Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was an Argentine writer and journalist.Peyrou was born in San Nicolás de los Arroyos in 1902. He en

Was an Argentine writer and journalist.Peyrou was born in San Nicolás de los Arroyos in 1902. He enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires and obtained a Law Degree in 1925, but never practiced law, instead working for a time for an English Argentine railway company, and ultimately joining the editorial staff of La Prensa, then the country's second-most circulated daily. His short story, La noche incompleta (The Unfinished Night) was published by La Prensa in 1935, and Peyrou became an editor of the daily's respected literary supplement, eventally becoming the section's chief editor.

Was an Argentinian author. Among his best known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth (1968) (Bet

Was an Argentinian author. Among his best known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth (1968) (Betrayed by Rita Hayworth), Boquitas pintadas (1969) (Heartbreak Tango), and El beso de la mujer araña (1976) (Kiss of the Spider Woman), which was made into a film by the Argentine-Brazilian Director, Héctor Babenco and in 1993 into a Broadway musical.

Was a Peruvian author, scholar, and librarian. His magnum opus is the Tradiciones Peruanas es:Tradic

Was a Peruvian author, scholar, and librarian. His magnum opus is the Tradiciones Peruanas es:Tradiciones Peruanas.Young Ricardo Palma became a naval officer, a journalist, and a politician before gaining a reputation as a historian with his book on the S

Was a Chilean writer.The son of Manuel Rojas Córdoba y Dorotea Sepúlveda, Rojas displayed from an

Was a Chilean writer.The son of Manuel Rojas Córdoba y Dorotea Sepúlveda, Rojas displayed from an early age a keen interest in literature, publishing in the dailies "Las Últimas Noticias" y "El Tiempo" under the nom de plume of Pedro Norte. Later he wrote some literary criticism in "Noticias de Última Hora". He was a member of the anarchist party.

Was a French composer and conductor. He was born out of wedlock, to Anna Devorsosky, a Russian woman

Was a French composer and conductor. He was born out of wedlock, to Anna Devorsosky, a Russian woman, and to a French father. His surname was his stepfather's surname. Rosenthal began violin studies at age 6. After his stepfather's death in 1918, Rosenthal played the violin to support his mother and his sister, working in cafés and cinemas.

Was a Cuban composer of the highest importance for his invention and development of genuinely creoli

Was a Cuban composer of the highest importance for his invention and development of genuinely creolized forms of music. For this reason he gets the credit for being the first to cultivate Cuban musical nationalism, and is of similar standing to Glinka who initiated Russian musical nationalism with A Life for the Tsar at about the same time.

Was an important Peruvian novelist, poet, and political activist, exiled under the regime of Manuel

Was an important Peruvian novelist, poet, and political activist, exiled under the regime of Manuel Odría. He was born in Lima.

Is an award-winning Cuban poet, writer and journalist.[1]He won three official prizes between 1984 a

Is an award-winning Cuban poet, writer and journalist.[1]He won three official prizes between 1984 and 1993[specify]. In 1995, he was expelled by the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) because of his dissident views.[1]He was incarnated during the "Black Spring" in 2003.[1] The Committee to Protect Journalists awarded him the International Press Freedom Award in 2003.[2]

Is a German lesbian journalist, writer, film-maker, and magazine editor. After finishing her studies

Is a German lesbian journalist, writer, film-maker, and magazine editor. After finishing her studies, Kay worked as a journalist on various radio programmes. She made several videos on lesbian sexuality and pornography. In 1994 she and Silke Dunkhorst mad

Was the pen name of Shen Dehong (Shen Yanbing), a 20th century Chinese novelist, cultural critic, an

Was the pen name of Shen Dehong (Shen Yanbing), a 20th century Chinese novelist, cultural critic, and journalist. He was also the Minister of Culture of China from 1949 to 1965. He is currently renowned for being one of the best modern novelists in China. His most famous work are Midnight, a grand novel depicting life in cosmopolitan Shanghai, and Spring Silkworms. He also wrote many short stories.

Was a great lyricist of the 19th century Kashmiri literature. His best known poem is Gulrez (Scatter

Was a great lyricist of the 19th century Kashmiri literature. His best known poem is Gulrez (Scattered Flowers).

Was Croatian writer from Syrmia. Beside prose, she also wrote poetry.Mara Švel-Garmišek attended t

Was Croatian writer from Syrmia. Beside prose, she also wrote poetry.Mara Švel-Garmišek attended the elementary school in Srijemska Mitrovica. She continued her education in gymnasium in Sušak, and after that, she went to study the medicine.

Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was a contemporary, close associate, and possib

Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was a contemporary, close associate, and possible friend of Josquin des Prez, and was one of the first composers to write a completely canonic setting of the Ordinary of the Mass.[1]The illegitimate child of a priest, Orto was probably born in Tournai, and spent the early part of his life there. While his original surname was Dujardin, he used "de Orto" (the Italian translation of Dujardin) throughout his life. In June 1482, in the household of Ferry de Clugny, Cardinal-Bishop of Tournai (who died 7 October 1483), he went to Rome, where he became a singer in the papal chapel; he may have become an accomplished composer around this time,

Was a French far right writer and politician. Augier's earliest direct political involvement began i

Was a French far right writer and politician. Augier's earliest direct political involvement began in the Republican-Socialist Party, although the main focus of his youthful energies was the Centre laïc des auberges, a non-political group central to the development of youth hostels in France.[1] Although its leader Jean Giono was not a fascist it was Augier's fascination with Giono's primitivism that eventually led to the young Augier adopting that ideology.[1]

Is a French historian. He has worked on early twentieth-century European history, specialising in th

Is a French historian. He has worked on early twentieth-century European history, specialising in the history of Russia, the USSR as well as the history of cinema.He is Director of Studies in Social Sciences at the École des hautes études en sciences soci

Is a French composer.[1] He had his first music lessons at age 6[2] and later studied at the Conserv

Is a French composer.[1] He had his first music lessons at age 6[2] and later studied at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1985 he joined the research department of IRCAM where he studied digital synthesis, computer assisted composition and spectral analysis. In the early 1990s he moved to Berlin. Currently he lives in the town of St. Cyprien and teaches orchestration at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.

Was a French composer of the Baroque era.He was a prolific and versatile composer, producing music o

Was a French composer of the Baroque era.He was a prolific and versatile composer, producing music of the highest quality in several genres. His mastery in the composition of sacred vocal music was recognized and acknowledged by his contemporaries.

Was a French revolutionary and man of letters. In the spring of 1792, Jullien was sent to London by

Was a French revolutionary and man of letters. In the spring of 1792, Jullien was sent to London by the Marquis de Condorcet, at the time president of the comité diplomatique of the Legislative Assembly. There he served as a student-diplomat, becoming an intermediary between the more liberal English factions and the Girondists

Is a French writer. He is also a painter, and a jazz guitarist. Marc-Edouard Nabe was born on 27 Dec

Is a French writer. He is also a painter, and a jazz guitarist. Marc-Edouard Nabe was born on 27 December 1958 in Marseille, from a Corsican mother and a Greek-Turkish-Italian father Marcel Zanini famous for his song Tu veux ou tu veux pas[1].

Was a French schoolteacher, trade unionist, Socialist militant and journalist. He was an alumnus of

Was a French schoolteacher, trade unionist, Socialist militant and journalist. He was an alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud.

Was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position

Was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly-recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades. He was elected to the Académie Française in 1959.

Was a French writer mostly remembered today for his co-creation with Pierre Souvestre of the fiction

Was a French writer mostly remembered today for his co-creation with Pierre Souvestre of the fictional arch-villain and master criminal Fantômas. The son of a Parisian bourgeois family, Allain studied law before becoming a journalist. He then became the assistant of Souvestre, who was already a well-known figure in literary circles. In 1909, the two men published their first novel, Le Rour. Investigating Magistrate Germain Fuselier, later to become a recurring character in the Fantômas series, appears in the novel.

Was a French novelist, literary critic, and journalist. With René Crevel and Roger Vitrac he founde

Was a French novelist, literary critic, and journalist. With René Crevel and Roger Vitrac he founded the dadaist newspaper Aventure. He was awarded the Prix Goncourt for L'Ordre in 1929, and was elected to the French academy in 1968. He directed the Nouvelle Revue Française from 1968-1977.

Was a French novelist, children's writer , humour writer and also a movie and theater playwright.Mar

Was a French novelist, children's writer , humour writer and also a movie and theater playwright.Marcel Aymé was born in Joigny, in the Yonne département (Bourgogne). He studied in the Collège de Dole, and worked among other as a journalist in Paris. In literature, his first novel was Brûlebois (1926) and in 1929 La Table aux crevés won the Prix Renaudot. After the success of his novel La Jument verte (1933), he concentrated mostly on literature. He published children's stories, novels and collections. In 1935 he also started writing movie scripts. In theater, Marcel Aymé found success with his plays Lucienne et le boucher, Clérambard (1949), a farce, and Tête des autres (1952), which criticized the death penalty.

Was a French essayist, literary critic, novelist, and historian. Brion wrote nearly a hundred books

Was a French essayist, literary critic, novelist, and historian. Brion wrote nearly a hundred books in his career, ranging from historical biography to examinations of Italian and Germany art, and turning later in life to novels. His most famous collection of stories is the 1942 Les Escales de la Haute Nuit (The Shore Leaves Of The Deepest Night). An essay of Brion appears in Our Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress, the important 1929 critical appreciation of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.