Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was a Punjabi writer and Sufi poet, best known for his story Sassi Punnun (or Sassi Panhu). Hashim's

Was a Punjabi writer and Sufi poet, best known for his story Sassi Punnun (or Sassi Panhu). Hashim's Family came out from Hold Makka. When they came out in Punjab, India, they started living at Jagdev Kalan, the biggest village of tehsil Ajnala, Amritsar district. Hashim Shah was born In Jagdev Kalan in 1735 and he lived in that village his whole life. He wrote three stories "Kissa Kaw" named Sassi Punnu, Sohni Mahiwal, and Shiri Farhad.

Was born in Calcutta in 1939 in undivided Bengal. He is a modern Bangladeshi writer and novelist. He

Was born in Calcutta in 1939 in undivided Bengal. He is a modern Bangladeshi writer and novelist. He is a leading writer of fiction and travel books in Bangladesh. He received the national award Ekushey Padak for his contribution to literature. His novel Sultan was nominated for the Irish Impact Award in 1997.

Is a Moroccan-Dutch writer. He grew up in Amsterdam. He won the "El Hizjra Prize for Literature" in

Is a Moroccan-Dutch writer. He grew up in Amsterdam. He won the "El Hizjra Prize for Literature" in both 2000 and 2001. Een verhaal uit de stad Damsko is his debut novel. Bahara is editor for the satirical literary weekly Propria Cures.[1] Bahara is an atheist and critical of Islam.

Is Moroccan-Dutch journalist, writer, columnist, translator and television programme maker. Bouazza

Is Moroccan-Dutch journalist, writer, columnist, translator and television programme maker. Bouazza was born in the city of Oujda, close to Algerian border. She moved with her family including brother Hafid (now a noted writer) to The Netherlands to join her father, who worked there as a guest worker. They lived in the village of Arkel where they were the only Moroccans. Bouazza studied English language and literature at Utrecht University. She started writing columns for various periodicals (including Vrij Nederland. Bouazza also worked for the VPRO as a television programme maker. She is known for discussing taboo subjects like pornography in the Arab world. Bouazza is the editor of a collection of short stories called Achter de sluier (Behind the Veil) about strong Arab women.[1][2]

Is a German composer[1] and experimental physicist.[2][3] He is the founder, (with Rainer Grodnick)

Is a German composer[1] and experimental physicist.[2][3] He is the founder, (with Rainer Grodnick) of the "Gesellschaft für Akustische Lebenshilfe", (Society for Musical Living Assistance), Kiel, Germany.[5][6] Since 1995, he has worked as an assistant to composer Alvin Lucier[7] and is associated with the Material group of composers,[8] along with Daniel James Wolf, and Markus Trunk. His compositional work is in an extreme minimal style,[9] and is connected to the work of the composers Morton Feldman, Walter Zimmermann, and Alvin Lucier. His music has also been influenced by Monochrome Painting and the films of Robert Bresson.

Was a Dutch writer, journalist and translator.he took the pen-name of Havank and published over 30 c

Was a Dutch writer, journalist and translator.he took the pen-name of Havank and published over 30 crime-novels and stories, with as principal characters French police officers Bruno Silvère and Charles C.M. Carlier, the latter better known in Dutch as 'de Schaduw’ (the Shadow). In later books holding an honorary rank within the force Carlier was allowed to operate within Scotland Yard enabling Havank to move the venue from France to London and southern England. Havank's novels were widely popular not only because of his playful use of the Dutch language but also for their fairly accurate scenery descriptions.

Is one of the important poets of the recent generation in contemporary Turkish literature.

Is one of the important poets of the recent generation in contemporary Turkish literature.

