She was a contemporary of Kostas Karyotakis, with whom she had a desperate but incomplete love affai

She was a contemporary of Kostas Karyotakis, with whom she had a desperate but incomplete love affair. Although she wrote poetry from at an early age, her most important poems were written during the last four years of her life, when, suffering from consumption, she was secluded in an Athens sanatorium.

Was the first Filipina to tell the world of her story as a comfort woman for the Imperial Japanese A

Was the first Filipina to tell the world of her story as a comfort woman for the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.In Comfort Woman: A Slave of Destiny, Lola Rosa provided an achingly straightforward voice to the erstwhile silent and invisible existence of Filipino comfort women. Almost 200 Filipino women soon followed Rosa’s example as they decided to reveal themselves and their personal stories for the first time--not only to the world, but to their families as well.

The author of Memoirs of a Babylonian Princess, which consists of two volumes and 720 pages. This bo

The author of Memoirs of a Babylonian Princess, which consists of two volumes and 720 pages. This book was written in the early twentieth century, describing the harem system used in Turkey and it describes her travels through Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and

Was an Austrian performer and composer who lost her sight at an early age, and for whom Mozart may h

Was an Austrian performer and composer who lost her sight at an early age, and for whom Mozart may have written his Piano Concerto No. 18 in B flat major.

Was a member of the House of Thurn and Taxis and a Princess of Thurn and Taxis by birth and a member

Was a member of the House of Thurn and Taxis and a Princess of Thurn and Taxis by birth and a member of the Ahlefeldt Danish noble family and Countess of Ahlefeldt-Langeland through her marriage to Ferdinand, Count of Ahlefeldt-Langeland.[1][2] Maria Theresia was a Danish (originally German) composer. She is known as the first female composer in Denmark.

Was an American poet and abolitionist.She was born in Watertown, Massachusetts. In 1844 she married

Was an American poet and abolitionist.She was born in Watertown, Massachusetts. In 1844 she married James Russell Lowell, a noted poet, writer, and foreign diplomat. They had four children, three of whom died in infancy (the fourth, Mabel, survived to adu

Was a Polish writer and screenwriter born in Wiesbaden.

Was a Polish writer and screenwriter born in Wiesbaden.

Is a Polish writer, poet, literary critic and translator. He was a member of Polish resistance durin

Is a Polish writer, poet, literary critic and translator. He was a member of Polish resistance during World War II, and a prisoner in the Nazi concentration camps. After the war he settled in Belgium.

Was a Modernist American poet and writer.In part because of her extensive European travels before th

Was a Modernist American poet and writer.In part because of her extensive European travels before the First World War, Moore came to the attention of poets as diverse as Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, H.D., T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound. From 192

Was a Cuban poet usually associated with the French Symbolist movement. Two Symbolists who strongly

Was a Cuban poet usually associated with the French Symbolist movement. Two Symbolists who strongly influenced him were Stéphane Mallarmé and Paul Valéry. Among Cuban poets of the first half of the twentieth century he was the most outstanding of those who wrote poetry for poetry´s sake, as opposed to poetry that addressed social issues or poetry that was inspired by the culture of Cubans of African descent. Because of his interest in the sounds of words, he is known for a type of poetry called "jitanjáfora" in which the words are virtually meaningless, their sounds all-important. A diplomat by profession, he lived many years in various countries of Europe and the Americas.

Was an Argentine lawyer, journalist and politician. He played a decisive role in the May Revolution,

Was an Argentine lawyer, journalist and politician. He played a decisive role in the May Revolution, which led to the declaration of independence of Argentina from Spain.Moreno's father was Manuel Moreno y Argumosa, born in Santander, Spain, who had arrived in Argentina in 1776 and married María del Valle. They had fourteen children, Mariano being the firstborn. In his youth he studied Latin, logic and philosophy at San Carlos Royal College. He then studied law at the University of Chuquisaca (now Sucre, Bolivia). He got married in 1801, and he had his first son, also named Mariano, in 1805.

Was a French scholar, writer and salonnière.

Was a French scholar, writer and salonnière.

Was a French piano teacher whose full name is Marie Kiéné Bigot de Morogues. As a composer she is

Was a French piano teacher whose full name is Marie Kiéné Bigot de Morogues. As a composer she is best known for her sonatas and etudes.[2] Although she might be best known for having taught Felix Mendelssohn in Paris in 1816. She also met Beethoven in 1804.

Is a French journalist and television personality. The daughter of Jean Drucker, a French television

Is a French journalist and television personality. The daughter of Jean Drucker, a French television executive, and a niece of Michel Drucker, a television journalist, she was educated at the Sorbonne, where she received a degree in modern literature.

Was a French regionist writer born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was hailed as

Was a French regionist writer born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was hailed as queen of the Felibrige in 1892[1]. Marie Gasquet was born in Saint-Remy-de-Provence in 1872. Her father, Marius Girard, was a Provençal poet[1]. Her godfather was Frédéric Mistral[2]. She moved to Paris where she worked for Flammarion and became a successful novelist[1].