Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter I

Is a Turkish poet and Islamist thinker. He is the sixth child of a police officer from Söke. He att

Is a Turkish poet and Islamist thinker. He is the sixth child of a police officer from Söke. He attended his primary and secondary school in Kastamonu, Çankiri and Ankara.

Is a Canadian author and journalist. Her journalism background is in newspapers and magazines, radio

Is a Canadian author and journalist. Her journalism background is in newspapers and magazines, radio and television. She was founder of Hands Magazine, at that time Canada's only national craft publication, and served as its editor throughout the 1980s. Assignments have included: Editor, CARP News; Producer, The Senior Report (TVO); Producer, On Top of the World (national TV series.) She writes regularly for a variety of publications in Canada and the U.S., including the Toronto Star, Good Times Magazine, Forever Young and TravelScoop and has appeared in the Medical Post, National Post, Globe and Mail, Halifax Herald, Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Cloverdale Reporter and the Rotarian, as well as in-flights, Atmosphere and Airborn.

An Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and young adult literature.

An Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and young adult literature.Carmody began work on the highly acclaimed Obernewtyn Chronicles at the age of fourteen. She continued to work on them while completing a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in literature and philosophy, she worked in public relations and journalismCarmody currently divides her time between her home on the Great Ocean Road in Australia, and her travels abroad with her partner and daughter, spending a year each in her two residences. The Stone Key, book five of the Obernewtyn Chronicles was released in February 2008. The Sending, book six of Carmody's Obernewtyn Chronicles, is due for publishing in September 2009, as quoted by a Penguin spokesperson. (Will be published as two volumes - 'the Sending' and 'the Red Queen' in the U.S.)

Was an outstanding composer, music and singer of Cuban pop music.At the age of ten she made her musi

Was an outstanding composer, music and singer of Cuban pop music.At the age of ten she made her musical debut replacing a pianist that called in sick in her father’s orchestra. She came from a family very musical family related to music her brothers and father were musicians. She studied in the Municipal Conservatory of Havana.

Is a controversial writer and journalist. He is a citizen of Sweden, where his legal name is Adam Er

Is a controversial writer and journalist. He is a citizen of Sweden, where his legal name is Adam Ermash[2] (previously Jöran Jermas). Shamir's critics -- including several pro-Palestinian activists -- have accused Shamir of antisemitism, and of misrepresenting his background and career.[

Was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the O

Was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. His best known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952-1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979).Lionised in Britain and America, he was, at the time of his death, the most-translated contemporary Italian writer.

Was born in Tietê, SP, Brazil. Itamar is a Brazilian songwriter and composer. He was of black Angol

Was born in Tietê, SP, Brazil. Itamar is a Brazilian songwriter and composer. He was of black Angolan ancestry [1].

Is a writer and journalist.In 2004 Canaan began writing a weekly column in the Time Out magazine of

Is a writer and journalist.In 2004 Canaan began writing a weekly column in the Time Out magazine of Tel Aviv. He published two volumes of short fiction, two volumes of poetry and one controversial erotic novel with photos taken by his partner at the time, the artist Olga Borozina. Canaan also translated the poetry of Charles Bukowski into Hebrew and edited many translations of other American writings.

Was a Yiddish writer of children's books, poet, librettist, educator, literary critic, camp director

Was a Yiddish writer of children's books, poet, librettist, educator, literary critic, camp director, publisher, fundraiser, essayist, literary editor, Yiddish language and culture scholar, and left-wing political activist. He devoted his life to the preservation of the Yiddish language and secular Yiddish culture.

Was the pen-name of a tanka poet and novelist in Meiji period Japan. His real name was Ito Kojiro.Hi

Was the pen-name of a tanka poet and novelist in Meiji period Japan. His real name was Ito Kojiro.His interest in poetry led him to visit the famous author Masaoka Shiki, who accepted him as a student. Ito established the literary magazine Araragi in 1903, and served as its editor until 1908. During this time, he published his poems, literary criticism and studies on the Man'yoshu. He published a sentimental love story, Nogiku no haka ("The Wild Daisy", 1906) in the literary magazine Hototogisu. The story became a popular classic, and was made into movies in 1955, 1966 and in 1981.

Had a famous father in the person of Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, a Romanian writer and philologist. Ev

Had a famous father in the person of Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, a Romanian writer and philologist. Even though she died of tuberculosis at the age of 18, Iulia achieved more than most people in an entire lifetime. Thus she wrote poems and prose, taught herself foreign languages and studied piano and canto. She was the first Romanian girl-student at La Sorbonne University in Paris. In her honour, her father built the controversial Iulia Hasdeu Castle in Câmpina, Romania. She was born in Bucharest and also died in the same city.

