Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Was a Chinese composer. Born in Hong Kong, his ancestors came from Jinjiang country, Fujian, and his

Was a Chinese composer. Born in Hong Kong, his ancestors came from Jinjiang country, Fujian, and his mother was Taiwanese.Li studied in several primary and middle schools in Hong Kong, Xiamen, and Quanzhou from 1925 to 1935. In 1936 he entered the National Music College in Shanghai to learn harmony from Xiao Youmei.In 1938 Li went to Yan'an, where he studied at the Music Department of Lu Xun Arts College. After comple

Was a Chinese writer and poet of the Song Dynasty, regarded by many as the premier woman poet in the

Was a Chinese writer and poet of the Song Dynasty, regarded by many as the premier woman poet in the Chinese language.

Was a Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty, born in Henei (now Qinyang, Henan). Along with Li He, h

Was a Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty, born in Henei (now Qinyang, Henan). Along with Li He, he was much admired and "rediscovered" in the 20th century by the young Chinese writers for the imagist quality of his poems. He is particularly famous for his tantalizing "no title" (??) poems.

Is considered to be one of the most important and widely-read Chinese writers of the 20th century. H

Is considered to be one of the most important and widely-read Chinese writers of the 20th century. He wrote under the pen name of Ba Jin (??, also Pa Chin), allegedly taking his pseudonym from Russian anarchists Bakunin and Kropotkin. Ba Jin started composing his first works in the late 1920s.

Was a Chinese playwright, novelist and publisher. Born in Rugao, he lived in late-Ming and early-Qin

Was a Chinese playwright, novelist and publisher. Born in Rugao, he lived in late-Ming and early-Qing dynasties.

An award-winning Australian novelist. He was born in Melbourne, where until 2007, he taught creative

An award-winning Australian novelist. He was born in Melbourne, where until 2007, he taught creative writing at the Chisholm Institute of Technology in Frankston.Educated at St Bede's College, Melbourne and Melbourne Teacher's College. Davison was awarded the National Book Council's Banjo Award for Fiction in 1993 and has been shortlisted for several literary prizes such as The Age Book of the Year Award and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award. His work is characterised by its sharp and perceptive insights into Australian history and landscape.

A contemporary Australian poet.Lidija Cvetkovic was born in the former Yugoslavia and emigrated to A

A contemporary Australian poet.Lidija Cvetkovic was born in the former Yugoslavia and emigrated to Australia with her family in 1980. She earned a BA at the University of Queensland and has worked as a teacher and currently as a psychologist. Her writing draws on her Yugoslav heritage and the former country's history in an intensely lyrical manner. Her War is Not the Season for Figs won the 2003 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize and the 2004 Anne Elder Award.

Is considered the author of the Daoist book Liezi, which uses his honorific name Liezi (??; Lièzi

Is considered the author of the Daoist book Liezi, which uses his honorific name Liezi (??; Lièzi; Lieh-tzu; "Master Lie"). The second Chinese character in Yukou is written kou ? "bandit; enemy"; the first is written yu ? "imprison", yu ? "resist; ward off", or occasionally yu ? "drive (carriage); ride (horse); control" (the Zhuangzi claims Liezi could yufeng ?? "ride the wind").There is little historical evidence of Lie Yukou as a Hundred Schools of Thought philosopher during the Warring States Period. This could be due to the burning of books and burying of scholars which occurred during the reign of Qin Shi Huang. However, some scholars believe that the Zhuangzi invented him as a Daoist exemplar. Frederic H. Balfour, who translated several Daoist texts, called Liezi "a philosopher who never lived" (1887:?) Lionel Giles expresses doubt in his Introduction:

Is a television reporter for the U.S. network ABC News and co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America,

Is a television reporter for the U.S. network ABC News and co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America, along with Robin Roberts. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. In 2007 she ranked 62nd on Forbes' "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" list.

Was a French composer, the younger sister of the noted composer and composition teacher Nadia Boulan

Was a French composer, the younger sister of the noted composer and composition teacher Nadia Boulanger.

Is an Iranian translator, and owner and artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran. She is

Is an Iranian translator, and owner and artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran. She is the daughter of the filmmaker and writer Ebrahim Golestan and the sister of photojournalist Kaveh Golestan.

An Australian author. She has also written for several publications, including The Age, and manages

An Australian author. She has also written for several publications, including The Age, and manages insideadog.com.au, a website for teenagers about books, as part of her role at the Centre For Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria.Wilkinson was born in Melbourne, the daughter of prominent children's author, Carole Wilkinson, and film and television sound recordist, John Wilkinson. She attended Spensley Street Primary School and Mac.Robertson Girls' High School and has referred to her high school self as "a bit of a nerd". Heavily involved in drama, in Year 7 she played Aphrodite in a musical version of The Odyssey.

Is an Argentine writer. She wrote and edited left-wing literary journals during the Dirty War of sta

Is an Argentine writer. She wrote and edited left-wing literary journals during the Dirty War of state-sponsored violence in the 1970s and 1980s, using veiled critiques as a means of protest and engaging in vigorous debate with exiled writers such as Julio Cortázar.She was born in Buenos Aires and her professional writing started at the age of 17 with the support of Abelardo Castillo.

