Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a French-Colombian educator and politician. Laserna Pinzón is credited for being the founder of

Is a French-Colombian educator and politician. Laserna Pinzón is credited for being the founder of the Los Andes University in Bogotá, which was incorporated in 1948 and is a private institution modeled on the United States liberal arts educational system. He also served as Senator of Colombia, and Ambassador to France and Austria and is an author of several books.

Was an Italian poet.Mario Luzi was born in Castello, near Sesto Fiorentino; his parents, Ciro Luzi a

Was an Italian poet.Mario Luzi was born in Castello, near Sesto Fiorentino; his parents, Ciro Luzi and Margherita Papini hailed from Samprugnano (later Semproniano) and he spent his youth in Castello, where he started his primary school. In Florence he st

Was a Guatemalan writer, dramatist, and politician. Born in Guatemala City, he played important role

Was a Guatemalan writer, dramatist, and politician. Born in Guatemala City, he played important roles in the governments of both Juan José Arévalo and Jacobo Arbenz, including periods as Ambassador to the United Nations between 1946 and 1947, as a deputy in the National Congress from 1947 to 1951, and being both leader of the Congress and Vice-President between 1948 and 1949 before retiring from politics in 1951. With the fall of the Arbenz administration in 1954, Monteforte went into exile in Mexico until 1987.

Was a Guatemalan writer.

Was a Guatemalan writer.

An Argentine poet, playwright, screenwriter, and journalist.Mario César Trejo was born on January 1

An Argentine poet, playwright, screenwriter, and journalist.Mario César Trejo was born on January 13, 1926, though there is disagreement on his birth city, some sources indicate the city of Buenos Aires[1], while others La Plata[2]; yet, Jorge Ariel Madrazo states in his prologue written for Trejo's poem entitled Orgasm (Orgasmo) that "Mario Trejo declares, otherwise, being born in Tierra del Fuego, in Comodoro Rivadavia, or in many other locations: everything indicates that this happened in the southern part of the country, but he does not specify in which year (Trejo agrees with Marcel Duchamp in that such precisions "only serve the fools and Spanish literature professors

Is a Dutch writer and film maker of Indo (Eurasian) descent. Best known as author of the literary ac

Is a Dutch writer and film maker of Indo (Eurasian) descent. Best known as author of the literary acclaimed book ‘Geen gewoon Indisch meisje’ (No ordinary Indo girl) and director of the 2008 feature film ‘Ver van familie’ (Far from family).Bloem is the second child in a Indo immigrant family of 4 children. Her parents, Alexander and Jacqueline Bloem, repatriated from Indonesia in 1950. Her father is a survivor of the Junyo Maru disaster. Bloem, herself a psychologist, is married to Dutch author and physician Ivan Wolffers. She has 1 son named Kaja and 4 grandchildren. [1]

A contemporary Australian novelist and academic.New South Wales,[1] Campbell earned a BA in French L

A contemporary Australian novelist and academic.New South Wales,[1] Campbell earned a BA in French Literature studying first at the University of New South Wales and completing her degree at the University of Western Australia.[2] She then pursued post-graduate study at Aix en Provence, writing a dissertation on the work of Stéphane Mallarmé.Campbell's novels explore professional and personal relationships between women and literary theoretical concerns, often in a non-standard 'experimental' writing style. In addition to novels her work includes short fiction, poetry, and essays and reviews for journals. For the stage, Campbell has written the musical theatre piece Dr Memory in the Dream House which was first performed in 1990 and an adaption of Not Being Miriam entitled Ariadne's Understudies in 1991.

