Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter S

An author of Bengali literature, of Bangladesh, was a famous novelist.

An author of Bengali literature, of Bangladesh, was a famous novelist.

Acclaimed Canadian-born American writer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976 and the Nation

Acclaimed Canadian-born American writer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976 and the National Medal of Arts in 1988.[1]

An Iraqi-born American Jewish author of stories on the plight of Sephardic Jews in Iraq.

An Iraqi-born American Jewish author of stories on the plight of Sephardic Jews in Iraq.

Is an American poet, writer, actor and musician known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip-ho

Is an American poet, writer, actor and musician known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip-hop and for his leading role in the independent film Slam.

Was a Welsh poet, dramatist, historian, literary critic and political activist. He was a prominent W

Was a Welsh poet, dramatist, historian, literary critic and political activist. He was a prominent Welsh nationalist and founder of the Welsh National Party (later known as Plaid Cymru). Lewis is usually acknowledged to have been among the most prominent

Was a Bulgarian writer, teacher and theatrical worker of the Bulgarian National Revival and an honor

Was a Bulgarian writer, teacher and theatrical worker of the Bulgarian National Revival and an honorary member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Is an award-winning Romanian-American poet, playwright and journalist. She is currently the NYSCA pl

Is an award-winning Romanian-American poet, playwright and journalist. She is currently the NYSCA playwright-in-residence for Women's Project, writer-in-residence of East Coast Artists, and Director of New Drama Program for the Romanian Cultural Institute in New York. She teaches at New York University, Tisch School of Arts, Drama Department. She holds an MA in Performance Studies (Fulbright fellow) and an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts.

Is a well-known Montenegrin satirist who now lives in Belgrade, Serbia. He is a member of the brothe

Is a well-known Montenegrin satirist who now lives in Belgrade, Serbia. He is a member of the brotherhood of Serbian writers.

Was a Japanese writer.Sawako Ariyoshi spent part of her childhood in Java. A prolific novelist, she

Was a Japanese writer.Sawako Ariyoshi spent part of her childhood in Java. A prolific novelist, she dramatises significant issues in her fiction such as the suffering of the elderly, the effects of pollution on the environment, and the effects of social and political change on Japanese domestic life and values, especially on the lives of women. Her novel The Twilight Years depicts the life of a working woman who is caring for her elderly, dying father-in-law. Among Ariyoshi's other novels is The River Ki, an insightful portrait of the lives of three rural women: a mother, daughter, and granddaughter.

Is the name given to Armenian[1] poet and ashik Harutyun Sayatyan. His mother, Sara, was born in Tbi

Is the name given to Armenian[1] poet and ashik Harutyun Sayatyan. His mother, Sara, was born in Tbilisi, and his father, Karapet, either in Aleppo or Adana.

Was an Egyptian composer of contemporary classical music. He began his career as a violinist for the

Was an Egyptian composer of contemporary classical music. He began his career as a violinist for the orchestra of the Cairo Opera House and later lived for many years in Jordan. He studied in Moscow with the Russian violinist and conductor David Oistrakh

Was an Egyptian singer and composer who was considered the father of Egyptian popular music. He was

Was an Egyptian singer and composer who was considered the father of Egyptian popular music. He was born in Alexandria on March 17, 1892. He put music to the Egyptian national anthem, Bilady, Bilady, Bilady, the words of which were adapted from a famous s

Is an Israeli Arab author and journalist from Tira, Israel.Kashua writes satiric columns in Hebrew f

Is an Israeli Arab author and journalist from Tira, Israel.Kashua writes satiric columns in Hebrew for Haaretz newspaper and a local Jerusalem weekly, HaIr. In a humorous, tongue-in-cheek style, Kashua addresses the problems faced by Arabs in Israel, caught between two worlds.

Egyptian singer and composer.Sayed Mekawy, became popular in Egypt and the Arab world; his music has

Egyptian singer and composer.Sayed Mekawy, became popular in Egypt and the Arab world; his music has become part of Arab heritage. The great Egyptian composer and singer Sayed Mekawi died on April 21, 1997, aged 70.

Also known as Mawlana (Maulana) or Sheikh Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi, was a Sunni Pakistani journalist

Also known as Mawlana (Maulana) or Sheikh Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi, was a Sunni Pakistani journalist, theologian and political philosopher, and is considered an influential 20th century Islamic thinker. He was also a political figure in his home country(Pakistan), where he founded the Jamaat-e-Islami Islamic political party.

