Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was an American poet who is often grouped with the Language poets because of the prominent place she

Was an American poet who is often grouped with the Language poets because of the prominent place she assumed in the poetics of that group.

Is an American Television Journalist, Television personality, Author, Sports anchor, and Sportscaste

Is an American Television Journalist, Television personality, Author, Sports anchor, and Sportscaster is co-anchor of ESPN's SportsCenter airing live from 9 a.m. until noon eastern weekdays. From 2002 until 2007, Storm was one of the hosts of CBS's The Ea

Is an Israeli artist.After the war she went to high school and studied art in Utrecht and in Paris w

Is an Israeli artist.After the war she went to high school and studied art in Utrecht and in Paris with Paul Colin. In 1956 she emigrated to Israel where she met and married the artist Abraham Yakin. During the first years of her marriage she concentrated chiefly on the themes of pregnancy, birth-giving and motherhood.

A German and Austrian composer.

A German and Austrian composer.

Was a German journalist and writer. Hanns Maaßen came from a working-class family. He completed a l

Was a German journalist and writer. Hanns Maaßen came from a working-class family. He completed a lesson as a stonemason and worked subsequently in the profession. He was a member of the Young Communist League of Germany and from 1928 the Communist Party

Is an Israeli author and opinion writer.Hanoch Bartov was born in Petah Tikva, where he attended fir

Is an Israeli author and opinion writer.Hanoch Bartov was born in Petah Tikva, where he attended first a religious school and then the Achad Haam gymnasium. After two years working in diamond polishing and welding, he enlisted in 1943 (aged 17) in the Palestine Regiment of the British Army. He served for three years in the Jewish Brigade, first in Palestine and then in Italy and the Low Countries.

He was a cellist and composer who studied with Klengel, Becker, and Schroeder. He taught in Frankfur

He was a cellist and composer who studied with Klengel, Becker, and Schroeder. He taught in Frankfurt and was the solo cellist of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Was an important German organist and composer. Buchner was a student of Paul Hofhaimer, and may have

Was an important German organist and composer. Buchner was a student of Paul Hofhaimer, and may have worked for the emperor Maximilian I while Hofhaimer was away. From 1506 he worked in Constance as the cathedral organist. His relationship with Heinrich Isaac is unclear, but three of the odd-numbered sequence verses he set are in the same transpositions as the Choralis Constantinus (he also set Victimae paschali laudes, whereas Isaac used a different easte sequence, Laudes salvatori). When, in the course of the Reformation, the bishop was forced to move his seat to Meersburg, Buchner followed him to continue in his post, while maintaining a residence in Constance

Was (amongst other things) an Austria-born poet and writer, most popular for his early poems written

Was (amongst other things) an Austria-born poet and writer, most popular for his early poems written in Viennese ( med ana schwoazzn dintn, 1958), which however never after were to be the focus of his oeuvre.Artmann was born in Vienna as the son of shoe maker Johann Artmann and his wife Marie (nee Schneider). After growing up in Vienna and attending Volks- & Hauptschule, he worked as an office intern for three years; in 1940, he was conscripted during World War II, and transferred to a punishment battalion after suffering a war wound in 1941.

Was a Danish author and poet, most famous for his fairy tales. Among his best-known stories are The

Was a Danish author and poet, most famous for his fairy tales. Among his best-known stories are The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, The Little Match Girl, The Ugly Duckling and The Red Shoes. During Andersen's lifeti

Was a German-born Austrian composer of classical music. From 1916 to 1919 he studied in Karlsruhe wi

Was a German-born Austrian composer of classical music. From 1916 to 1919 he studied in Karlsruhe with Alfred Lorenz. He was also a student of both Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg, two prominent members of the so-called Second Viennese School. Apostel's music was banned during the Nazi era, but he continued to live in Vienna, where he died in 1972.

A German composer and self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the opera Palestrina, lo

A German composer and self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the opera Palestrina, loosely based on the life of the great sixteenth-century composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

Was a German composer of Romantic music and organist. Hans Fährmann was the son of the local school

Was a German composer of Romantic music and organist. Hans Fährmann was the son of the local school teacher and cantor. At an early age his basic musical education was taken in hand by his strict father - his piano lessons began when he was five-and-a-half. At the age of 12 he began organ lessons, and was called on regularly to play the organ as deputy at church services. At the age of 14, in 1874, he passed the entrance examination at the teacher training college in Dresden-Friedrichstadt with outstanding success - his interpretation of Beethoven's piano sonata No.l in F-minor caused a sensation. He studied there until 1880. He worked as an assistant teacher in Pieschen until 1882, and as a result of his teaching skills he was exempted from one year of studies.

Was an Austrian classical composer, conductor, musicologist and writer.During his youth in Vienna, R

Was an Austrian classical composer, conductor, musicologist and writer.During his youth in Vienna, Redlich privately studied piano with Paul Weingarten and harmony and counterpoint with Hugo Kauder. He was a student of Carl Orff in Munich after 1921. He was a university student in both cities and studied German literature and musicology. Redlich served as répétiteur for the Berlin-Charlottenburg city opera in 1924-1925 and as opera conductor for the Stadttheater Mainz from 1925 to 1929. From 1929 until 1931, Redlich studied musicology at Frankfurt University and completed a dissertation on stylistic changes in Monteverdi's madrigals. From then until 1937, Redlich resided in Mannheim as a composer and writer. He moved back to in 1937 and, two years later, emigrated to Great Britain.