Was an Estonian writer. During the Soviet occupation of Estonia in the 1960s, she was a member of th

Was an Estonian writer. During the Soviet occupation of Estonia in the 1960s, she was a member of the Communist Party.

Is a best-selling author, television personality and Feng Shui practitioner from Malaysia. She has w

Is a best-selling author, television personality and Feng Shui practitioner from Malaysia. She has written over 80 books on the subject of Feng Shui, which have been translated into 30 languages. Her books have sold well in excess of 6 million copies, making bestseller lists around the globe.

An award-winning Australian novelist, essayist and poet who now lives in New York City. Much of her

An award-winning Australian novelist, essayist and poet who now lives in New York City. Much of her writing deals with her Jewish family semi-biographically and with her feelings about the Holocaust.During World War II Brett's parents Max and Rose survived six years in the Lódz ghettos in Poland, before being taken to Auschwitz concentration camp where they were eventually separated. It took them six months to find each other again after the war ended in 1945. Brett was born in a displaced persons' camp in Germany in 1946. She was aged two (1948) before her parents were able to leave Germany and emigrate to Melbourne, Australia.

Is a Malaysian author.

Is a Malaysian author.

Was a Taiwanese writer of Chinese ethnicity. She is now best remembered for her sensitive memoir ???

Was a Taiwanese writer of Chinese ethnicity. She is now best remembered for her sensitive memoir ???? (Chengnan Jiushi, "My Memories of Old Beijing", 1960), which is a novelistic tribute to her childhood reminiscences of Beijing.

An Australian writer and performance artist, and is the co-founder of a political theatre performanc

An Australian writer and performance artist, and is the co-founder of a political theatre performance group called Difficult Women.Van Hek was born in Melbourne but lived in Europe and India for some years. Returning to Australia in the 70s, she built a stone house on the Brass Knocker Creek near the Wadbilliga river and state forest in the southeastern corner of New South Wales.Van Hek was the lead singer of the electro-dance band called Skin the Wig in the 80s. She co-wrote and sung the song Intimacy which was part of The Terminator film. She recorded a solo CD River of Life featuring songs of New Zealand writer, Kath Tait.

Was a Chinese writer and inventor whose original works and translations of classic Chinese texts int

Was a Chinese writer and inventor whose original works and translations of classic Chinese texts into English became very popular in the West.

Is a Ukrainian poet and writer, recipient of the Shevchenko Award (1987). Kostenko is a leading repr

Is a Ukrainian poet and writer, recipient of the Shevchenko Award (1987). Kostenko is a leading representative of Ukrainian poets of the sixties known as Shestydesiantnyky (dissidents). This group started publishing during the 1950s and reached its apex d

Is a Filipino writer who has published over fifteen books, including the historical novel DreamEden

Is a Filipino writer who has published over fifteen books, including the historical novel DreamEden and the political novels Awaiting Trespass, Wings of Stone, A Small Party in a Garden, and Fortress in the Plaza. She has also published three collections of short stories which present a cross-section of Filipino society.

An Australian journalist, a university teacher and a writer of crime fiction. Born in Scotland, Simp

An Australian journalist, a university teacher and a writer of crime fiction. Born in Scotland, Simpson arrived in Australia in 1974.[1]Simpson worked as an investigative journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald for twelve years. She has written seven books, the most recent being her first fiction novel, The Curer of Souls. One of her crime books, My Husband My Killer, co-authored with Sandra Harvey was made into a telemovie starring Colin Friels (2000). Brothers in Arms was written about the Milperra bikie massacre. Published in 1989 this was also co-written with Sandra Harvey. An option to turn the book into a feature film has been purchased by Martin Brown films. Her third crime book, co-written with Sandra is about the serial killer John Wayne Glover.

Was a Chinese writer of the Ming Dynasty, best known for his vernacular short fiction collections As

Was a Chinese writer of the Ming Dynasty, best known for his vernacular short fiction collections Astonished Slaps Upon the Desktop, I and II.

An Indigenous Australian poet and political activist.He was born in 1958 at Barambah (now called Che

An Indigenous Australian poet and political activist.He was born in 1958 at Barambah (now called Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve) in Queensland where he grew up. He has been involved in Aboriginal activism from his teenage years, mainly in Southern Queensland on issues such as Land Rights, Aboriginal health and deaths in custody. His brother, Daniel Yock died at the hands of police in 1993. His poetry, while in no way dismissable as simply 'political poetry', can be seen as an extension of these activities on another front. Common themes are the maintenance of traditional aboriginal culture and the everyday realities of European occupation. Among the most 'experimental' of contemporary Australian poetry, his work has sometimes been described as 'surrealist'. Certainly large amounts of Indigenous Language, which white Australians sometimes find confronting, are employed but in part as an attempt to further dialogue between Australian cultures.