Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Was a Japanese author and critic who lived during the Meiji Era.In 1896, with Mori Ogai (? ???) and

Was a Japanese author and critic who lived during the Meiji Era.In 1896, with Mori Ogai (? ???) and Koda Rohan (?? ???), Ryokuu started a literary journal, Mezamashi gusa (??????) in which Takekurabe (??????) by Higuchi Ichiyo (?? ?? ?) was met with high critical acclaim. After Ichiyo died on November of this year, Ryokuu helped her mother and sister make a living although he was far from well-off. His literary friends include Kotoku Shusui (?? ???), Baba Kocho (?? ???) and Yosano Tekkan (??? ???).

A Japanese Freelance journalist.He was born in Tokyo in 1961. He graduated Tohoku University busines

A Japanese Freelance journalist.He was born in Tokyo in 1961. He graduated Tohoku University business school, and he was employed by Toray Industries and Kyodo News next. In Kyodo News he was assigned in the foreign news department, and he was charmed with English news story. He was invited to Microsoft Corp. which was groping for substantial contents, and he was engaged in the distribution business of news. Then he became independent.

Pioneer of modern Kazakh literature, poet and writer, national activist. Founder and the first head

Pioneer of modern Kazakh literature, poet and writer, national activist. Founder and the first head of the Union of writers of Kazakhstan, author of controversial literature calling for greater independence of Kazakhs from Soviet and Russian power. Repres

Was a pioneer of modern Kazakh literature, poet and writer, and national activist. Founder and first

Was a pioneer of modern Kazakh literature, poet and writer, and national activist. Founder and first head of the Union of Writers of Kazakhstan, he was the author of controversial literature calling for greater independence of Kazakhs from Soviet and Russian power. He met repression and was executed in 1939.

Was an Azerbaijani playwright. She was the first known female playwright and dramatist in Azerbaijan

Was an Azerbaijani playwright. She was the first known female playwright and dramatist in Azerbaijani literature.This was an important appointment as the school was the first secular school for Muslim girls in the entire Russian Empire. It had opened only because the Azeri oil magnate Zeynalabdin Taghiyev had funded it, and it is said that the school was named after he had written a letter to Czarina Alexandra.

A Thai poet and writer. He is also known by the pen name Kittisak.[1]Meesomsueb won the 1992 S.E.A.

A Thai poet and writer. He is also known by the pen name Kittisak.[1]Meesomsueb won the 1992 S.E.A. Write Award for his collection of poems, That Hand is White. In 2005, he was given the Silpathorn Award for Literature.

Was a writer of free-style verse, active in Taisho and early Showa period Japan. He liberated Japane

Was a writer of free-style verse, active in Taisho and early Showa period Japan. He liberated Japanese free verse from the grip of traditional rules, and he is considered the “father of modern colloquial poetry in Japan”. He published many volumes of essays, literary and cultural criticism, and aphorisms over his long career.

Was a Japanese author active as a political thinker in the Taisho period. He is best known for his f

Was a Japanese author active as a political thinker in the Taisho period. He is best known for his formulation of the theory of "Minponshugi," or politics of the people.Yoshino graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1904. In 1906 he went to China as a private tutor for the son of Yuan Shikai, the then dominant Chinese politician. He returned in 1909 and took a position teaching political history and theory in the Faculty of Law at Tokyo Imperial University until 1924. In 1910, he went abroad for three years to study in Germany, England and the United States. On his return he began to write articles discussing the problems of implementing democratic government in Japan, such as political corruption and universal suffrage. He published his most famous essays in the noted literary magazine Chuokoron. Arguably his most significant work, "On the Meaning of Constitutional Government," was written in response to the popular belief in the superiority of the Prussian pattern. In it, Yoshino argued that democracy was compatible with the concept of the emperor's sovereignty.

A contemporary Iraqi poet, actor and playwright.Imprisoned as a political dissident in the 1970s, he

A contemporary Iraqi poet, actor and playwright.Imprisoned as a political dissident in the 1970s, he began writing in prison. Some of his writing was published in clandestine journals. He has continued to write, in Arabic and in French, since moving to France, where he been living for three decades. In his work, Al-Hamdani opposed Saddam Hussein's government, and subsequently the United States-led Occupation of Iraq.

Was an Egyptian drummer and musician credited with founding Egyptian jazz.His groups first performan

Was an Egyptian drummer and musician credited with founding Egyptian jazz.His groups first performance occured at Ewart Memorial Hall of American University in February, 1969, and included compositions by all of the group's founders, as well as arrangemen

Pioneers of the musical theatre in Egypt, which has his Owen music plays theatre carrying his name (

Pioneers of the musical theatre in Egypt, which has his Owen music plays theatre carrying his name (Salama Hijazi Theatre), in the first half of the twentieth century.

