Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Czech composer and violinist. Johann was the father of Carl Stamitz and Anton Stamitz, also co

Was a Czech composer and violinist. Johann was the father of Carl Stamitz and Anton Stamitz, also composers. His music reflects the transition of the baroque period to the classical era.

Was a Czech composer of classical music, pianist, and organist.Voríšek was born in the town of Vam

Was a Czech composer of classical music, pianist, and organist.Voríšek was born in the town of Vamberk where his father was the schoolmaster, choirmaster and organist. A child prodigy, he started to perform publicly in Bohemian towns at the age of nine[1]. His father taught him music, encouraged his playing the piano, helped him get a scholarship to attend the University of Prague where he studied philosophy. He also had lessons in piano and composition from Tomàšek. He found it impossible to obtain sufficient work as a musician in Prague, so in 1813 at the age of 22 Voríšek moved to Vienna to study law and, he hoped, to meet Beethoven.

Was a Dutch composer and conductor. Among his works are five symphonies and the Dutch-language opera

Was a Dutch composer and conductor. Among his works are five symphonies and the Dutch-language opera Thijl.

Was a Franco-Flemish composer and choirmaster.From 1529 onwards, Wintelroy was connected to the Illu

Was a Franco-Flemish composer and choirmaster.From 1529 onwards, Wintelroy was connected to the Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady, or in Dutch Illustre Onze Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap, in 's-Hertogenbosch as a singer and priest. He was appointed choirmaster on 19 July 1551 and maintained this job until 30 June 1574, whereupon he still remained the person responsible for intonation at the chapel of the brotherhood. In the anthology of Dutch songs, Dat ierste boeck vanden nieuwe Duijtsche liedekens,

Was a Bohemian Renaissance-era composer for the lute and voice. Considered one of the masters in arr

Was a Bohemian Renaissance-era composer for the lute and voice. Considered one of the masters in arrangement for lutes, Vencálek's compositions were showcased in Prague during the reign of Rudolph II.

Was a Polish scholar, orientalist, essayist, writer, journalist and literary critic.

Was a Polish scholar, orientalist, essayist, writer, journalist and literary critic.

Was a Czech writer and translator.His parents were teachers and politicians persecuted by the commun

Was a Czech writer and translator.His parents were teachers and politicians persecuted by the communist regime after the communist revolution of 1948: his mother, member of the regional parliament, was arrested and sentenced to 20 years of prison; his father, mayor of Humpolec before the communist coup, was also sentenced to 20 years in prison. All property of the Zábrana family was confiscated when Jan was nineteen. U

Was a Czech composer, violinist and organist.In 1737 Zach applied for the position of music director

Was a Czech composer, violinist and organist.In 1737 Zach applied for the position of music director at St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague. He was not accepted for this position, and in 1745[1] he left Prague to become kapellmeister for Mainz's Prince Elector. He was suspended from this position in 1750[1], though he still had employment with the court for six years.

Was a Czech poet of the early and mid-20th century. Because of his writings and Catholic orientation

Was a Czech poet of the early and mid-20th century. Because of his writings and Catholic orientation he was imprisoned as an enemy of Communists after their coup in 1948.From 1919 to 1926 he studied at Classical Grammar School in Trebíc. He then studied literature and comparative literature at Prague University (among his professors were František Xaver Šalda and Václav Tille). In 1936 he moved to Uhrínov to become a free poet and translator. From 1940 until 1948 he was editor of Akord Revue in Brno. He then became editor of Brnenské tiskarny (a publishing house) in 1945.

Was a Czech composer.Bartoš started to play the violin as a pupil of Karel Hršel in Hradec Králov

Was a Czech composer.Bartoš started to play the violin as a pupil of Karel Hršel in Hradec Králové. In 1924, after he graduated from business school, Bartoš left for France.[1] He played as a concertmaster of the Messageries Maritimes naval company in Marseille. From 1929 to 1931 he travelled with that company to Africa, Asia and Madagascar.[1] Following his return, he studied music theory with Otakar Šín and Jaroslav Kricka at the Prague Conservatory. He graduated in 1943. From 1956 he worked at the Czech Ministry of Education and taught composition and music theory at the Prague Conservatory.

A Gibraltar born actress and singer who lived as a child in Cardiff, South Wales UK[citation needed]

A Gibraltar born actress and singer who lived as a child in Cardiff, South Wales UK[citation needed]. In 1961 she emigrated to Perth, Australia. Her best known acting role is probably that of tough prison bookie Margo Gaffney in Prisoner. She played the role from 1980 until 1984 on an intermittent basis, having previously appeared in a different, minor role, in earlier episodes.

