Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, son

Was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, song writer, and session musician.

Is a British author and arts critic.[1] He lives in London, has been drama critic of The Guardian si

Is a British author and arts critic.[1] He lives in London, has been drama critic of The Guardian since October 1971, and is "Britain's longest-serving theatre critic."[2][3][4]

Was a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory f

Was a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) from 1974 to 2001.

Is an award-winning American writer. Over four decades and thirty books, he has created a body of wo

Is an award-winning American writer. Over four decades and thirty books, he has created a body of work that stands among the most admired in modern science fiction and fantasy literature.

Is a Northern Irish poet.Longley was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and subseq

Is a Northern Irish poet.Longley was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and subsequently read Classics at Trinity College, Dublin, where he edited Icarus. He holds honorary doctorates from Queen's University Belfast (1995) and Trinity College, Dublin (1999).

Is a famous 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. He was born in Sagardari, a village in Jessore

Is a famous 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. He was born in Sagardari, a village in Jessore , East Bengal (now in Bangladesh). He was a pioneer of Bengali drama. His famous work Meghnadh Badh Kabya (Bengali: ???????? ?????), is a tragic epic. It c

Is an American poet, playwright, songwriter and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young m

Is an American poet, playwright, songwriter and novelist. After moving to San Francisco as a young man, he found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955 rendered in barely f

Is a German composer and pianist. At first Obst studied music education from 1973 to 1978 in Mainz,

Is a German composer and pianist. At first Obst studied music education from 1973 to 1978 in Mainz, and from 1977 to 1982 studied piano with Alfons Kontarsky and Aloys Kontarsky at the Hochschule für Musik Köln, where he sat his piano examination in 1982. At the same time, between 1979 and 1986, he studied composition with Hans Ulrich Humpert in the Studio for Elektronic Music of the Hochschule für Musik Köln. From 1981 to 1986 he was the pianist and a founding member of the Ensemble Modern, from 1986 to 1989 he worked as an interpreter with Karlheinz Stockhausen, playing synthesizer in Stockhausen’s operatic cycle Licht.

Is an Armenian-American songwriter, Grammy Award-winning keyboardist, and music producer. He has pro

Is an Armenian-American songwriter, Grammy Award-winning keyboardist, and music producer. He has produced albums for several pop artists including Christopher Cross, Michael Bolton, Whitney Houston, the Jacksons, Rod Stewart, Trisha Yearwood, Clint Black,

Is a contemporary American poet and translator. He has worked extensively with contemporary Dance fo

Is a contemporary American poet and translator. He has worked extensively with contemporary Dance for over thirty years and has collaborated with many composers and visual artists. Palmer has lived in San Francisco since 1969.

Was a German composer, organist, and writer about music. He was one of the most versatile composers

Was a German composer, organist, and writer about music. He was one of the most versatile composers of his age, being particularly significant in the development of musical forms based on Protestant hymns.

Was an Australian academic, poet, intelligence officer, and activist for Moral Rearmament.Thwaites j

Was an Australian academic, poet, intelligence officer, and activist for Moral Rearmament.Thwaites joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and served as an officer in World War II. In 1999 he published Atlantic Odyssey, an account of his war service on an anti-submarine escort trawler. After the war he returned to Oxford to complete his studies, then returned to Australia, becoming a lecturer in English at the University of Melbourne in 1947.

Is a German singer, composer and producer.[1] Between 1984 and 2000 he collaborated with Dieter Bohl

Is a German singer, composer and producer.[1] Between 1984 and 2000 he collaborated with Dieter Bohlen for which he sang in the Modern Talking and Blue System choruses. Since 2003 he works on his music group, Systems in Blue.

An Australian poet. Sharkey studied at the University of Sydney, where he was awarded a BA, and then

An Australian poet. Sharkey studied at the University of Sydney, where he was awarded a BA, and then he completed his doctorate at the University of Auckland.Sharkey is a prolific editor and reviewer of Australian poetry and journalism, having published over 600 works. In 1981, Sharkey won the H.M. Butterley - F. Earle Hooper Memorial Award for Days of Philangering : A Fortenight [sic] of Poems (to the Memory of J.K. Baxter) Five years later, Sharkey was joint winner of the Overland Competition, for his The Bullocky to His Creator.

Journalist and an Associate Editor of the Financial Times and a columnist.Skapinker began his career

Journalist and an Associate Editor of the Financial Times and a columnist.Skapinker began his career as a Foreign Correspondent in Athens for CBS Radio News and Independent radio News, moving to the London Bureau of McGraw-Hill World News, then on the International Management Magazine as senior editor before joining the Financial Times in 1986 as a management writer. He held several positions at the Financial Times, including aerospace correspondent, leisure industry correspondent and electronics writer. In July 2005 Skapinker was appointed editor of the FT’s weekend edition.

