Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter F

A Dutch foreign service diplomat and writer. He spent World War II in a Japanese internment camp,[1]

A Dutch foreign service diplomat and writer. He spent World War II in a Japanese internment camp,[1] and afterward lived and worked in New Guinea, New York, Bangkok, Brussels, Dhaka, Luanda, East Berlin (he was the next-to-last Dutch ambassador there[1]), and Tehran all of which have served as locations for the novels and stories which he has published.

Was a Polish writer and preacher.[1]Fabian was educated at the Krakow Academy in 1585 where he later

Was a Polish writer and preacher.[1]Fabian was educated at the Krakow Academy in 1585 where he later 1587 lectured on Latin and Greek literature and taught philosophy. In 1596 he entered the Dominican order. He became known as an excellent orator. He made several speeches at burial ceremonies of outstanding personalities like King Sigismund III Vasa, his wife Konstancja, Krzysztof Zbaraski, Piotr Skarga, Hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, and Hetman Jan Zamoyski.

Is a Hispanic journalist based in Hollywood. He has interviewed actors including Harrison Ford, Jenn

Is a Hispanic journalist based in Hollywood. He has interviewed actors including Harrison Ford, Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz. He has covered the Academy Awards for more than 15 consecutive years, and has been an executive producer for the international Oscars TV transmission twice.He has been the Los Angeles Correspondent for the magazine Vanidades since 1990, and his interviews are also published by the newspapers ABC (Spain), El Universal (Venezuela), El Vocero (Puerto Rico) and the Taipei Times (Taiwan). Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he started writing as journalist there when he was 16 years old. Before he was 18 the Argentinian magazine Gente started publishing his entertainment column. Waintal moved from Buenos Aires to Los Angeles, California, on January 14, 1990, to work as the L.A. correspondent for Gente and Editorial Atlantida.

Is a French composer. He studied with Gérard Grisey at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 2004 he sha

Is a French composer. He studied with Gérard Grisey at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 2004 he shared the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in composition with Johannes Maria Staud and Enno Poppe. A former pedagogical advisor at IRCAM in Paris and professor for orchestration at the Berlin Hanns-Eisler conservatory, he is currently assistant professor in composition at Columbia University in New York.

Was a Polish-born Russian journalist whose self-imposed mission was to popularize the authoritarian

Was a Polish-born Russian journalist whose self-imposed mission was to popularize the authoritarian policies of Alexander I and Nicholas I.In 1820, Bulgarin travelled from Warsaw to St. Petersburg, where he published a critical review of Polish literature and started editing The Northern Archive. He also made friends with the playwright Alexander Griboyedov and the philologist Nicholas Gretsch. The latter helped him to edit the newspaper Northern Bee (1825-39), the literary journal Fatherland's Son (1825-59), and other reactionary periodicals.

An Iraqi writer and highly respected in the Arab world,[1] as he has published seven volumes of poet

An Iraqi writer and highly respected in the Arab world,[1] as he has published seven volumes of poetry, six novels, three books of criticism and memoir, and several translations of German literary works. He has participated in Iraq's avant-garde Sixties Generation, and his early controversial work was critiqued and lauded with great enthusiasm.He holds a BA in English Literature from Baghdad University,[2] however Fadhil soon left Iraq in 1976, as the Baathist-controlled regime was becoming increasingly powerful. He later earned a doctorate in communications studies from Leipzig University. He has worked as a freelance journalist and translator for Arab newspapers and cultural reviews. He also founded the poetry magazine Shi’r 69.[3]

Was one of the greatest figures of Albanian culture in the early decades of the twentieth century. P

Was one of the greatest figures of Albanian culture in the early decades of the twentieth century. Prewar Albanian minister to Washington, his literary review, "Albania", became the focal publication of Albanian writers living abroad. Faik Konitza wrote l

Is the pen name of Mohd Faizal Musa, provocative, controversial, most read novelist from Malaysia. H

Is the pen name of Mohd Faizal Musa, provocative, controversial, most read novelist from Malaysia. He was born on August 7th, 1974 at Hospital Kuala Lumpur and grew up in Malacca, Malaysia.

An Australian civil rights activist of South Sea Islander heritage. She is a campaigner for the righ

An Australian civil rights activist of South Sea Islander heritage. She is a campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians and South Sea Islanders. Bandler is best known for her leadership in the campaign for the 1967 referendum on Aboriginal Australians.bandy's father, Peter Mussing, had been blackbirded from Ambrym Island, part of Vanuatu, in 1883 , at the age of about twelve. He was then sent to Mackay, Queensland before being sent to work on a sugar cane plantation. He later escaped and married Bandler's mother, a Scottish-Indian woman from New South Wales. Bandler cites stories of her father's harsh experience as a slave labourer as a strong motivation for her activism.[1] Bandler grew up with her family on a farm near Murwillumbah, New South Wales. Her father died in 1924, when Bandler was just five years old. In 1934, Bandler left school and moved to Sydney, where she worked as a dressmaker's apprentice.

Was a Pakistani poet considered to be one of the most famous modern Urdu poets, though he also wrote

Was a Pakistani poet considered to be one of the most famous modern Urdu poets, though he also wrote in Punjabi. He was born in Sialkot, in the Punjab during British rule (now Pakistan). After the partition of 1947, he decided to live in Pakistan, and died in Lahore. Faiz was a member of the Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind (Progressive Writers' Movement), and an avowed Marxist. In 1962 he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union.

Was a Hazara historian, writer and intellectual, among the renowned group of Afghans seeking social

Was a Hazara historian, writer and intellectual, among the renowned group of Afghans seeking social and political changes in the country at the beginning of the 20th century. He was a member of what became known as Junbish-i Mashrutyat or The Constitutionalist Movement.Faiz Mohammed was the son of Sa'eed Mohammed Hazara of Ghazni province. He is perhaps best known for his five-volume history of Afghanistan, Sarajul Tawarikh, which provides one of the best references on nineteenth-century Afghan history.

