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Was a Jewish polymath, teacher, writer, researcher, linguist, and collector of rare documents. He wa

Was a Jewish polymath, teacher, writer, researcher, linguist, and collector of rare documents. He was born in Jerusalem to a Jewish family originally from Baghdad. During his early life he studied under his brother Isaac Ezekial Yahuda. In 1895, at the ag

Is a Dutch essayist, sociologist and professor emeritus from the University of Amsterdam. He receive

Is a Dutch essayist, sociologist and professor emeritus from the University of Amsterdam. He received the P. C. Hooft Award for 2008.[1]

Was born in Salé and is considered to be the greatest Moroccan historian of the 19th century.[1] He

Was born in Salé and is considered to be the greatest Moroccan historian of the 19th century.[1] He was a prominent scholar and a member of the family that founded the Nasiriyya Sufi order in the 17th century.

Name also spelled Abu Bakr Khayrat) was an Egyptian composer of classical music, part of that nation

Name also spelled Abu Bakr Khayrat) was an Egyptian composer of classical music, part of that nation's first generation of such composers.An architect by profession, Khairat studied music since childhood, and studied harmony and composition in Paris priva

Was a renowned modern Bangladeshi author and a famous novelist.His first story, ‘Abhishap’, was

Was a renowned modern Bangladeshi author and a famous novelist.His first story, ‘Abhishap’, was published in 1940, in the Nabajug edited by the activist Kazi Nazrul Islam. He passed his matriculation with scholarship in 1942. His first big literary effort, Surja-Dighal Bari, which he finished writing in August 1948, waited some seven years for a publisher.Ishaque is often categorized with those who wrote the least and showed the best. Three novels - one of which is a detective novel, two collections of short stories and the voluminous Samokalin Bangla Bhashar Obhidhan (first two parts of it have already been published from the Bangla Academy and the rest [how many?] are being prepared). As literature celebrates only quality, not quantity, he comes forth as a major novelist in contemporary literature with the publication of Surya-Dighal Bari (A Cursed House) written at the age of only twenty one and till now its mighty presence is felt by readers of Bangla fiction.

Was a Sufi leader from Morocco and one of the successors of Abu Madyan.[1] He was the patron saint o

Was a Sufi leader from Morocco and one of the successors of Abu Madyan.[1] He was the patron saint of Safi and lived during the reign of the Almohad dynasty.[2] He spent twenty years in Alexandria and, when he returned to Morocco, founded a ribat in Safi.[3] The Sufi brotherhood of the Magiriyyun derives from him.

A renowned modern Bangladeshi author, using the literary name of Abu Rushd.Abu Rushd's first publica

A renowned modern Bangladeshi author, using the literary name of Abu Rushd.Abu Rushd's first publication was a collection of short stories in 1939. Besides the novels listed below, he has written 50 short stories and an autobiography, which he considers his most important work. He has further done much translation, both from Bangla to English and English to Bangla, including Shakespeare's plays. He was also a regular columnist for four Bangladeshi newspapers.

A renowned modern Bangladeshi author, famous novelist.

A renowned modern Bangladeshi author, famous novelist.

Was a renowned modern Bangladeshi author, famous novelist.

Was a renowned modern Bangladeshi author, famous novelist.

Is a Bengali writer from the state of West Bengal in India

Is a Bengali writer from the state of West Bengal in India

Was a Bangladeshi littérateur. Was also a politician and journalist. He was born in Mymensingh.Reno

Was a Bangladeshi littérateur. Was also a politician and journalist. He was born in Mymensingh.Renowned journalist and editor of The Daily Star Mr Mahfuz Anam is his son.He passed the Matriculation Examination in 1917 and the Intermediate in 1919. This was a time when the Khilafat and Non-cooperation (Osohojog) movements were attracting the Muslim educated class. Abul Mansur Ahmed got involved in these movements. He studied Law at Ripon College, Calcutta.

Was a famous physician at the Saadian court.[1] He studied medicine with his father. He lived in Mar

Was a famous physician at the Saadian court.[1] He studied medicine with his father. He lived in Marrakesh and Fez and was of Morisco descent. It is probable that he was the author of Hadiqat al-azhar fi mahiyyat al-ushb wa-l-aqqar (Garden of Flowers in the Explanation of the Character of Herbs and Drugs), a treatise on pharmacology and botany.[2] An hospital in Fez was named after him.

Was an early Soviet Azerbaijani writer known under the pen name Abulhasan, People's Writer of Azerba

Was an early Soviet Azerbaijani writer known under the pen name Abulhasan, People's Writer of Azerbaijan.

A Hindi literateur, grammarian and publisher. He founded the Pustak Bhandar in Laheriasarai and Patn

A Hindi literateur, grammarian and publisher. He founded the Pustak Bhandar in Laheriasarai and Patna in 1915, which made the little known place like Laheriasarai prominent in Indian publishing. He shifted his publishing activities to Patna in 1929.He also founded a number of magazines like Balak magazine (1926–1986), Himalaya (1946–1948) and Honhar (Hindi and Urdu) (1939). Through his publishing efforts he encouraged many other Hindi literateurs like Ramavriksha Benipuri, Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar', Acharya Shivapujan Sahay, and Pt. Harimohan Jha.He guided Upendra Maharthi the artist to develop his talents through work under him for over a decade. He was a pioneer in encouraging young authors of Bihar and through his editing standardised the Hindi language. His Hindi primer Manohar Pothi is still the finest effort ever made to teach Hindi alphabets to beginners

Was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he is considered one of the most prominent figures

Was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he is considered one of the most prominent figures working within the field of Impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions. Debussy was not only among the most important of all French composers but also was a central figure in all European music at the turn of the twentieth century.