Is a German composer and pianist. His father is the famous East German pianist Siegfried Stöckigt.

Is a German composer and pianist. His father is the famous East German pianist Siegfried Stöckigt. In 1973 Michael Stöckigt became a master student in composition of Günter Kochan at the Berlin College of Music "Hanns Eisler". He was awarded in Australia, Austria (International Composition Competition, 1981) and Italy. Today he is a docent in Berlin and at the University of Music and Theatre in Rostock. As a pianist he performed in France, Syria and the Netherlands. He composes for musicians such as the Ensemble Sortisatio.

Is the founder and President of BNO News.Van Poppel is known for acquiring and selling an authentic

Is the founder and President of BNO News.Van Poppel is known for acquiring and selling an authentic Osama bin Laden video to Reuters in September 2007 and ran a popular Twitter-based news service from May 13, 2007 until December 1, 2009 when it had nearly 1.5 million followers.

Is a German composer, cellist, and graphic artist. Von Biel studied piano, theory, and composition i

Is a German composer, cellist, and graphic artist. Von Biel studied piano, theory, and composition in Toronto (1956–57), Vienna (1958–60), New York (1960, with Morton Feldman, amongst others), London (1960, with Cornelius Cardew), and Cologne (with Karlheinz Stockhausen). From 1961 to 1963 he attended the Darmstadt International Vacation/Holiday Courses for New Music. In 1964 he received a commission from the WDR for the electronic piece Fassung. From 1965–66 he was Composer in Residence at the State University of New York in Buffalo. Since 1966 Michael von Biel has lived in Cologne, where he came into contact with artists of the Fluxus movement. From 1968–69 he studied with Joseph Beuys at the Düsseldorf Kunstakademie. In the following years he created works in the visual realm especially. His Jagdstück (1966) for brass, contrabass, tape, and amplified barbecues was probably partly inspired by his contact to artists from the Fluxus movement.

Was an Irish composer, best known today for his opera The Bohemian Girl.

Was an Irish composer, best known today for his opera The Bohemian Girl.

Is a Bulgarian composer, pianist and conductor.He studied music in Sofia, Amsterdam and Vienna - orc

Is a Bulgarian composer, pianist and conductor.He studied music in Sofia, Amsterdam and Vienna - orchestra conducting and twelve tone composition with Konstantin Ilijev of the Academy of Music in Sofia, composition with Roman Haubenstock-Ramati of the Academy of Music in Vienna, Ton de Leeuw of the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, and Alexander Baltin (Moscow). He also studied piano with Harald Ossberger (Vienna).

Is Czech writer and poet.After secondary school he made his living in a series of jobs that included

Is Czech writer and poet.After secondary school he made his living in a series of jobs that included stonemasonry, bookselling, street vending, fowling and organ-grinding, as well as making fans on an ostrich farm and painting railway cars. Since 1991 he

Is one of the most popular contemporary Czech writers and the bestselling one. He writes about roman

Is one of the most popular contemporary Czech writers and the bestselling one. He writes about romantic relationships of his contemporaries with humour, and variously successful irony and attempts at deeper meaningfulness; he is sometimes compared to Nick Hornby by his fans.

Is a Polish gay novelist.[1]His first book, Copyright, published in 2001, was a collection of short

Is a Polish gay novelist.[1]His first book, Copyright, published in 2001, was a collection of short stories. On December 17, 2004, Lubiewo was published — a radically queer novel that sold an estimated 15,000 copies. The novel has been translated into German, English, Finnish (2007), French, Russian, Czech, Lithuanian and Ukrainian. His next collection of stories Fototapeta (Photo-wallpaper) was published in 2006 by W.A.B.

Was a Greek singer and composer of the rebetiko genre. He was known as the last pre-war rebetiko sin

Was a Greek singer and composer of the rebetiko genre. He was known as the last pre-war rebetiko singer. Born in Piraeus, he composed songs such as "Ego maggas fainomouna."

Is a Greek composer and lyricist.[1] Koumbios has made 15 recordings and his compositions have also

Is a Greek composer and lyricist.[1] Koumbios has made 15 recordings and his compositions have also been included in international collections such as Mystic World, Famous Greek Composer, Night Collection, Buddha Bar, Mother Earth, Putumayo Presents: Greece, a musical odyssey. He has produced world projects such as Zambetas Concept, Gypsies Bar, Balkan Voices I and Balkan Voices II.