Is a British poet, who has worked in sound as well as text. Her poetry collections include The Night

Is a British poet, who has worked in sound as well as text. Her poetry collections include The Night Tree (2004), Tideway (2002), Prince Rupert's Drop (1999), Christina the Astonishing (1998) with Lesley Saunders, and No Theatre (1997).

Was an Irish poet and supporter of the nationalist movement; she married Sir William Wilde on 12 Nov

Was an Irish poet and supporter of the nationalist movement; she married Sir William Wilde on 12 November 1851, and they had three children: William 'Willie' Charles Kingsbury Wilde (1852 – 1899), Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900), and Isola Francesca Emily Wilde

Is the founding editor of Sassy and Jane. Pratt was raised in Durham, North Carolina. At 15, she att

Is the founding editor of Sassy and Jane. Pratt was raised in Durham, North Carolina. At 15, she attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. After Andover, Pratt went to Oberlin College in Ohio, where she received her degree in Communications, wi

Is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist.Smiley grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb o

Is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist.Smiley grew up in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, and graduated from John Burroughs School. She obtained an A.B. at Vassar College, then earned an M.F.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa

Is a Canadian author.Urquhart has been writer-in-residence at the University of Ottawa and at Memori

Is a Canadian author.Urquhart has been writer-in-residence at the University of Ottawa and at Memorial University of Newfoundland and, during the winter and spring of 1997, she held the presidential writer-in-residence fellowship at the University of Toronto.

Is a former American journalist who became infamous when she won a Pulitzer Prize for a fabricated s

Is a former American journalist who became infamous when she won a Pulitzer Prize for a fabricated story that she wrote for The Washington Post.

Is an American journalist. She is best known as a book and film critic for The New York Times. Masli

Is an American journalist. She is best known as a book and film critic for The New York Times. Maslin graduated from the University of Rochester in 1970, with a B.A. degree and a major in mathematics [1]. She was once married to Jon Landau.

The New Zealand author published eleven novels in her lifetime, together with three collections of s

The New Zealand author published eleven novels in her lifetime, together with three collections of short stories, a book of poetry, an edition of juvenile fiction, and three volumes of autobiography. Since her death, a twelfth novel and second volume of p

Is a British media personality, journalist, television presenter and producer. She was for two years

Is a British media personality, journalist, television presenter and producer. She was for two years editor of The Independent on Sunday. She relinquished the job to become editor-at-large in 2002. [1] Her distinctive south London accent has been the butt of comedians.

Is an Australian-born novelist and short story writer

Is an Australian-born novelist and short story writer

Is a former South African columnist and radio commentator. She became a household name as a Sunday T

Is a former South African columnist and radio commentator. She became a household name as a Sunday Times columnist between 1979-89. She is also known for her alleged affair with an interviewee, the right-wing political leader Eugène Terre'Blanche, and subsequent assassination attempt and libel suit.In December 1987 she was asked at an editorial conference to "go and have tea" with the right-wing militant Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging leader Eugène Terre'Blanche. She later admitted, "I had not heard of him" as she had not been a particularly "political person" and that he was a strange subject for a newspaper she described as "extreme centre"[3]. On January 31, 1988, the Sunday Times published Allan's interview with Terre'Blanche for Allan's Face to Face column

Was a Greek composer.He was born in Heliopolis, Egypt, of Greek parents. He was educated at the Engl

Was a Greek composer.He was born in Heliopolis, Egypt, of Greek parents. He was educated at the English School in Alexandria and he took his first piano lessons from various teachers and from the important Greek pianist Gina Bachauer. In 1948 he gained an MA in philosophy after having studied with Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell in Cambridge.

A writer and novelist, and art critic and historian.After growing up in Melbourne, Adelaide, and Per

A writer and novelist, and art critic and historian.After growing up in Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth, she graduated from Melbourne University with an Arts Degree in 1974. She subsequently completed a Master of Arts degree at LaTrobe University in 1983 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree at Deakin University in 2001. She was a founding member of the feminist art journal Lip. She currently lives in Melbourne.

Was a Belarusian writer best known for his short stories. Five years after Bryl was born in Odessa,

Was a Belarusian writer best known for his short stories. Five years after Bryl was born in Odessa, Ukraine, the family moved back to the village of Zahora in his parents' native Karelicy District of Hrodna,[1] then part of Poland