Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a French organist, composer and teacher. Cogen studied at the Schola Cantorum. His compositions a

Is a French organist, composer and teacher. Cogen studied at the Schola Cantorum. His compositions are chiefly for the organ, and he has recorded music by Langlais, Tournemire and others.[1]

Was a French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along w

Was a French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. He has been called “the founder of French tragedy” and produced plays for nearly forty years.

Was a French soldier, journalist, writer and Bonapartist militant. He fought as an officer in the Fi

Was a French soldier, journalist, writer and Bonapartist militant. He fought as an officer in the First World War and as a reserve officer in the armée de l'air during 1939-1940. He founded the Mouvement social européen. In 1940, he founded the collaborationist Ligue française d’épuration, d’entraide sociale et de collaboration européenne and with Jean Boissel

Was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of the Renaissance. A member of the same generation as Josq

Was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of the Renaissance. A member of the same generation as Josquin des Prez, and a long associate of the Habsburg-Burgundian musical chapel, he ranks with Agricola, Brumel, Compère, Isaac, Obrecht, and Weerbeke as one of the most famous and influential composers in the Netherlands polyphonic style in the decades around 1500.

Was a French Huguenot writer exiled in London, best known as the translator and biographer of Pierre

Was a French Huguenot writer exiled in London, best known as the translator and biographer of Pierre Bayle. He was born in Paillat, France.[1] His father, a minister of the reformed church, had to leave France on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and took refuge in Geneva, where Pierre was educated. Pierre Bayle gave him an introduction to the 3rd Lord Shaftesbury, with whom, in 1689, he went to England, where he engaged in literary work. He remained in close touch with the religious refugees in England and Holland,

Was a French Baroque organist and composer. His first music teacher was most likely his father, orga

Was a French Baroque organist and composer. His first music teacher was most likely his father, organist of the Beauvais Cathedral. At some point during his youth Dumage moved to Paris and studied under Louis Marchand. He also befriended Nicolas Lebègue, who in 1703 procured for Dumage a position of organist of the Saint-Quentin collegiate church.

Was a French baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. Février lived in Paris and served as ti

Was a French baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. Février lived in Paris and served as titular organist of two churches in the Saint-Honoré street: the Jacobins' church and the Saint Roch. Claude-Bénigne Balbastre, who moved to Paris in 1750, was among his pupils and succeeded Février at Saint Roch.

Was a French composer of the transitional era between the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, an

Was a French composer of the transitional era between the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, and a member of the Burgundian School of composers. While he was well-known at the time, most of his music has probably been lost. All of his surviving music is secular, and all his compositions are chansons.

Was a French man of letters and politician. who was a perfumer appointed by royal warrant to the cou

Was a French man of letters and politician. who was a perfumer appointed by royal warrant to the court. At the age of eighteen he entered the service of a solicitor of the Châtelet, in order to learn the practice of the law, but he was more attracted to literature, and, as a handsome youth, was occasionally invited to the fêtes of the Petit Trianon.

Was a French composer. His musical tuition began at age seven on the piano, and which led him to pur

Was a French composer. His musical tuition began at age seven on the piano, and which led him to pursue a career as a pianist and composer in both the classical and jazz spheres. He studied the piano with Simone Plé-Caussade at the Conservatoire de Paris. He won the 1956 Prix de Rome[1], and was later appointed Director of Light Music at Radio France. He retired in 1986 and moved to Chamonix.

Is a French writer born in Toulouse in 1919. In 1948, he receives the Charles Veillon International

Is a French writer born in Toulouse in 1919. In 1948, he receives the Charles Veillon International Grand Prize in Switzerland. Members of the 1948 Veillon Prize jury included writers André Chamson, Vercors and Louis Guilloux. In 1951, after having worked as a journalist in Toulouse, he is invited to Paris to collaborate with Louis Aragon to the literary journal Europe

Was a French scholar, lutenist and composer. After joining the order of the Society of Jesus in Orléans in 1621, he became ordained priest and universal scholar. He was sent to the headquarter of his order in Rome, where he made the acquaintance of his future secular patron, prince Johann Anton I. of Eggenberg (1610–1649), then ambassador of the Habsburgian emperor Ferdinand III to Pope Urban VIII. Probably around 1640, Gaultier returned to the monastery of Caen, where he worked as director of studies until his death in 1681.

Was a French operatic tenor and composer, notable for creating the role of Jason in Cherubini's Méd

Was a French operatic tenor and composer, notable for creating the role of Jason in Cherubini's Médée and for composing the first operatic version of the story that later found fame as Fidelio.

Was a French journalist, a pioneer of modern political reporting, a newspaper publisher and a prolif

Was a French journalist, a pioneer of modern political reporting, a newspaper publisher and a prolific sports organiser. In 1892, he was appointed Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'Honneur and in 1900 he was appointed an Officier (Officer) of the Légion d'Honneur.

