Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is an American poet. He has published volumes of poetry, short prose, and drawings. His first novel

Is an American poet. He has published volumes of poetry, short prose, and drawings. His first novel was published in 2007.After attending public school, Jesse Ball attended Vassar College, where he studied literature, and poetry writing under both Eamon G

Was an American writer who achieved prominence in the short story, poetry, and novels. Born and rais

Was an American writer who achieved prominence in the short story, poetry, and novels. Born and raised in Greenup County, Kentucky, Stuart relied heavily on the rural locale of Northeastern Kentucky (and, perhaps to some degree, Southeastern Ohio, mainly

Was an African-American novelist.Jackson was one of the first young adult novelists whose works focu

Was an African-American novelist.Jackson was one of the first young adult novelists whose works focused on contemporary experiences of African-American children, often those experiencing life as a minority in a white community. Call Me Charley, published

Is a Dutch literary criticist, columnist and novelist.Her father is the sociologist and writer Gerha

Is a Dutch literary criticist, columnist and novelist.Her father is the sociologist and writer Gerhard Durlacher, who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp. She is married to novelist Leon de Winter and they have two children.[1]She made her debut as a novelist in 1997 with Het Geweten (The Conscience) and followed with De Dochter (The Daughter) in 2000. Both novels are about children of Holocaust survivors. Her third novel, Emoticon, was published in 2004. The story is set against the background of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Her novels have been translated into German, Swedish and Italian.[2]

Was an Australian novelist.Jessie Catherine Couvreur was born at Highgate, London. Her father, Alfre

Was an Australian novelist.Jessie Catherine Couvreur was born at Highgate, London. Her father, Alfred James Huybers, came originally from Antwerp, and his daughter was of Dutch, French and English descent. She arrived in Tasmania with her parents in December 1852 and was educated at Hobart. In June 1867 she was married to Charles F. Fraser and went to live in Melbourne. The marriage was unfortunate, and was dissolved on the petition of the wife about 1870. In 1873 she visited Europe, and between 1879 and 1883 spent much time there giving courses of lectures in French at various European cities. She also wrote for the Nouvelle Revue and received from the French government the decoration of Officier d'Académie. She revisited Tasmania but returned in 1883 to live permanently in Europe. In 1885 she married M. Couvreur a well-known Belgian politician and publicist.

Was an American editor, poet, essayist and novelist. She was the most prolific African American nove

Was an American editor, poet, essayist and novelist. She was the most prolific African American novelist of the Harlem

Was an American editor, poet, essayist and novelist. She was the most prolific African American nove

Was an American editor, poet, essayist and novelist. She was the most prolific African American novelist of the Harlem Renaissance.[citation needed]

Is a Montenegrin writer (poet, novelist, journalist), historian and a cultural activist. He is known

Is a Montenegrin writer (poet, novelist, journalist), historian and a cultural activist. He is known for his vivid criticism of his political opponents, as well as figures from Montenegrin public life.While in Belgrade, Brkovic promoted Serbian nationalis

Gujarati Litterateur and Freedom Fighter whom Mahatma Gandhi spontaneously gave the title of Raashtr

Gujarati Litterateur and Freedom Fighter whom Mahatma Gandhi spontaneously gave the title of Raashtreeya Shaayar (National Poet)

Was a Chinese author, poet, Taoist philosopher, musician, and alchemist.As a thinker, he wrote on lo

Was a Chinese author, poet, Taoist philosopher, musician, and alchemist.As a thinker, he wrote on longevity, music theory, politics and ethics. Among his works were Yangsheng Lun (Essay on Nourishing Life), Shengwu Aile Lun (on the Absence of Sentiments in Music), Qin Fu (A Composition on the Qin), and Shisi Lun (Discourse on Individuality). As a musician, Xi Kang composed a number of solo pieces for Qin.

Was a Chinese poet born near modern Beijing. After a period as a Buddhist monk, he went to Chang'an.

Was a Chinese poet born near modern Beijing. After a period as a Buddhist monk, he went to Chang'an. He became one of Han Yu's disciples, but failed the jinshi exam several times. He wrote both discursive gushi and lyric jintishi. His works were criticised as "thin" by Su Shi, and some other commentators have considered them limited and artificial.