An Australian writer and novelist. She was born and educated in Newcastle, New South Wales, and work

An Australian writer and novelist. She was born and educated in Newcastle, New South Wales, and worked as a school teacher and journalist before publishing her first short stories. Halligan has served as chairperson of the Literature Board of the Australia Council and the Australian National Word Festival. She currently lives in Canberra.For a number of years she was a member of a group of women writers based in Canberra known as the "Canberra Seven" or "Seven Writers". The group began with three members in 1980, growing to seven by 1984. In addition to Marion Halligan, they were Dorothy Johnston, Margaret Barbalet, Sara Dowse, Suzanne Edgar, Marian Eldridge and Dorothy Horsfield. The group essentially disbanded after Marian Eldridge's death in 1997. However, before that they met regularly to critique each other's work, and published a book of short stories called Canberra Tales in 1988.[1

Is a Greek Cypriot composer born 19 June 1978 in Pafos. Marios Joannou Elia studied composition with

Is a Greek Cypriot composer born 19 June 1978 in Pafos. Marios Joannou Elia studied composition with Adriana Hölszky at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts Mozarteum, Salzburg. Further composition studies led him to Klaus Huber at the University of Music in Basel. He has gone on to interact with artists like Boguslaw Schaeffer and Michael Finnissy as well as Georges Aperghis, Helmut Lachenmann and Karlheinz Stockhausen, which has added to the enrichment of Elia's education.

In 1974, he fought as a soldier against the Turkish invadors. In 1975 he went to Athens in order to

In 1974, he fought as a soldier against the Turkish invadors. In 1975 he went to Athens in order to study in the philosophical school. At the same time, he studied in the Ethniko Odio because he wanted to start a career as a musician. In 2004,

Was a Greek composer of the Modern Era. He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris and the Schol

Was a Greek composer of the Modern Era. He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris and the Schola Cantorum with Leroux, Georges Caussade, d'Indy and others. He remained in Montparnasse,

Was a French violinist and composer. He was the brother of Henri Casadesus, uncle of the famed piani

Was a French violinist and composer. He was the brother of Henri Casadesus, uncle of the famed pianist Robert Casadesus, and grand-uncle to Jean Casadesus.

Was a Romanian-born French composer and conductor. Known primarily for his television soundtracks, h

Was a Romanian-born French composer and conductor. Known primarily for his television soundtracks, his most widely heard score was the iconic Twilight Zone theme song. [1] Constant studied Piano and composition at the Bucharest conservatory, receiving the George Enescu Award in 1944. In 1946 he moved to Paris, studying at the conservatory with Olivier Messiaen, Tony Aubin, Arthur Honegger and Nadia Boulanger. His compositions earned several prizes. From 1950 on he was increasingly involved with electronic music and joined Pierre Schaeffer's Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète.

Was a French writer. In the late 1930s, he befriended a group of writers, which included Emile Danoën and his former pupil Pierre Aubery. In 1937 he published his first book, Kagawa, through the Society of Friends. He won the Prix Goncourt in 1943 for his novel Passage of rights.

Is a Romanian journalist and TV host.He distinguished himself in the 1990s as a political analyst an

Is a Romanian journalist and TV host.He distinguished himself in the 1990s as a political analyst and a TV host. He also contributed to the transformation of the Jurnalul National newspaper into the best selling broadsheet in Romania. In 1997-1999, he hosted Milionarii de la miezul noptii on Antena 1. After 1999, the show was named Marius Tuca Show. The TV show ceased in 2005. A short spell of the TV talk show in fall 2007 flopped and, as of 2008, he is again working exclusively only the newspaper.

Is a Polish journalist and writer.16 years old, he became a reporter of the weekly-paper Na przelaj.

Is a Polish journalist and writer.16 years old, he became a reporter of the weekly-paper Na przelaj. In spite of the communistic censorship, he published there a shocking collection of reportages The Shrift about gay and lesbian youth in Poland.In 2002 he finished his work for TV Polsat concentrating himself on writing for Gazeta Wyborcza. Presently, he is a first assistant manager of the weekly extra section Duzy Format and the assistant manager of the reportage-section there.His work is cited in every anthology of contemporary Polish journalism. Most notable are his studies of the Czechoslovak, and especially Czech, culture and life-style. Popular book Gottland (2006), is - according to Adam Michnik's opinion - the first cubistic reportage of the world.

