Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Is an American media personality and author best known for his work on NBC's The Today Show and as t

Is an American media personality and author best known for his work on NBC's The Today Show and as the creator of the Ronald McDonald character.Scott showed an early interest in broadcasting as a teenager, working as a 16-year old in 1950 as an NBC page at WRC-AM, NBC's owned-and-operated television station in Washington, D.C..[1] Scott then attended American University, where he worked alongside fellow student Ed Walker at WAMU-AM, the university's radio station (1951–1953). Scott became a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity while at American University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and religion.[1]

Was an African-American writer, related to the noted artist Archibald Motley. The two were raised as

Was an African-American writer, related to the noted artist Archibald Motley. The two were raised as brothers, although in actuality Archibald was Willard's uncle. Born into an affluent family in either 1909 or 1912 (sources vary), Willard Motley he grew up in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, in one of the only African-American families residing there.

Was a Dutch writer. His made his literary debut with the novel Een winterreis in 1961. Brakman recei

Was a Dutch writer. His made his literary debut with the novel Een winterreis in 1961. Brakman received the P. C. Hooft Award in 1980.[1][2]

Is a Dutch jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, saxophonist, and bass clarinetist.

Is a Dutch jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, saxophonist, and bass clarinetist.

Is the pseudonym of Dutch poet Willem Eduard Keuning.He started writing at the age of fifteen. The w

Is the pseudonym of Dutch poet Willem Eduard Keuning.He started writing at the age of fifteen. The work of Merode is considered to be the most important Christian work between both World Wars. Merode was a subtle man, deeply religious. He was a teacher at the primary school in Uithuizermeeden (1907/1924). He explored many different genres of writing, using a different pseudonym for every style.

Was a Dutch author. He is considered one of the three most important authors in the Netherlands in t

Was a Dutch author. He is considered one of the three most important authors in the Netherlands in the postwar period, along with Harry Mulisch and Gerard Reve.

Is a Dutch prose writer, playwright and poet. Since 1978 Otten has been married to the Dutch writer

Is a Dutch prose writer, playwright and poet. Since 1978 Otten has been married to the Dutch writer Vonne van der Meer.He grew up in an atmosphere of moral libertinism. His nonfiction is in part a reflection upon that atmosphere and a polemic with the philosophy behind that atmosphere. He published his first book of poetry in 1973. He has published essays and fiction about euthanasia and played a role in the euthanasia debate in the Netherlands by criticizing the arguments in favour of euthanasia and the freedom of choice in matters of one's own life and death.

Was a Dutch journalist. The Dutch government conspired to keep him out of work, for which it had to

Was a Dutch journalist. The Dutch government conspired to keep him out of work, for which it had to pay him 8 million guilders in damages in 2000 (approx. 4 million in 2000 US dollars)

Was a Dutch composer, music critic and music teacher

Was a Dutch composer, music critic and music teacher

Was a Dutch poet and writer. He was best known for his the large number of songs he wrote for popula

Was a Dutch poet and writer. He was best known for his the large number of songs he wrote for popular children programs.Wilmink was born in Enschede and studied Dutch and history at the University of Amsterdam. From 1960 to 1978, he taught modern literature at the same university. He wrote many songs for musicals and wrote a number of youth books. At first he mainly wrote for adults, but later mainly for children.

Was a German journalist and politician with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). In 1922, h

Was a German journalist and politician with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). In 1922, he went to work as the secretary of the socialist philosopher, Leonard Nelson,[5] who founded the Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund (ISK). He became

Was an Irish man of letters and poet.He was born in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, Ireland, and was the

Was an Irish man of letters and poet.He was born in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, Ireland, and was the son of the manager of a local bank who was of English descent. He obtained a post in the custom-house of his native town and held several similar posts in

Was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher.William Alwyn was born in Northampton where he

Was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher.William Alwyn was born in Northampton where he showed an early interest in music and began to learn to play the piccolo. At age 15 he entered the Royal Academy of Music in London where he studied flute and composition. He was a virtuoso flautist and for a time was the principal flautist of the London Symphony Orchestra. Alwyn served as professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music from 1926 to 1955.

