Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was a Dutch journalist and political prisoner, perhaps best known for her memoir The Walls Came Tumb

Was a Dutch journalist and political prisoner, perhaps best known for her memoir The Walls Came Tumbling Down, about her attempts to return to the Netherlands from Germany after being released from prison at the end of World War II. Born in the Netherlands to an upper-class family, she was a graduate student at the University of Leiden at the start of World War II and became a courier in the Dutch resistance, where she served under the code name Zip. During this time she also wrote for the Dutch newspaper Het Parool. In 1944 she was caught and sentenced to death, and became a Night and Fog prisoner in a German prison at Waldheim.

Was a Danish theologian and national liberal statesman; born in the island of Lolland.He wrote, besi

Was a Danish theologian and national liberal statesman; born in the island of Lolland.He wrote, besides other works, Romanism and Protestantism (1825); Popular Discourses on the Reformation (1836); a commentary on the synoptical Gospels, and Christian Dogmatics (1867).In 1840 he was chosen a deputy to the States, and near the end of 1848 was appointed a member of the Cabinet of Moltke II. Died 28 March 1877.[1] He was a member of the National Constitutional Assembly from 1848 to 1849, of the Folketing from 1849 to 1853 and of the Landsting from 1853 to 1863.[2]

A realist writer who shared with Karl Gjellerup the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1917 for "his auth

A realist writer who shared with Karl Gjellerup the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1917 for "his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark." Pontoppidan's novels and short stories - informed with a desire for social progress but despairing, later in his life, of its realization - present an unusually comprehensive picture of his country and his epoch.

Was a Lithuanian poet and writer. When his family returned to Lithuania, he studied Lithuanian, Germ

Was a Lithuanian poet and writer. When his family returned to Lithuania, he studied Lithuanian, German and Russian literatures at the University of Lithuania in Kaunas. In 1936 he became an editor for the Lithuanian Commission of Book Publishing. Radauska

Is an Angolan writer and anthropologist born in Lisbon, Portugal on .[1]

Is an Angolan writer and anthropologist born in Lisbon, Portugal on .[1]

Was a Brazilian writer. She was awarded the Prêmio Machado de Assis for her lifetime achievement by

Was a Brazilian writer. She was awarded the Prêmio Machado de Assis for her lifetime achievement by the Brazilian Academy of Letters. She is famous for her wellchosen words to create powerful poems. Her early lyrics deal with traditional poetic themes, while her later poems like Echo, she mysteriously magnifies the effect of a single image.

Was a composer of popular songs who was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and lived all but the last yea

Was a composer of popular songs who was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and lived all but the last years of his life in Puerto Rico. At the time of his death, after suffering Alzheimer's disease, he was residing in Alabama and was married to Carmen Mártir Santiago.Arana composed hundreds of songs made popular by a wide variety of Puerto Rican artists, including Cano Estremera, Bobby Valentín, Willie Rosario, El Gran Combo, Cortijo y su Combo, Tito Rojas, Andy Montañez, Gilberto Santa Rosa, La Sonora Ponceña, Mario Ortiz and Mario Hernández, as well as Mexican artists, such as Adrián Alejandro.

Was an English poet and essayist.He was born at Plymouth, the eldest son of George Clarisse Dobson,

Was an English poet and essayist.He was born at Plymouth, the eldest son of George Clarisse Dobson, a civil engineer, of French descent. When he was about eight, the family moved to Holyhead, and his first school was at Beaumaris in Anglesey. He was later

Was a French composer. He was a student of Louis Aubert at the Conservatoire de Paris, but in 1927 f

Was a French composer. He was a student of Louis Aubert at the Conservatoire de Paris, but in 1927 failed to graduate, apparently because of his refusal to follow orthodox methods. Along with Pierre-Octave Ferroud, he helped to form the society Triton for the wider distribution of contemporary music.

Was a French far right politician and writer. The son of a soldier, Charbonneau initially came to po

Was a French far right politician and writer. The son of a soldier, Charbonneau initially came to political activism as a member of the Action Française before embarking on a varied career with a number of far right groups.[1] A close associate of Jean Filliol, he followed him into the Camelots du Roi militia group before, in 1930, becoming the co-editor of the journal La France Ouvrière with Henry Coston.[1] His next stop in 1932 was the Ligue des Contributables, one of the Far right leagues that, with its anti-tax message, pre-empted the later Poujadist movement.[1] He then became a supporter of Eugène Deloncle and in 1937 joined La Cagoule.[1]

Was an American poet and novelist. Bukowski's writing was heavily influenced by the geography and at

Was an American poet and novelist. Bukowski's writing was heavily influenced by the geography and atmosphere of his home city of Los Angeles. He is often mentioned as an influence by contemporary authors, and his style is frequently imitated. A prolific author, Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories, and six novels, eventually having 110 books in print. He is often remembered as "The Poet Laureate of Skid Row."

Was a piano virtuoso, composer of Romantic music and music publisher. Litolff began his musical educ

Was a piano virtuoso, composer of Romantic music and music publisher. Litolff began his musical education under his father, but when he was twelve he played for the pianist Ignaz Moscheles, who was so impressed that he gave him free lessons from 1830. Litolff's promise was indeed realised, and he began to give concerts when he was only fourteen. His lessons with Moscheles continued until Litolff eloped in 1835, at the age of 17, to Gretna Green, to marry the 16-year-old Elisabeth Etherington. The couple moved to Melun and then to Paris.

