Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Prussian brass composer.[1]

Was a Prussian brass composer.[1]

Was born in Hobart, Tasmania and is an Australian poet, literary critic and novelist.Educated at the

Was born in Hobart, Tasmania and is an Australian poet, literary critic and novelist.Educated at the University of Tasmania and Cambridge University, Harwood has worked as an academic at Flinders University in South Australia.[1] He left Flinders University in 1997[2] to become a full time writer.While he is better known for his writing on poetry, Harwood made an impact with his first novel, The Ghost Writer, which was commended in literary awards in Australia and which was a winner of a major International Horror award.

Is a popular English performance poet, musician and songwriter whose poems and songs have appeared b

Is a popular English performance poet, musician and songwriter whose poems and songs have appeared both in print and on the radio.

Was an American writer.Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, he initially made a name for himself with h

Was an American writer.Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, he initially made a name for himself with his short stories and later became a best-selling novelist whose works include Appointment in Samarra and BUtterfield 8. He was particularly known for an uncannily accurate ear for dialogue. O'Hara was a keen observer of social status and class differences, and wrote frequently about the socially ambitious.

Is a contemporary Australian playwright

Is a contemporary Australian playwright

Was an American folk and bluegrass songwriter, solo and studio musician, and one-time member of The

Was an American folk and bluegrass songwriter, solo and studio musician, and one-time member of The Greenbriar Boys trio.

Is an American science fiction author.Varley grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, moved to Port Arthur in 1

Is an American science fiction author.Varley grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, moved to Port Arthur in 1957, and graduated from Nederland High School. He went to Michigan State University on a National Merit Scholarship, because of the schools that he could afford, it was the farthest from Texas.

Was a popular American songwriter and singer. As a songwriter, he is best known as a lyricist but al

Was a popular American songwriter and singer. As a songwriter, he is best known as a lyricist but also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others. From the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s, many of the songs Mercer wrote and performed were among the most popular hits of the time. He wrote the lyrics to more than a thousand songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway shows.

Is an American fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the nam

Is an American fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen. Other pen names include Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse.

Is an American poet and literary critic.[1] As of 2007, he is Sterling Professor Emeritus of English

Is an American poet and literary critic.[1] As of 2007, he is Sterling Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University. Previously he taught at Connecticut College, Hunter College, and the Graduate Center, CUNY.Hollander has been a resident of Woodbridge, Connecticut since the late 1980s. He has served as a judge for several high school recitation contests, and says he enjoys working with students on their poetry and teaching it. He stresses the importance of hearing poems out loud: "A good poem satisfies the ear. It creates a story or picture that grabs you, informs you and entertains you."

Is an American novelist, poet, short story writer and literary critic. Updike's most famous work is

Is an American novelist, poet, short story writer and literary critic. Updike's most famous work is his Rabbit series (Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit At Rest; and Rabbit Remembered). Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest received the Pulitz

Was a British and Australian poet, folk singer, musician, playwright, and theatre director.Born in L

Was a British and Australian poet, folk singer, musician, playwright, and theatre director.Born in London in 1930, Jones first arrived in Australia in 1948. Between 1950 and 1952, he worked briefly in England, Canada, and Fiji, but settled permanently in Australia in 1952. [1] He graduated from University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Anthropology and English (1959).

Was a white Jamaican poet and educator, of Galician origin.Figueroa taught at the School of Educatio

Was a white Jamaican poet and educator, of Galician origin.Figueroa taught at the School of Education of the University of the West Indies Mona campus, and at universities in Britain, Africa, and the United States. He played a significant role in the deve

Was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement. During his short life, his work rec

Was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement. During his short life, his work received constant critical attacks from periodicals of the day, but his posthumous influence on poets such as Alfred Tennyson has been immense. Elaborate word

Is an Australian poet, novelist, critic, essayist and editor

Is an Australian poet, novelist, critic, essayist and editor

He was an American novelist, best known for his novel A Separate Peace.A 1945 graduate of the Philli

He was an American novelist, best known for his novel A Separate Peace.A 1945 graduate of the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, Knowles graduated from Yale University as a member of the class of 1949. A Separate Peace is based upon Knowles' experiences at Exeter during the summer of 1943. The setting for The Devon School is a thinly veiled fictionalization of Phillips Exeter. The plot should not be taken as autobiographical, although many elements of the novel stem from personal experience, including Knowles' membership in a secret society and his sustaining of a foot injury while jumping from a tree during society exercises. In his essay, "A Special Time, A Special Place," Knowles wrote:

Was an English composer and conductor, famous for his ballet arrangements.John Lanchbery was born in

Was an English composer and conductor, famous for his ballet arrangements.John Lanchbery was born in London and took violin lessons from the age of eight, when he started composing. A scholarship took him to the Royal Academy of Music. This was interrupted by the Second World War. He returned to studies and took part-time work with a music publisher. They suggested that he audition for the post of conductor with the Metropolitan Ballet. He made his debut with them at Edinburgh in 1948. Two years later the orchestra collapsed for lack of funds but by then he had learned his craft. Many composers do re-orchestrations but it takes a special skill to make it danceable. Arguably, Minkus's Don Quixote was not a satisfactory ballet score until Lanchbery re-arranged it, although Minkus's original version has been recorded complete twice in recent years. Working with choreographer Celia Fanca, Lanchbery wrote The Eve of St Agnes, one of the first commissioned ballets to be shown on BBC.

