Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

Is an author, journalist and researcher of Israeli culture and society.In 1985, the documentary film

Is an author, journalist and researcher of Israeli culture and society.In 1985, the documentary film "Kaddish", produced by Steve Brand, which focuses on his relationship with his father, a Holocaust survivor, was released. The "Village Voice" called it one of the best ten films of the year.

A Japanese anime screenwriter. He has his own anime studio enterprise, Studio Orphee.He is noted for

A Japanese anime screenwriter. He has his own anime studio enterprise, Studio Orphee.He is noted for his work on authoring the scenario, screenplay and story composition of the anime series, Please Teacher and its sequel Please Twins, Honey and Clover, Excel Saga, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 and numerous others. In 2003, Kuroda won the Individual Award at the 8th Animation Kobe event, held annually in Kobe.

Is the Breton language name of Yves Le Drézen, a Breton nationalist writer and activist. He is also

Is the Breton language name of Yves Le Drézen, a Breton nationalist writer and activist. He is also known as Corentin Cariou and Tin Gariou. Having abandoned his religious training, he met, while on military service in Rennes, officials of the nationalist group Unvaniezh Yaouankiz Breiz, which led to the publication of his first article in support of Breton nationalism in the journal Breiz Atao.

An Afghan writer, painter, playwright, artist, poet, actor, and art consultant from Afghanistan. He

An Afghan writer, painter, playwright, artist, poet, actor, and art consultant from Afghanistan. He has now taken residence in Tracy, California, United States since his emigration from Afghanistan.Youssef Kohzad was born in 1935 in the Chendawol district of Kabul, Afghanistan. During his high school years, he wrote plays and created artwork for Kabul Theater. Kohzad graduated from Nejat (Amani) High School in Kabul in 1953. He finished his formal art education from the Academy of Art in Rome, Italy in 1965. After returning from Italy, he traveled to the former Soviet Union, India and former Eastern Germany to exhibit his art along with other contemporary Afghan artists. Many of his works are showcased in the Middle Eastern Studies museums in Moscow.

Is a Moroccan writer.. His novels have been translated into Arabic, English, Spanish and Italian. Hi

Is a Moroccan writer.. His novels have been translated into Arabic, English, Spanish and Italian. His collection of short stories, Gossip (2004), is the first book entirely written in Darija (Moroccan Arabic).

Was a Japanese lyricist, poet, novelist.He was famous for thousands of his lyrics he contributed to

Was a Japanese lyricist, poet, novelist.He was famous for thousands of his lyrics he contributed to many recording artists since 1967. Mainly during the 1970s, more than 20 of them reached the number-one on the Japanese Oricon chart, and 7 singles sold more than a million copies. Over a half thousand of his compositions released as a single have entered the Japanese record chart, and they sold in excess of 68 million copies from 1968 to 2007, making him the most commercially successful Japanese lyricist which was followed by Takashi Matsumoto and Tetsuya Komuro.

Was a modern Chinese short story writer and poet.

Was a modern Chinese short story writer and poet.

Is a Chinese author. He studied dentistry but soon decided to write fiction in 1983 because it allow

Is a Chinese author. He studied dentistry but soon decided to write fiction in 1983 because it allowed him to be more creative and flexible. He grew up during the Cultural Revolution so many of his stories and novels are marked by this experience. His early work can be compared with a nightmarish vision of a visit to the dentist: sadistic and brutal. Yu Hua has so far written three novels, six collections of stories, and three collections of essays. His most important novels are called Chronicle of a Blood Merchant and To Live. The latter novel was adapted for film by Zhang Yimou. Because the film was banned in China, it instantly made the novel a bestseller and Yu Hua a worldwide celebrity. His novels have been translated into English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish, Japanese, Korean and Malayalam.

Was a Chinese scholar and author from the Cao Wei. He was a native of what's now Xi'an, Shaanxi [1],

Was a Chinese scholar and author from the Cao Wei. He was a native of what's now Xi'an, Shaanxi [1], and most notable for his writing of his work Weilue, also known as Dianlue [2], though some scholars thought that it could be a separated work. Both of which are no longer extant, however a chapter of Weilue was quoted as an extensive footnote to the Records of Three Kingdoms in the (30th) section of Wuhuan, Xianbei and Dongyi by Pei Songzhi during the 5th century, it served as an additional guide to the Western Regions on the book. The chapter has only survived because it was included as an extensive note to it.

Was a Chinese poet born in Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty. She is distinctive for being the first

Was a Chinese poet born in Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty. She is distinctive for being the first Chinese poet to break the conventional passive voice of women in poetry and lyrics. She is the first Chinese feminist poet.

Is an ethnic Mongolian jurist, novelist, and dissident from China.

Is an ethnic Mongolian jurist, novelist, and dissident from China.

Was Chinese poet of the Ming Dynasty, and one of the Three Yuan Brothers. His life spanned nearly th

Was Chinese poet of the Ming Dynasty, and one of the Three Yuan Brothers. His life spanned nearly the whole of the Wanli period (1573-1620) in Chinese history. Yuan was from Gong'an in Hukuang. His family had been military officials for generations. Yuan showed an interest in literature from youth and formed his own literary club at age fifteen. At the age of twenty-four in 1592 he took the chin-shih examination and subsequently received an official position in 1595. However he quit out of boredom after a year and in 1593. Yuan traveled and consulted with the radical philosopher Li Zhi. On another trip his brothers joined him. Hu's elder brother was a Buddhist-Confucianist synchronist. His travels resulted in his publishing a poetry compilation Jietuo ji [Collection of One Released]

Was a well-known poet, scholar and artist of the Qing Dynasty.Yuan Mei was born in Qiantang (??, in

Was a well-known poet, scholar and artist of the Qing Dynasty.Yuan Mei was born in Qiantang (??, in modern Hangzhou), Zhejiang province. He achieved the degree of jinshi at a young age and entered the Hanlin Academy (???). After a succession of various minor posts, Yuan Mi resigned his post in 1748 and returned to his hometown to pursue his literary interest.

