Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Is a musician and composer from Drogheda, County Louth in Ireland.He and his songwriting partner of

Is a musician and composer from Drogheda, County Louth in Ireland.He and his songwriting partner of the 1980s Ian Levine wrote and produced some popular Hi-NRG club hits of the era for Miquel Brown, Barbara Pennington and Evelyn Thomas. He is credited with the string arrangements on "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues.[3] Other artists he has worked with include Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Art Garfunkel, Sinéad O'Connor, The Corrs and Paul McCartney. He taught McCartney's late wife Linda to play the piano. In 1996, he conducted the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, "Diwanit bugale", composed and performed by Dan Ar Braz.

Is a Filipino writer and book designer.Rillo was a product of the Philippine public school system be

Is a Filipino writer and book designer.Rillo was a product of the Philippine public school system before pursuing a degree in agriculture at the Araneta University Foundation which he later abandoned for a writing career.

Is Azerbaijani poet.In 1964, he graduated from Moscow's Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. Goja has b

Is Azerbaijani poet.In 1964, he graduated from Moscow's Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. Goja has been the executive editor of Gobustan since 1978 and he is active in the Writer's Union of Azerbaijan, becoming secretary in 1997. Many of Goja's poems in Azeri have been published.

Was an Italian humanist and writer.He was later teacher of the children of the Polish King Casimir I

Was an Italian humanist and writer.He was later teacher of the children of the Polish King Casimir IV Jagiellon and took part in diplomatic missions. In 1474 he was named royal secretary, in 1476 he served as ambassador to Constantinople, and in 1486 he became the king's representative in Venice. With the accession to the Polish throne of his former pupil as John I of Poland, his influence peaked. In his writings he argued for the reinforcement of the king's power at the expense of the aristocracy. In Cracow, he joined Conrad Celtis' Sodalitas Vistuliana. Callimachus wrote poems and prose in Latin, and is best remembered for his biographies of Bishop Zbigniew Olesnicki, bishop Gregory of Sanok, and King Wladyslaw III of Poland.

Is a Croatian writer, journalist and political scientist.Erceg was born in Slavonski Brod, but lived

Is a Croatian writer, journalist and political scientist.Erceg was born in Slavonski Brod, but lived his childhood in Bjelovar. He studied Politics at the University of Zagreb. As a student, he co-edited Hrvatska ljevica and was a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Labour Party (and later also the Vice-President of the party). He was a member of the editorial board of the philosophical journal 11. teza ("Thesis Eleven") and is on the executive committee of August Cesarec Foundation. Filip Erceg is one of the three main editors of a left-wing magazine Novi Plamen.

Was a Croatian Franciscan priest, professor, patriot, poet and writer.

Was a Croatian Franciscan priest, professor, patriot, poet and writer.

Is a British journalist and television presenter. Since joining the BBC in 1989, she has gone on to

Is a British journalist and television presenter. Since joining the BBC in 1989, she has gone on to present many flagship programmes for the corporation including the BBC News at Ten, Crimewatch, Call My Bluff and, most recently, Antiques Roadshow and And

Was a French composer, and likely a singer, of the Renaissance. While highly successful as a compose

Was a French composer, and likely a singer, of the Renaissance. While highly successful as a composer and influential, especially on the development of imitative counterpoint, and while numerous compositions of his survive, he is almost unique in there being an almost complete absence of direct biographical information about him. Most of what is known about his life and career is inferred.

Was a prominent Azerbaijani writer, philologist and literary critic.He was one of the first Azeri li

Was a prominent Azerbaijani writer, philologist and literary critic.He was one of the first Azeri literati to raise questions about standards for the written Azeri language. In 1895 he wrote his first article Tatar Comedies ("Tatar" was a common Russian name for Azeris before 1920), followed by Essays on Our Literature (1904).

Was an American author, journalist, and explorer; best-known for his autobiographical book The Hashe

Was an American author, journalist, and explorer; best-known for his autobiographical book The Hasheesh Eater (1857).Ludlow also wrote about his travels across America on the overland stage to San Francisco, Yosemite and the forests of California and Oreg

A French novelist of Romanian origin. Her first book was the children's story The Prophecy of the St

A French novelist of Romanian origin. Her first book was the children's story The Prophecy of the Stones (original title: "La Prophétie des Pierres"). Written at the age of 13 in the course of 6 months, the novel became a success in France and was translated into 30 other languages.Bujor is currently working on her second novel in France with her parents (her father is a sculptor, her mother is a psychoanalyst who works with young adults and teenagers). She currently lives in Paris, where she has resided since the age of two.

