Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was a Baroque Kapellmeister and composer. Chelleri's father had emigrated from Germany to Italy, his

Was a Baroque Kapellmeister and composer. Chelleri's father had emigrated from Germany to Italy, his mother was from the Italian family of musicians Bazzani (or Bassani, s. also Giovanni Battista Bassani). After the early death of his parents, he grew up with his uncle Francesco Maria Bazzani in Piacenza, who trained him as a musician. Chelleri started to compose operas for different opera companies in Northern Italy in 1708. He served in noble families in Barcelona, Florence and Venice, among others, including a post as maestro di capella of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici.[1]

Was a prominent Iraqi novelist and writer, who was, perhaps, best known for his groundbreaking novel

Was a prominent Iraqi novelist and writer, who was, perhaps, best known for his groundbreaking novel, al-Rajea al-Baeed, which is translated to The Long Way Back.[1] Al-Tikerly was one of the last surviving members of a group of well known Iraqi novelists from the 1970s era.[1]Al-Tikerly was born in Baghdad in 1927.[2] He graduated from the University of Baghdad's law school in 1949.[1] He was employed at the Ministry of Justice of Iraq for 35 years.[1] He became an Iraqi judge in 1956 before later becoming the head judge of the city of Baghdad's Court of Appeals.[1] Al-Tikerly developed a reputation for fairness as a judge.[1]

Is a Moroccan economist and writer, born in Oujda, Morocco. After his studies in the Lycée Lyautey

Is a Moroccan economist and writer, born in Oujda, Morocco. After his studies in the Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca), he joined the prestigious École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées(Paris, France), where he studied engineering. After having worked in the Office Cherifien des Phosphates company in Khouribga (Morocco), he moved to the United Kingdom where he spent several years in Cambridge and York. Later he obtained a PhD in economics and moved to Amsterdam where he is currently teaching econometrics and environmental science.

Was a Croatian nobleman of the Frankopan family, a noted poet and politician in the 17th century.Liv

Was a Croatian nobleman of the Frankopan family, a noted poet and politician in the 17th century.Living in an area bordering on several Croatian dialects, Frankopan mainly wrote his poetry in the Kajkavian-ikavian dialect of the Croatian language (as seen in his poem Srica daje kaj misal ne zgaje). In prison, Frankopan translated Molière's Georges Dandin, the first translation not only in Croatian, but also in any language of this work of Molière's.

Was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a parti

Was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a particularly prolific author, he inspired virtually all Slovene literature thereafter.

She was also a strong supporter of prohibition and woman's suffrage. She often would read her poetry

She was also a strong supporter of prohibition and woman's suffrage. She often would read her poetry at these public meetings, including the extremely popular Bury Me in a Free Land.

Was the only child of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald and novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. She was a writer, jou

Was the only child of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald and novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. She was a writer, journalist, and a prominent member of the United States Democratic Party."Scottie" was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Her mother supposedly remarked upon her birth that she was glad to have borne a girl and that she hoped she would be a "beautiful little fool." In The Great Gatsby (1925), Daisy Buchanan says this of her young daughter.She is the subject of the biography, "Scottie, The Daughter of . . . : The Life of Frances Scott Fitzgerald Lanahan Smith," which was written by her daughter Eleanor Lanahan.

Was a noted 18th-century German singer and composer. Her father was the Italian-born cellist Innocen

Was a noted 18th-century German singer and composer. Her father was the Italian-born cellist Innocenz Danzi and her younger brother was the composer and cellist Franz Danzi (1763–1826). She was renowned for her vocal dexterity and highly sought after by notable contemporaries, such as Schweitzer, Holzbauer, and Salieri, for the lead roles in their most challenging opuses.

Was an Italian poet. He is credited for beginning what is now known as "Bernesque poetry", a serio-c

Was an Italian poet. He is credited for beginning what is now known as "Bernesque poetry", a serio-comedic type of poetry with elements of satire.His father Nicolò was a notary of a long-established Florentine family, but excessively poor. At an early age

Was an Italian literary critic, considered the most important scholar of Italian language and litera

Was an Italian literary critic, considered the most important scholar of Italian language and literature in the 19th century.Becoming a teacher in a private school of his own, he made a name as a profound student of literature; and after the troubles of 1

Was an Italian librettist who was Verdi's life-long friend and collaborator. Like Verdi, Piave was a

Was an Italian librettist who was Verdi's life-long friend and collaborator. Like Verdi, Piave was an ardent Italian patriot, and in 1848, during Milan's "Cinque Giornate," when Radetsky's Austrian troops retreated from the city, Verdi's letter to Piave i

Known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar, poet, and one of the earliest Renaissance huma