Was an important Chinese writer and poet in the middle Tang Dynasty known for his work Yingying's Bi

Was an important Chinese writer and poet in the middle Tang Dynasty known for his work Yingying's Biography.

A popular writer of anime theme songs. She is also known by another pen name of Mio Iwasato. In addi

A popular writer of anime theme songs. She is also known by another pen name of Mio Iwasato. In addition, she has written lyrics for some Japanese singers including Maaya Sakamoto, Miki Imai and many others. She is known to be a close friend (in working field) of Miki Imai, Yoko Kanno, Akino Arai and also Maaya Sakamoto.A classical and yet now modern lyrical writer, she started her lyrical works officially in the mid-1980s. She is well contact with Yoko Kanno and always travelled the Anime world along with her. Her latest work is in theme and insert songs from Sousei no Aquarion anime. Most of her songs were sung by Akino from bless4 ; one song Tori ni natte (Change into birds) was sung by Aoi.

A Japanese author.Takai won the 1965 Akutagawa Prize for Kita no kawa (Northern Stream) and the 1984

A Japanese author.Takai won the 1965 Akutagawa Prize for Kita no kawa (Northern Stream) and the 1984 Tanizaki Prize for Kono kuni no sora (?????, This Country's Sky).

A Japanese science fiction and fantasy writer.he started writing in 1982 for SF Izumu magazine. Afte

A Japanese science fiction and fantasy writer.he started writing in 1982 for SF Izumu magazine. Afterwards he collaborated on a number of published works. In 1988 he published his first novel, Summer Road (Natsukaidô-Samârôdo), followed by various other fantasy books, often set in large cities or characterized by a surreal streak.Hayami also worked on a number of novelizations of science fiction or horror manga and anime. In the latter field, his work on the tie-ins for the anime series Vampire Princess Miyu became so popular that the original characters and situations were in later entries of the series modified to account for his personal additions to the canon.

A Japanese composer, performer, pianist and author.Studied under Roh Ogura and Minao Shibata. In 196

A Japanese composer, performer, pianist and author.Studied under Roh Ogura and Minao Shibata. In 1960, he made his debut as a pianist by performing Bo Nilsson's Quantitaten. He lived in Europe from 1963 to 1966 where he worked with Iannis Xenakis. He gave the first performance of Xenakis' Herma and Eonta. In 2006 he was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award.

A Japanese author and playwright.Mishima was born in the Yotsuya district of Tokyo (now part of Shin

A Japanese author and playwright.Mishima was born in the Yotsuya district of Tokyo (now part of Shinjuku). His father was Azusa Hiraoka, a government official and his mother, Shizue, was the daughter of a school principal in Tokyo. His paternal grandparents were Jotaro and Natsuko Hiraoka. He had a younger sister named Mitsuko, who died of typhus, and a younger brother named Chiyuki.

The pen name of Satoko Tsushima, a contemporary Japanese fiction writer, essayist and critic. She is

The pen name of Satoko Tsushima, a contemporary Japanese fiction writer, essayist and critic. She is also the daughter of famed novelist Osamu Dazai, who died when she was only one year old.While attending Shirayuri Women's University she started publishing fiction. At the age of 24, she published her first collection of stories, Carnival (Shaniku-sai). Now a prolific writer, she is the winner of several literary prizes.

An Indian sinologist, born and brought up in Jagdishpur. An alumni of Jawaharlal Nehru University, h

An Indian sinologist, born and brought up in Jagdishpur. An alumni of Jawaharlal Nehru University, he taught from 1994 at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 2002.[1] Earlier, he also taught at Jawaharlal Nehru University,[citation needed] New Delhi, and worked at All India Radio.[citation needed]After this he taught at Delhi University as Reader/Associate Professor in Chinese.[2] He currently is Course Director of the Chinese Stream at the University of Bath.[3][4] Kumar has authored several articles and books.[5] He has provided opinion pieces and news items for Indian,[6][7][8] Chinese, and British media including the BBC.[9][10]

A Japanese Naoki Award-winning author. The daughter of the chief priest of Yoyogi Hachiman shrine, H

A Japanese Naoki Award-winning author. The daughter of the chief priest of Yoyogi Hachiman shrine, Hiraiwa Yumie was born in Tokyo in 1932. After graduating from the Department of Japanese Literature at Japan Women's University, the aspiring author studied under novelist Togawa Yukio and became a member of Shinyo-kai, an organization to promote literature established in memory of novelist Hasegawa Shin. In 1959, her work Taganeshi won the Naoki Award.

Was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from h

Was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic. He has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present. Because Yunus Emre is, after Ahmet Yesevi and Sultan Veled, one of the first known Turkish poets to have composed works in th

Is a Ukrainian prose writer, poet, essayist, and translator. With Oleksandr Irvanets and Viktor Nebo

Is a Ukrainian prose writer, poet, essayist, and translator. With Oleksandr Irvanets and Viktor Neborak, he co-founded the Bu-Ba-Bu poetic group in 1985. To date, Andrukhovych has published four novels, four poetry collections, a cycle of short stories, a

Is a Russian composer, singer and musician, People's Artist of Russia (1997)

Is a Russian composer, singer and musician, People's Artist of Russia (1997)