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Was an organist, music teacher, composer and music theorist. Her magnum opus was in the field of mus

Was an organist, music teacher, composer and music theorist. Her magnum opus was in the field of musicology. During World War II, Vantoura and her family fled from the Nazis to southern France. There she studied the cantillation marks, (melodic accents or ta`amim), in the Hebrew Bible (Masoretic Text). After the war she put aside this work, until her retirement in 1970. She died October 22, 2000 in Lausanne, Switzerland at the age of 88. Her husband Maurice Haïk had died in 1976. The couple had no children.

Is an American science fiction author. She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association, and is co

Is an American science fiction author. She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association, and is considered an important figure in the field of science fiction constructed languages. Elgin is also a linguist; she publishes non-fiction, of which the best-known is the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense series.

Is a Los Angeles-based Egyptian-American film director, artist, writer, philosopher, and poet.Follow

Is a Los Angeles-based Egyptian-American film director, artist, writer, philosopher, and poet.Following her 2001 release of Camera Eye: The Screenwriter’s Almanac, her forthcoming collection of poetry titled, Rise Up and Salute the Sun will be published by Awakened Press in November 2010 and an Arabic version of the same title will be released in Cairo, Egypt by two separate publishing houses.

Was a Czech writer, journalist and poet.His first poem Husita na Baltu was published in the almanac

Was a Czech writer, journalist and poet.His first poem Husita na Baltu was published in the almanac Ruch in 1868. Similarly to his work Adamité it is inspired by history (Hussite Wars). His poem Evropa (1878) takes its motive from revolutionary movements of the time, his poem Slávie (1882) propagates ideals of Slavic unity, the poem Václav z Michalovic (1880) depicts religious oppression by Jesuits, his poem Lešetínský kovár (1883 confiscated, 1899) social problems of industrialization.

He studied composition privately with Karel Boleslav Jirák from 1945 to 47, while a student of musi

He studied composition privately with Karel Boleslav Jirák from 1945 to 47, while a student of musicology at the Faculty of Philosophy of Charles University under Josef Hutter and Antonín Sychra.[1] Havelka subsequently became a member of the music department of Czechoslovak Radio in Ostrava. At the same time he was the founder and artistic director of the NOTA Ensemble (1949 - 1950).[1] For the next four years he was an instructor and composer with the Army Art Ensemble.[1] Since 1954 he devoted himself to composing. Havelka died on February 24 2009 in Prague.

Was a Czech novelist, known under pen name T. Svatopluk.After studying arts at the university he wor

Was a Czech novelist, known under pen name T. Svatopluk.After studying arts at the university he worked as graphics designer in Bata company in Zlín. He is most know for his book Botostroj (The Shoe Machine) where he depicted the company as an inhuman mechanism destroying lives of people and its boss Tomáš Bata as a dictator. The novel is written in very fast, expressive language.

Was a Danish writer and author on heraldry, co-founder of the Danish Society of Heraldry and the fir

Was a Danish writer and author on heraldry, co-founder of the Danish Society of Heraldry and the first editor of Heraldisk Tidskrift (Heraldry Journal) in Denmark.

Is a Belarusian investigative journalist and prose writer. Born in the Ukrainian town of Ivano-Frank

Is a Belarusian investigative journalist and prose writer. Born in the Ukrainian town of Ivano-Frankovsk to a Belarusian father and a Ukrainian mother, she grew up in Belarus, where after finishing school, she worked as a reporter in several local newspap

Is a television reporter in Moscow who gained international attention for her practice of stripping

Is a television reporter in Moscow who gained international attention for her practice of stripping during newscasts. Before becoming a television journalist, Pesotskaya was an actress and model.

Recipient of “Premchand Award” and “Sahitya Bhushan Award” lives in Kolkata from where he ed

Recipient of “Premchand Award” and “Sahitya Bhushan Award” lives in Kolkata from where he edits “RUPAMBARA”- a literary bilingual quarterly journal. He has been in active field of creative writing since more than 45 years. Born at Pratapgarh (U.P) on 12.12.1939 and educated at Eving Christian College, Allahabad, Charuchandra College, Kolkata University, Annamalai University, Chennai with MA in Public Administration. He received the highest literary Honours as Shaitya Mahamhopadhyay (D.Lit), from Hindi Uiversity, Allahabad, (Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag).He has started writing at the age of 12 years.

In Bangladesh is a journalist and writer. He has written many books as well as poetry, short stories

In Bangladesh is a journalist and writer. He has written many books as well as poetry, short stories and essays. He has had 22 books published, some of which include Muniar Chok, Chibuk Paharer Shada Murti, Mousumi Bou, and Meghnar Buke Lata. His most recent book is Ma Shukhtara Dhekten. He is also a political analyst of Bangladesh.

A former union minister state of India. He was minister of state for internal affairs in Third Vajpa

A former union minister state of India. He was minister of state for internal affairs in Third Vajpayee Ministry. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. He was born in Gonda district in 1947 in a royal family of Avadh, but renounced royalty as a young man inspired by the teachings of Buddha and Mahavir. He completed MA from Lucknow University.He is unmarried. His interests include tantra, philosophy, yoga and Hindu mythology. He also completed doctorate. He has written some books in Hindi namely;

A noted Indian journalist.He is also a research fellow at the Cato Institute[2], a prominent liberta

A noted Indian journalist.He is also a research fellow at the Cato Institute[2], a prominent libertarian think-tank in Washington DC, and an occasional media consultant to the World Bank.Swaminathan Aiyar writes a popular weekly column titled, "Swaminomics" in the Times of India where he discusses economic and political issues pertaining to India and the world. Aiyar has prepared several reports and papers for the World Bank. He was also, in 1976-85 and 1990-98, the India correspondent of The Economist.