Was a French singer and composer known for writing Airs de cour (including Cessés mortels de soupir

Was a French singer and composer known for writing Airs de cour (including Cessés mortels de soupirer).[citation needed] Guédron's Est-ce Mars (1613) was especially popular and is known in versions by Sweelinck (keyboard), Scheidt (5 part strings) and Vallet (4 lutes of different sizes).

Is a French writer.In 1965, he publishedTombeau pour cinq cent mille soldats (later released in Engl

Is a French writer.In 1965, he publishedTombeau pour cinq cent mille soldats (later released in English as Tomb for 500,000 Soldiers). Based on Guyotot's ordeal as a soldier in the Algerian War, the book earned a cult reputation and became the subject of

Was a Dutch writer and critic. He was awarded the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1952, for Een houding

Was a Dutch writer and critic. He was awarded the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1952, for Een houding in de tijd, and again in 1985.

Is a French journalist, co-founder of Rue 89. He was deputy editor of Libération from January 2006

Is a French journalist, co-founder of Rue 89. He was deputy editor of Libération from January 2006 till his departure in 2007 from the daily. Haski started his career in 1974 as a journalist for the Agence France-Presse (AFP), and was its correspondent in South Africa from 1976 to 1980. He then joined the staff of the daily Libération in 1981.

Was a French composer, noted as the inventor of musique concrète.Schaeffer was born in Nancy. His p

Was a French composer, noted as the inventor of musique concrète.Schaeffer was born in Nancy. His parents were both musicians, and at first it seemed that Pierre would also take this as a career. He studied at the École Polytechnique and after a stint as a telecommunications engineer in Strasbourg from 1934, he is posted in 1936 at Radiodiffusion Française in Paris. It was there that he began to experiment, in 1948, with records because he has many questions about modern musical expression. He tried playing sounds backwards, slowing them down, speeding them up and juxtaposing them with other sounds, all techniques which were virtually unknown at that time. His first completed piece as a result of these experiments was the Étude aux chemins de fer (1948) which was made from recordings of trains.

Is a French composer, considered a pioneer of the musique concrète genre of electronic music.Betwee

Is a French composer, considered a pioneer of the musique concrète genre of electronic music.Between 1949 and 1958, Henry worked at the Club d'Essai studio at RTF, founded by Pierre Schaeffer. During this period, he wrote the 1950 piece Symphonie pour un homme seul, in cooperation with Schaeffer; he also composed the first musique concrète to appear in a commercial film, the 1952 short film Astrologie ou le miroir de la vie. Henry has scored numerous additional films and ballets. Among Henry's best known works is the experimental 1967 album Messe pour le temps présent, one of several cooperations with choreographer Maurice Béjart featuring the popular track "Psyché Rock."

Is a French author, dramaturge and journalist who writes for Paris Match, Libération and L'Express.

Is a French author, dramaturge and journalist who writes for Paris Match, Libération and L'Express. At present he lives in Paris. For a period of 30 years he worked on a biography of Kurt Gerstein before he finally released the book A Spy for God, which deals with Kurt Gerstein's story and the decades of the author's research.

Was a Dutch writer. He was the recipient of the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1956 and the P. C. Hoof

Was a Dutch writer. He was the recipient of the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1956 and the P. C. Hooft Award in 1958. His younger brother was the writer Mathias Kemp. He was born in Maastricht and died there in 1967.

Is a French organist, pedagogue and composer. Pierre Labric studied at the Paris Conservatoire with

Is a French organist, pedagogue and composer. Pierre Labric studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Marcel Dupré and Maurice Duruflé. Later, he studied organ privately with Jeanne Demessieux, whose complete organ works he recorded on LP. During Jeanne Demessieux's tenure as titular organist at La Madeleine in Paris, he was her assistant and substitute. He also substituted for Pierre Cochereau at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Pierre Labric recorded the complete organ symphonies of Louis Vierne and Charles-Marie Widor (both as world premiere recordings), the Preludes and Fugues of Camille Saint-Saëns and the complete Promenades en Provence of Eugène Reuchsel.

Is a Québécois poet, born at Mont-Joli, Quebec. He now lives in Trois-Rivières.Very involved in t

Is a Québécois poet, born at Mont-Joli, Quebec. He now lives in Trois-Rivières.Very involved in the social and cultural milieu of the region, he was president of the Société des Écrivains de la Mauricie, co-founder and editor of les Éditions Cobalt, and c

Was a French Basque priest and author born in Louhossoa on 21 May 1901 and died 23 February 1985 in

Was a French Basque priest and author born in Louhossoa on 21 May 1901 and died 23 February 1985 in Bayonne (Labourd).[1] Orphaned at the age of seven, Lafitte was raised by his aunt and uncle in Ithorots, where he went to the local school. From 1914 he continued his education at the Seminary in Urt from where he graduated in 1919. He was ordained on 13 July 1924 and taught at the Catholic Institute of Toulouse for a number of years until returning to the French Basque Country where he eventually settled in Ustaritz for good. He contributed to many Basque and Basque-related publications, including Eskualduna and Gure Herria.[1]