Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was an American poet, prose author, and educator. She was born in Afton, New York. Bevington was rea

Was an American poet, prose author, and educator. She was born in Afton, New York. Bevington was reared in Worcester, New York where her father was a Methodist minister. Her younger brother, Boyce Smith (later known as Rev. Ray Vaughn, was also a Methodis

Is an American journalist and scholar who has covered Asian American communities and social and poli

Is an American journalist and scholar who has covered Asian American communities and social and political movements for decades.She was born in New Jersey to first generation immigrants from Shanghai. She entered Princeton University in the early 1970s and was a member of its first graduating class of women. As a student, Zia was among the founders of the Asian American Students Association. She was also a vocal anti-war activist, voicing her Opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, and a firm believer in feminism.

Was a Russian spiritual writer, herbalogist and healer. She married the Russian painter, archaeologi

Was a Russian spiritual writer, herbalogist and healer. She married the Russian painter, archaeologist and mystic Nicholas K. Roerich on October 28, 1901. They produced two sons, Svetoslav, an artist and George, a scientist and expert on Tibet. Helena was

Is a German composer. She was born in Munich and studied piano and film composition at the Hochschul

Is a German composer. She was born in Munich and studied piano and film composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich. She spent one year at the college of music in Gothenburg, Sweden, to study electro-acoustic composition. Afterwards she was a lecturer at the colleges of music in Munich and Hamburg. She was awarded the project scholarship for contemporary music and media, as well as the music award of the City of Munich.

Was a Danish writer and critic, and journalist for Politiken, Berlingske Tidende, and Illustreret Ti

Was a Danish writer and critic, and journalist for Politiken, Berlingske Tidende, and Illustreret Tidende.[2] He was a critic of Georg Brandes and the Modern Breakthrough.[3]

Is one of the most important modern Dutch writers. She is often called the Grand Old Lady of Dutch l

Is one of the most important modern Dutch writers. She is often called the Grand Old Lady of Dutch literature.

Was a German journalist and politician. In 1892, Gerlach retired from the civil service, to work ful

Was a German journalist and politician. In 1892, Gerlach retired from the civil service, to work full-time on politics and journalism. At first, he was close to the Christian Social, but also anti-Semitic, politics of Adolf Stoecker and his Christian Soci

Was a German composer and musicologist. As a young man he studied music in Berlin and Kiel. He later

Was a German composer and musicologist. As a young man he studied music in Berlin and Kiel. He later taught music in Leipzig from 1954-1971. He is particularly remembered for his numerous publications on the history of opera and in particular the subject of baroque opera. Also of interest, are his writings on the visual aspects of music which led him to study iconography, including a pictorial history of opera.[1]

Is a German composer and pianist. He studied composition with Franz Xaver Lehner and Fritz Schieri,

Is a German composer and pianist. He studied composition with Franz Xaver Lehner and Fritz Schieri, piano with Friedrich Wührer and Aldo Schoen and learned music at the University for Music and Performing Arts, Munich. From 1967 to 1979 he taught at the Markgräfin-Wilhelmine-Gymnasium, Bayreuth. In 1979 he became a docent and 1988 a professor of music education at the University of Bayreuth. He founded the Ensemble Musica Viva (Bayreuth) in 1980 and the Bayreuth Days of Contemporary Music in 1988. His music has been performed in Europe (e.g. Gaudeamus Muziekweek and ISCM World Music Days Festival in Aarhus, Ensemble Sortisatio), Russia and the USA.

Is a German-American violinist, composer, and musicologist. Here he taught numerous courses in compo

Is a German-American violinist, composer, and musicologist. Here he taught numerous courses in composition, music theory, and performance practice. In 1988 he was promoted to Professor. In 1989 the state government of Bavaria, Germany, awarded him the "Sudetendeutscher Kulturpreis" in composition. He served as the chairperson of the Composition Department at the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at the Catholic University of America, until he became Professor Emeritus in 1999. From then on he has devoted his time mostly to composition and performance, but also teaches selected graduate students.

Is a German composer associated with musique concrète instrumentale. He studied piano with Jürgen

Is a German composer associated with musique concrète instrumentale. He studied piano with Jürgen Uhde and composition and theory with Johann Nepomuk David at the Stuttgarter Musikhochschule from 1955 to 1958 and was the first private student of the Italian composer Luigi Nono in Venice from 1958 to 1960. He also worked briefly at the electronic music studio at the University of Ghent in 1965, composing his only published tape piece Szenario during that period, but thereafter focused almost exclusively on purely instrumental music.

Is a German composer. He studied with Friedrich Goldmann and Georg Katzer at the Akademie der Künst

Is a German composer. He studied with Friedrich Goldmann and Georg Katzer at the Akademie der Künste. He was guest of the Villa Massimo. Oehring has also worked with different artists from all areas such as Ruth Berghaus, Ulrike Ottinger, Till Nikolaus von Heiseler, Daniele Abbado, Claus Guth and Maxim Dessau, the choreographer Joachim Schlömer as well as the conductors Ingo Metzmacher, Lothar Zagrosek, Martyn Brabbins and Roland Kluttig. He also worked with the Ensemble Sortisatio of Leipzig on a project specially created for the Festival Hallische Musiktage.

