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An Indian novelist. His first novel was published in 2004, his first collection of short stories in

An Indian novelist. His first novel was published in 2004, his first collection of short stories in 2005 and his second novel in 2007.

Is a retired Finnish television news presenter. He worked as the news anchor on Yleisradio TV1 from

Is a retired Finnish television news presenter. He worked as the news anchor on Yleisradio TV1 from 1965 to 2003. Along with Kari Toivonen, he was one of the longest-serving employees of Yleisradio news.Lind is also a sports hobbyist, and played ice hockey in a team called Zoom. His son Juha Lind has played in national and NHL level.

Is Estonia's most renowned composer, working in a minimalist style that employes tintinnabulation an

Is Estonia's most renowned composer, working in a minimalist style that employes tintinnabulation and hypnotic repetitions that is also influenced by the intellectual counterpoint elements of European jazz,[1] but fits a European-American post-modernism r

Is an Estonian writer known for a number of books and, among other things, the script for Viimne rel

Is an Estonian writer known for a number of books and, among other things, the script for Viimne reliikvia, the highly successful movie adaptation of Eduard Bornhöhe's Vürst Gabriel ehk Pirita kloostri viimsed päevad. In 1992, Arvo Valton was elected to R

Was an Academy Award-nominated Brazilian composer, pianist, soccer commentator, and talent-show host

Was an Academy Award-nominated Brazilian composer, pianist, soccer commentator, and talent-show host on radio and TV. He was one of Brazil's most successful songwriters in the first half of the 20th century.Barroso's two best-known compositions are the sambas "Aquarela do Brasil" ("Brazil"), written in 1939, and "Na Baixa do Sapateiro" ("Bahia"), composed a year earlier. "Brazil" was featured in Saludos Amigos (1942) and "Na Bahia" in The Three Caballeros (1944), both Disney films. The two songs became international hits, and have been recorded by hundreds of artists around the world. Among his major interpreters are Carmen Miranda and João Gilberto.

A Bengali language poet who also writes in English (mostly by means of transcreation). He grew up in

A Bengali language poet who also writes in English (mostly by means of transcreation). He grew up in Kolkata (erstwhile Calcutta) and began to write since the beginning of the 1990s. From his early years, he had been quietly involved with some of the parallel literary movements that grew in the margins of mainstream Bengali literature. Aryanil is published widely in Bengali poetry circles. He has authored three books of Bangla poetry, a book of transcreated poems in English, a collaborated bilingual book with Pat Clifford and a collection of hybrid-prose. He is also a prolific poetry-columnist who writes regularly in both electronic and print media. Some of his English work on the net can be found in

Was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset and mayor of Rishon LeZion.After Wor

Was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset and mayor of Rishon LeZion.After World War II ended, he was involved in helping organise Jews in Poland, and between 1946 and 1947 edited a Yiddish language newspaper. In 1947 he made aliyah to Mandate Palestine. In 1949 he was elected to the first Knesset. However, he resigned from it on 12 February 1951, and was replaced by Yisrael Yeshayahu.[1] He was also secretary of the Rishon LeZion Workers Council, and a mayor of the city for three separate terms - 1951, 1960 to 1962 and 1965 until 1969.

A prominent poet, writer, translator, radio, TV personality and journalist, as well as a cultural ac

A prominent poet, writer, translator, radio, TV personality and journalist, as well as a cultural activist in Bangladesh. He received a Masters in Bengali in 1964 from Dhaka University and is the father of three sons and one daughter.Chowdhury is a former director at the Bangla Academy, Dhaka and worked as an editor at the Bengali service of Deutsche Welle after his retirement. During the liberation war of Bangladesh, Chowdhury was a contributor and broadcaster of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra in Kalkata. He started his profession as a lecturer in Bengali language and literature at Brahmanbaria College in 1973. He has also been assistant editor in “The Joybangla” (Kalkata, 1971) and in “The Daily Janapada” (Dhaka, February 1973). He was a correspondent for The Daily Purbodesh from 1968 to 1971.

Was a Japanese writer in the early Edo period. A Buddhist priest who was at one time head of a Kyoto

Was a Japanese writer in the early Edo period. A Buddhist priest who was at one time head of a Kyoto temple, he is held to be one of the finest writers of Kanazoshi. Kanazoshi was a form of popular literature that was written with little or no kanji, thus accessible to many. Though it spanned many genres, a common theme in Kanazoshi works was the celebration of contemporary urban life. Asai Ryoi's work in particular turned traditional Buddhist teaching on its head in an expression of urban ideals.[1]

Israeli author, lecturer on physics and mathematics at the Academic College of Engineering in Jerusa

Israeli author, lecturer on physics and mathematics at the Academic College of Engineering in Jerusalem and at the Open University.

Is a leading modern Urdu poet. He is considered by many as the foremost expert on the life and works

Is a leading modern Urdu poet. He is considered by many as the foremost expert on the life and works of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Zaidi studied at the University of Karachi prior to settling in Toronto, Canada in 1980. Since 1980, Ashfaq Hussain, through his organization 'Urdu International', has held numerous mushaira, which have featured several notable poets including Ahmed Faraz, Jon Elia, and Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi.

