Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was an English poet, and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Th

Was an English poet, and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial

Is the main songwriter and lead vocalist, guitarist and pianist in the rock group Muse. He also scor

Is the main songwriter and lead vocalist, guitarist and pianist in the rock group Muse. He also scores strings for Muse songs. He has a tenor voice and is known for his use of the falsetto register along with his guitar and piano playing ability.Bellamy uses custom guitars designed by himself and Hugh Manson made in Exeter, Devon. He currently has a number of Manson guitars, as well as instruments by other manufacturers including a Fender 'Aloha' Stratocaster, a Gibson Les Paul DC Lite, a Gibson SG, Jackson Randy Rhoads (custom), a Parker 'Fly', a Peavey EVH Wolfgang and finally a Yamaha Pacifica. Bellamy's famous Manson shape has been compared to a Yamaha Pacifica, a Fender Telecaster, a Schecter and a Godin Triumph.

Is an Australian action/thriller writer

Is an Australian action/thriller writer

Was a Dutch physician and writer of Huguenot background, and after migration to England secretary of

Was a Dutch physician and writer of Huguenot background, and after migration to England secretary of the Royal Society and the second principal librarian of the British Museum.Matthew was entered at Leiden University on 31 March 1732, and graduated PhD in 1740, the subject for his inaugural dissertation (which shows Montesquieu's influence) being ‘Custom.’ A French version of the Latin original, greatly modified, appeared at Utrecht in 1741 under the title ‘Essai sur l'Usage,’ and attracted some attention. He also graduated M.D. at Leyden, 11 February 1740, with a parallel dissertation, ‘De Consuetudinis Efficacia in Corpus Humanum.’

Was an English poet and diplomat.Prior was the son of a Nonconformist joiner at Wimborne Minster, Ea

Was an English poet and diplomat.Prior was the son of a Nonconformist joiner at Wimborne Minster, East Dorset. His father moved to London, and sent him to Westminster School, under Dr. Busby. On his father's death, he left school, and was cared for by his

An Australian cricketer, although he holds an Irish passport and is thus not considered an overseas

An Australian cricketer, although he holds an Irish passport and is thus not considered an overseas player at his current English county, Worcestershire. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler who benefits from his 6-foot 6-inch (1.98 m) height, and a lower-order right-handed batsman.Mason started his career with Western Australia in 1996-97, and made his senior debut in a February List A win over Tasmania, taking the wicket of Michael di Venuto. Six days later he made his first appearance in first-class cricket in a drawn Sheffield Shield match against Queensland, but could manage only 1-72. He batted as a nightwatchman in his team's second innings, but made just 3 before being bowled by Michael Kasprowicz.

German poet, otherwise known by the nom de plume of

German poet, otherwise known by the nom de plume of

Is a German virtuoso vibraphone and marimba soloist, percussionist and composer. He has been a percu

Is a German virtuoso vibraphone and marimba soloist, percussionist and composer. He has been a percussion soloist ever since 1990, giving concerts and drum courses and mallet-instrument classes in Europe as well as overseas. Dahms received his university education at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik at Karlsruhe, Germany, and later an advanced diploma as Master of Arts from the University of the Arts Berlin. During his university years he additionally had private lessons with David Friedman (USA) and attended workshops with e.g. Keiko Abe, Billy Hart, Dave Weckl, Billy Cobham, Ed Thigpen, David Liebman/Richard Beirach, and Reinhard Flatischler.

Was a German priest, cantor and composer.

Was a German priest, cantor and composer.

Was born in Paris of Hungarian-German parents. After a short study in economics, he decided to conce

Was born in Paris of Hungarian-German parents. After a short study in economics, he decided to concentrate on music and composition. Kadar studied with Christian Lauba in Bordeaux and later with Theo Loevendie at the conservatorium in Amsterdam. In his Oeuvre, there are about two hundred pieces for most instruments including a book for piano (Der Virtuos), a book of songs for baritone voice and piano based on poems in German, Hungarian and French, a small theater piece (Cyrano) and a Concerto for violin and orchestra (Aede). Most of his works have had public performances at different festivals all over the world. (Mahler festival in Budapest, Ireland, Japan, USA, Salzburger Festspiele, etc. .)

Is a virtuoso recorder player and composer. He has played with several chamber music groups, includi

Is a virtuoso recorder player and composer. He has played with several chamber music groups, including REBEL Baroque Orchestra, and has made a number of recordings. He is the artistic director of Ensemble Caprice [1], which includes his wife and duo partner Sophie Lariviere who plays the recorder and traverso flute.

