Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was an English Olivier Award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His most famous work is the play T

Was an English Olivier Award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His most famous work is the play The Ruling Class, which was made into a 1972 film for which Peter O'Toole received an Oscar nomination.Barnes was born in Bow, London but was raised on the east coast, where his parents worked in an amusement arcade and later owned a couple of cafes. His upbringing in an English coastal resort probably helps explain the carnivalesque nature of his work. Barnes was educated at Marling School in Stroud, Gloucestershire and performed his national service with the Royal Air Force. After this he spent a short period working for London County Council.

Is a popular Swiss-German writer and journalist representing modern German literature. He was a memb

Is a popular Swiss-German writer and journalist representing modern German literature. He was a member of the Gruppe Olten.Bichsel was born 1935 in Lucerne, Switzerland, the son of manual labourers. Shortly after he was born, the Bichsels moved to Olten, also in Switzerland. After finishing school, he became an elementary school teacher, a job which he held until 1968. From 1974 to 1981 he was the personal advisor of Willy Ritschard, a member of the Swiss Federal Council. Between 1972 and 1989 he made his mark as "writer in residence" and a guest lecturer at American universities. Bichsel has lived on the outskirts of Solothurn for several decades.

Was an Australian poet born at Perth. He was later educated at the University of Western Australia,

Was an Australian poet born at Perth. He was later educated at the University of Western Australia, and the University of Melbourne. He travelled extensively through Australia, working in the 1960s as a journalist and writer, including writing for The Mavis Bramston Show. In the 1980s moved to Turkey, where he became a Muslim and took the name Yusuf Bladen-Pryor.[1]

Was an American author best known for writing the novel Jaws and co-writing the screenplay for its f

Was an American author best known for writing the novel Jaws and co-writing the screenplay for its film adaptation. The subsequent film directed by Steven Spielberg and co-written by Benchley is generally acknowledged as the first summer blockbuster. Benchley also wrote The Deep and The Island which were also adapted into films.

Was a Danish theologian, politician and Lutheran bishop of Aalborg from 1857 until 1875, and brother

Was a Danish theologian, politician and Lutheran bishop of Aalborg from 1857 until 1875, and brother of Søren Kierkegaard. As a theologian of the official church, he had on several occasions criticized his brother’s works, notably at the Roskilde Ecclesiastical Conventions in 1849 and 1855. However, he delivered the eulogy for his brother at the Church of Our Lady — a eulogy that Søren would probably have refused if he could.[citation needed]

Is an Australian clergyman, evangelist and author, who was born in St Neots, Huntingdonshire (now in

Is an Australian clergyman, evangelist and author, who was born in St Neots, Huntingdonshire (now in Cambridgeshire), England.Foxhall worked for a time at the Island Lagoon facility in Woomera, South Australia before relocating with his parents-in-law to Townsville, Queensland. While working as a librarian at James Cook University, he met Glenda Jill "Jill" Pender, whom he married in February 1968.

Was an American poet, essayist, teacher, lecturer, editor, and publisher.Davison worked as an editor

Was an American poet, essayist, teacher, lecturer, editor, and publisher.Davison worked as an editor at the Atlantic Monthly Press and Houghton Mifflin. He was also poetry editor for Atlantic Monthly. He was part of a literary milieu that included Robert

Was an English satirist, writer and comedian. He is widely regarded as the leading figure in the Bri

Was an English satirist, writer and comedian. He is widely regarded as the leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. He has been described by Stephen Fry as 'the funniest man who ever drew breath'.

Is an American author and poet, most famous for his work in the horror genre

Is an American author and poet, most famous for his work in the horror genre

Is an American sportswriter, media personality and National Baseball Hall of Fame honoree.Gammons at

Is an American sportswriter, media personality and National Baseball Hall of Fame honoree.Gammons attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He worked for the university's student-run newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel. After graduating in 1969, he began his journalism career at The Boston Globe.

Was a journalist, literary critic, writer, essayist and screenwriter. He was a journalist after the

Was a journalist, literary critic, writer, essayist and screenwriter. He was a journalist after the war, he devoted himself entirely to his work from 1953, when he won the Goncourt Prize for "The Beasts" and "dead time": the public discovered the sake of writing demanding devoted to exploring the links between plants

Was a German conductor, composer, pianist and teacher who settled in London and made a career in Bri

Was a German conductor, composer, pianist and teacher who settled in London and made a career in Britain that lasted unbroken until his death. During his later career he conducted at Glyndebourne, at the Royal Opera House (at the invitation of its conductor, Karl Rankl); with the Carl Rosa Opera Company and for the BBC, where he conducted the BBC Singers for eleven years.