Was a Bulgarian writer, who authored a number of short stories. He is one of the greatest writers in

Was a Bulgarian writer, who authored a number of short stories. He is one of the greatest writers in Bulgarian literature. His most famous work Before I was born and other stories describes the way of life, and traditions of Bulgarian people /his family before he was born/, living in a small village, far away from the rest of the world.

Was a Russian novelist best known as the author of Oblomov (1859). He was born in Simbirsk (now Ulya

Was a Russian novelist best known as the author of Oblomov (1859). He was born in Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk); his father was a wealthy grain merchant. After graduating from Moscow University in 1834 Goncharov served for thirty years as a minor government of

First Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The texture of his poems and stories, so

First Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The texture of his poems and stories, sometimes referred to as "Bunin brocade", is one of the richest in the language.

Was a Russian composer primarily known for his microtonal compositions, including the quarter tone s

Was a Russian composer primarily known for his microtonal compositions, including the quarter tone scale, though he used scales of up to 71 divisions.

Was a Croatian theological writer.He attended gymnasium in Velika and finished his philosophy-theolo

Was a Croatian theological writer.He attended gymnasium in Velika and finished his philosophy-theology studies in Cremona (three years), Brixen (1650-1651) and Naples (1651-1653). In Assisi he began his work Vrata nebeska i život vicni (Heavenly Gates and Everlasting Life) in 1676 and finished it in Loreto in 1677.

Is Russia's best known fabulist. While many of his earlier fables were loosely based on Aesop and Je

Is Russia's best known fabulist. While many of his earlier fables were loosely based on Aesop and Jean de La Fontaine, later fables were original work.

Was the bishop of Kalocsa in Hungary, Croatian writer and one of the most prominent people among the

Was the bishop of Kalocsa in Hungary, Croatian writer and one of the most prominent people among the Bunjevci and Šokci of his time. Antunovic's writings represented a retort to the policy of Magyarisation pursued by the authorities of Austria-Hungary at the time.

Is a Croatian novelist and essayist.From 1979 to 1989 Aralica published eight novels, which can be b

Is a Croatian novelist and essayist.From 1979 to 1989 Aralica published eight novels, which can be best described as modernist rewritings of historical fiction. The best among them (Psi u trgovištu/Dogs in a bazaar, 1979; Duše robova/Slaves’ souls, 1984; Graditelj svratišta/Builder of an inn, 1986; Asmodejev šal/Asmodey’s shawl, 1988) show similar traits: these are essentially novels of complex narrative techniques recreating dramatic events in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina from 16th to 18th century and describing historical fatum of Croats caught in the “clash of civilizations”- a three centuries long warfare between Austria, the Ottoman Empire and Venice.

Was a Croatian linguist and lexicographer.Belostenec wrote poems (which are lost) and sermons (Ten C

Was a Croatian linguist and lexicographer.Belostenec wrote poems (which are lost) and sermons (Ten Commandments About The Eucharist, 1672.). His main work was a bilingual dictionary Gazophylacium, seu Latino-illyiricorum onomatum aerarium (Gazophylacium or Illyrian-Latin treasury of words; the other copy of the book has the name Gazophylacium illyrico-latinum).

Was a noted Bulgarian encyclopedist from the time of the National Revival. Educated in medicine, he

Was a noted Bulgarian encyclopedist from the time of the National Revival. Educated in medicine, he also worked in the spheres of industry, economy, transport, geography, journalism and linguistics.

Was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist. He is regarded as the great

Was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist. He is regarded as the greatest writer in the Slovene language, and has sometimes been compared to Franz Kafka and James Joyce.

Was a significant Czech poet and essayist of the 2nd half of the 20th century.He was born to a famil

Was a significant Czech poet and essayist of the 2nd half of the 20th century.He was born to a family of a bank officer. While he was studying at high school in Prague during World War II he was arrested by Gestapo and imprisoned in Peckárna and Pankrác. Since 1942 he worked in a bookstore, and in the end of the war he was employed at V. Petr publisher. After passing maturita he studied philosophy and aesthetics at Charles University (1945-49). In the early 1950s he worked as a corrector at Communist Rudé právo newspaper.

Was an Australian screenwriter.Goff was born in Perth in 1910, the son of two concert musicians. At

Was an Australian screenwriter.Goff was born in Perth in 1910, the son of two concert musicians. At 15, he began writing for a local newspaper, but soon became dissatisfied by the isolation he felt. "Living in Australia made me crazy," he later said in an interview. "It took a month for a book to get to Australia, a year for a play and forever for an idea."

Was a prominent Croatiann poet and writer of the 20th century. He was born in Lukovdol, a town in Go

Was a prominent Croatiann poet and writer of the 20th century. He was born in Lukovdol, a town in Gorski Kotar, a mountainous region of western Croatia, and his middle name Goran stems from that.