Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter T

Was a Japanese writer.Inagaki was born in Osaka, moved to Akashi in Hyogo Prefecture while he was in

Was a Japanese writer.Inagaki was born in Osaka, moved to Akashi in Hyogo Prefecture while he was in elementary school, and spent much of his childhood in Kobe. He graduated from Kwansei Gakuin Junior High School. In 1968 he won the first annual Japan Literature Grand Prize for "The Aesthetics of Shonen'ai" (????????), an essay on "aesthetic eroticism", where he divides stories into A, V, P and K varieties.[1]

Is a writer living in London.Born in Taipei, Taiwan, to Malaysian parents, he grew up in Kuala Lumpu

Is a writer living in London.Born in Taipei, Taiwan, to Malaysian parents, he grew up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia before moving to England in his teens. He studied law at Cambridge and Warwick and then moved to London to write. After graduating he worked at a number of jobs, including as a lawyer for four years whilst writing his debut novel, which he completed during the creative writing course at the University of East Anglia.

Was an American illustrator and author of children's books.

Was an American illustrator and author of children's books.

Was one of Greece's best known living poets. He published six collections of poetry and translated i

Was one of Greece's best known living poets. He published six collections of poetry and translated into Greek work by, among others Borges and Octavio Paz. His own work has been translated into many languages, including French, Hungarian, Portuguese and Spanish.

Is a Costa Rican author.Lobo was born in Puerto Montt, Chile, but has resided in Costa Rica since 19

Is a Costa Rican author.Lobo was born in Puerto Montt, Chile, but has resided in Costa Rica since 1967, and is generally considered a Costa Rican writer. Her published works have crossed over several genres, including plays, short stories and novels.

A Nuyorican poet, was born in Puerto Rico but moved to New York in 1960.Laviera's poetry addresses l

A Nuyorican poet, was born in Puerto Rico but moved to New York in 1960.Laviera's poetry addresses language (and is written sometimes in Spanish, sometimes in English, more often in Spanglish), cultural identity, race, and memory, particularly as it affects the transculturated lives of Puerto Ricans living in the USA.Scholar William Luis describes Laviera's work as follows: "His poetry is full of the music of bomba and plena, and of rap and preaching. However, it is also socially minded and historical in content. Indeed, his poems are a conglomeration of voices, songs, dialects and cultures producing a unique synthesis which is moving, instructive, and aesthetically appealing".[1]

Was a Japanese diplomat and author [1]. He was a leaning proponent of expansionism in Japan before W

Was a Japanese diplomat and author [1]. He was a leaning proponent of expansionism in Japan before World War II but later became a pacifist and was Japan's first Ambassador to Australia.Kawai was born in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1915. He passed the diplomatic service examination in 1918 and was appointed vice-consul to Tsinan, China in 1919. He was promoted in 1921 and served as Secretary to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. and then Secretary to the Department of Commerce in 1921. He became the Japanese Consul to Vancouver in 1925 and Tsingtao in 1928. He became Chief of the Foreign Department of the Kwantung Leased Territory in 1930 and Secretary to the Japanese Advisor to the Lytton Commission of the League of Nations.

Was a writer of short stories and haiku poetry active in the Showa period Japan, known for his portr

Was a writer of short stories and haiku poetry active in the Showa period Japan, known for his portrayals of city life. Nagai was also known as a haiku poet under the pen-name of "Tomonkyo".Due to this encouragement, he devoted his energies to writing, publishing Kuroi Gohan ("Black Rice") in Bungei Shunju, a monthly literary journal founded by Kikuchi Kan. In 1924, together with the literary critic Kobayashi Hideo, he later launched his own monthly literary magazine called Yamamayu.

Was a Japanese author. Ishikawa was the winner of the first Akutagawa Prize.In December 1937, Ishika

Was a Japanese author. Ishikawa was the winner of the first Akutagawa Prize.In December 1937, Ishikawa was dispatched to Nanjing as a special reporter by the Chuo Koron publishing company. After landing in Shanghai, he arrived in Nanjing in January 1938, weeks after the fall of the city to the Japanese Imperial Army. Embedded in a squadron later connected to the Nanking Massacre, Ishikawa wrote a fictional account (Ikite iru Heitai ???????) of the atrocities suffered by Chinese civilians as well as the widespread pessimism of the Japanese soldiers. Due to its controversial subject matter, nearly one-fourth of its contents was censored even before it was scheduled to be serialized in Chuo Koron

Is a well-known modern Russian writer, TV host, publicist, novelist, and essayist.

Is a well-known modern Russian writer, TV host, publicist, novelist, and essayist.

Was a Finnish composer of contemporary classical music.Marttinen was named a professor by the presid

Was a Finnish composer of contemporary classical music.Marttinen was named a professor by the president Urho Kekkonen in 1972. The composer lived in Turenki until his death. The only world-wide Foundation "Tauno Marttisen Kunniaksi" (Foundation in honouring Tauno Marttinen) is situated in The Netherlands, with Leeuwarden as residence.