Was an Australian lawyer and is said to be the first Australian born novelist.Lang was born at Parra

Was an Australian lawyer and is said to be the first Australian born novelist.Lang was born at Parramatta, Sydney, Australia. He was educated at Sydney College, and is mentioned in the chapter "My School Days" in Rolf Boldrewood's In Bad Company and Other Stories. Lang could hardly, however, have been at the school with T. A. Browne ("Rolf Boldrewood"), as Browne was not born until 1826. Lang went to Cambridge in 1838 and after qualifying as a barrister returned to Australia. In 1842 at a public meeting he seconded a motion proposed by William Wentworth, that the Crown be petitioned to grant the colony a representative assembly. A few months later he went to India and was successful as a barrister, taking on high-profile clients such as the Rani of Jhansi in her battles against the British East India Company.

An English writer of espionage novels. Le Carré has resided in St Buryan, Cornwall, Great Britain,

An English writer of espionage novels. Le Carré has resided in St Buryan, Cornwall, Great Britain, for more than forty years.The son of Richard Thomas Archibald Cornwell (1906–1975) and Olive (Gassy) Cornwell, John le Carré was born on October 19, 1931. The actress Charlotte Cornwell and the author John Cornwell are his siblings. He began his formal schooling at St. Andrew's preparatory school near Pangbourne, Berkshire, and continued at Sherborne School. From 1948–49, he studied foreign languages at the University of Berne, then studied at Lincoln College, Oxford. He graduated with a B.A. in 1956. He then taught at Eton College for two years; le Carré left Eton in 1959 to spend the next five years working for the British Foreign Service. He initially served as the Second Secretary in the British Embassy in Bonn, but eventually was transferred to Hamburg for service as a political consul; ultimately, le Carré was recruited into MI6. He wrote his first novel in 1961, while still a member of the service.

An Australian poet.He was born in Cambridge, England, and from 1984 to 1987 studied at Oxford Univer

An Australian poet.He was born in Cambridge, England, and from 1984 to 1987 studied at Oxford University. In 1991 he moved to Australia and completed a PhD at the University of Queensland.He currently lives in Canberra, Australia and was poetry editor of the journal Overland from 2003-2007.His poetry is concise and sometimes cryptic. It is based on a green political philosophy that stresses humanity's place in the natural world and the role of modern industrial society in concealing this relationship.

Is an English composer of classical music.Gardner was educated at Eagle House, Wellington College an

Is an English composer of classical music.Gardner was educated at Eagle House, Wellington College and Exeter College, Oxford. An important figure in his early life was Hubert Foss of Oxford University Press, who published the Intermezzo for Organ in 1936 and introduced him to the composer Arthur Benjamin to whom Gardner dedicated his Rhapsody for Oboe and String Quartet (1935).This work had its first performance at the Wigmore Hall in February 1936. The String Quartet No.1(1938) was broadcast from Paris by the Blech Quartet in 1939, and the anthem The Holy Son of God most High (1938) was also published by OUP. At Oxford Gardner was friendly with Theodor Adorno with whom he played piano duets.

Was a British-born Canadian screenwriter who began his career at CBC, writing over 200 various scrip

Was a British-born Canadian screenwriter who began his career at CBC, writing over 200 various scripts for them as well as for Canadian television. He then moved back to England where he had a prolific career. He created in no particular order: the television series Operation Patch which he then novelised, The Ravelled Thread and The Panther's Leap ; he also wrote ten episodes for The Avengers, thirty-two episodes for The Troubleshooters and contributed fifteen episodes to the Doctor Who programme for the BBC in the 1960s. These together formed the three serials Marco Polo, The Aztecs and The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve. He subsequently novelised his scripts for Target Books. He also contributed a script for what ultimately became the 1975 serial The Ark in Space, but it was rewritten by script editor Robert Holmes, and Lucarotti receives no on-screen credit. He also contributes to the Star Maidens, Onedin Line. Other British television programmes for which John Lucarotti wrote included Lieutenant Hornblower, The Labyrinth, Kippers and White Wine, United! and Moonbase 3.

Like many composers of his generation, John Luther Adams did not grow up immersed in scored music. A

Like many composers of his generation, John Luther Adams did not grow up immersed in scored music. Adams began playing music as a teenager, as a drummer in rock bands. Through his experience in rock bands,

Was a monk and poet, born in Lidgate, Suffolk, England.Having literary ambitions (he was an admirer

Was a monk and poet, born in Lidgate, Suffolk, England.Having literary ambitions (he was an admirer of Geoffrey Chaucer and a friend to his son, Thomas) he sought and obtained patronage for his literary work at the courts of Henry IV of England, Henry V o

Was an English writer, best known for his books Euphues, The Anatomy of Wit and Euphues and His Engl

Was an English writer, best known for his books Euphues, The Anatomy of Wit and Euphues and His England. Lyly's linguistic style, originating in his first books, is known as Euphuism.