Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter L

A contemporary Australian poet.Louise Crisp lives in East Gippsland (Victoria) with her partner and

A contemporary Australian poet.Louise Crisp lives in East Gippsland (Victoria) with her partner and two daughters. Her first collection was The luminous ocean, a shared volume with Valery Wilde's In the Half-Light. She has published several more books of poetry and worked, among other occupations, as a fire tower watcher on which she has written in Pearl & sea fed. This volume was shortlisted for the 1995 C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry.

Is an American poet. She served as the 12th U.S. Poet Laureate from 2003-2004

Is an American poet. She served as the 12th U.S. Poet Laureate from 2003-2004

Is an American poet. She served as the 12th U.S. Poet Laureate from 2003-2004.Glück was born in New

Is an American poet. She served as the 12th U.S. Poet Laureate from 2003-2004.Glück was born in New York City and grew up on Long Island. Her father helped invent the X-Acto Knife[1]. Glück graduated in 1961 from George W. Hewlett High School, in Hewlett,

Was a French composer, virtuosa pianist and teacher. Born Jeanne-Louise Dumont in Paris, she was the

Was a French composer, virtuosa pianist and teacher. Born Jeanne-Louise Dumont in Paris, she was the daughter of Jacques-Edme Dumont, a successful sculptor, and sister to Auguste Dumont.

Is a Dutch scientist, director and writer.Between 1991 and 1997 she worked as professor of crop prod

Is a Dutch scientist, director and writer.Between 1991 and 1997 she worked as professor of crop production systems of the tropics and sub-tropics at Wageningen University. Until mid-2006 she was the Assistant Director-General for Agriculture at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Was a French woman of letters: novelist, poet, journalist.Born in the family chateau at Verrières-l

Was a French woman of letters: novelist, poet, journalist.Born in the family chateau at Verrières-le-Buisson, a suburb southwest of Paris, she was the scion of a great French seed company fortune and afflicted with a slight limp that became a personal trademark. Vilmorin was best known as a writer of delicate but mordant tales, often set in aristocratic or artistic milieus. Her most famous novel was "Madame de", published in 1951, which was made into the celebrated film Madame_de... (1953), starring Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux and directed by Max Ophüls. Vilmorin's other works included "Juliette," "La lettre dans un taxi," "Les belles amours," "Saintes-Une fois," and "Intimités."

Was a German songwriter and composer. Louise Reichardt was born in Berlin. She was the daughter of c

Was a German songwriter and composer. Louise Reichardt was born in Berlin. She was the daughter of composers Juliane Reichardt (1752–1783) and Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814) and granddaughter of Franz Benda (1709-1786), concert master at the court of Frederick the Great. After Juliane Reichardt died, the family moved from Berlin to Giebichenstein near Halle. Louise Reichardt took music lessons from her father, and in 1800 four of her songs were published in a collection of his songs. She taught singing, and in 1809 moved to Hamberg where she studied with Johann Frederich Clasing. Reichardt was active in Hamberg as a choral conductor and established a Gesangverein choral society in Hamberg. She also translated the Latin works of Hasse and Graun into German.[1][2]

Was a celebrated and much-loved Jamaican folklorist, writer, and artiste. "Miss Lou", as she was aff

Was a celebrated and much-loved Jamaican folklorist, writer, and artiste. "Miss Lou", as she was affectionately known, received her education from Ebenezer and Calabar Elementary Schools, St. Simon’s College, Excelsior College, Friends College (Highgate,

Was a French author, journalist, feminist and European politician. Louise Weiss came from a cosmopol

Was a French author, journalist, feminist and European politician. Louise Weiss came from a cosmopolitan family of Alsace. The ancestors of her Jewish mother, Jeanne Javal, originated from the small Alsatian town of Seppois-le-Bas.[1] Her father, Paul Louis Weiss, a mining engineer, was a distinguished Alsatian Protestant from La Petite-Pierre.[

Was a French composer and poet. Bertin was a member of a family that thrived on the arts. Her father

Was a French composer and poet. Bertin was a member of a family that thrived on the arts. Her father, Louis-François Bertin, and also her brother later on, were the editors of Journal des débats, an influential newspaper. As encouraged by her family, Bertin pursued music. She received lessons from François-Joseph Fétis, who directed a private family performance of Guy Mannering, the first opera that Bertin ever composed, in 1825. This opera, while never formally produced, did keep with the trend of the time by borrowing its story line from the book of the same name, written by Sir Walter Scott

Was a French composer and music theorist of the Renaissance. He is most famous as one of the main co

Was a French composer and music theorist of the Renaissance. He is most famous as one of the main compilers of Calvinist hymn tunes in the middle of the 16th century. One of the most famous melodies in all of Christendom, the Protestant doxology known as the Old 100th, is commonly attributed to him.

Was a French composer of the Renaissance. Of the same generation as Josquin des Prez, he was one of

Was a French composer of the Renaissance. Of the same generation as Josquin des Prez, he was one of the most significant composers of motets and chansons of that era, and one of the first musicians to bring the light Italianate Renaissance style to France.

