Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was an Indian writer born in Mumbai. He studied at St. Mary's School in Mumbai and began his career

Was an Indian writer born in Mumbai. He studied at St. Mary's School in Mumbai and began his career as a writer with the Times of India, where his first article was published. After his initial foray into writing, he began to have his articles published fairly regularly.Simoes was of Goan ancestry and left India at 19 to serve as a deckhand on a Japanese trading ship and travelled to Genoa, and later spent time in Europe doing odd jobs of all kinds. Upon his return to India, he got a job with Ogilvy & Mather as a copy trainee, and stayed with them thirteen years,

Was an English poet and translator who was a prominent member of the Imagist group. He is mostly kno

Was an English poet and translator who was a prominent member of the Imagist group. He is mostly known for his participation in the "School of Images" with Ezra Pound and T. E. Hulme in 1909, which was to serve as the theoretical basis for the later imagi

Was an American animator, screenwriter, and film director.

Was an American animator, screenwriter, and film director.

Was an American composer, musician, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zap

Was an American composer, musician, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa established himself as a prolific and highly distinctive composer, electric guitar player and band leader.

Was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. He is best k

Was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. He is best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels. The Dune saga, set in the distant future and taking place over millennia, deals with themes such as human survival and evolution, ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics and power. Dune itself is the "best-selling science fiction novel of all time," and the series is widely considered to be among the classics in the genre.

Was co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.He edited and

Was co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.He edited and wrote an introduction for What is Surrealism?: Selected Writings of Andre Breton, and edited Rebel Worker, Arsenal/Surrealist Subversion, The Rise & Fall of the DIL Pickle: Jazz-Age Chicago's Wildest & Most Outrageously Creative Hobohemian Nightspot and Juice Is Stranger Than Friction: Selected Writings of T-Bone Slim

One of the most famous Finnish writers.

One of the most famous Finnish writers.

Was a Swedish novelist, essayist, poet and biographer. He was born in Tossjö, near Ängelholm, in S

Was a Swedish novelist, essayist, poet and biographer. He was born in Tossjö, near Ängelholm, in Scania and died at Ribbingsfors Manor in northern Västergötland.

Was a Dutch Socinian writer and printer.First a Remonstrant minister at Vlaardingen, he left the chu

Was a Dutch Socinian writer and printer.First a Remonstrant minister at Vlaardingen, he left the church on his objection to infant baptism.[1] From 1663–1673 he opened a publishing house in Amsterdam and Rotterdam producing Socinian works, including 1665–1668 (with supplement 1692) the Biblioteca fratrum Polonorum. In 1676 he published against Spinoza's 1670 treatise on historical criticism of the Scriptures.[2]

Is considered to be one of Malta's foremost literary persons. He studied at the Zebbug Primary Schoo

Is considered to be one of Malta's foremost literary persons. He studied at the Zebbug Primary School, St Aloysius College, St Michael's Teacher Training College, the University of Malta (B.A., S.Th. Dip., M.Ed.) and the Perugia University (Diploma to tea

Was one of the most famous Czech literary translators and writers. He was among the most prolific tr

Was one of the most famous Czech literary translators and writers. He was among the most prolific translators of the century, translating works from 14 different languages. His name is often associated with many Shakespearian translations into the Czech language. He lived in Petrovice.

Was a psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary, and author from Martinique. He was influential in th

Was a psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary, and author from Martinique. He was influential in the field of post-colonial studies and was perhaps the pre-eminent thinker of the 20th century on the issue of decolonization and the psychopathology of colo

Was a Swedish Romantic composer who was generally ignored during his lifetime. Due to this, he was f

Was a Swedish Romantic composer who was generally ignored during his lifetime. Due to this, he was forced to make his living as an orthopedic surgeon and later as the manager of a saw mill and glass factory.

Was a prolific, but minor, and now almost forgotten, German composer of songs and salon pieces for p

Was a prolific, but minor, and now almost forgotten, German composer of songs and salon pieces for piano. He was popular at one time, and many of his works were published (his opus numbers reached at least 582, with Royal Gavotte). His works include names such as The Camp of the Gypsies, Will o’ the wisp, Valse des Elfes (Op. 497), Perciotta, serenande catalane, and Evening Chimes in the Mountains. He also wrote under the name G. Bachmann (Marche bulgare, Succès-mazurk, Collier de rubis, Paris-valse, Gavotte duchesse, Floréal mazurka).