Was a prominent Assamese poet and politician from undivided Assam. Hem Barua obtained his M.A. degre

Was a prominent Assamese poet and politician from undivided Assam. Hem Barua obtained his M.A. degree from Calcutta University in 1938 and joined the J.B. College, Jorhat, in 1941 as lecturer in Assamese and English. He left it next year during the Quit I

A Professor of Mass Communication and Journalism. He has taught Communication, Radio, TV and Hindi j

A Professor of Mass Communication and Journalism. He has taught Communication, Radio, TV and Hindi journalism for two decades at Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi (1989- ) and Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (2006-2008).He knows Hindi, English, French, Italian and Russian in order of competence. He has worked as Interpreter in various International Conferences and translates from French and Hindi and English and vice versa.

Was the first Westerner to write about the Joseon Dynasty era in Korea (1666).Hendrick Hamel was a b

Was the first Westerner to write about the Joseon Dynasty era in Korea (1666).Hendrick Hamel was a bookkeeper with the Dutch East India Company (the VOC). In 1653, while heading for Japan on the ship 'De Sperwer' (the Sparrowhawk), he was shipwrecked on Jeju Island off the southern coast of Korea along with thirty-five of his crewmates. 36 of the 64 members of the crew survived the shipwreck, and the men were promptly taken into custody and sent to Seoul. They were forbidden to leave the country, but they were given some freedom to move and mix with the different classes of Korean society.

Was a Dutchman, customs official, author, and translator of more than thirty works. One of his novel

Was a Dutchman, customs official, author, and translator of more than thirty works. One of his novels, Idoj de Orfejo (Children of Orpheus) is listed in William Auld's Basic Esperanto Reading List.In 1901 D. Uitterdijk sent him a textbook of Esperanto, after which he became an Esperantist. He engaged in much correspondence with Esperantists of other countries, did much Esperanto publicity, especially in The Hague, taught courses, and served as the secretary of the examinations committee from its establishment until the present. From 1910 on L. K. In latter years he worked only for Esperanto; as a novelist (of works originally in Esperanto), a translator and author of small booklets, B. has been one of the most enduring workers in Esperanto.

Was one of the most important writers and thinkers of the Amsterdam of the second half of the sixtee

Was one of the most important writers and thinkers of the Amsterdam of the second half of the sixteenth century.He is seen as a forerunner to the Golden Age of Vondel, Hooft and Huygens. He is the strongest candidate for the unknown author of the first book on Dutch grammar, the Twe-spraack vande Nederduitsche letterkunst, which appeared in 1584. (In the past it was thought to be Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert.)

Was a Dutch poet and writer. He drowned while escaping to Great Britain, when the ship he was on was

Was a Dutch poet and writer. He drowned while escaping to Great Britain, when the ship he was on was torpedoed by a German submarine.His poetry is vitalistic and expressionistic, and (fear of) death, as a metaphor for defeat in life, is a recurring theme. His "Herinnering aan Holland" (Remembrance of Holland): "Denkend aan Holland zie ik breede rivieren traag door oneindig laagland gaan," Thinking about Holland, I see broad rivers slowly moving through endless lowlands. In 2000, the Dutch people chose this as the "Dutch Poem of the Century."[1]

Was a Dutch painter and writer with close ties to South Africa.After extensive travelling in Europe

Was a Dutch painter and writer with close ties to South Africa.After extensive travelling in Europe and a stay on Crete he started his artistic career first as painter [2] based in the Dutch capital. He received the Royal Award for Painting in 1980, and represented the country at international exhibitions.[1]

Was a Norwegian journalist. He was born in Asker as a son of painter Kristofer Sinding-Larsen (1873–1948) and Margrethe Volkersen (1880–1951). He was a grandson of Alfred Sinding-Larsen, a nephew of Christian Magnus Sinding-Larsen, Birger Fredrik Sinding-

Is a renowned Swedish crime writer, occasional children's author and dramatist, best known for a ser

Is a renowned Swedish crime writer, occasional children's author and dramatist, best known for a series of detective novels starring his most iconic creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.

Is a French-Algerian journalist, director of the "Alger républicain" newspaper, and a member of the

Is a French-Algerian journalist, director of the "Alger républicain" newspaper, and a member of the French Communist Party. After Editions de Minuit, a French publishing house, released his memoir La Question in 1958, Alleg gained international recognition for his stance against torture, specifically within the context of the Algerian War (1954–1962).

Was a French novelist and a member of the French Communist Party.Barbusse first came to fame with th

Was a French novelist and a member of the French Communist Party.Barbusse first came to fame with the publication of his novel Le Feu (translated as Under Fire) in 1916, which was based on his experiences during World War I. By this time, Barbusse had bec

Was a French classical music composer and conductor.

Was a French classical music composer and conductor.

Was a composer and royal bandmaster of the Kingdom of Hawai?i from 1872 to his death. Berger befrien

Was a composer and royal bandmaster of the Kingdom of Hawai?i from 1872 to his death. Berger befriended the future Queen Lili?uokalani, a composer in her own right. Berger arranged the songs she wrote, performed by the brass band. From 1893 to 1903, the Prussian bandmaster worked with the Kamehameha Schools to develop its music program. He also built what is today the Honolulu Symphony.