Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Was a Bangladeshi author.Sheikh Abdur Rahim was very aware of Bengali Muslim community’s wealth an

Was a Bangladeshi author.Sheikh Abdur Rahim was very aware of Bengali Muslim community’s wealth and history.His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali Literature in Bangladesh.

Is an English native South African writer of short stories and plays and the wife of South African p

Is an English native South African writer of short stories and plays and the wife of South African playwright Athol Fugard.She met playwright Athol Fugard when she acted in one of his plays. In September 1956, she married Fugard and adopted his surname.[1]A Revolutionary Woman, her best-known novel, which takes place in the 1920s in the Karoo district of South Africa, tells the story of a female disciple of Mahatma Gandhi who gets entangled in a rape case between a young colored boy and a young retarded Boer girl.

She began her career as a contemporary Christian singer after finishing college with studies in theo

She began her career as a contemporary Christian singer after finishing college with studies in theology from London Bible College (now London School of Theology) in 1979 and music from the London Academy of Operatic Art. Walsh worked as an evangelist with the British chapter of Youth For Christ and sang with a group known as "The Oasis" until going solo in 1981. On her first United States tour she opened for Phil Keaggy. As Walsh enjoyed some success both in the United Kingdom and America as a CCM musician, she was asked by the conservative minister Pat Robertson to serve as a co-host of his television talk-show, The 700 Club in 1987. Walsh served in this capacity into 1992 and also hosted her own talk-show,

A renowned Hindi author, who is equally famous for being his hallmark insight into the culture, trad

A renowned Hindi author, who is equally famous for being his hallmark insight into the culture, traditions and lifestyles of people of Uttarakhand, as late Shailesh Matiyani, together they created a composite image of ethos of Kumaon for the rest of nation. His most known works are Dajyu (Big Brother) and Kosi Ka Ghatwar (The Miller of Kosi)

Was an American poet, songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter and author of childre

Was an American poet, songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter and author of children's books. He sometimes styled himself as Uncle Shelby especially for his early children's books.Silverstein confirmed he never studied the poetry of others, and therefore developed his own style: laid-back and conversational, occasionally employing profanity, and slang.

Was the pen name of a Chinese writer from the May Fourth Movement. He was known for combining the ve

Was the pen name of a Chinese writer from the May Fourth Movement. He was known for combining the vernacular style of writing with classical Chinese writing techniques, and his writing also reflects a strong influence from western literature. He was born as Shen Yuehuan (???) on 1902 December 28 in Fenghuang County (???) in Hunan Province. He died on 1988 May 10 in Beijing.

Surname also spelled Mohie Eldin or Mohieddin) is an Egyptian conductor and composer. He is a member

Surname also spelled Mohie Eldin or Mohieddin) is an Egyptian conductor and composer. He is a member of Egypt's third generation of composers.He was formerly the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Cairo Opera Orchestra. In 2001 he was appoin

Was an African-American poet

Was an African-American poet

Was a Chinese composer, best known for his patriotic and nationalistic songs from the Cultural Revol

Was a Chinese composer, best known for his patriotic and nationalistic songs from the Cultural Revolution era that combine traditional melodies with westernized accompaniment.His songs include "In Hope Field" (???????), "Toasts Song" (???), "If You Must Know I" (???????), "Turfan's Grape Was Ripe" (????????), "Has Lifted Up High the Asian Games Torch" (?????????, 11th session of Asian Games's meeting song), "Hits Hand Drum To Sing Song" (???????), "Premier Zhou, Where You Were At" (???,????), "Under Moonlight Wind at the End Bamboo" (???????), and "Pure White Feather Send Affection" (????????). He also composed many operas, ballets, Beijing operas, and other large-scale works, including the large-scale operas Grieve for the Dead (??, composed in 1981 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lu Xun) and Qu Yuan (??, 1990), and the ballet Hundred Snake Biographies (???).

Was a classical Chinese author attributed as the first compiler of Water Margin from Suzhou.