Is an American poet and literary critic.Hayden Carruth grew up in Woodbury, Connecticut, was educate

Is an American poet and literary critic.Hayden Carruth grew up in Woodbury, Connecticut, was educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and at the University of Chicago. For many years, Carruth lived in Johnson, Vermont. Carruth has been writing for 60 years and taught at Syracuse University, in the Graduate Creative Writing Program, where he taught and mentored many younger poets, including Brooks Haxton and Allen Hoey. He resides with his wife, poet Joe-Anne McLaughlin Carruth near the small central New York village of Munnsville. His son David lives nearby.

Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the early Renaissance Burgundian School.While many of his works hav

Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the early Renaissance Burgundian School.While many of his works have survived, little is known about his life. He was probably born in Gijzegem (near Ghent, in modern Belgium). His musical talent must have been noticed early by Charles, Count of Charolais (later to become Charles the Bold) because there is a record of his being personally assigned to a teacher by him; in 1467 he is shown in the Burgundian employment records as being a singer. In addition, he was named along with Adrien Basin and Antoine Busnois as "chantre et valet de chambre" to Charles, indicating the special regard in which he was held.

Was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. Bialik was one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew poets and cam

Was a Jewish poet who wrote in Hebrew. Bialik was one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew poets and came to be recognized as Israel's national poet. Bialik was born in Radi, Volhynia in Ukraine to Yitzhak Yossef Bialik, a scholar and businessman, and his wif

In the introduction note of the programme for a gig at "At My Place" in Santa Monica, Los Angeles in

In the introduction note of the programme for a gig at "At My Place" in Santa Monica, Los Angeles in 1989, she wrote - "I ran away from my home in Coventry when I was 16.....made and sold clothes in Amsterdam, picked grapes in France, joined a dance troupe that went to Tokyo then onto Beirut (escaping the start of the civil war by one month!) travelled West Africa,

Was a Chinese composer of the early 20th century. He composed songs for Chinese films beginning in t

Was a Chinese composer of the early 20th century. He composed songs for Chinese films beginning in the 1930s, some of which remain popular.[1]In September 1949 he was appointed director of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In late 1965, Jiang Qing, Mao's fourth wife, incited the anti-Western crusade of the Cultural Revolution, and a wave of terror engulfed every sector of society. In the spirit of proletarian solidarity, "bourgeois" artists were subject to vicious public humiliation, and some chose suicide as a way out. An astonishing incident took place on Chinese television. He Lüting, who had drawn fire from a proletarian-minded critic for defending the music of Claude Debussy, was subjected to a physically abusive interrogation but refused to apologize. "Your accusations are false!" he shouted. "Shame on you for lying!" Alex Ross stated that no composer had ever made a braver stand against totalitarianism.[1]

Is a modern Chinese composer and also a music composition professor at Shanghai Conservatory of Musi

Is a modern Chinese composer and also a music composition professor at Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He studied music theory by himself from the age of eight and composition followed. In 1982, he graduated from the Composition Department of the Sichuan Conservatory of Music.He is famous for his compositions done for Dadawa, whose breakthrough was Sister Drum - an international bestseller that sold more than 2 million copies. He has been collecting Tibetan music for twenty years and this has heavily influenced his compositions.

Was a Chinese poet born in present-day Xiaoshan, Zhejiang during the Tang Dynasty, and one of the Ei

Was a Chinese poet born in present-day Xiaoshan, Zhejiang during the Tang Dynasty, and one of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup. His well-known works include On Returning Home.

Was a Cuban poet. The Padilla Affair was named after him.[1] He was born in Puerta de Golpe, Pinar d

Was a Cuban poet. The Padilla Affair was named after him.[1] He was born in Puerta de Golpe, Pinar del Río, Cuba. His first book of poetry, Las rosas audaces (The Audacious Roses), was published in 1948. After a failed first marriage and three children, he married poet Belkis Cuza Malé in 1972.Although Padilla initially supported the revolution led by Fidel Castro, by the late 1960s he began to criticize it openly. A worldwide controversy was sparked when Padilla was placed under house arrest for "subversive writing" because of the verses in his award-winning 1968 anthology Fuera del Juego (Out Of The Game) that expressed dissatisfaction with the Castro regime. In 1971, Padilla was imprisoned by the regime. His son, Ernesto Padilla, was born in 1972.

