Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was a Russian/Soviet writer. Mikhail Prishvin was born into a family of a merchant in what is now Li

Was a Russian/Soviet writer. Mikhail Prishvin was born into a family of a merchant in what is now Lipetsk Oblast. In 1893-1897, he studied at a polytechnic school in Riga and was once arrested for his involvement with the Marxist circles.

Known as Mikhail Zadornov is a Russian stand-up comedian and writer. Zadornov is particularly famous

Known as Mikhail Zadornov is a Russian stand-up comedian and writer. Zadornov is particularly famous for his satirical comparisons of Russians and nationals of other countries, especially Americans and Germans

Is a Russo-Armenian film director and writer. Vartanov graduated from the Russian state film school

Is a Russo-Armenian film director and writer. Vartanov graduated from the Russian state film school VGIK in 1966. He began his documentary oeuvre with the wordless The Color of Armenian Land (1969), featuring the world famous behind-the-scenes episodes of

Was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, educat

Was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries is atmosphere of Venus. Sphere of science: natural science, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, history, art, philology

Is a Russian writer who is a representatives of the so-called "intellectual prose". Many consider hi

Is a Russian writer who is a representatives of the so-called "intellectual prose". Many consider him a literary heir of Sergei Dovlatov.

Russian Romantic writer and poet, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", was the most importan

Russian Romantic writer and poet, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", was the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death. His influence on later Russian literature is still felt in modern times, not only through his poetry, but a

Was a Georgian novelist who is regarded as one of the top twentieth-century Georgian writers. His fi

Was a Georgian novelist who is regarded as one of the top twentieth-century Georgian writers. His first story appeared in 1903, but then the writer lapsed into a long pause before returning to writing in the early 1920s. His recalcitrance to the Soviet id

A Japanese manga artist from Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture. She is the creator of the long-running ma

A Japanese manga artist from Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture. She is the creator of the long-running manga Chibi Maruko-chan (published in Ribon from 1986 to 1996), based on her own childhood, and the more surreal fantasy anime series Koji Koji, which ran from 1997 to 1999. She also worked with Marvelous Interactive on creating the SEGA Dreamcast title, Sakura Momoko Gekijou, and Nintendo on creating the Nintendo Game Boy Advance title, Sakura Momoko no Ukiuki Carnival. In 2005, she designed the characters for the Xbox 360 title Every Party.

Was a Maltese writer and linguist. He studied oriental languages at the University of Rome, and went

Was a Maltese writer and linguist. He studied oriental languages at the University of Rome, and went on to publish important Maltese language books, including a Maltese-Italian dictionary, a Maltese grammar book and, towards the end of his life, a book on

Is one of the most popular Greek composers. He is known internationally for his scores in the films,

Is one of the most popular Greek composers. He is known internationally for his scores in the films, Zorba the Greek(1964), Z (1969), and Serpico (1973).

He graduated from Minsk Pedagogical Institute in 1947.Belarusian state Grand Duchy of Lithuania (???

He graduated from Minsk Pedagogical Institute in 1947.Belarusian state Grand Duchy of Lithuania (?????????? ???????? ??????? ??????? ?????????, 2000) ISBN 985-6576-08-3

Was a Polish-Lithuanian-Latin early Renaissance poet and humanist, and cultural and social activist.

Was a Polish-Lithuanian-Latin early Renaissance poet and humanist, and cultural and social activist. His most notable work is Carmen de statura...bisontis (Song about...the bison).

Is a Filipina poet and revolutionary, author of A Comrade is as Precious as a Rice Seedling and Jour

Is a Filipina poet and revolutionary, author of A Comrade is as Precious as a Rice Seedling and Journey: An Autobiography in Verse (1964-1995). She is also an essayist, teacher, video documentarist, and website designer.