Was a Guatemalan writer and diplomat. His works are formal reading material in public schools and pr

Was a Guatemalan writer and diplomat. His works are formal reading material in public schools and private schools in Guatemala.During the government of Juan José Arévalo, he was Ambassador of Guatemala to Brazil and Argentina He was Professor of Literature at the Faculty of Law and Humanities of the University of San Carlos of Guatemala, where he received awards and also the Order of the Quetzal Guatemalan Government.

Is a poet and an editor of English and Northern Irish ancestry, who has lived much of her life in En

Is a poet and an editor of English and Northern Irish ancestry, who has lived much of her life in England.[1][2][3] She has published thirteen books of poetry.Adcock was born in Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand but spent the years between 1939 and 1947 living and studying in England. She is a sister to Marilyn Duckworth. She studied Classics at the Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a M.A.. She worked as an assistant lecturer librarian at the University of Otago in Dunedin until 1961. She was married to two famous New Zealand literary personalities. In 1952 she married Alistair Campbell, and later divorced. Then in 1962 she married Barry Crump, divorcing in 1963.

Is a Kosovar Albanian poet, pediatrician and women’s rights activist. She was born in the town of

Is a Kosovar Albanian poet, pediatrician and women’s rights activist. She was born in the town of Srbica in the Drenica Valley of Kosovo, ( the Serbian province of Kosovo is under UN administration since the 1999 Kosovo War.

Precursor of the feminist movement in Portugal, she had a tumultuous and eventful life that shaped h

Precursor of the feminist movement in Portugal, she had a tumultuous and eventful life that shaped her erotic and feminine writings.

Is an American poet who legally changed her name to Ai.Currently based in Stillwater, Oklahoma at Ok

Is an American poet who legally changed her name to Ai.Currently based in Stillwater, Oklahoma at Oklahoma State University, she has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and various universities; she has also been a frequent reader-performer of her work. Ai holds an M.F.A. from the University of California at Irvine

Is a French journalist and author. During the 1990s she was a correspondent in the Balkans for the F

Is a French journalist and author. During the 1990s she was a correspondent in the Balkans for the French newspaper Le Monde. In 1999 she published her first book, Milosevic, la diagonale du fou, reissued by Gallimard in 2002. From October 2000 until October 2006 she was official spokesperson and Balkan adviser to Carla Del Ponte, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.

Is an American novelist, essayist and columnist.She is a traditional conservative, but not a "moveme

Is an American novelist, essayist and columnist.She is a traditional conservative, but not a "movement conservative," and she objects to much of the populist direction of the contemporary American Right.[1] [2] Miss King (she objects to the concept of "Ms.") labels herself a "misanthrope". She is an active Episcopalian (though she often refers to her agnosticism)[2], a member of Phi Alpha Theta, and a monarchist.

Was an Argentine writer, poet, journalist and educator.Florencio was born in Buenos Aires on Februar

Was an Argentine writer, poet, journalist and educator.Florencio was born in Buenos Aires on February 23 1808, he was the sixth child of Don Jacobo Adrián Varela and María de la Encarnación Sanjinés, he had a keen interest in the literary arts from a young age. In his youth he wrote poetry and a thetre production.After graduating from the University of Buenos Aires in 1827 Varela became involved in politics, his association with the Partido Unitario meant that he was exiled to Montevideo in Uruguay after the defeat of General Juan Lavalle.

Is a writer of comics, plays, and short stories who lives in Cotonou, Benin. He is fond of the short

Is a writer of comics, plays, and short stories who lives in Cotonou, Benin. He is fond of the short-story as a form. He is also editor of several satirical magazines and a cultural columnist.

Was a French composer. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1889, studying under Albert Lavignac, T

Was a French composer. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1889, studying under Albert Lavignac, Theodore Dubois, Jules Massenet, Gustave Sandre, and Gabriel Fauré. In 1900 Schmitt won the Prix de Rome on his fourth attempt.

Was a Filipino poet who was among the writers who spearheaded a revival of interest in Tagalog liter

Was a Filipino poet who was among the writers who spearheaded a revival of interest in Tagalog literature in the Philippines in the 20th century.

Was a German-speaking Bohemian opera composer of the transitional period between the baroque and cla

Was a German-speaking Bohemian opera composer of the transitional period between the baroque and classical eras. He was one of the principal composers of opera buffa immediately before Mozart.

Was a jazz historian and writer who has been published in many magazines, including Down Beat, Jazz

Was a jazz historian and writer who has been published in many magazines, including Down Beat, Jazz Journal International and American Rag. He has received several awards for his work, including the Leonard Feather Communicator Award, given annually by the Los Angeles Jazz Society. He is the author of Classic Jazz : A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians which chronicles his first-hand encounters with many jazz musicians such as: Benny Carter, Barney Bigard, Artie Shaw,James P. Johnson and Louis Armstrong.

Was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatl

Was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature.[citation needed] He is now best remembered for The Good Soldie