Was a French composer best known for several internationally successful operettas, including Les noc

Was a French composer best known for several internationally successful operettas, including Les noces d'Olivette (1879), La mascotte (1880), Gillette de Narbonne (1882), La cigale et la fourmi (1886), Miss Helyett (1890), and La poupée (1896).

Is a South African writer. His most important works include the novels Kafka's Curse (1997) and Bitt

Is a South African writer. His most important works include the novels Kafka's Curse (1997) and Bitter Fruit (2001), but he is also the author of three collections of poetry, a novella and a short-story collection. He is the winner of many literary prizes, including the South African Bosman prize for Kafka's Curse. Dangor is also an active development professional and has headed up various non-governmental organisations in South Africa, including the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund. He is currently Chief Executive of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and lives in Johannesburg, South Africa with his wife, Audrey, and young son Zachary.

Is a Dutch journalist, writer and a TV producer. He authored several books, including a biography of

Is a Dutch journalist, writer and a TV producer. He authored several books, including a biography of Prince Bernhard, and is the host of a historical program Andere Tijden (Other Times). Outside of The Netherlands he is best known for his book "A Price on Their Heads", describing the process by which Nazis paid for the information on the locations of the Jews.

Was an English writer.Overall she wrote more than twenty-five works of fiction, three volumes of poe

Was an English writer.Overall she wrote more than twenty-five works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works.[1] Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers, and were never published in book form.While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, she was known to her newspaper readers as A.C.. Later in her career she reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and it is thus by this name that she is known.[2]

Was an Australian author and poet. Born in Beaufort, Victoria, on her father's sheep property, she w

Was an Australian author and poet. Born in Beaufort, Victoria, on her father's sheep property, she was educated at Ruytons Girls' School. Her sister was the artist Valma Howell. She lived in New York in the latter part of her life where she wrote most of her most famous works. Her early writing, which she later eschewed as adolescent, showed considerable skill utilising Indigenous Australian phonetic forms of her childhood in Western Victoria. She is best known for her later writing, much praised for its great formal and feminine qualities, as an early sound poet.

Was a Bohemian composer.At around this time he was in the employment of Count Franz von Fünfkirchen

Was a Bohemian composer.At around this time he was in the employment of Count Franz von Fünfkirchen in Brno, whose employees were all musicians. Here he started composing, among other things, symphonies, of which he was eventually to write over 60. In 1785 he moved to Vienna, where he met Mozart, who performed one of Jírovec's symphonies in the same year.[1] From 1786 to around 1793, he travelled throughout Europe. He spent some time in Paris, where he established that some symphonies that had been published as the work of Joseph Haydn were in fact his work.[2]

Was a French journalist born in Hungary. He was the creator of the philatelic magazine Le Monde des

Was a French journalist born in Hungary. He was the creator of the philatelic magazine Le Monde des philatélistes. Prisoner of war from 20 June 1940 to 1943, he returned to work in a printer of Temps, later working for Le Monde. He took part in the printing of the first issue, dated 19 December 1944.

An Australian poet. Born in London in 1960, to an Anglo-Australian father and a Thai mother. He spen

An Australian poet. Born in London in 1960, to an Anglo-Australian father and a Thai mother. He spent some of his childhood with relatives in Thailand, and went to a convent in Malaysia, before coming to Australia in 1968.He began writing in the mid-1970s and majored in English and Art Film History at the University of Sydney. He has also completed a Master's in Linguistics and a Doctorate in Creative Arts from the Centre for New Writing, University of Technology, Sydney. He was Associate Poetry Editor for HEAT magazine.[1]He has published three major collections in Australia and numerous poems in Australian literary journals. He is considered to be a poet of no particular school or trend, postmodern and lyrical at the same time. His influences range from the English Romantic to the French, American and British avante-garde, especially the New York school of poets.

Is an Armenian American writer for teenagers and young adults. His first novel, Forgotten Fire, beca

Is an Armenian American writer for teenagers and young adults. His first novel, Forgotten Fire, became a National Book Award Finalist. His second novel First French Kiss gained as much success as his first one. He resides in New York City, U.S..

Was a German classical guitarist, singer, zitherer and composer. Adam Darr began his musical activit

Was a German classical guitarist, singer, zitherer and composer. Adam Darr began his musical activities some time after age 12 and before the age of 18. Sometime after the age of 23, he left his hometown of Schweinfurt, performing abroad. Although secondary sources state that he performed for royal courts, no primary sources have been discovered to verify this claim. The first know performance of Darr is in April of 1837, as a guitarist/vocalist in a an ensemble known as the Bavaria Nature-Singers.