Is a German composer and conductor. As a youth, he studied the violin and conducting.[1] Pintscher b

Is a German composer and conductor. As a youth, he studied the violin and conducting.[1] Pintscher began his music studies with Giselher Klebe in 1988 at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold; in 1990 he met Hans Werner Henze and in 1991 and 1992 he was invited to Henze's summer school in Montepulciano, Italy. Later, he studied with Manfred Trojahn.

Was a German musician and composer of the Baroque period. He was born in Niederdorla (Thuringia) and

Was a German musician and composer of the Baroque period. He was born in Niederdorla (Thuringia) and died in Hamburg. He was introduced to the Italian concertato, polychoral and monodic styles — because Schütz had journeyed in Italy when a young man and he had met Giovanni Gabrieli and Monteverdi — as well as the style of Sweelinck's pupils, some of whom had settled in Hamburg. Weckmann travelled to Denmark in 1637 with Schütz, became organist in Dresden at the Electoral Court of Saxony from 1638 to 1642, and returned to Denmark until 1647 (during the Thirty Years' War).

Was a French jurist and writer. Legal advocate at the Parlement of Paris, he was one of the luminari

Was a French jurist and writer. Legal advocate at the Parlement of Paris, he was one of the luminaries of the bar during his times. Friend of Pierre Bayle and Henry de Boulainviller, he collaborated on the Dictionnaire Historique, and wrote the articles "

Is a Dutch journalist and television presenter.In 1980 Matthijs van Nieuwkerk started his study Dutc

Is a Dutch journalist and television presenter.In 1980 Matthijs van Nieuwkerk started his study Dutch, at the former Gemeentelijke Universiteit in Amsterdam, but he never finished his study.With his friend Mark van den Heuvel he started interviewing sportsmen for the Dutch newspaper Het Parool. Some of the famous people were the chess grandmasters Kasparov and Karpov and footballer Johnny Rep. After that brief period he begun interviewing writers, and he totally changed the page for literature. In 1988 he became editor for the artredaction.

Was a Dutch composer and music journalist.

Was a Dutch composer and music journalist.

Is a Finnish journalist who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. He worked at YLE before hi

Is a Finnish journalist who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. He worked at YLE before his arrest.He was arrested by the Finnish Security Police. He received an eight month suspended prison sentence for treason in 1983.[1]

Was one of the most important composers of popular and film music in the Soviet Union was born into

Was one of the most important composers of popular and film music in the Soviet Union was born into a family of a poor Jewish artisan. Among many other songs, he wrote the immensely popular "Katyusha", and "Song about Shchors". He was active as a composer

Was a Russian-French writer, journalist and political activist. Critics studying the Protocols of th

Was a Russian-French writer, journalist and political activist. Critics studying the Protocols of the Elders of Zion have argued that he was the author of the work. This claim is reinforced by the writings of modern Russian historian Mikhail Lepekhine, who in 1999 studied previously closed French archives stored in Moscow containing information supporting Golovinski's authorship.

Is a Canadian author and activist. She is the national chairperson of The Council of Canadians, a pr

Is a Canadian author and activist. She is the national chairperson of The Council of Canadians, a progressive citizens

And also known as Ron Everett) is an African American author, political activist, and ex-convict. He

And also known as Ron Everett) is an African American author, political activist, and ex-convict. He is best known as the founder of Kwanzaa, a week-long Pan-African celebration observed each year from December 26 to January 1, initiated in California in 1967.

Is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature who is best known for his book Where

Is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature who is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963. An elementary school (from kindergarten to grade five) in North Hollywood, California is named in his honor.

Was a French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist.His influence on later post-structuralist th

Was a French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist.His influence on later post-structuralist theorists such as Jacques Derrida is difficult to overstate. Blanchot's work is not a coherent, all-encompassing 'theory', since it is a work founded on paradox and impossibility. The thread running through all his writing is the constant engagement with the 'question of literature', a simultaneous enactment and interrogation of the profoundly strange experience of writing. For Blanchot, 'literature begins at the moment when literature becomes a question' (Literature and the Right to Death).

Was a French composer and pianist. Delage was born and died in Paris. A student of Ravel and member

Was a French composer and pianist. Delage was born and died in Paris. A student of Ravel and member of Les Apaches, he was influenced by travels to India and the East. Ravel's "La vallée des cloches" from Miroirs was dedicated to Delage. Delage's best known piece is Quatre poèmes hindous (1912–1913). His Ragamalika (1912–1922), based on the classical music of India, is also significant in that it calls for prepared piano; the score specifies that a piece of cardboard be placed under the strings of the B-flat in the second line of the bass clef to dampen the sound, imitating the sound of an Indian drum.

Is a French journalist. He is member and former president of the International Francophone Press Uni

Is a French journalist. He is member and former president of the International Francophone Press Union[1]. He is member of the Association of the Diplomatic Press (former president from 1962 till 1963)[2]