Is an Iranian and French contemporary graphic novelist, illustrator, Academy Award-nominated animate

Is an Iranian and French contemporary graphic novelist, illustrator, Academy Award-nominated animated film director, and children's book author.Satrapi is a great-granddaughter of Nasser al-Din Shah, Shah of Persia from 1848 until 1896. However, Satrapi points out that "the kings of the Qajar Turkish dynasty...had hundreds of wives. They made thousands of kids.

Is a noted nature artist, writer, children's author and illustrator. She is the creator of the chara

Is a noted nature artist, writer, children's author and illustrator. She is the creator of the character "Vera the mouse".She studied at the Academy of Arts in Arnhem, where she met her husband and manager Gaston Bastin. Marjolein and Gaston Bastin have a daughter, Sanna (born in 1973), and a son, Mischa (born in 1974). Sanna, married and mother of Merel and Roos, runs the "Marjolein Bastin Kadowinkel" (The Marjolein Bastin Giftshop). Mischa is a lawyer in Kansas City, USA.

Is a Dutch journalist and foreign correspondent for the NOS Journaal, the Dutch language public radi

Is a Dutch journalist and foreign correspondent for the NOS Journaal, the Dutch language public radio and television news channel.She started her career as a freelance journalist in Italy in the 1980s. From 1991-2003 she worked for the daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad, covering national news and the Balkan Wars (March 1994 to late 1995).[1] In 1996 she became the correspondent for Latin America, based in Mexico, working for NRC Handelsblad and the NOS.

Is an award- winning Filipino poet, born in Maribojoc, Bohol in September 21, 1953. She writes in tw

Is an award- winning Filipino poet, born in Maribojoc, Bohol in September 21, 1953. She writes in two languages: English and Cebuano-Visayan and is a supporter of womens' rights, especially of women writers. Marjorie Evasco is one of the earliest Filipina feminist poets.[1]Evasco's prize-winning poetry books are: Dreamweavers: Selected Poems 1976-1986 (1987) and Ochre Tones: Poems in English and Cebuano (1999). Ochre Tones was launched last May 1997 at National Artist Edith L. Tiempo's residence on Montemar (Sibulan, Negros Oriental). Evasco calls this volume a " book of changes," following Dreamweavers which for her was a " book of origins.

Was an Australian novelist and short story writer, critic, historian - and librarian. She went to sc

Was an Australian novelist and short story writer, critic, historian - and librarian. She went to school and university in Sydney, and then trained as a librarian. She was employed as a librarian for two periods in her life (1923-1935 and 1942-1950), but her main passion was writing. She never married, and died at Point Clare on the Central Coast of New South Wales.

An Australian poet.Marjorie was born in Melbourne, and studied literature at the University of Melbo

An Australian poet.Marjorie was born in Melbourne, and studied literature at the University of Melbourne from 1939 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.Pizer began her working life as a clerk in the public service. She met and married the poet Muir Holburn (q.v.) and they left for Sydney, where they became members of the Communist Party (until the invasion of Hungary).She has always loved poetry, researching and publishing the poetry of others, and now writing her own.

Is a writer on Islamic affairs, who lives in the United States under what he describes as "religious

Is a writer on Islamic affairs, who lives in the United States under what he describes as "religious asylum". He is the author of five books critical of Islam, including Islam and the Jews: The Unfinished Battle and Journey into the Mind of an Islamic Terrorist.In his first book, Against the Tides in the Middle East: The true story of Mustafa, former teacher of Islamic history (1997) Gabriel (writing as "Mustafa") tells of his birth on 30 December, 1957 to Muslim parents in the region of upper Egypt known as Al Saeed. His parents, wealthy owners of a clothing factory,

Was an English poet and physician.Akenside was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, England, the son of a bu

Was an English poet and physician.Akenside was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, England, the son of a butcher; he was slightly lame all his life from a wound he received as a child from his father's cleaver.

Was a Russian emigrant writer, known for his historical novels.

Was a Russian emigrant writer, known for his historical novels.