Is an Egyptian scholar and author opposed to Islamic fundamentalism.A self-described former member o

Is an Egyptian scholar and author opposed to Islamic fundamentalism.A self-described former member of the militant al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya Tawfik Hamid advocates a peaceful understanding of Islam that is compatible with universal human rights and intellectual freedom. He says he started to preach in mosques to promote his message of peace and as a result he says he became a target of Islamic militants who threatened his life. Hamid then migrated to the West where he has lectured at UCLA, Stanford University, University of Miami and Georgetown University against Islamic fundamentalism. He currently serves on the Advisory Council of The Intelligence Summit,[1

Was a prominent Egyptian writer. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt, the son of a wealthy judge. The t

Was a prominent Egyptian writer. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt, the son of a wealthy judge. The triumphs and failures that are represented by the reception of his enormous output of plays are emblematic of the issues that have confronted the Egyptian drama genre as it has endeavored to adapt its complex modes of communication to Egyptian society.

Was a Japanese author. His most famous works include Rural Teacher (????) and Futon (??). He is note

Was a Japanese author. His most famous works include Rural Teacher (????) and Futon (??). He is noted for writing naturalistic I novels which revolve around the author. His writings are considered pseudo-autobiographical.

Is an African American author

Is an African American author

Is a Moroccan playwright, writing in both Arabic and French.He grew up in Casablanca in a neighborho

Is a Moroccan playwright, writing in both Arabic and French.He grew up in Casablanca in a neighborhood between el Habous and l'Hermitage. At the age of 17 he decided to go to France to study architecture. When he followed a course on stage design he became interested in theater and started working as a designer and translator.

Is a writer and performer who starred as Tarzan in Andy Warhol's Tarzan, and in Ron Rice's beat clas

Is a writer and performer who starred as Tarzan in Andy Warhol's Tarzan, and in Ron Rice's beat classic The Flower Thief, in which he "traipses with an elfin glee through a lost San Francisco of smoke-stuffed North Beach cafes..." Film critic P. Adams Sitney called The Flower Thief "the purest expression of the Beat sensibility in cinema." Village Voice film critic J. Hoberman called Mead "the first underground movie star."

In early 1979, Ted was living and working in the Hermosa Beach Animal Hospital in Hermosa Beach, Cal

In early 1979, Ted was living and working in the Hermosa Beach Animal Hospital in Hermosa Beach, California. One evening, while practicing roller skating inside the animal hospital, he had the idea that he would like to roller skate across the United States to protest the 1979 energy crisis that was causing 100 car gas lines and gas rationing in the 1979. He contacted KZLA Radio in Los Angeles, then an adult contemporary format station, and told them about his idea. They contacted United Artists who was then marketing Lorimar Productions' first movie, Americathon,

Is an American poet who was the thirteenth Poet Laureate of the United States, serving two terms fro

Is an American poet who was the thirteenth Poet Laureate of the United States, serving two terms from 2004 to 2006.On August 12, 2004, he was named Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry by the Librarian of Congress to serve a term from October 2004 through May 2005

Is a French-American writer, biographer, journalist, and historian.He was the son of Gabriel Antoine

Is a French-American writer, biographer, journalist, and historian.He was the son of Gabriel Antoine Armand, Comte de Gramont (1908-1943), a hero of the French Resistance who became a French diplomat. Gramont is an old French noble family, whose name is connected to the city Gramont, Agramont in Spanish, in the south French province of Lower Navarre.

A Japanese science fiction writer. Among other works, he has written Triceratops (?????????), which

A Japanese science fiction writer. Among other works, he has written Triceratops (?????????), which has been collected in The World Treasury of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell.

Is a very important Filipino poet. He was born in Sampaloc, Manila. He was educated at the Universit

Is a very important Filipino poet. He was born in Sampaloc, Manila. He was educated at the University of Santo Tomas where he studied Fine Arts. Antonio is the son of Emilio Mar Antonio, hari ng balagtasan (King of Balagtasan--a Filipino form of poetic joust) during the 1950s.

Was a Polish writer, notable for his historical novels. He is especially renowned for works related

Was a Polish writer, notable for his historical novels. He is especially renowned for works related to the early medieval Middle East, the late Roman and the Byzantine empires.Teodor Parnicki was born March 5, 1908, to a Polish father and a Polish-Jewish mother.[1] in Berlin, where his father, Bronislaw Parnicki, had been studying at the local university of technology. Upon receiving a doctorate, the family moved to Moscow, where Parnicki's father worked for various Russian companies. After the outbreak of World War I, the Parnicki family - officially citizens of Germany - had to abandon Moscow and move to Ufa, where Parnicki's mother died soon afterwards. Bronislaw Parnicki then married a Russian woman who sent young Teodor to a cadet corps school in Omsk and then Vladivostok. Tired of the military drill, at the age of 12 Parnicki escaped from the cadet school and reached Harbin in Manchuria, where he was taken care of by the local Polonia community

Was one of the pre-eminent Filipino historians of the 20th century. He and his contemporary Renato C

Was one of the pre-eminent Filipino historians of the 20th century. He and his contemporary Renato Constantino were among the first Filipino historians who earned renown for promoting a distinctly nationalist point of view of Filipino history (nationalist historiography). He was also an essayist and a poet.

Was a British television journalist well-known for his reporting from the Middle East. He was killed

Was a British television journalist well-known for his reporting from the Middle East. He was killed by U.S. troops in Iraq, while he was covering the 2003 invasion of Iraq for ITN. An inquest jury in the United Kingdom before Assistant Deputy Coroner And