Was a French composer of the Renaissance. Of the same generation as Josquin des Prez, he was one of

Was a French composer of the Renaissance. Of the same generation as Josquin des Prez, he was one of the most significant composers of motets and chansons of that era, and one of the first musicians to bring the light Italianate Renaissance style to France.

Was recluse Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. He lived in seclusion at Puli near Suzhou. His pseudon

Was recluse Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. He lived in seclusion at Puli near Suzhou. His pseudonyms included, Mr. Puli (????), Tiansuizhi (???), and Jianghu Shanren (????).He and his friend, poet Pi Rixiu created a style of matching rhyme poetry: first one party composed a poem, the other party then reply with a new poem using the same rhyme. His works included:

Was a Chinese writer and literary critic from the Kingdom of Wu in south China.He was a direct desce

Was a Chinese writer and literary critic from the Kingdom of Wu in south China.He was a direct descendant of the founders of the kingdom and son of the Wu commander in chief, Lu Kang. After the kingdom was subjugated by the Western Jin in 280 Lu Ji moved to the imperial capital, Luoyang where he became a member of the inteligensia. He was made president of the imperial university and rose to prominence in the government until he was found to be involved in revolutionary plots and executed in 303.

Was a Chinese poet of Tang Dynasty known for his lifelong study of the "Tea Culture". He was a pecul

Was a Chinese poet of Tang Dynasty known for his lifelong study of the "Tea Culture". He was a peculiar man who never became an official, and is better known for his love of tea than his poetry. The poems that survive are about tea; a favorite being the "Seven Bowls of Tea":

Is one of the major Chinese writers of the 20th century. Considered the founder of modern baihua (??

Is one of the major Chinese writers of the 20th century. Considered the founder of modern baihua (??) literature, Lu Xun was a short story writer, editor, translator, critic and essayist. He was one of the founders of the China League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai.

Was a Chinese poet of the southern Song dynasty.The first Period of Lu You’s works is from hi

Was a Chinese poet of the southern Song dynasty.The first Period of Lu You’s works is from his teenage years to age 46. This period lasts the longest, but keeps the least of his works, about two hundred poems, because he eliminated his early works through selection.

Was Chinese writer of the Yuan dynasty. His courtesy name was Chudao (??) and his pen name was Shuzh

Was Chinese writer of the Yuan dynasty. His courtesy name was Chudao (??) and his pen name was Shuzhai (??). He was born in modern Zhuozhou, Hebei, although some accounts claim he was from modern Yongjia, Zhejiang.

Is one of the foremost Filipino female novelists in the history of contemporary Philippine Literatur

Is one of the foremost Filipino female novelists in the history of contemporary Philippine Literature. Her novels include, Dekada '70, Bata, Bata, Pa'no Ka Ginawa?, and Gapô.

Was a Czech composer.Bárta studied musicology and aesthetics from 1946 to 1948 at Charles Universi

Was a Czech composer.Bárta studied musicology and aesthetics from 1946 to 1948 at Charles University in Prague and was a pupil of Jaroslav Rídký at the Academy of Performing Arts until 1952. While he was still a student he composed his first chamber works: Piano Variations, Three Polka Studies, Violin Sonata, Divertimento for Wind Quintet and String Quartet.[1] His early compositions were influenced by Stravinsky and Bartók, but he gradually came into his own compositional style, especially apparent in his instrumental works. From 1952 to 1955 he was an artistic leader of the ensemble Proud.[2] He subsequently lived as a teacher and freelance composer in Prague. Bartá died at the young age of forty-four.

Was a French writer and a proponent of 'Pataphysics. He was born on the 8th September, 1908, in the

Was a French writer and a proponent of 'Pataphysics. He was born on the 8th September, 1908, in the small town of Neuflize, in the Ardennes, and died on the 27th of November, 1984, in Reims.

Luc Ferrari trained in music since a very young age and continued his composition and piano studies,

Luc Ferrari trained in music since a very young age and continued his composition and piano studies, until a case of tuberculosis in his youth interrupted his career as a pianist. From then on he mostly concentrated on musical composition. During this illness he had the opportunity to become acquainted with the radio receiver, with pioneers such as Schönberg, Berg, Webern and others who strengthened him in his resolution to dissociate himself from the instruction of his first conservatoires[citation needed]

French composer.Luc Ferrari trained in music since a very young age and continued his composition an

French composer.Luc Ferrari trained in music since a very young age and continued his composition and piano studies, until a case of tuberculosis in his youth interrupted his career as a pianist. From then on he mostly concentrated on musical composition. During this illness he had the opportunity to become acquainted with the radio receiver, with the pioneers such as Schönberg, Berg, Webern and others who strengthened him in his resolution to dissociate himself from the instruction of his first conservatoires.

An Uruguayan-born Argentine journalist and television presenter. He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay

An Uruguayan-born Argentine journalist and television presenter. He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1938. In 1965 he moved to Argentina and becomes Argentine citizen.His first work in Argentina was in Crónica newspaper.