An Indian political psychologist and social theorist and a leading social, cultural and political cr

An Indian political psychologist and social theorist and a leading social, cultural and political critics in contemporary times. A trained sociologist and clinical psychologist, his field covers a vast area of thinking such as public conscience, political psychology, mass violence, nationalism and culture. He has worked on cultures of knowledge, visions, and dialogues of civilizations. He was Senior Fellow and Director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) for several years before his retirement in 2004, today he is a Senior Honorary Fellow at the institute and apart from being the Chairperson of the Committee for Cultural Choices and Global Futures, also in New Delhi. [1][2]

An American pop rock singer-songwriter, and occasional actress. Simpson-Wentz, who is the younger si

An American pop rock singer-songwriter, and occasional actress. Simpson-Wentz, who is the younger sister of pop singer Jessica Simpson, rose to prominence in mid-2004 through the success of her number-one début album Autobiography and the accompanying reality series The Ashlee Simpson Show. Simpson received widespread criticism when she used a pre-recorded vocal track on Saturday Night Live in October 2004. Following a North American concert tour and a film appearance, Simpson released a second number-one album, I Am Me, in October 2005. Her third album, Bittersweet World, was released in April 2008.

Is a Hindi author and poet.Ashok Chakradhar is a leading Hindi poet specializing in satire and comed

Is a Hindi author and poet.Ashok Chakradhar is a leading Hindi poet specializing in satire and comedy. He is professor and currently Head of the Hindi Dept. at Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi. Additionally, he is Visiting Scholar at Sydney Univer

A novelist and short story writer living in Mumbai, India. He has written professionally since his e

A novelist and short story writer living in Mumbai, India. He has written professionally since his early teens, and has worked as a door-to-door surveyor for market research firms, a print journalist, columnist, scriptwriter for television series and documentaries, and in advertising.Ashok Banker worked as a successful freelance journalist and columnist for several years, breaking front-page news for publications such as The Times of India, Mumbai, and cover stories for Outlook magazine, New Delhi.[1]

An Indian journalist and one of India's most prominent LGBT rights activists. He is well known for m

An Indian journalist and one of India's most prominent LGBT rights activists. He is well known for making a deragatory comment on Mahatma Gandhi on a television show.He was born in Mumbai on June 1, 1947 as a premature child. He graduated with honors in Chemistry from the University of Bombay. Later, he dropped out of engineering college. Due to his early difficulty in dealing with his homosexuality, he enrolled as a Hindu monk in the Ramakrishna Mission and studied theology.[1] He has also studied at the International School of Journalism, Berlin, Germany.

The Chairman of the Institute of State Effectiveness, an organization set up in January 2005 to prom

The Chairman of the Institute of State Effectiveness, an organization set up in January 2005 to promote the ability of states to serve their citizens. As Afghanistan's finance minister between July 2002 and December 2004, he set the path for Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery after the collapse of the Taliban. Dr. Ghani is also a member of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, an independent initiative hosted by the UNDP. He is currently the third in polls in the Afghan presidential election, 2009, behind Hamid Karzai and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah.[1]

An Indian author of thriller fiction, best known for his 2007 novel, The Rozabal Line. Sanghi is int

An Indian author of thriller fiction, best known for his 2007 novel, The Rozabal Line. Sanghi is interested in the lost years of Jesus, the primary theme theme of his first novel which hypothesizes that Jesus survived the crucifixion and traveled to India. The Rozabal Line was originally published in 2007 under his pseudonym Shawn Haigins. The revised edition of The Rozabal Line was published by Westland Ltd. & Tranquebar Press in 2008 under his own name.

Is a German composer of avant-garde music. Tietchens became interested in experimental music and mus

Is a German composer of avant-garde music. Tietchens became interested in experimental music and musique concrète as a child, and began recording sound experiments in 1965 with electronic musical instruments, synthesizers and tape loops. In the 1970s he met producer Okko Bekker, and the two formed a decades-long partnership. Peter Baumann (of Tangerine Dream) heard a recording of Tietchens' music and offered to produce an album; the result was Nachtstücke, Tietchens' 1980 offering on Sky Records. His early recordings feature more accessible synthesized music, but beginning with Formen Letzer Hausmusik, his 1984 release for Nurse With Wound's label United Dairies, he began moving toward more abstract sound collages. He has taught acoustics in Hamburg since 1990.

A Latvian poet and playwright. Aspazija is the Latvian transliteration of Aspasia. Aspazija was born

A Latvian poet and playwright. Aspazija is the Latvian transliteration of Aspasia. Aspazija was born near Jelgava in 1865, where she studied and was active in youth organizations. In later years she became interested in literature. While participating in

An Afghan historian, and author from Kabul, Afghanistan.Akram holds a PhD in history from the Univer

An Afghan historian, and author from Kabul, Afghanistan.Akram holds a PhD in history from the University of Paris.

Was a prominent Bulgarian author of children's literature, as well as a translator from Russian.

Was a prominent Bulgarian author of children's literature, as well as a translator from Russian.

Is the pen-name of Fatima-Zohra Imalayen , an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of h

Is the pen-name of Fatima-Zohra Imalayen , an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with the obstacles faced by women, and she is noted for her feminist stance. Djebar is considered to be one of North Africa's most famous and

Was a Swedish children's book author and screenwriter, whose many titles were translated into 85 lan

Was a Swedish children's book author and screenwriter, whose many titles were translated into 85 languages and published in more than 100 countries. She has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide. Today, she is most remembered for writing the Pippi Longstocking books, as well as Karlsson-on-the-Roof book series.

A Japanese writer in French.In a recent interview with Moonhakdongne Corporation, which published he

A Japanese writer in French.In a recent interview with Moonhakdongne Corporation, which published her works in Korean, Fujimori revealed her true identity that "Asuka Fujimori" is her pen name, and in fact she is a "male" writer of French descent, with another moniker "Thomas Taddeus." Fujimori now resides in Tokyo, Japan.