Was a classical Chinese author attributed as the first compiler of Water Margin from Suzhou.

Was a Chinese author and journal editor in Shanghai during the 1930s. He also wrote poetry and essay

Was a Chinese author and journal editor in Shanghai during the 1930s. He also wrote poetry and essays, but is now most known for his modernist short stories exploring the psychological conditions of Shanghai urbanites. From the 1940s onwards, he translated western novels into Chinese and also worked as a scholar of classical Chinese literature.

Was a samurai and later a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.After serving with the Osaka Armory,

Was a samurai and later a general in the Imperial Japanese Army.After serving with the Osaka Armory, Shiba was later assigned to the Imperial Guards unit. In 1895, he served in the First Sino-Japanese War.As a colonel in 1900, Shiba was military attaché at the Japanese legation during the Boxer Rebellion. He served with distinction during that campaign, including the siege of Beijing, and was awarded with decorations by many of the western nations in the Eight-Nation Alliance participating in the combat. His name was also mentioned in The Times.

Was a popular Bengali writer, humorist and revolutionary who is best known for his humorous stories

Was a popular Bengali writer, humorist and revolutionary who is best known for his humorous stories for adolescents. His best known short stories and novels are renowned for their unique use of pun, alliteration, play of words and ironic humor. He was a prolific author who also wrote poems, plays, non-fiction and novels for mature audiences in his long career.He worked as a volunteer in the Swadeshi movement and came under the affection of Chittaranjan Das. During this time he became involved with the magazine Bijli and Forward as a journalist. He later became the publisher of a magazine called Jugantar.

Was a minor Tang Dynasty Chinese Buddhist poet in Guoqing Temple, in the Tiantai Mountain range on t

Was a minor Tang Dynasty Chinese Buddhist poet in Guoqing Temple, in the Tiantai Mountain range on the East China Sea coast; roughly contemporary with Hanshan and Fenggan, but younger than either. He was close friends with both and together they formed the "Tiantai Trio". Shide lived as a lay monk, and worked most of his life in the kitchen of Guoqing Temple.

Was a Japanese industrial engineer who distinguished himself as one of the world’s leading experts

Was a Japanese industrial engineer who distinguished himself as one of the world’s leading experts on manufacturing practices and The Toyota Production System. Shingo is known far more in the West than in Japan, as a result of his meeting Norman Bodek, an American entrepreneur and founder of Productivity Inc in the USA. In 1981 Bodek had travelled to Japan to learn about the Toyota Production System, and came across books by Shingo, who as an external consultant had been teaching Industrial Engineering courses at Toyota since 1955. Shingo had written his Study of The Toyota Production System in Japanese and had it translated, very poorly, into English in 1980. Norman Bodek took as many copies of this book as he could to the USA and arranged to translate Shingo's other books into English, eventually having his original study re-translated. Bodek also brought Shingo to lecture in the USA and developed one of the first Western lean manufacturing consultancy practices with Shingo's support.

Is a Japanese manga author, most known for his shonen Japanese horror manga GeGeGe no Kitaro (which

Is a Japanese manga author, most known for his shonen Japanese horror manga GeGeGe no Kitaro (which was originally titled "Hakaba Kitaro"; see the article in question for details). A specialist in stories of yokai, he is considered a master of the genre. To a lesser but still notable degree, he is also known for his World War II memoirs, as well as a writer and biographer.

Was Japan's first Chief Scout, active at the dawn of the Japanese Scouting movement.His father, Shim

Was Japan's first Chief Scout, active at the dawn of the Japanese Scouting movement.His father, Shimoda Nisaburo (??????), participated in the "Kigyosha" (????) organization from the Kanezawa han, which developed land to make it suitable for habitation.After graduating from Hakodate Commercial High School (????????, Hakodate Shogyo Koto Gakko?), he worked as an officer in the army stationed in Japan.In 1914, during the fall season training of the Seventh Division of the Army, he was asked by Lieutenant General Utsunomiya Taro (??????), to set up a youth organization

Is an Israeli poet and author born in Sderot.Shimon Adaf's first book of poetry, Icarus' Monologue w

Is an Israeli poet and author born in Sderot.Shimon Adaf's first book of poetry, Icarus' Monologue won a prize from the Israeli Ministry of Education. In 1996–2000, Adaf studied at Tel Aviv University, simultaneously writing articles on literature, film and rock music for Israeli newspapers. In 2000–2005, he worked as a prose editor for Keter Publishing House.

