Writer/journalist Famous Names

Is a prominent French journalist and political commentator. In 1963, Duhamel started working at Le M

Is a prominent French journalist and political commentator. In 1963, Duhamel started working at Le Monde. He started giving talks on Europe 1 from 1974. He has also written in Libération since 1992, and in Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace. Duhamel has also hosted several television political broadcasts: À armes égales from 1970, Cartes sur table on Antenne 2 from 1978, succeeded by L'Heure de vérité, and eventually 100 minutes pour convaincre from 2002, as well as Question Ouverte. During the French presidential election of 1995, Duhamel, along with fellow journalist Guillaume Durand, hosted the television debate between Jacques Chirac and Lionel Jospin.

Is a French essayist, and son of a Jewish Polish artisan manufacturing fine leather goods who was de

Is a French essayist, and son of a Jewish Polish artisan manufacturing fine leather goods who was deported to Auschwitz. He currently teaches at the École polytechnique as professor of the "history of ideas and modernity" in the department of humanities a

Is a French jazz pianist, sideman of Boris Vian and Serge Gainsbourg, arranger and composer. He reac

Is a French jazz pianist, sideman of Boris Vian and Serge Gainsbourg, arranger and composer. He reached his creative peak in the 1960s and 1970s. He also recorded and composed the soundtrack to the film Fantastic Planet. His Breton family was living in Nice, on the coast of the Mediterranean, where young Alain studied the piano. He abandoned the violin without remorse, and at the age of twenty had an influential encounter with pianist Jack Diéval, passing through Nice, who firmly advised him to give up everything for the piano. At the same time, Alain studied harmony with Julien Falk, and soon won second place in an amateur jazz competition.

Is a Belgian journalist, formerly an employee of the French Catholic newspaper La Croix. He was fire

Is a Belgian journalist, formerly an employee of the French Catholic newspaper La Croix. He was fired in December 2003 after writing a book critical of the coverage of the U.S. invasion of Iraq by French newspapers Le Monde, Le Figaro, Libération, Ouest-France and La Croix.

Is a writer and journalist, producer and television director, producer of "The Arts Magazine", Franc

Is a writer and journalist, producer and television director, producer of "The Arts Magazine", France 3, and "Ocean" from 1990 to 1993.[1] He was writer-director of the series "Palettes" since 1988. He won the 2005 Prix Goncourt First Novel.

Is a French writer, poet and artist. He was the first advocate of an Art Strike[1] and formed the Un

Is a French writer, poet and artist. He was the first advocate of an Art Strike[1] and formed the Union of Writers during the strikes of May 1968 in France with Jean-Pierre Faye. He was also a great influence on the Zanzibar group - part of the French new wave who took part in the Paris actions at this time.[2]

Was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. He is best known for his writ

Was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. He is best known for his writings on and about the Harlem Renaissance. He is unofficially called the "Father of the Harlem Renaissance." His philosophy served as a strong motivating force in keeping the energy and passion of the Movement at the forefront.[1]

Is a French film producer and writer.

Is a French film producer and writer.

Was a French jazz composer. He studied in Leipzig, Berlin, and Paris. His teachers included Vincent

Was a French jazz composer. He studied in Leipzig, Berlin, and Paris. His teachers included Vincent d'Indy. He later worked with Josephine Baker and Django Reinhardt. Romans wrote music for 12 films. The most famous of them are the films of comedian Jacques Tati, including Les Vacances de M. Hulot (1953), with the theme song "Quel Temps Fait-Il A Paris?", and Mon Oncle (1959).

Is a poet and writer, winner of the Mallarmé prize and a host and producer of radio.[1] Since 1978,

Is a poet and writer, winner of the Mallarmé prize and a host and producer of radio.[1] Since 1978, Alain Veinstein is also the voice of the nights of France Culture with interviews on the program Overnight and broadcasts, Surprised by the night, and surprised by the poetry. He created "The magnetic Nights" in 1978.

Is a major English poet of Pakistani origin in the latter half of the 20th century. Considered avant

Is a major English poet of Pakistani origin in the latter half of the 20th century. Considered avant-garde, both his early and later works were published to universal critical acclaim and widespread influence. His was a remarkable new voice since the 1970

Is an English author and Tony Award-winning playwright.

Is an English author and Tony Award-winning playwright.

