Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was a French conductor and composer associated with both major opera houses in Paris.[2][3] Showing

Was a French conductor and composer associated with both major opera houses in Paris.[2][3] Showing musical talent very early on, and entering the Paris Conservatoire aged 12, he won the first prize for solfege there in 1875. Marty took the first prize for harmony in 1878 and the Prix de Rome in 1882 with his cantata Edith (he was a pupil of Massenet). After his stay in Rome, he travelled to Sicily, Tunisia and Germany before returning to the French capital and gaining much experience as a chorus master.[3]

Was the French author of Emblemes ou devises chrestiennes, published in Lyons between 1567-71. Monte

Was the French author of Emblemes ou devises chrestiennes, published in Lyons between 1567-71. Montenay has always been regarded as a lady-in-waiting to Jeanne d'Albret, the Protestant Queen of Navarre, partly because she dedicated her work to the Queen. An intriguing aspect of Montenay's Calvinist life is that she was married in 1562 to Guyon de Gout, a devout Catholic.

Was a Bulgarian playwright, poet and politician. One of his most famous plays is "The Public Prosecu

Was a Bulgarian playwright, poet and politician. One of his most famous plays is "The Public Prosecutor". Its English translation was adapted by C.P. Snow.It was first performed in 1964 at the Third National Review of the Bulgarian Theatre.

Was a Bulgarian dissident.Markov originally worked as a novelist and playwright, but in 1969, he def

Was a Bulgarian dissident.Markov originally worked as a novelist and playwright, but in 1969, he defected from Bulgaria, then a communist state under the leadership of President Todor Zhivkov. After moving to the West, he worked as a broadcaster and journalist for the BBC World Service, the US-funded Radio Free Europe, and Germany's Deutsche Welle. He criticised the Bulgarian communist regime many times on radio. It is speculated that, as a result of this, the Bulgarian government decided to dispose of him—and asked the KGB for help.

Was a writer and revolutionary from Macedonia, known today as the first author to express publicly t

Was a writer and revolutionary from Macedonia, known today as the first author to express publicly the idea of a separate Macedonian nation distinct from Serbs and Bulgarians, as well as a separate Macedonian language

Known also by his Greek surname Georgi Sava Rakovski , born Sabi Stoykov Popovich was a 19th-century

Known also by his Greek surname Georgi Sava Rakovski , born Sabi Stoykov Popovich was a 19th-century Bulgarian revolutionary and writer and an important figure of the Bulgarian National Revival and the resistance against Ottoman rule.

Bulgarian composer of contemporary classical music, one of the main representative of Bulgarian mode

Bulgarian composer of contemporary classical music, one of the main representative of Bulgarian modernism.Georgi Tutev is the founder and the first president of the SCMB - ISCM Bulgarian Section as well as the founder and organizer of the Musica Nova - Sofia, International Festival of Contemporary Music.

Is a composer, who studied piano, harmony, counterpoint and fugue in Athens. At the same time she st

Is a composer, who studied piano, harmony, counterpoint and fugue in Athens. At the same time she studied jazz piano and worked as an instrumentalist and arranger of Hellenic traditional music of oral transmission for ten years. Since 1996 she has lived in Paris and studied composition, electro-acoustic and computer music with Philippe Leroux, form Analysis with Michael Levinas, composition with Jacques Charpentier. She also worked with George Crumb and Günter Kahowez in France, Austria and Greece.

Was a Ukrainian journalist kidnapped and murdered in 2000. The circumstances of his death became a n

Was a Ukrainian journalist kidnapped and murdered in 2000. The circumstances of his death became a national scandal and a focus for protests against the government of the then President, Leonid Kuchma. Gongadze's killers have yet to be publicly identified or put on trial, although two men accused of his murder were arrested in March 2005. His widow Myroslava Gongadze and their two children received political asylum in the United States and have lived there since 2001.

Was a Russian and Soviet neoromantic composer. Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov was born in 1915 in the t

Was a Russian and Soviet neoromantic composer. Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov was born in 1915 in the town of Fatezh in the Kursk guberniya of the Russian Empire. His father, Vasily Sviridov, a sympathizer of the Bolshevik cause during the Russian Civil War

Is an American television journalist, attorney, and former talk show host. He is known to have an af

Is an American television journalist, attorney, and former talk show host. He is known to have an affinity for dramatic, high-profile stories, and issues that are divisive in nature. Rivera hosts the newsmagazine program Geraldo at Large, and appears regu

An Australian writer.Murnane was born in Coburg, Melbourne, and has almost never left the state of V

An Australian writer.Murnane was born in Coburg, Melbourne, and has almost never left the state of Victoria. Parts of his childhood were spent in Bendigo and the Western District. In 1956 he matriculated from De La Salle College Malvern.Murnane briefly trained for the Roman Catholic priesthood in 1957. He abandoned this path, however, instead becoming a teacher in primary schools (from 1960 to 1968), and at the Victoria Racing Club's Apprentice Jockeys' School. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne in 1969, then worked in the Victorian Education Department until 1973. From 1980 he began to teach creative writing at various tertiary institutions.