Was a member of the editorial board of Israel Imperial News. He described himself as a "Hebrew-speak

Was a member of the editorial board of Israel Imperial News. He described himself as a "Hebrew-speaking Palestinian".The son of poultry vendors, he was educated at a religious school. In his teens, after initially joining Ze'ev Jabotinsky's Betar organization, he became a member of all three Jewish underground military organizations in British Mandatory Palestine: Lehi (the "Stern Gang"), Etzel, and Haganah (Palmach) that fought the British and the Arab populations.

Was a Japanese screenwriter. His very first screenplay was for the Shintoho Studios film Fearful Att

Was a Japanese screenwriter. His very first screenplay was for the Shintoho Studios film Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers, which is now considered to be lost. He went on to script several films by Ishiro Honda, including several classic Godzilla films. He also contributed material to the original Ultraman series.His scripts for kaiju films have been noted for their inventiveness and for having a more lightweight, "fun" tone than those written by Takeshi Kimura (aka Kaoru Mabuchi), another leading writer of kaijyu films, whose scripts had a darker, more serious sensibility.

An author of fiction and non-fiction. She was born in Australia, but holds citizenship in Great Brit

An author of fiction and non-fiction. She was born in Australia, but holds citizenship in Great Britain and in the United States[1].Hazzard is best known as the author of four novels and two collections of short fiction, a body of fiction as distinguished as it is small. Her first book, the story collection Cliffs of Fall, was published in 1963. In 1977 her short story "A Long Story Short", originally published in The New Yorker on July 26, 1976, received an O. Henry Award.The Transit of Venus, her third novel, won the 1980 National Book Critics Circle Award[4]. Her next novel, The Great Fire, which took her twenty years to write, garnered the 2003 National Book Award and the 2004 Miles Franklin Award. It was also shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, longlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize, and named a 2003 Book of the Year by The Economist[5].

Was an influential American author. A popular writer in her time, her work has received increasing a

Was an influential American author. A popular writer in her time, her work has received increasing attention from literary critics in recent years. She has influenced such writers as Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Nigel Kneale and Richard Matheson.

A Japanese author.His most famous work, Hare Tokidoki Buta, known in English as Fair, then Partly Pi

A Japanese author.His most famous work, Hare Tokidoki Buta, known in English as Fair, then Partly Piggy, was later written as an anime series (titled Tokyo Pig in English) by Shinichi Watanabe.

A famous writer in Bengali language. His stories for younger readers are as famous as those aimed at

A famous writer in Bengali language. His stories for younger readers are as famous as those aimed at adults.Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay was born in Bikrampur ( currently in Munshiganj District), now in Bangladesh. He spent his childhood in Bihar and many places in Bengal and Assam accompanying his father, who worked in the railways. He passed intermediate from the Victoria College, Calcutta before taking a Masters in Bengali from the Calcutta University.

Was a noted Punjabi language poet, who was most known for his romantic poetry, noted for its heighte

Was a noted Punjabi language poet, who was most known for his romantic poetry, noted for its heightened passion, pathos, separation and lover's agony [1]He became the youngest recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1967, for his epic verse play based on the ancient legend of Puran Bhagat, Loona (1965), now considered a masterpiece in modern Punjabi literature [2], and which also created a new genre, of modern Punjabi kissa [3]. Today, his poetry stands in equal footing, amongst that by stalwarts of modern Punjabi poetry, like Mohan Singh and Amrita Pritam [4], all of whom are popular on both sides of India-Pakistan border [5].