An Indian journalist and columnist who was the managing editor of India Today weekly till 2003. His

An Indian journalist and columnist who was the managing editor of India Today weekly till 2003. His articles are published in various Indian and international media including The Pioneer, The Telegraph, Dainik Jagran, The Times of India, The New Indian Express, Outlook, The Free Press Journal and several others.He was born in Calcutta on October 3, 1955, to Rekha Dasgupta and S.C.Dasgupta, an industrialist known for running Calcutta Chemicals Ltd. He completed his schooling at La Martiniere College in Calcutta. He went on to do a BA degree in History at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, before relocating to London to complete his MA and PhD in History at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies). He was subsequently a Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. Returning to India in 1986, he started off his journalism career at The Statesman.

A Dutch prose writer and poet. He has won numerous awards, among them the 2003 Constantijn Huygens P

A Dutch prose writer and poet. He has won numerous awards, among them the 2003 Constantijn Huygens Prize.

Was a professor, poet, and writer. He was born in the village of Alokdia in the Magura District of B

Was a professor, poet, and writer. He was born in the village of Alokdia in the Magura District of Bangladesh.He worked in All India Radio, was a professor of department of Bangla in University of Dhaka and later, head of the department of Bangla of University of Karachi.Ali Ahsan was a director of Bangla Academy and was the Vice Chancellor of University of Rajshahi. In addition, he was a National Professor(Jatio Addhapok) of Bangladesh. Ali Ahsan took part in the war of independence.

Is an Indian poet, journalist and recipient of the Bangla Akademy award for poems.Jalal in his early

Is an Indian poet, journalist and recipient of the Bangla Akademy award for poems.Jalal in his early days joined Indian Air Force and travelled whole of India. During his stay in Delhi, he published various magazines and collection of poems and short stor

Is an eminent poet and essayist in Bengali. He started writing from the early seventies of the last

Is an eminent poet and essayist in Bengali. He started writing from the early seventies of the last century. He has been contributing his writings to the major literery journals in Bengali. His books of poems are Nasto Aranye Eucalyptus, Anya Aak Upatyaka

Is a prominent contemporary Muslim philosopher and thinker from Malaysia. He is one of the few conte

Is a prominent contemporary Muslim philosopher and thinker from Malaysia. He is one of the few contemporary scholars who is thoroughly rooted in the traditional Islamic sciences and who is equally competent in theology, philosophy, metaphysics, history, and literature. He is considered to be the pioneer in proposing the idea of Islamization of knowledge.

Was a renowned Bengali author, academician, scholar and linguist. He was born in Sunamganj, Sylhet i

Was a renowned Bengali author, academician, scholar and linguist. He was born in Sunamganj, Sylhet in Bangladesh.In 1919, Syed Mujtaba Ali was inspired by Rabindranath Tagore and started writing to the poet. In 1921, Mujtaba joined the Indian freedom struggle and left his school in Sylhet. He went to Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan and graduated in 1926.He was the first graduate of the university. Later, he went to Kabul and worked in the education department (1927-1929). From 1929 to 1932 he studied at the universities in Berlin, London, Paris and Bonn, earning a PhD in comparative religious studies from the latter with a dissertation on the Khojas.

Is one of the best Bangladeshi poets and writers. He was born in Kurigram.Syed Shamsul Haque was bor

Is one of the best Bangladeshi poets and writers. He was born in Kurigram.Syed Shamsul Haque was born in the Mahakuma Kurigram (now district) in 1935. His father was Syed Siddique Hossain a homeopathic physician and mother Halima Khatun. His father came to Kurigram to pursue in the practice of medicine. Traditionally they were a peer (saint) family but Haque's father breaking the family tradition studied English and Medicine. Haque's grandfather was furious at this audacity of his son.

He is one of the most productive and active literary figures Bangla literature has ever seen. Exclud

He is one of the most productive and active literary figures Bangla literature has ever seen. Excluding his huge volume of plays, poems, verse plays, stories, essays and other writings, the number of only his novels is about to touch 50 i.e. a half-century.

Was a well known Bangladeshi writer and poet during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His bir

Was a well known Bangladeshi writer and poet during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His birth place is not known. He was a resident of Patiya village under Chakrashala Chakla in Chittagong. He lived in Laskarpur (Paragalpur), Chittagong for several years.Sultan’s best known work is Nabibangsha. His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, and higher secondary Bengali Literature in Bangladesh.

Was a Punjabi Sufi poet, born in Pakistan, best-known for his seminal work Heer Ranjha, based on the

Was a Punjabi Sufi poet, born in Pakistan, best-known for his seminal work Heer Ranjha, based on the traditional folk tale of Heer and her lover Ranjha. Heer is considered one of the quintessential works of classical Punjabi literature. The story of Heer was also put to paper by several other writers, including Damodar Daas, Mukbal, and Ahmed Gujjar, but Waris Shah's version is by far the most popular today.

Was an American poet, novelist and short story writer.Known primarily for her poetry, Plath also wro

Was an American poet, novelist and short story writer.Known primarily for her poetry, Plath also wrote a semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. The book's protagonist, Esther Greenwood, is a bright, ambitious student at Smith College who begins to experience a mental breakdown while interning for a fashion magazine in New York. The plot parallels Plath's experience interning at Mademoiselle magazine and subsequent mental breakdown and suicide attempt.