Was a Bohemian violinist and composer. He was the brother of Georg Benda, and he worked for much of

Was a Bohemian violinist and composer. He was the brother of Georg Benda, and he worked for much of his life at the court of Frederick the Great.Benda became the founder of a German school of violin playing. In his youth he was a chorister at Prague and afterward in the Chapel Royal at Dresden. At the same time he began to study the violin, and soon joined a company of strolling musicians who attended fetes, fairs, etc. At eighteen years of age Benda abandoned this wandering life and returned to Prague, going thence to Vienna, where he pursued his study of the violin under Carl Heinrich Graun, a pupil of Tartini. After two years he was appointed chapel master at Warsaw, and eventually he became a member of the Prince Royal of Prussia's band, and then concert master to the king.

Was a Bohemian German pianist and composer. He was a student of Franz Liszt for five years in Weimar

Was a Bohemian German pianist and composer. He was a student of Franz Liszt for five years in Weimar. Bendel was a superb pianist who toured extensively until his death from typhoid fever in Boston while on an American tour. He was born in Schönlinde, Bohemia, Austrian Empire.

Austrian writer. Borkenau was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of a civil servant. As a university s

Austrian writer. Borkenau was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of a civil servant. As a university student in Leipzig, his main interests were Marxism and psychoanalysis. In 1921, Borkenau joined the Communist Party of Germany

Was a German musician who composed the harmony for Japan's national anthem, Kimi ga Yo and The Anthe

Was a German musician who composed the harmony for Japan's national anthem, Kimi ga Yo and The Anthem of the Korean Empire. Eckert was a native of Neurode (Nowe Ruda), Prussian Silesia, and the son of a court official. He studied in the conservatories of Breslau (Wroclaw) and the Royal Conservatory in Dresden, and specialized in military music at Neiße. He received an appointment to became bandmaster to the Kaiserliche Marine at Wilhelmshaven, where he caught the attention of the Japanese government in 1879.

Was a Guatemalan writer and professer of literature.

Was a Guatemalan writer and professer of literature.

Is a German composer and pianist. From his youth, Hummel was interested in music and, in particular,

Is a German composer and pianist. From his youth, Hummel was interested in music and, in particular, the works of Richard Strauss, Eugen Papst and Hans Knappertsbusch. In Munich and Salzburg he studied both composition and piano. He became a virtuoso pianist and travelled across Europe performing, and making 60 recordings of, much of the standard repertoire of classical, romantic and contemporary piano music before.[1] In the 1970s he ceased to publicly perform as a pianist choosing, instead, to concentrate on composition. Since then his operas, symphonies, ballets, concerti and chamber works have been performed, many times, in even the most renowned concert halls and opera houses of Europe.

Was a German pianist and composer of light music. He wrote pleasant and technically undemanding pian

Was a German pianist and composer of light music. He wrote pleasant and technically undemanding piano music: rondos, fantasies, variations, dances, etc. His first success was Variations militaires à 4 mains, op. 12, a simple imitation of Ignaz Moscheles's variations on the Alexandermarsch, and soon his popularity was such that for one work of ten pages he was paid 2000 francs.[1][2] Two years after publishing the instruction book Nouvelle méthode pour le piano-forte, op. 60 (1833), he moved back to Koblenz, where he continued to compose; he moved back to Paris after a few years but retired for good in 1848.

Was a German violinist, composer, conductor and music teacher who spent the greater part of his life

Was a German violinist, composer, conductor and music teacher who spent the greater part of his life in France, where he became director of the Bordeaux Grand Théâtre.[1] Possibly the most talented pupil of Johann Stamitz, Beck is an important representative of the second generation of the so-called Mannheim school. His fame rests on his 24 symphonies that are among the most original and striking of the pre-Classical period. He was one of the first composers to introduce the regular use of wind instruments in slow movements and put an increasing emphasis on thematic development. His taut, dramatic style is also remarkable for its employment of bold harmonic progressions, flexible rhythms and highly independent part writing.[2]

Was a German lithographer and composer. Late in the 18th century, he met Alois Senefelder, starting

Was a German lithographer and composer. Late in the 18th century, he met Alois Senefelder, starting a producting association for about the next three decades. With Lieder composed by Gleissner,[2] Senefelder demonstrated that lithography could be successfully used for the publication of music.

Was a choral composer. In addition to some songs, he published four choral masses. His erudite works

Was a choral composer. In addition to some songs, he published four choral masses. His erudite works are Archäologisch-liturgisches Gesangbuch des Gregorianischen Kirchengesanges (1829) and Geschichtliche Darstellung der Entstehung und Vervollkommnung der Orgel (1832).

Was one of the most prominent composers of the classical period, and is called by some the "Father o

Was one of the most prominent composers of the classical period, and is called by some the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet".