Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter G

He composed "Armenohorianos Syrtos", which was later was recorded by Mikis Theodorakis and was popul

He composed "Armenohorianos Syrtos", which was later was recorded by Mikis Theodorakis and was popularly known as "Zorba's Song". He died in Kissamos in June 1994.

Was a Greek songwriter, singer and bouzouki player. In Possession,[clarification needed] also in acc

Was a Greek songwriter, singer and bouzouki player. In Possession,[clarification needed] also in accordance with G. Manisali, he worked at Phoinikes, the subsequent Bouzouki (corner Solonos and Mavromichali streets). In 1961 he played with the orchestra in Komparsita. In 1963 he sang with Pr. Tsaousakis at Center Street Vouliagmeni. In 1968 he played with the orchestra in "Joy of Kessariani", etc.

Is an award winning Greek poet. He read Economics and Statistics at the University of Piraeus (then

Is an award winning Greek poet. He read Economics and Statistics at the University of Piraeus (then Higher School for Industrial Studies).[1] He belongs to the so-called Genia tou 70, which is a literary term referring to Greek authors who began publishing their work during the 1970s, especially towards the end of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 and at the first years of the Metapolitefsi.[2]

Was a prominent Greek composer and musician of light popular music. A productive composer, Mouzakis'

Was a prominent Greek composer and musician of light popular music. A productive composer, Mouzakis' opus consists of some 2,500 tunes and songs for over 200 plays, 20 musical comedies, and about 60 films. His best know compositions are: "The Slave Woman" (? S???ßa), "My Weakness" (?d??aµ?a µ??), "A friend from the past" (??a? f???? ???e ap? ta pa???) "I whistle to you" (S?? sf?????), and "The Hymn of Panathinaikos" (? ?µ??? t?? ?a?a???a????).

One of the most important Greek poets of the 20th century, and a Nobel laureate.

One of the most important Greek poets of the 20th century, and a Nobel laureate.

While young, he studied guitar, piano, and music theory at the national conservatory of Greece. He c

While young, he studied guitar, piano, and music theory at the national conservatory of Greece. He continued his studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston, U.S., majoring in arranging. He has been awarded several times as a songwriter/producer both in Greece and Cyprus.

Is a Cretan lute player and singer. Xylouris plays the lute as a solo instrument, in contrast to the

Is a Cretan lute player and singer. Xylouris plays the lute as a solo instrument, in contrast to the traditional accompaniment role the lute plays in Cretan music. [2] [3] [4] Xylouris has performed extensively both in his native Crete and internationally in world music festivals, collaborating with musicians in both folk and rock traditions.

Was an Italian author and poet, a friend and correspondent of Petrarch, an important Renaissance hum

Was an Italian author and poet, a friend and correspondent of Petrarch, an important Renaissance humanist and the author of a number of notable works including the Decameron, On Famous Women, and his poetry in the Italian vernacular. Boccaccio is particul

Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, who spent almost his entire

Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, who spent almost his entire life in Italy. He was one of the most famous Neapolitan composers of the late 16th century; some of his experimentation with chromaticism was likely influenced by Gesualdo, who was an associate of his.

A talented amateur musician who published his compositions pseudonymously. Albicastro came from the

A talented amateur musician who published his compositions pseudonymously. Albicastro came from the village of Bieswangen, near Pappenheim in central Bavaria, not far from the village of Weissenburg ("White Castle", thus "Albicastro"). Johann Gottfried Walther included Albicastro in his Musicalisches Lexicon (1732) under the mistaken supposition that Albicastro came from Switzerland; consequently he has often been included in lists of Swiss musicians. He might be classified as a Bavarian-born composer of Italian music that was published in both the Protestant and Catholic Low Countries.

Was an Italian journalist, essayist, literary critic, poet, and novelist.Trained as a schoolteacher,

Was an Italian journalist, essayist, literary critic, poet, and novelist.Trained as a schoolteacher, he taught for a few years after 1899, then became a librarian. The literary life attracted Papini, who founded the magazine Il Leonardo, together with Giu

Was an Italian poet and classical scholar.His earlier poems look simple, and focus particularly on d

Was an Italian poet and classical scholar.His earlier poems look simple, and focus particularly on domestic life and nature. However, Pascoli, even in that period of Positivism and scientism, believes that life is a mystery; only symbolic associations dis

Was an Italian poet born in what then was part of the Austrian Empire and educated in law at Padua.

Was an Italian poet born in what then was part of the Austrian Empire and educated in law at Padua. Adopting a literary career, he was inspired by anti-Austrian feeling and devotion to the royal house of Savoy, and in early life his combination of a sympa

Was an Italian realist writer, best known for his depictions of life in Sicily, and especially for t

Was an Italian realist writer, best known for his depictions of life in Sicily, and especially for the short story Cavalleria Rusticana and the novel I Malavoglia.The first son of Giovanni Battista Catalano Verga and Caterina Di Mauro, Verga was born into

Was an Italian journalist, cartoonist and humorist whose most famous creation is the priest Don Cami

Was an Italian journalist, cartoonist and humorist whose most famous creation is the priest Don Camillo.Giovannino Guareschi was born in Fontanelle di Roccabianca, near Parma, Italy, into a middle-class family. In 1926 his family went bankrupt and he coul

Was an Indian journalist. He served as the editor of The Times of India from 1978 till 1988. He was

Was an Indian journalist. He served as the editor of The Times of India from 1978 till 1988. He was sympathetic to Hindu nationalism and authored books on the subject, the best known of which, The Hindu Phenomenon, was published posthumously.He believed that the political-economic order that Jawaharlal Nehru had fashioned was as much in its last throes as its progenitor, the Marxist-Leninist- Stalinist order. He believed that the two major planks of this order, secularism and socialism, have "lost much of their old glitter" while the third, non-alignment, has become redundant.[3][verification needed]

Is a Brazilian writer, illustrator, and plastic artist. Her works have been exhibited at São Paulo

Is a Brazilian writer, illustrator, and plastic artist. Her works have been exhibited at São Paulo Museum of Art.Leirner went to the Art Students League and the Parsons The New School for Design in New York where she took classes with Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, Yolanda Mohalyi and Poty Lazarotto. She earned a bachelor's degree in Philosophy at the Universidade de São Paulo and has a master's degree in Philosophy of religion.

Is a contemporary American writer.

Is a contemporary American writer.

Was the pen-name of a Japanese writer active in Showa period Japan. His real name was Takama Yoshihi

Was the pen-name of a Japanese writer active in Showa period Japan. His real name was Takama Yoshihide.While a student at Waseda, Gishu founded a literary magazine, To ("Tower") together with Yokomitsu Riichi and others, to which he contributed his first story, Ana ("The Hole").In 1938, he published his first short story collection, Denko ("Electric Light"), and two years later, won the 7th Akutagawa Prize for his novelette Atsumonozaki (???). These works were followed by the short stories, Ishibumi ("Monument"), Seifu Sassa ("Swift Breeze") and Fuso ("Wind and Frost"), which secured his reputation in the literary world.

An Indian writer and was born in Delhi in a renowned Oriya family of freedom fighters. She is the da

An Indian writer and was born in Delhi in a renowned Oriya family of freedom fighters. She is the daughter of Biju Patnaik, an Indian independence activist and a Chief Minister in post-independence Orissa. Her younger brother Naveen Patnaik is presently the Chief Minister of Orissa. She completed her education in India and at the Cambridge University, United Kingdom.

Was an Italian poet.His father, a cultivated and rich man, accustomed his son from childhood to stud

Was an Italian poet.His father, a cultivated and rich man, accustomed his son from childhood to study, and himself taught him, among other subjects, the first rudiments of music. Afterwards, in order to curb his too vivacious disposition, he placed the bo

Was an Italian enlighted satirist and poet of the neoclassic period.Parini was born in Bosisio (late

Was an Italian enlighted satirist and poet of the neoclassic period.Parini was born in Bosisio (later rechristened Bosisio Parini in his honour) in Lombardy. His parents, who possessed a small farm on the shore of Lake Pusiano, sent him to Milan, where he

Was a conductor and composer.Sinopoli began to make a name for himself as a composer of serial works

Was a conductor and composer.Sinopoli began to make a name for himself as a composer of serial works, becoming professor of contemporary and electronic music at the Venice Conservatoire Benedetto Marcello in 1972, and a major proponent of the new movement in Venice for contemporary music

Was an Italian modernist poet, journalist, essayist, critic and academic. A leading representative o

Was an Italian modernist poet, journalist, essayist, critic and academic. A leading representative of the experimental trend known as ermetismo, he was one of the most prominent contributors to 20th century Italian literature. Influenced by symbolism, he

Is a Georgian composer resident in Belgium. Kancheli is his country's most famous living composer an

Is a Georgian composer resident in Belgium. Kancheli is his country's most famous living composer and arguably its best-known cultural export. His music is very communicative and immediate and often has a spiritual quality, which leads some to compare him