A career civil servant from Bangladesh currently working as a diplomat. A literary figure and an eco

A career civil servant from Bangladesh currently working as a diplomat. A literary figure and an economist at the same time, he works on corruption in public administration, tax policy process, economics of tax evasion and tax avoidance, smuggling, international trade policy and policy making process in the public sector in general. Also, he is known as a translator of Bengali poetry and international fiction. He is also a researcher on the most popular modern Bengali poet Jibanananda Das.

Was an Indian writer in the Oriya language, and is called the "Father of Modern Oriya Literature ".[

Was an Indian writer in the Oriya language, and is called the "Father of Modern Oriya Literature ".[1][2][3] He is the prime figure of modern Oriya Fiction Prose is the product of that generation. He is considered the Vyasakabi or founder poet of Oriya language. Fakirmohan was born and brought up in the coastal town of Balasore. He grew up to be an administrator in ex-feudatory states. Enraged by the attempts of the Bengalis to marginalize even replace the Oriya language by Bengali, he took to creative writing rather late. Though he had translated from Sanskrit, wrote poetry, and attempted many forms of literature, he is now known primarily as the father of modern Oriya prose fiction. If either Fakirmohan or his progeny had preserved his short story

Is a Senegalese writer born in 1969. She is associated with Thiès, Senegal where she teaches. Ken B

Is a Senegalese writer born in 1969. She is associated with Thiès, Senegal where she teaches. Ken Bugul listed her among "illustrious women" in Senegalese literature

Was one of the best-known Chinese poets of the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), a government official, an

Was one of the best-known Chinese poets of the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), a government official, and an academic authority of geography with the southern provinces of China. His written work also falls under the literary category of 'travel record literature' (youji wenxue), a narrative and prose style approach in writing about one's travel experiences, which was popular in China during the Song Dynasty.[1]

Was the lead editor of the Book of Jin and one of the most celebrated chancellors of the Chinese dyn

Was the lead editor of the Book of Jin and one of the most celebrated chancellors of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, and he and his colleague Du Ruhui, both serving during the reign of Emperor Taizong, were often asserted to be ideal models for chancellors.

A German pianist and composer, and was the sister of Felix Mendelssohn; they were both the grandchil

A German pianist and composer, and was the sister of Felix Mendelssohn; they were both the grandchildren of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn.

Was a German pianist and composer, the sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn and granddaughter of

Was a German pianist and composer, the sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn and granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. She was the grandmother of the philosopher Paul Hensel and the mathematician Kurt Hensel. Like many women at that time, Fanny did not benefit from the same musical education and upbringing as her brother Felix. Felix enjoyed the opportunity of great music tutors, such as Carl Friedrich Zelter. Felix received much encouragement to compose, and make a career from music. Fanny, however, learned mostly on her own. The siblings did, however, both share a great passion for music. Like Felix (who was born in 1809), Fanny showed prodigious musical ability as a child and began to write music.

Was a French lady of letters. She was the mother of French politician Claude de Beauharnais. She was

Was a French lady of letters. She was the mother of French politician Claude de Beauharnais. She was the grandmother of Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden, and through her she is the ancestor of current former royal families of Romania, Yugoslavia, and the present royal families of Belgium, of Luxembourg and of Monaco..

Is an American poet, novelist and short story writer. She has written many novels in prose collectio

Is an American poet, novelist and short story writer. She has written many novels in prose collection, and is the mother of novelist Danzy Senna. Her father was a lawyer and her Irish-born mother played in the Abbey Theatre of Dublin for some time. She is

Was a Welsh travel writer.She was the daughter of Anne and Major Edward Caulfield Archer, 16th Lance

Was a Welsh travel writer.She was the daughter of Anne and Major Edward Caulfield Archer, 16th Lancers, ADC to Lord Combermere and author of Tours in upper India, and in parts of the Himalaya Mountains; with accounts of the courts of the native princes, &c. She married Charles Crawford Parkes, a Writer for the East India Company.

Was an important Egyptian thinker, human rights activist, writer, and columnist.Before his death, Fa

Was an important Egyptian thinker, human rights activist, writer, and columnist.Before his death, Farag Foda was declared an apostate and foe of Islam. An Al-Azhar scholar, Mohammed al-Ghazali, a witness before the court, declared it was not wrong to kill a foe of Islam. Al-Ghazali said: "The killing of Farag Foda was in fact the implementation of the punishment against an apostate which the imam (the Islamic leader) has failed to implement (undertake)."

A Kurdish writer and academic. He was born in Hewlêr(Arbil) in Iraq. He studied Kurdish language an

A Kurdish writer and academic. He was born in Hewlêr(Arbil) in Iraq. He studied Kurdish language and literature in the University of Salahadin in Arbil. In 1986, he left Iraq for France. He continued his studies in University of Sorbonne in the field of Kurdish literature and Iranian studies. After going back to Iraqi Kurdistan, in 1994, he established the Sharafkhan Badlisi cultural center.

An American freelance journalist who grew up in Fremont, California and was born in Herat, Afghanist

An American freelance journalist who grew up in Fremont, California and was born in Herat, Afghanistan to a native Persian (Tajik) family.[1] Her family fled the country during the Soviet incursion in the 1980s. She is trilingual in Persian, Arabic, and English.[1] In 2000 she ventured into Taliban controlled Afghanistan by sneaking into the country through Iran.[1]

Is a film score composer originally from Iran based in Canada.

Is a film score composer originally from Iran based in Canada.