Is a British journalist and broadcaster.As a young child Whicker moved from Egypt to Richmond, Londo

Is a British journalist and broadcaster.As a young child Whicker moved from Egypt to Richmond, London upon the death of his father. Brought up by his mother, he attended Haberdashers' Aske's School and upon leaving school during the Second World War he wa

Was an American poet. His poetry is known for its plain and direct language, though it is supported

Was an American poet. His poetry is known for its plain and direct language, though it is supported by technical skill; it is generally trenchant and ironic in its criticism of American life and received ideas, and in its frank sensuality alike. Dugan rec

A contemporary Australian novelist and poet.He completed a BA at Australian National University and

A contemporary Australian novelist and poet.He completed a BA at Australian National University and a Diploma of Education at the then Canberra College of Advanced Education.[2] Having worked as a nuclear physics technician and agricultural labourer he began writing full time in 1973, occasionally teaching and writing journalism.Gould's first books of poems, Icelandic Solitaries, wasn't very good, but it was published in 1978. Since then numerous volumes of poetry and fiction have followed, with his best known novel being To the Burning City (1991) about the relationship between two brothers set in World War II. His work has been awarded the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry (1981), the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies Best Book of the Year Award (1985), the National Book Council Banjo Award for Fiction (1992) and the Royal Blind Society Audio Book of the Year Award (1999).[1] He also had a weird thing for puppets.

Was an American composer of Armenian and Scottish ancestry, but the inspiration for his mature work

Was an American composer of Armenian and Scottish ancestry, but the inspiration for his mature work was as much Eastern as Western.[1]

An Australian poet and children's author currently living in Hong Kong.[1]Born in Brisbane he grew u

An Australian poet and children's author currently living in Hong Kong.[1]Born in Brisbane he grew up in Cleveland on the Queensland coast. He published his first poems in 1976 and since then his work has appeared in magazines and newspapers in Australia and overseas. He holds degrees in Communication and Writing from the University of Technology, Sydney. For many years he worked as a librarian and teacher at the Workers’ Educational Association, Sydney. He has published four books of poetry in Australia including Blood Angels: Poems 1976-1999 (Cerberus, 1997)

Is an American Broadway and an eight-time Academy Award winning composer and pianist. Menken has col

Is an American Broadway and an eight-time Academy Award winning composer and pianist. Menken has collaborated with several renowned lyricists including Howard Ashman (1950-1991), Tim Rice and Stephen Schwartz.

As a comics writer, Moore is notable for being one of the first writers to apply literary and formal

As a comics writer, Moore is notable for being one of the first writers to apply literary and formalist sensibilities to the mainstream of the medium as well as including challenging subject matter and adult themes. He brings a wide range of influences to his work such as

Morrison's work belongs to no particular school, but owes some debt to fairly unconventional (and la

Morrison's work belongs to no particular school, but owes some debt to fairly unconventional (and largely Scottish) influences such as John Davidson and Harold Monro.His work is often characterised by a strongly social and polemical tone, as epitomised in two of his long poems: Clocking-in for the Witching Hour (written 2001, published 2004), which charts the thought processes of his father on a night shift as a security officer, through themes of ancestry and self-perceived failure; and the Blakeian Keir Hardie Street (2006), in which a fictitious, turn-of-the-century, working-class poet discovers a Socialist Utopia off the dreamt-up Sea-Green Line of the London Underground.

Is a South African writer famous for his Macrae and Silver series.

Is a South African writer famous for his Macrae and Silver series.

An Australian playwright and author.In Australia, his best-known play is The One Day of the Year, wh

An Australian playwright and author.In Australia, his best-known play is The One Day of the Year, which dramatised the growing social divide in Australia and the questioning of old values. In the play, ANZAC Day is critiqued by the central character, Hughie, as a day of drunken debauchery by returned soldiers and as a day when questions of what it means to be loyal to a Nation or Empire must be raised.

Is an English writer, one of the "Angry Young Men" of the 1950s.He served in the Royal Air Force ,wh

Is an English writer, one of the "Angry Young Men" of the 1950s.He served in the Royal Air Force ,where he was a wireless operator . After returning to England from Malaya he was discovered to have Tuberculosis and he spent sixteen months in an RAF hospital.[1]

Was a white South African author and liberal political activist.He served as the principal of the Di

Was a white South African author and liberal political activist.He served as the principal of the Diepkloof Reformatory for young (African) offenders from 1935 to 1948, where he introduced controversial reforms of a progressive slant.[1] Most notable amon

Is an Australian poet.

Is an Australian poet.