Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Is an Italian journalist and writer. He was born in Sassuolo near Modena in Italy. According to Sand

Is an Italian journalist and writer. He was born in Sassuolo near Modena in Italy. According to Sandro Magister, a Vaticanista, he is the "most translated Catholic writer in the world.At first, Messori was the editor and then the leader of the press offic

A famous literary figure of Hindi & Bhojpuri literature. He belongs to Sonwani village in Ghazipur.

A famous literary figure of Hindi & Bhojpuri literature. He belongs to Sonwani village in Ghazipur. He got many awards from U P Govt. He has written more than 50 books. Sonamati is a popular novel of Mr.Rai. In 2006, he was awarded Uttar Pradesh's prestigious Yash Bharati Award for his contribution to Hindi Literature.[1] He has been awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Samman by the Uttar Pradesh government.[2]He criticized Indian Emergency, through his novel Katra bi Aarzoo which is the most direct and effective condemnation in Hindi fiction.[3] He has also published some good essays.[4]

A famous literary figure of Hindi & Bhojpuri literature. He belongs to Sonwani village in Ghazipur.

A famous literary figure of Hindi & Bhojpuri literature. He belongs to Sonwani village in Ghazipur. He got many awards from U P Govt. He has written more than 50 books. Sonamati is a popular novel of Mr.Rai. In 2006, he was awarded Uttar Pradesh's prestigious Yash Bharati Award for his contribution to Hindi Literature.[1] He has been awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Samman by the Uttar Pradesh government.[2]

An Australian poet. He is considered one of the most lyrical and observant Australian poets of his g

An Australian poet. He is considered one of the most lyrical and observant Australian poets of his generation.Vivian Brian Smith was born in Tasmania but left in the late 1950s and has lived since then in Sydney, where he was a longtime professor at the University of Sydney until his retirement in the early 2000s. He returns to Tasmania every year and his poetry is still influenced by the landscape there. Smith has published criticism as well as a bibiliography of the work of Patrick White. He has been an advocate of Australian literature and of many individual Australian writers.

Is a French composer and record producer. "Vivien Lalu is one creative and enthusiastic keyboard pla

Is a French composer and record producer. "Vivien Lalu is one creative and enthusiastic keyboard player and composer out of Paris, France. Being the firstborn of the keyboard player (mother) and the singer/guitar player (father) from a late 1970's French Progressive Rock band, he was literally breastfed his musical legacy. Today, he considers himself a composer more than a keyboard virtuouso, as he claims being too busy composing at the expense of practicing. Well, at least he is honest. The truth is, however, he seems to handle the keyboards pretty well, too." - Frode Leirvik / Metal Express

Was a Latvian poetess, writer and translator. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. B

Was a Latvian poetess, writer and translator. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Belševica's father Janis Belševics was a worker, but her mother Ieva Belševica (maiden name Cirule) was a housewife. The family was relatively poor, as only

Was a Croatian historian and writer, most famous for his monumental History of the Croats.Klaic wrot

Was a Croatian historian and writer, most famous for his monumental History of the Croats.Klaic wrote for the weekly Hrvatska lipa of the Croatian Party of Rights and was the editor of Vienac for several years (1882-1889), founded an orchestra and conducted it, promoting Croatian music. In 1892 he started and edited the musical magazine Gusle. He wrote short stories and political articles in the Croatian spirit.

Was a Croatian Romantic writer and dramatist.He entered into literature in 1881 with the narrative M

Was a Croatian Romantic writer and dramatist.He entered into literature in 1881 with the narrative Maca. He wrote seven novels. He published thirty narratives. Apart from stories he also wrote poetry, Feuilleton, dramatic works, reviews, critiques and musical arrangements.

Is a Moldovan writer.Grecu was born in Dubasari, Transnistria. He graduated from the Schools of Plas

Is a Moldovan writer.Grecu was born in Dubasari, Transnistria. He graduated from the Schools of Plastic Arts of Dubasari (1976) and the Technical University - Civil and Industrial Constructions Faculty (1987).

Was a Serbian and Croatian writer.He wrote poems, short stories and novels, usually dealing with the

Was a Serbian and Croatian writer.He wrote poems, short stories and novels, usually dealing with the life in cities and villages of Northern Dalmatia. His best work is novel Proljeca Ivana Galeba (Springs of Ivan Galeb), published in 1957, in which he gives first-person account of an intellectual lying in hospital bed and meditating about illness and mortality. He died in Zagreb.