Was a famous Chinese poet, composer and calligrapher of the Song Dynasty. He composed numerous poems

Was a famous Chinese poet, composer and calligrapher of the Song Dynasty. He composed numerous poems inclucing the famous "He Bei Lai" and more well known "San Wan Yue."

Is the most popular Bengali poet after Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam. He is considered o

Is the most popular Bengali poet after Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam. He is considered one of the precursors who introduced modernist poetry to Bengali Literature, at a period when it was influenced by Rabindranath Tagore's Romantic poetry

Is an Australian-American author, best known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoir

Is an Australian-American author, best known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoirs, The Road from Coorain. She was also Smith College's first woman president, from 1975-1985, and now serves as a Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Is an English novelist and children's writer.Paton Walsh's novels for children span all ages and inc

Is an English novelist and children's writer.Paton Walsh's novels for children span all ages and include: Hengest's tale, The Dolphin Crossing, Fireweed, Goldengrove, The Emperor's Winding Sheet (Whitbread Children's Prizewinner 1974), Babylon, A Parcel of Patterns, Gaffer Samson's Luck (Smarties Prizewinner 1985), Birdy and the Ghosties, Grace, Thomas and the Tinners, and The Green Boo

Is an American movie director and writer

Is an American movie director and writer

A native New Yorker, Dwyer wrote columns for New York Newsday and the New York Daily News before joi

A native New Yorker, Dwyer wrote columns for New York Newsday and the New York Daily News before joining the Times. He earned a bachelor’s degree in general science from Fordham University in 1979 and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University in 1980. He also developed a 50kw photovoltaic panel system for his cooperative apartment building in Manhattan, the first of its kind in New York Cit

Is an American photojournalist working primarily for the National Geographic Society as well as a so

Is an American photojournalist working primarily for the National Geographic Society as well as a social documentary photographer recognized for his explorations of small-town life.

Also known as James Joseph Trelease, is an educator and author who stresses reading aloud to childre

Also known as James Joseph Trelease, is an educator and author who stresses reading aloud to children as a way to make them love literature.Trelease was born in Orange, New Jersey to George Edward and Jane (Conlan) Trelease. In 1963 he married Susan Kelleher; the couple has two children: Elizabeth Jane and James Joseph, Jr. Trelease received a BA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1963.

Is a professional scriptwriter, one of two daughters of Colombian media idol Bernardo Romero and act

Is a professional scriptwriter, one of two daughters of Colombian media idol Bernardo Romero and acting legend Judy Henriquez. She married musician and producer Julio Reyes in 1993.

Is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American columnist and author. He has written numerous novels, and colum

Is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American columnist and author. He has written numerous novels, and columns of his have appeared regularly in various newspapers in his hometown of New York City. He was a regular columnist for the newspaper Newsday until his retirement on November 2, 2004, and still has occasional pieces there.

Was a Chinese editor, writer and critic, who has been called the champion of Vernacular Chinese lite

Was a Chinese editor, writer and critic, who has been called the champion of Vernacular Chinese literature.[1]

Is a contemporary Chinese-American writer using the pen name Ha Jin (??).

Is a contemporary Chinese-American writer using the pen name Ha Jin (??).

Was a Czech composer of classical music.The abundance of the works is due to numerous factors. The A

Was a Czech composer of classical music.The abundance of the works is due to numerous factors. The American musicologist, Dr Lana Kay Johns (her "Annotated Bibliography")[2], has counted more than two hundred titles (a cataloging system referred to here as J). It includes compositions of great diversity ranging from an opera for children (The Postman's Tale, 1956) to partitions with full scores for orchestra, as well as the cantata Cosmae Chronica Boemorum, 1988) in the tradition of Dvorák on a mediaeval text. His Symphony n°3, "The End of the Century" was premiered in Prague in 1998.

Was a Czech Catholic priest and writer, realist, author of the so-called country prose. He joined th

Was a Czech Catholic priest and writer, realist, author of the so-called country prose. He joined the Czech Catholic modern style, but later severed the ties with that movement[1]. As writer, he emphasized traditional moral values of the countryside.