Was a Croatian writer.Milan Begovic wrote stories and novels, but he is best known for plays he wrot

Was a Croatian writer.Milan Begovic wrote stories and novels, but he is best known for plays he wrote in 1920 and 1930. The best known titles are Pustolov pred vratima (Adventurer at the Door) and comedy Amerikanska jahta u splitskoj luci (American Yacht in Split Harbour). He also wrote lyrics for famous Croatian opera Ero s onoga svijeta. In 1942, he editted Hrvatska proza XX. stoljeca, a collection of contemporary Croatian writers.

Was a Croatian philosopher who was one of the leading thinkers in the Praxis school of thought which

Was a Croatian philosopher who was one of the leading thinkers in the Praxis school of thought which originated in the 1960s in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Is a French writer of Czech origin who has lived in exile in France since 1975, where he became a na

Is a French writer of Czech origin who has lived in exile in France since 1975, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1981. He is best known as the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, and The Joke.

Was a Yugoslavian poet and playwright. He wrote several volumes of poetry as well as translating J.

Was a Yugoslavian poet and playwright. He wrote several volumes of poetry as well as translating J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and the poems of Robert Frost into Serbo-Croat.

Was a Serbian poet. He focused on dodecasyllable and hendecasyllable verse, which allowed him to ach

Was a Serbian poet. He focused on dodecasyllable and hendecasyllable verse, which allowed him to achieve beautiful rhythm and rhyme in his poems. He was quite a perfectionist and therefore only published two collections of poems (1903, 1912). He wrote lar

Is a Chechen journalist and author of the 2006 French language bestseller Danser sur les ruines. Une

Is a Chechen journalist and author of the 2006 French language bestseller Danser sur les ruines. Une jeunesse tchTtchFne (Dancing on ruins. A Chechen youth).A refugee during the Second Chechen War, Milana was one of eight Chechen students at the University of Grozny selected to study abroad by the human rights organization Etudes Sans FrontiFres in 2003, and she graduated with a Masters degree in journalism from the prestigious Institut d'+tudes Politiques de Paris in 2006.[1]As a child growing up in the Soviet Union, the family was relatively well-off, but suffered due to the spiraling increase in crime after the collapse of the Soviet Union: One night in January 1993, someone left a large iron case outside the family doorstep. Inside was the body of Milana's father, assassinated.[3]

Is a Bulgarian composer, arranger, jazz performer and pianist.

Is a Bulgarian composer, arranger, jazz performer and pianist.

Was a Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator.Since Pollak's earnings were initially inadequ

Was a Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator.Since Pollak's earnings were initially inadequate to support the pair in the city's war-torn economy, Jesenska had to supplement their household income by working as a translator. In 1919 she came across a short story (The Stoker) by Prague writer Franz Kafka, and wrote him to ask for permission to translate it from German to Czech.

Was an Australian writer and feminist, who is best known for her autobiographical novel, My Brillian

Was an Australian writer and feminist, who is best known for her autobiographical novel, My Brilliant Career, published in 1901. While she wrote throughout her life, her other major literary success, All That Swagger, was not published until 1936.She was committed to the development of a uniquely Australian form of literature, and she actively pursued this goal by supporting writers, literary journals, and writers' organisations. She has had a long-lasting impact on Australian literary life through her endowment of a major literary award known as the Miles Franklin Award.

Was a Croatian writer and journalist.Smoje finished high school in Split in 1941, but his further ed

Was a Croatian writer and journalist.Smoje finished high school in Split in 1941, but his further education was interrupted by Axis invasion of Yugoslavia and Split being occupied by Italy. Smoje joined Communist Party of Yugoslavia and took part in local resistance movement. However, due to his rebellious nature, he was expelled from the Party, but he survived that, as well as brief incarceration by Italian authorities. After the end of the war he finished college and worked as a teacher.

Is a Croatian composer.

Is a Croatian composer.

Is an American contemporary poet, as well as a translator and editor. He has authored over twenty-fi

Is an American contemporary poet, as well as a translator and editor. He has authored over twenty-five books and won several awards for his poetry. His accomplishments have been chronicled in Arkansas Biography. However, he is perhaps best known for readi