Is an American poet and teacher. Hightower is the author of three books of poetry. His third, Part o

Is an American poet and teacher. Hightower is the author of three books of poetry. His third, Part of the Bargain, won the 2004 Hayden Carruth Award.

Was an American musician and composer of ragtime music. He remains the best-known ragtime figure and

Was an American musician and composer of ragtime music. He remains the best-known ragtime figure and is regarded as one of the three most important

Is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. He curr

Is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. He currently lives in Dublin.Seamus Heaney was born into a family of nine children at the family farmhouse called Mossbawn, between Castledawson and Toomebridge i

Irish poet, writer and lecturer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995

Irish poet, writer and lecturer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995

Was a German composer and organist of the Baroque era. . On 17 June 1653 he was elected town musicia

Was a German composer and organist of the Baroque era. . On 17 June 1653 he was elected town musician, and it was also around that time that he became assistant to Tobias Eberlin, then organist of the famous Ulm Münster Cathedral. Sherer probably started studying with Eberlin at the same time, later married his daughter and in 1671 succeeded him as organist of the cathedral. Sources disagree on whether Scherer was later appointed organist or simply organ consultant at St Thomas Church (Église Saint-Thomas) in Strasbourg, France, but it was most probably the latter case, since apparently he remained Ulm's cathedral organist until his death in 1712.

Was a German composer about whom very little is known. Bodinus was born in the village of Bittstädt

Was a German composer about whom very little is known. Bodinus was born in the village of Bittstädt in Saxe-Gotha and trained as a violinist. It is known that in 1718 he entered the service of the Margrave Karl III of Baden-Durlach at the court in Karlsruhe. Bodinus worked elsewhere but always returned to Karlsruhe and was concertmaster there for two periods. He left Karlsruhe in 1752, returned in a disoriented state in 1758 and was committed to an insane asylum in Pforzheim where he died.

Faulks is the son of Pamela (Lawless) and Peter Ronald Faulks, a Berkshire solicitor who later becam

Faulks is the son of Pamela (Lawless) and Peter Ronald Faulks, a Berkshire solicitor who later became a judge. He grew up in Newbury. His mother was both cultured and highly strung. She introduced him to reading and music at a young age.

Was a German composer. He was the cantor of the Thomanerchor in Leipzig from 1657 to 1676, and direc

Was a German composer. He was the cantor of the Thomanerchor in Leipzig from 1657 to 1676, and director of the city’s music.[1] During his first few years in Leipzig, Sebastian Knüpfer gave music lessons and sang as a bass in church choirs, displaying enough talent to take solo parts. He applied for the post of Thomaskantor when Tobias Michael died on June 26, 1657, and he was appointed on July 17; the four other candidates to whom he was preferred included Adam Krieger. In Knüpfer the Thomaskirche found a Kantor and the city of Leipzig a director of music who came close to the musical and intellectual calibre of Sethus Calvisius and Johann Hermann Schein, his two predecessors.

Was a Croatian writer who made his home in the Republic of Ragusa. In 1750 he published a biography

Was a Croatian writer who made his home in the Republic of Ragusa. In 1750 he published a biography of Saint Jerome.

Was a German composer who worked primarily in England. He was the son of Samuel Peter Sidow, a music

Was a German composer who worked primarily in England. He was the son of Samuel Peter Sidow, a musician employed by the Elector of Brandenburg. By the mid-1720s Seedo was working at the Little Theatre in the Haymarket. In 1727 he married the singer Maria Manina, who had small parts in London’s Italian operas beginning in 1711. Between 1731 and 1734, Seedo worked on Drury Lane imitations. He wrote several successful stage works of which his ballad opera, The Devil to Pay, was the most successful. When the work initially premiered it was a failure, but when the composer cut the work significantly from a full opera of 42 airs to an afterpiece of 16 airs it became a hit. Apart from The Beggar's Opera, The Devil to Pay was by far the most popular ballad opera of the 18th century. The work was given regular London performances until well into the 19th century and a translation by C.W. von Borcke became popular in Germany as well. Von Borcke's translation was a major influence on the development of singspiel.