Was a notable Egyptian journalist and reformer in the 1920s. Born in Zagazig to a Coptic Christian f

Was a notable Egyptian journalist and reformer in the 1920s. Born in Zagazig to a Coptic Christian family, Moussa was known for his wide interest in science and culture, as well as his firm belief in the human intellect as a guarantor of progress and prosperity. In 1908, he travelled to Europe where he studied literature, philosophy, social and natural sciences. He continued studying these subjects critically throughout his life.

Is a Kabyle writer.He has worked as a journalist for several publications and participated in severa

Is a Kabyle writer.He has worked as a journalist for several publications and participated in several Kabyle claming movements. He created Racines/Iz’uran journal in 1998 and was awarded with the honour diploma of Tamazgha association in Paris.

Was an Iraqi journalist and correspondent for the Washington Post. Aldin was shot to death while on

Was an Iraqi journalist and correspondent for the Washington Post. Aldin was shot to death while on assignment in Baghdad.[1] According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Aldin was believed to be the 119th journalist killed in Iraq since the March 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq at the time of his death.[1] Forty one other media support workers have also been killed covering the war and insurgency in Iraq.[1]

Is a Moroccan novelist, essayist and literary critic. He was born in Paris from a Moroccan father an

Is a Moroccan novelist, essayist and literary critic. He was born in Paris from a Moroccan father and a French mother. He has written about 20 books, numerous essays and more than thousand newspaper articles.

Is an Algerian journalist and writer.A founding member of Women in Europe and the Maghreb, president

Is an Algerian journalist and writer.A founding member of Women in Europe and the Maghreb, president of the association for the advancement of women, editor of the women's magazine NYSSA, which she founded, and editor of the French weekly La Nation (Algeria), Salima Ghezali is an activist of women's rights and human rights and democracy in Algeria.

Is an Egyptian Welsh screenwriter & film director. She was one of Screen International's UK Stars of

Is an Egyptian Welsh screenwriter & film director. She was one of Screen International's UK Stars of Tomorrow 2009.El Hosaini left Egypt at the age of sixteen to attend the renowned Atlantic College one of the United World Colleges. She went on to read Arabic with Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies at Durham University. After teaching English at a girls school in Sana'a, Yemen and working for Amnesty International as the Egypt Country Coordinator El Hosaini decided to fulfill her dream of telling stories through film.

Is an Australian Aboriginal author, scriptwriter and artist

Is an Australian Aboriginal author, scriptwriter and artist

Is a poet, writer, essayist and translator. He is Druze citizen of Israel. Masalha is a bilingual wr

Is a poet, writer, essayist and translator. He is Druze citizen of Israel. Masalha is a bilingual writer who writes in Arabic and Hebrew, and publishes in both languages.[1] His poetry has also appeared in other languages

Is one of the best known Lithuanian female poets.

Is one of the best known Lithuanian female poets.

Was a German composer and a renowned teacher of piano and composition at the Leipzig Conservatory. B

Was a German composer and a renowned teacher of piano and composition at the Leipzig Conservatory. Because he was Jewish, Jadassohn could not qualify for the many church jobs as music directors or organists which were usually available to Christian graduates of a conservatory such as Leipzig, as they required deep knowledge of Christian liturgy and practice. Instead he worked for a Leipzig synagogue and a few local choral societies as well as teaching privately. Eventually, he was able to qualify for a position at the Leipzig Conservatory, teaching piano and composition.

Was a German composer, pianist, and physicist. After acting as tutor for a year at Amsterdam he retu

Was a German composer, pianist, and physicist. After acting as tutor for a year at Amsterdam he returned to Berlin to study physics and chemistry. In 1876 he established himself as privat-docent at the Bauakademie of Berlin, subsequently connecting himself in the same capacity with the Technische Hochschule at Charlottenburg, at which institution he was appointed lecturer (1894) and professor (1896) of physics. He died in Mariánské Lázne (Marienbad).

Was a Spanish Catalan poet writing in the Catalan language.Espriu was born in Santa Coloma de Farner

Was a Spanish Catalan poet writing in the Catalan language.Espriu was born in Santa Coloma de Farners, Catalonia. He was the son of an attorney. His childhood was divided between his home town, Barcelona, and Arenys de Mar, a village on the Maresme coast.

Is an Ilokano writer, journalist, educator, diplomat, and statesman.He studied at the University of

Is an Ilokano writer, journalist, educator, diplomat, and statesman.He studied at the University of the Philippines and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in english in 1931 and a Master of Arts degree, also in philosophy, in 1933. During his UP days, he became a drama critic for the Philippine Collegian. From 1933 to 1936, he taught literature and journalism at the University of Manila. He also became a daily columnist and magazine editor of the Philippine Herald until World War 2.

Is an Ilokano writer, journalist, educator, diplomat, and statesman.He studied at the University of

Is an Ilokano writer, journalist, educator, diplomat, and statesman.He studied at the University of the Philippines and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1931 and a Master of Arts degree, also in philosophy, in 1933. During his UP days, he became a drama critic for the Philippine Collegian. From 1933 to 1936, he taught literature and journalism at the University of Manila. He also became a daily columnist and magazine editor of the Philippine Herald until World War 2.