Was an nineteenth century Australian poet.He received only a slight education, when he was 15 he wen

Was an nineteenth century Australian poet.He received only a slight education, when he was 15 he went to sea with one of his uncles and was away for about two years. Returning to Sydney when 17 years old he found his mother keeping a boarding-school, it was necessary that he should do something to earn a living, and he became a shop-assistant. He had begun to write verses and this brought him in contact with two well-known verse writers of the day, Joseph Sheridan Moore who published a volume of verse, Spring Life Lyrics, in 1864, and James Lionel Michael. Michael, who was a solicitor, took Kendall into his office and gave him the run of his library. He removed to Grafton in 1861 and Kendall was again employed by him for about six months during the following year.

Was a French numismatist, bibliographer and composer. He published several works during his lifetime

Was a French numismatist, bibliographer and composer. He published several works during his lifetime. Cohen's Guide de l'amateur des livres à vignettes du XVIII Siècle went through four editions and is considered the standard bibliography of French eighteenth century illustrated books.[1] He is perhaps best known for his two fundamental works on ancient numismatics: the first, published in 1854, dealt with the Roman Republican coinage, while the second, issued in 8 volumes from 1859 to 1868, focused on the coinage of the Roman Empire, from Pompey to Romulus Augustus (49 BC - 476).

Was an English poet, son of Sir Robert Constable, educated at Cambridge. Becoming a Roman Catholic,

Was an English poet, son of Sir Robert Constable, educated at Cambridge. Becoming a Roman Catholic, he went to Paris, and acted as an agent for the Catholic powers. He died at Liege. In 1592 he published Diana, a collection of sonnets, and contributed to

Was a French far right and anti-Semitic journalist, collaborationist and conspiracy theorist. After

Was a French far right and anti-Semitic journalist, collaborationist and conspiracy theorist. After being a member of the Action française, Coston was influenced by journalist Édouard Drumont and took over his newspaper La Libre Parole (an anti-Semitic paper well known during the Dreyfus affair) in the 1930s. He had previously learned his trade editing La France Ouvrière with Henry Charbonneau.[1] At the same time he created an "Anti-Jewish Youth" organisation "which campaigned for the exclusion of Jews from French life.

Was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, s

Was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, sage writer and philosopher. He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, Civil Disobedienc

Was an Australian editor, journalist, propagandist, poet, and fiction writer.That same year he marri

Was an Australian editor, journalist, propagandist, poet, and fiction writer.That same year he married Mary Jane Paingdestre, and began working in Brisbane as a compositor. He was an inspired trade unionist and became involved in the Queensland labour movement, writing articles and propagandist from a socialist slant.[2] In 1894, the Australian Labour Federation posted Boote to Bundaberg as editor of the Bundaberg Guardian. In 1896 he moved to Gympie, where he established a paper called The Gympie Truth, and in 1902 became editor of The Worker in Brisbane. He was also the founding editor of The Queensland Worker (1902–11), and The Australian Worker (1914–43)[3] Boote was a friend and associate of Prime Ministers Andrew Fisher, James Scullin, and John Curtin. Boote died in Rose Bay, New South Wales on 14 August 1949.[4]

Was a French composer. Henry Février studied at the Paris Conservatoire where his teachers included

Was a French composer. Henry Février studied at the Paris Conservatoire where his teachers included Jules Massenet and Gabriel Fauré. He also took private lessons with André Messager. His first compositions were chamber music, but he is chiefly known for his operas and operettas, among which are Le Roi aveugle (1906), Monna Vanna (1909),

Was an Australian author.The family lived in various towns across Victoria during Richardson's child

Was an Australian author.The family lived in various towns across Victoria during Richardson's childhood and youth, including Chiltern, Queenscliff, Koroit and, most happily, Maldon, where her mother was postmistress. Richardson left Maldon to become a boarder at Presbyterian Ladies' College (PLC) in Melbourne in 1883, attending from the ages of 13 to 17. (This experience was the basis for The Getting of Wisdom, a coming of age novel admired by H. G. Wells.)

Was an English aristocrat, and one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry.He was born in Huns

Was an English aristocrat, and one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry.He was born in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England, the eldest son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and his second wife, Lady Elizabeth Stafford (daughter of Edward Staffor

Poet, son of a Bishop of London, was educated at Lord Williams's School, Westminster School and Oxfo

Poet, son of a Bishop of London, was educated at Lord Williams's School, Westminster School and Oxford. He entered the Church, and rose in 1642 to be Bishop of Chichester. The following year he was deprived during the English Civil War, but was reinstated

Was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the b

Was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period, and is often called Australia's "greatest short story writer"

Is an American literary critic, educator, scholar, writer, editor, and public intellectual. Gates cu

Is an American literary critic, educator, scholar, writer, editor, and public intellectual. Gates currently serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University, where he is Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and Af

Was an Academy Award winning American composer, conductor and arranger. He is remembered particularl

Was an Academy Award winning American composer, conductor and arranger. He is remembered particularly for being a composer of film and television scores.In 1952, Mancini joined the Universal Pictures music department. During the next six years, he contributed music to over 100 movies, most notably The Creature from the Black Lagoon, It Came from Outer Space, Tarantula, This Island Earth, The Glenn Miller Story (for which he received his first Academy Award nomination), The Benny Goodman Story and Orson Welles' Touch of Evil. Mancini left Universal-International to work as an independent composer/arranger in 1958. Soon after, he scored the television series Peter Gunn for writer/producer Blake Edwards, the genesis of a relationship which lasted over 35 years and produced nearly 30 films. Together with Alex North, Elmer Bernstein, Leith Stevens and Johnny Mandel, Henry Mancini was one of the pioneers who introduced jazz music into the late romantic orchestral film and TV scores prevalent at the time.