Is an American poet.His work has been widely recognized after the 1977 publication of Lucky Life and

Is an American poet.His work has been widely recognized after the 1977 publication of Lucky Life and a series of essays on writing poetry in American Poetry Review.

Is an Australian-American journalist and author

Is an Australian-American journalist and author

Was an Irish-born poet who spent her life in the United States. She published ten books, and her sto

Was an Irish-born poet who spent her life in the United States. She published ten books, and her stories and poems appeared in over 400 journals.Her poetry went from haiku—a short Japanese verse form—to book-length poems, including "Hakugai," which "gives voice" to the 110,000 Japanese-Americans interned in prison camps during World War II, according to a 1984 review. It said, "Through dramatic monologues, snatches of conversation and journal notes, the prisoners lost words are heard again. The world of their hakugai [persecution] is resurrected."[citation needed]

Known by his television name of Geraldo Rivera or simply Geraldo, is an American attorney, journalis

Known by his television name of Geraldo Rivera or simply Geraldo, is an American attorney, journalist, writer, reporter and former talk show host. He is known to have an affinity for dramatic, high-profile stories. Rivera hosts the newsmagazine program Ge

An Australian author and literary critic. He was dux of St Ignatius' College, Riverview in both 1961

An Australian author and literary critic. He was dux of St Ignatius' College, Riverview in both 1961 and 1962, where, like Justin Fleming, he was taught by Melvyn Morrow. He trained as a Jesuit from the age of 18 to 24. He studied Arts at the Australian National University and Sydney University, before briefly studying medicine. He is a writer, having published ten books, including fiction, compilations of essays, and memoirs. [1]

Was a Dutch writer. Starting in 1973, he adopted a shortened version of his name, Gerard Reve, and t

Was a Dutch writer. Starting in 1973, he adopted a shortened version of his name, Gerard Reve, and that is how he is known today. Together with W.F. Hermans and Harry Mulisch, he is considered one of the "Great Three" of Dutch post-war literature. His 1981 novel De vierde man was the basis for Paul Verhoeven's 1983 film.

Was an English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest, whose 20th-century fame established

Was an English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest, whose 20th-century fame established him posthumously among the leading Victorian poets. His experimental explorations in prosody (especially sprung rhythm) and his use of imagery established

Was a Dutch observer of English.Nolst Trenité published under the pseudonym Charivarius (which he p

Was a Dutch observer of English.Nolst Trenité published under the pseudonym Charivarius (which he pronounced irregularly as [?ari'vari?s] [1]). While the pronunciation of his own surname is not obvious (possibly the original French [t??ni'te]), he is best known in the English-speaking world for his poem The Chaos which demonstrates many of the idiosyncrasies of English spelling and first appeared as an appendix to his 1920 textbook Drop Your Foreign Accent: engelsche uitspraakoefeningen.[1]

Was a Dutch writer publishing first under the names Simon van het Reve, Darger Taveherven (an anagra

Was a Dutch writer publishing first under the names Simon van het Reve, Darger Taveherven (an anagram) and his official name, although he became known as Gerard Reve

Was a Dutch poet and playwright in the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.

Was a Dutch poet and playwright in the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.

Was a German composer. Domhardt grew up in Schleusingerneundorf. He studied music education, German

Was a German composer. Domhardt grew up in Schleusingerneundorf. He studied music education, German studies and musicology at the University of Halle-Wittenberg from 1963 to 1968. From 1973 to 1976 he was a master student for composition with Ruth Zechlin at the Academy of the Arts, Berlin.

Is a Norwegian author, teacher, and feminist writer. She is also the cousin of radio and tv entertai

Is a Norwegian author, teacher, and feminist writer. She is also the cousin of radio and tv entertainer Lars Mj

Was a German composer, pianist and musicologist. After his Abitur in Stralsund he studied musicology

Was a German composer, pianist and musicologist. After his Abitur in Stralsund he studied musicology with Arnold Schering and Georg Schünemann as well as history, philosophy and psychology at the University of Berlin and school music at the Berlin College for Church and School Music. After university he became a high school teacher and a concert pianist in Berlin. Later he studied musicology with Hans Albrecht, Friedrich Blume and Kurt Gudewill as well as history and psychology at the University of Kiel. In 1961 he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree.[1]