Was a Greek historian and sceptic philosopher who flourished in the 4th century BC.

Was a Greek historian and sceptic philosopher who flourished in the 4th century BC.

Was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande mes

Was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts (Requiem). Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works; as a conductor, he performed several concerts with more than 1,000 musicians.[2] He also composed around 50 songs.

Is an Argentine author and member of the Académie française.

Is an Argentine author and member of the Académie française.

A Puerto Rican journalist and author whose book The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the Wo

A Puerto Rican journalist and author whose book The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World's Greatest Works of Art has shed a light on an estimated 20,000 looted works; each one is owned by a museum or a collector somewhere.He began his career as a cultural writer for the Paris bureau of the Washington Post. In 1988, Feliciano was working on an article for the Paris bureau of the The Los Angeles Times about a stolen Murillo painting that had been bought by the Louvre, when someone mentioned that 20 percent of the looted art during World War II is still missing. During the process of his reporting he realized that no one had ever asked the looted families about the situation.[1]

Was a French writer born in La Bouille, close to Rouen. He studied law in Rouen and Paris, but event

Was a French writer born in La Bouille, close to Rouen. He studied law in Rouen and Paris, but eventually literature became his passion. He worked as a dramatic critic for Lloyd Francais and as a literary critic for L'Opinion Nationale.

Was a French dramatist and duellist who is now best remembered for the many works of fiction which h

Was a French dramatist and duellist who is now best remembered for the many works of fiction which have been woven around his life story. In these fictional works he is featured with an overly large nose; portraits suggest that he did have a big nose, tho

Was a Merionethshire farmer and Welsh language poet of World War I.Evans spent most of his life on a

Was a Merionethshire farmer and Welsh language poet of World War I.Evans spent most of his life on a hill farm, Yr Ysgwrn, near Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire (Gwynedd). By the age of 28 he had won four Eisteddfod chairs for his poetry.

Was a French composer. She was appointed a music professor at the Paris Conservatoire in 1889 where

Was a French composer. She was appointed a music professor at the Paris Conservatoire in 1889 where she had previously been a student from 1874, studying with Ernest Guiraud. In 1881, she won first prize in harmony, counterpoint and fugue. She also won first prize in piano and in composition in other concours which she entered.[2] She was a prolific composer, yet not much else is known about her life. Her compositions, ca. 150 in all, consist of pieces for piano, orchestral and chamber works, songs, two ballets [3] and two one-act operas. [1]

Was a Finnish composer.Suolahti studied under Arvo Laitinen in Helsinki from 1929 to his death. In 1

Was a Finnish composer.Suolahti studied under Arvo Laitinen in Helsinki from 1929 to his death. In 1935, he composed Sinfonia piccola, which was first performed on February 1938 under Tauno Hannikainen. Hannikainen also orchestrated some of Suolahti's songs. Sinfonia piccola was published in the United States in 1959. When the composer died at the age of 16, none of his works had been performed publicly yet. He left the opera Pärttylin yö and a few other works unfinished.

Was a famous Austrian writer.Heimito von Doderer was born near Vienna in 1896, son of the architect

Was a famous Austrian writer.Heimito von Doderer was born near Vienna in 1896, son of the architect and engineer Wilhelm Carl von Doderer and his wife Wilhelmine as the youngest of six children. His unusual first name was based on an attempt to germanicize the Spanish name "Jaime", or rather its diminutive "Jaimito". His life was spent mostly in Vienna, the longest exception being a period as a Russian prisoner of war in Siberia from 1916 until his eventual return to Austria in 1920. It was during his time in Russia that he decided to become a writer. His first published work, a book of poems Gassen und Landschaft, appeared in 1923, followed by the novel Die Bresche the following year