Known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar, poet, and one of the earliest Renaissance humanists. Petrarch is often popularly called the "father of humanism".[1] Based on Petrarch's works, and to a lesser extent those of Dante Alighieri and Giova

Was an Italian writer and art critic, author of many articles and plays. An antiquarian with a human

Was an Italian writer and art critic, author of many articles and plays. An antiquarian with a humanist education whose publications on Etruscan antiquities stand as incunabula of Etruscology, he engaged in running skirmishes in print with his rival in th

Was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fle

Was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher.Accounts suggest that Beaumont did not work long as a lawyer. He became a student of poet and playwright Ben Jonson; he was also acquainted with Mich

Was an Australian poet and a member of Meher Baba's mandali.Brabazon was born in London, but moved t

Was an Australian poet and a member of Meher Baba's mandali.Brabazon was born in London, but moved to Australia with his family when he was still a boy. At the age of 21, Francis Brabazon embarked on a quest to discover the relationship between beauty and truth. He studied music and painting and finally found his niche in poetry. In the 1940s, Brabazon became interested in Eastern spirituality and soon became a student of the Australian Sufi leader Baron Friedrich von Frankenberg.

Was a newspaper publisher and member of the prominent Astor family.An extremely shy man, David Astor

Was a newspaper publisher and member of the prominent Astor family.An extremely shy man, David Astor was greatly influenced by his father but as a young man he rebelled against his strong-willed mother. Educated at Eton College he went on to Oxford University where he suffered a nervous breakdown and left in 1933 without obtaining a degree. He was psychoanalysed by Anna Freud and during World War II he served with distinction and was wounded in France.

Is a French composer of electroacoustic / acousmatic music. He studied composition under Ginette Wal

Is a French composer of electroacoustic / acousmatic music. He studied composition under Ginette Waldmeier, Charles Koechlin and Nadia Boulanger.[1] In the late 1940s he intuitively discovered with magnetic wire what Pierre Schaeffer at about the same time came to call musique concrète, consequently conducting solitary experiments with the musical possibilities of sound recording.

Was a Maltese dramatist and novelist. Ebejer studied medicine at the University of Malta between 194

Was a Maltese dramatist and novelist. Ebejer studied medicine at the University of Malta between 1942 and 1943 before abandoning the course to work as an English-Italian interpreter with the 8th Army of the British Forces in Tripolitania, North Africa (19

Was a French composer and a member of the French group Les Six. He composed music in all major genre

Was a French composer and a member of the French group Les Six. He composed music in all major genres, including art song, chamber music, oratorio, opera, ballet music, and orchestral music. Critic Claude Rostand, in a July 1950 Paris-Presse article, described Poulenc as "half bad boy, half monk" ("le moine et le voyou"), a tag that was to be attached to his name for the rest of his career.[1]

Was a French journalist, editor, writer, screenplay writer and essayist. He's starting to work for t

Was a French journalist, editor, writer, screenplay writer and essayist. He's starting to work for the Jean-Jacques Pauvert's magazine Bizarre in 1964. He was writing about fantastic and detective literature in Magazine Littéraire, worked for L'Express and for Le Point. He also was responsible of the Christian Bourgois collection 10/18. Specialist of Pop Culture, he was member of a group which help comic books to be recognize and he coined the 9th art word. He wrote prefaces for reference editions of many authors and series for the Éditions Robert Laffont.

Is a French accordionist, and composer noted for his film scores. While in his twenties, Francis Lai

Is a French accordionist, and composer noted for his film scores. While in his twenties, Francis Lai left home and went to Paris where he became part of the lively Montmartre music scene. In 1965 he met filmmaker Claude Lelouch and was hired to help write the score for the film, Un homme et une femme (A Man and A Woman). Released in 1966, the film was a major international success, earning a number of Academy Awards, and for the young Francis Lai,

Was an Irish poet from County Meath, sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", killed in acti

Was an Irish poet from County Meath, sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", killed in action near Ypres, Belgium during World War I.

Was an English classical scholar and poet. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1899 a

Was an English classical scholar and poet. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1899 and held a university teaching post from 1902. He became Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy in 1931 and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in

Is a French musician and composer. Francis Rimbert started playing classical piano when he was 5 yea

Is a French musician and composer. Francis Rimbert started playing classical piano when he was 5 years old. At the conservatory, he studied harmony, counterpoint, the fugue and orchestral leading. He won first prize in piano and moved onto Paris where he become a salesman, working in a music store which by chance imported synthesizers, at a time when nobody has sold such before.

Was an American poet who, along with John Ashbery, James Schuyler, Barbara Guest and Kenneth Koch, w

Was an American poet who, along with John Ashbery, James Schuyler, Barbara Guest and Kenneth Koch, was a key member of what was known as the New York School of poetry.