Is a television newsreader in the United Kingdom.Originally from Liverpool, he attended the Dovedale

Is a television newsreader in the United Kingdom.Originally from Liverpool, he attended the Dovedale Road Junior School with John Lennon and Jimmy Tarbuck and after the 11+ to the Liverpool Institute for Boys from 1953 to 1961 with Bill Kenwright, George

Was a soldier and journalist and is a writer born inSouthern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), of English and

Was a soldier and journalist and is a writer born inSouthern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), of English and Polish Jewish parents.

An Australian writer and medical practitioner. He has won awards for his short stories, poetry, nove

An Australian writer and medical practitioner. He has won awards for his short stories, poetry, novels, and opera libretti.Goldsworthy was born in Minlaton, South Australia, and grew up in various Australian country towns, finishing his schooling in Darwin in the Northern Territory.[2] He graduated in medicine from the University of Adelaide in 1974, but, with his poetry being published in Westerly and the Friendly Street Poetry Reader, he started dividing his working time equally between general practice and writing.[2][3]

Is an avant-garde Austrian novelist and playwright.Ever the enfant terrible, Peter Handke exemplifie

Is an avant-garde Austrian novelist and playwright.Ever the enfant terrible, Peter Handke exemplifies the complexity of writing as an Austrian in the post WW2 period, and his work has continually provoked controversy and outrage on a variety of fronts.

Is a German writer. He is a member of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, receivi

Is a German writer. He is a member of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, receiving the Großes Verdienstkreuz for his major contribution to German literature.

Was a German organist and composer, and member of the prominent musical Hasse family. The first writ

Was a German organist and composer, and member of the prominent musical Hasse family. The first written record of Hasse dates from his appointment as organist at the Marienkirche in Lübeck, a post later held by Buxtehude. Although literally nothing is known of Hasse's early life, he is believed to have been a student of Sweelinck between 1606 and 1609. Hasse remained in Lübeck until his death in 1640, and achieved considerable fame at the time as a teacher and performer. His son, Nikolaus Hasse, was among his pupils, and became a musician in his own right. Hasse's own surviving output is small, consisting of just three organ works and two choral works.

Is a celebrated Danish writer of fiction. He received a Master of Arts in Literature from the Univer

Is a celebrated Danish writer of fiction. He received a Master of Arts in Literature from the University of Copenhagen in 1984. Before becoming a writer, he worked variously as a sailor, ballet dancer and actor (in addition to fencing and mountaineering) - experiences he uses in his novels. He lives in Copenhagen with his wife and two daughters.

Is an English writer and artist, most famously known as the lyricist for early incarnations of King

Is an English writer and artist, most famously known as the lyricist for early incarnations of King Crimson. He contributed to In the Court of the Crimson King, In the Wake of Poseidon, Lizard and Islands, which he also produced.

Is a modern classical composer, born in Marktheidenfeld, Germany to Silesian parents.

Is a modern classical composer, born in Marktheidenfeld, Germany to Silesian parents.

Is a Danish writer.He is the author of The Ringbearer's Diary. Originally published in 1985, the boo

Is a Danish writer.He is the author of The Ringbearer's Diary. Originally published in 1985, the book describes the supposed reality behind J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen — a ring of self-reinforcing but destructive ideas that through ages has haunted humanity, causing untold pain and suffering. Peter Kjaerulff names this ring 'The Cursed Ring'.

Is an American political writer, essayist, and poet, known for first proposing the concept of the Te

Is an American political writer, essayist, and poet, known for first proposing the concept of the Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ), based on a historical review of pirate utopias. Wilson also writes under the name Hakim Bey.

Was an Australian author and playwright.He came to Australia with his family as a child.[1] He atten

Was an Australian author and playwright.He came to Australia with his family as a child.[1] He attended state school in Sydney and Sydney Technical College, where he studied agriculture. He "farmed, clerked, woolled, gardened, landscaped, chemicalled", and did other things before settling into his writing career.In 1961 he married and went to Europe to live in a cork forest in France. His two daughters were born in London. From 1964 he worked in Britain and Europe as a researcher. His first writing appeared in the early 1960s,[1] and in 1967 he took up a writing fellowship in the United States and returned to Australia in the following year.

Is a German composer. His works have been associated with the Minimalist style of composition, and i

Is a German composer. His works have been associated with the Minimalist style of composition, and in the late 1970s with the New Simplicity movement. Peter Michael Hamel ranks as one of the better known and successful German composers of his generation.[citation needed] He studied musical composition, psychology and sociology in Munich and Berlin with teachers including Günter Bialas and Carl Dahlhaus (Fricke 2001). He then attended workshops with Karlheinz Stockhausen[citation needed] and continued his education abroad, spending several extensive periods in Asia (Fricke 2001).