Grammy, and Golden Globe award-winning film score composer and producer from Germany

Grammy, and Golden Globe award-winning film score composer and producer from Germany

Was a notable medieval German author. He was made a citizen of the city of Nuremberg, Germany in 145

Was a notable medieval German author. He was made a citizen of the city of Nuremberg, Germany in 1459 and master barber of the city in 1486. Folz was a reformer of the meistersangs, adding 27 new tones to those that had been allowed by the twelve "Alten Meister" (old masters) up to that point. His Meisterlieder (a type of song), of which he wrote about a thousand, were mostly devoted to religious questions. He also wrote twelve Fastnachtsspiele (short plays that made light of people in medieval society, for instance farmers, priests, and the bourgeoisie) in the same style as Hans Rosenplüt, but with more subtle language.

Is a German experimental writer, composer, and social and economic analyst and critic. Hans G Helms

Is a German experimental writer, composer, and social and economic analyst and critic. Hans G Helms was born into a Jewish family, who were able to escape the Holocaust by using falsified papers. He spent his childhood and youth in Teterow and Berlin. He received his first musical education whilst young, learning the piano and theory from an immigrant from Byelorussia. During the Nazi era he became acquainted with Swing and jazz from secretly listening to “enemy transmitters”.

Was a German lutenist and arranger of the Renaissance. Gerle published three volumes of lute music t

Was a German lutenist and arranger of the Renaissance. Gerle published three volumes of lute music through Hieronymus Formschneider, a Nuremberg publisher. The first two were issued in 1532-33, and the last in 1552; this third volume refers to Gerle as "the elder" on the title page, so it is presumed that Gerle had either a son or another relative with the same name. The first publication contains an introduction to the performance of lute, viola da gamba (Grossgeigen), and rebec (Kleingeigen), as well as an explanation of musical notation, and is a significant source of information on performance practice. The book is primarily made up of intabulations of German composers such as Ludwig Senfl, Johann Walter, Heinrich Isaac, Thomas Stoltzer, and Paul Hofhaimer.

Is a Danish science fiction writer, born in Copenhagen in 1964. He studied at the Academy of Arts be

Is a Danish science fiction writer, born in Copenhagen in 1964. He studied at the Academy of Arts before travelling around Asia, Africa and various Mediterranean countries. His first work was the novel Støj (Baffling Noise), published in 1996. Løyche was nominated for Europe's best science-fiction writer for 2007 and was a guest at the Eurocon 2007 science fiction convention.

Is a Norwegian author of short stories. His works frequently play with the differences between Norwe

Is a Norwegian author of short stories. His works frequently play with the differences between Norwegian languages Bokm

Was a psychologist best remembered for his work on intelligence and personality, though he worked in

Was a psychologist best remembered for his work on intelligence and personality, though he worked in a wide range of areas. At the time of his death, Eysenck was the living psychologist most frequently cited in science journals.Hans Eysenck was born in Germany, but moved to England as a young man in the 1930s because of his opposition to the Nazi party. Eysenck was the founding editor of the journal Personality and Individual Differences, and authored over 50 books and over 900 academic articles. He aroused intense debate with his controversial dealing with variation in IQ among racial groups (see race and intelligence).

Was a German lutenist of the Renaissance. He was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd and died in Vienna. He w

Was a German lutenist of the Renaissance. He was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd and died in Vienna. He worked as a lutenist in the vicinity of the University of Vienna and was best known for his two lute books written for the self-teaching of a lay audience.

Was a celebrated Danish author, who penned the best-selling novel of all-time in his native Denmark,

Was a celebrated Danish author, who penned the best-selling novel of all-time in his native Denmark, The Fishermen (1928). Kirk was a long-time Communist Party member in Denmark and remained active until his death. His novels, which in addition to The Fishermen include The Day Laborers and The New Times, reflect Kirk's Marxist-influenced beliefs.

Was a Bohemian composer who perished in the Holocaust. He helped to organize cultural life in Theres

Was a Bohemian composer who perished in the Holocaust. He helped to organize cultural life in Theresienstadt concentration camp.Krása was born in Prague to a Czech father who was a lawyer, and a German-Jewish mother. He studied both the piano and violin as a child and went on to study composition at the German Music Academy in Prague. After graduating, he went on to become a répétiteur at the Neuen Deutschen Theater, where he met the composer and conductor Alexander Zemlinsky, who had a major influence on Krása's career. In 1927 he followed Zemlinsky to Berlin, where he was introduced to Albert Roussel.

Is a Catholic priest, a Swiss theologian, and a prolific author. Since 1995 he has been President of

Is a Catholic priest, a Swiss theologian, and a prolific author. Since 1995 he has been President of the Foundation for a Global Ethic (Stiftung Weltethos). Küng remains a Catholic priest in good standing,[1] but the Vatican has rescinded his authority to teach Catholic theology. Though he had to leave the Catholic faculty, he remained at the University of Tübingen as a professor of Ecumenical Theology, serving as Emeritus Professor since 1996. Neither his bishop nor the Holy See has revoked his priestly faculties.