An Australian poet and short-story writer.Blocksidge was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the son of Ge

An Australian poet and short-story writer.Blocksidge was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the son of George Henry Blocksidge, an auctioneer and estate agent. He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School and by a private tutor David Owen, M.A., a classical scholar who became a close friend.In 1908 Blocksidge travelled to London with his friend Robert Graham Brown. He travelled the Continent and published ten books including two of prose, beginning with Songs of the South, which was followed a year later by Australia to England and other Verses. Both of these books were suppressed shortly after their publication. In 1910 no fewer than four volumes were privately printed, Moreton Miles, Southern Songs, A Northern Trail, and The New Life, of which copies were sent to the principal public libraries, but few, if any, were sold to the public. There was no publisher's name on any of the volumes

Was an American journalist, editor, publisher, television interviewer, screenwriter, lecturer, and n

Was an American journalist, editor, publisher, television interviewer, screenwriter, lecturer, and novelist.

Was an American poet and the author of more than 15 books of poems and essays and a winner of the Am

Was an American poet and the author of more than 15 books of poems and essays and a winner of the American Book Award in 1982.William M Bronk was a graduate of Dartmouth College and spent most of his life in his home in Hudson Falls, Washington County, New York. In 1981, when the University of New Hampshire began collecting Bronk, he had had ten books of poetry and three books of essays published by small presses, but he was still relatively unknown outside of the small world of the intelligentsia. Hugh Miller, a book seller in New Haven, Connecticut made the following statement about Bronk's literary reputation: "Bronk's first two books, Light and Dark(1956), published by Cid Corman's Origin Press and The World, the Worldess (1964), published by New Directions, did not bring him a wide reputation. He mentions in one letter that he received only one warm response to Light and Dark, though that was from Charles Olson. Otherwise, the response was a disappointment to him.

Was an English poet, born at Tavistock, Devon and educated at Oxford; subsequently he entered the In

Was an English poet, born at Tavistock, Devon and educated at Oxford; subsequently he entered the Inner Temple.His poems, which are mainly descriptive, are rich and flowing, and true to the phenomena of nature, but deficient in interest. Influenced by Spe

Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of bo

Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and English literary establishments,

Was an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. He was also a pediatrician and g

Was an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. He was also a pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine. Williams "worked harder at being a writer than he did at being a physician," wrote biographer Linda Wagner-Martin. During

Was an English dramatist and churchman.He became, according to Wood, the most florid and seraphical

Was an English dramatist and churchman.He became, according to Wood, the most florid and seraphical preacher in the university, and appears to have been no less admired as a reader in metaphysics. In 1642 he was made succentor of Salisbury Cathedral, and

Was a writer best known for claiming that the six Apollo moon landings between July 1969 and Decembe

Was a writer best known for claiming that the six Apollo moon landings between July 1969 and December 1972 were hoaxes. He is regarded as the instigator of the moon hoax movement.Kaysing joined the Navy in 1940 as a Midshipman and eventually was sent to officers' training school which led to his attending University of Southern California . In 1949 he received his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Redlands. He later worked for a time as a furniture maker, before working at Rocketdyne (a division of North American Aviation and later of Rockwell International), (1956-1963), where Saturn V rocket engines were built. Kaysing was the company's head of technical publications but was not trained as an engineer or scientist. Kaysing's critics believe that Kaysing lacked the technical knowledge to make an informed opinion, and have denounced his conclusions.

Was an Australian poet, explorer, journalist and politician, and one of the leading figures of early

Was an Australian poet, explorer, journalist and politician, and one of the leading figures of early colonial New South Wales. He was the first native-born Australian to achieve a reputation overseas, and a leading advocate for self-government for the Australian colonies.Wentworth was born at sea, at least five weeks premature, shortly before arriving at Norfolk Island, a penal settlement in the Tasman Sea, where his parents D'Arcy Wentworth and Catherine Crowley (who were not married) were being transported from Britain. Strictly speaking D'Arcy Wentworth, a surgeon, was not a convict, since although he was accused of highway robbery he accepted transportation in order to avoid conviction. He was a descendant of the Anglo-Irish Earl of Roscommon. [1] Catherine Crowley was a convict, an Irish teenager who was transported for stealing clothing.

Was an American novelist and essayist.Styron's influence deepened and his readership expanded with t

Was an American novelist and essayist.Styron's influence deepened and his readership expanded with the publication of Darkness Visible. This memoir was a description of the author's descent into depression, which he called the "despair beyond despair."

Was an English poet. Second in influence only to Thomas Gray, he was an important poet of the middle

Was an English poet. Second in influence only to Thomas Gray, he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century. His lyrical odes mark a turn away from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation and towards the romantic era which

Was an English playwright and poet.Congreve was born in Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England (near Leeds

Was an English playwright and poet.Congreve was born in Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England (near Leeds). His parents were William Congreve (1637–1708) and his wife, Mary (née Browning; 1636?–1715); a sister was buried in London in 1672.