Was a Russian writer and newspaper journalist, best known for his reminiscences of life in pre-Revol

Was a Russian writer and newspaper journalist, best known for his reminiscences of life in pre-Revolutionary Moscow ("Moscow and Muscovites"), which he first published in a book form in 1926.

Was a Russian writer of children's books and professor of biology.

Was a Russian writer of children's books and professor of biology.

Was a Romanian short story writer and novelist. One of the most important fantasy and science fictio

Was a Romanian short story writer and novelist. One of the most important fantasy and science fiction authors in Romanian literature, whose main works are known on several continents, he was also a noted poet, translator, journalist and comic book author.

Is a French-Romanian composer and conductor from a family of musicians. His father, Teodor Cosma, wa

Is a French-Romanian composer and conductor from a family of musicians. His father, Teodor Cosma, was a pianist and conductor, his mother was a writer-composer, his uncle, Edgar Cosma, was a composer and conductor, and one of his grandmothers, a pianist, studied with the renowned Ferruccio Busoni.

Was a Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, journalist, human rights activist and humanitarian. His

Was a Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, journalist, human rights activist and humanitarian. His short stories were known for their harsh portrayal of nature based on his experience of exile in Siberia. Korolenko was a strong critic of the Tsarist regi

Is a contemporary postmodern Russian writer and dramatist, one of the most popular in modern Russian

Is a contemporary postmodern Russian writer and dramatist, one of the most popular in modern Russian literature.

Was a Russian revolutionary, writer and anthropologist, especially known for his studies of the Chuk

Was a Russian revolutionary, writer and anthropologist, especially known for his studies of the Chukchi people in Siberia.

Was one of the greatest Russian lexicographers. His father was a Danish physician named Johan Christ

Was one of the greatest Russian lexicographers. His father was a Danish physician named Johan Christian Dahl, and to a Russian mother.

Russian poet of Ukrainian descent, and member of the Akmeist group. Vladimir Ivanovich Narbut was bo

Russian poet of Ukrainian descent, and member of the Akmeist group. Vladimir Ivanovich Narbut was born on his family's estate at Narbutovka, near the town of Glukhov in the Chernigov Governorate of Russian Empire (now, the Sumy Oblast of Ukraine).

Is a notable former Soviet political dissident, author and an activist. Bukovsky was one of the firs

Is a notable former Soviet political dissident, author and an activist. Bukovsky was one of the first to expose the use of psychiatric imprisonment against political prisoners in the Soviet Union.

Was the first President of the People's Republic of Croatia (President of the Presidium of the Peopl

Was the first President of the People's Republic of Croatia (President of the Presidium of the People's Assembly). He was also a famous writer, translator, and communist politician.Nazor wrote over 500 sonnets.

Is a prominent Russian writer and a dissident. He is a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and

Is a prominent Russian writer and a dissident. He is a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Department of Language and Literature.

Is a French artist and writer of Russian-Jewish origin. Son of a repressed and executed Soviet funct

Is a French artist and writer of Russian-Jewish origin. Son of a repressed and executed Soviet functionary, Vladimir Slepian was born in Prague and resided in Leningrad before moving to Moscow. He began his university studies in mathematics, continuing as a student of fine art. In 1956 Slepian moved to Moscow. He attended the Picasso exhibition at the Pushkin Museum and presented his paintings to David Burliuk, who was then staying at Hotel Moskva

Was a Russian short story writer and novelist. He was born at Makorovskaya near Vologda in 1923. His

Was a Russian short story writer and novelist. He was born at Makorovskaya near Vologda in 1923. His father was a civil servant. He studied at the Gorki Literary Institute in Moscow.

Was a Croatian poet. He is considered one of the major figures of the Croatian secessionist poetry.H

Was a Croatian poet. He is considered one of the major figures of the Croatian secessionist poetry.His best poems - like Jutro (Morning), Pejzaž I, II (Landscape), Adieu, Ex Pannonia, Dva levita (Two Levites) - include some of the best verses ever written in Croatian. Some of his contemporaries, such as Matoš, accused him of technical imperfections, wrong accents in rhymes and raw style.