Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a Greek writer well known for his series of detective novels starring the grumpy Athenian police

Is a Greek writer well known for his series of detective novels starring the grumpy Athenian police investigator Costas Haritos. The son of an Armenian entrepreneur and a Greek mother, he went to school at the St. George's Austrian High School in Istanbul and studied after his Abitur for some years in Vienna and in Stuttgart. Because of his father, he belonged to the Armenian minority for many years and did not have any citizenship; he became a Greek citizen shortly after 1974, together with the rest of the Armenian minority in Greece[1].

Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was a contemporary and probable acquaintance of

Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was a contemporary and probable acquaintance of Ockeghem, and was the composer of at least one of the first unified mass cycles to be written in continental Europe.Domarto's two mass settings, the Missa Spiritus almus and a Missa sine nomine, were famous at the time. The latter of the two may have been one of the earliest cyclic masses composed on the continent, most likely in the 1440s, and imitates some features of contemporary English composers such as Leonel Power.[1] The Missa Spiritus almus, likely dating from the 1450s, is a cantus-firmus mass, with the tune always in the tenor, but with a changing rhythmic profile as it changes mensuration throughout the piece.

Was a Dutch writer and scholar on the history of Holland and Belgium.

Was a Dutch writer and scholar on the history of Holland and Belgium.

Was a Bulgarian Symbolist poet. He was considered to be one of the finest poetic talents in the fin

Was a Bulgarian Symbolist poet. He was considered to be one of the finest poetic talents in the fin de siècle Kingdom of Bulgaria. Yavorov was a prominent member of the Misal group. His life and work are closely connected with the liberation movement Inte

Was a South African poet and novelist. He was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand, where

Was a South African poet and novelist. He was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he was a lecturer in African literature. His debut novel, Welcome to Our Hillbrow, was published in 2001.Mpe was born in the northern city of Polokwane, and moved to Johannesburg at the age of 19 to attend university. Due to his lack of money he ended up living in the deprived inner city area of Hillbrow, a place where he later set his first novel. Welcome to Our Hillbrow was an important work as it was the first novel to deal with the changes of inner-city life in South Africa in the ten years since Nelson Mandela and F. W. de Klerk engineered apartheid's demise. Far from enjoying the freedoms allowed by democracy, the book depicts the native black South Africans facing the new challenges of poverty, unemployment, and HIV/AIDS. The only black people who benefited from apartheid, according to Mpe, were the better educated immigrants from other parts of Africa. Xenophobia towards these black immigrants is another core theme of the novel; it was widely felt in the inner-cities that it was these people who were responsible for the explosion of HIV in South Africa.

Is a newsreader, currently working as a freelance journalist. Former credits include the The Big Bre

Is a newsreader, currently working as a freelance journalist. Former credits include the The Big Breakfast and The ITV News Channel.In 1988, he moved on to Signal Radio, Stoke. Phil presented a live weekday three-hour night time phone-in five nights per w

Was a Canadian-born American Emmy Award-winning writer as well as an actor, voice actor, comedian an

Was a Canadian-born American Emmy Award-winning writer as well as an actor, voice actor, comedian and graphic artist.

Is a English journalist.Kelly subsequently worked as an aide to the Labour MP, Michael Meacher. He w

Is a English journalist.Kelly subsequently worked as an aide to the Labour MP, Michael Meacher. He was a Labour Islington councillor in 1984-86 and 1990-98, latterly as the council's deputy leader. He was re-elected to the Council in 2006. Kelly is a director of public affairs consultants Butler kelly Ltd.

Brazilian poet, visual poet, pioneer of new media poetry, professor in the Communication and Semiolo

Brazilian poet, visual poet, pioneer of new media poetry, professor in the Communication and Semiology post-graduation program at the Pontifical University of São Paulo. He performed research for his post-graduate degree at the University of Bologna, in Italy (1990). With Brazilian artist Wilton Azevedo Philadepho Menezes created a pioneer intermedia-poetry CD-ROM: "InterPoesia. Poesia Hipermidia Interativa" (1998). In Italy he collaborated with the first net-poetry project: Karenina.it, by Italian artist Caterina Davinio.

Was a French composer. Little is known of his life, except that he was active at the court of Louis

Was a French composer. Little is known of his life, except that he was active at the court of Louis XV and entered the service of the Comte d'Ayen around 1730.

Is a lawyer from Singapore. He is a Senior Counsel in Singapore, and President of the Singapore Law

Is a lawyer from Singapore. He is a Senior Counsel in Singapore, and President of the Singapore Law Society. He is also well known as a fiction writer. He is the younger son of the late veteran Singaporean opposition politician J.B. Jeyaretnam and Margaret Walker, and is of Sri Lankan Tamil and English descent.

Was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. He spent his working life as a university librarian a

Was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. He spent his working life as a university librarian and was offered the Poet Laureateship following the death of John Betjeman but declined the post. Larkin is commonly regarded as one of the greatest English

Was an Anglo-Welsh poet and journalist. An accomplished writer, Thomas only turned to poetry in his

Was an Anglo-Welsh poet and journalist. An accomplished writer, Thomas only turned to poetry in his later life after encouragement from the poet Robert Frost.

Is a three-time Academy Award-nominated American Western classical-music composer. He is considered

Is a three-time Academy Award-nominated American Western classical-music composer. He is considered one of the most influential composers of the late-20th century and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public (along with

Is a poet, novelist and playwright. He was born in Delabole, Cornwall and grew up in Plymouth. He li

Is a poet, novelist and playwright. He was born in Delabole, Cornwall and grew up in Plymouth. He lives in Bristol and has taught creative writing at Bath Spa University College. In 2004 he was appointed Professor of Creative Writing at the University of

Was an Australian poet.[1]Philip Hodgins was born in Shepparton, Victoria in 1959 and spent his chil

Was an Australian poet.[1]Philip Hodgins was born in Shepparton, Victoria in 1959 and spent his childhood on his parent's dairy farm at nearby Katandra West. He went to school in Geelong and later moved to Melbourne where he worked for several years with a publishing house and before moving to live in Maryborough in central Victoria.Hodgkins' experience of farm life is strongly present through much of his poetry. His verse novella Dispossessed describe the last weeks of a poor rural family about to be evicted from their farm. Hodgins also wrote about Australian Rules football.

Is an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short storie

Is an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, but spent much of his life in Peoria, Illinois, where he currently lives.

Was an American science fiction novelist and short story writer. Dick explored sociological, politic

Was an American science fiction novelist and short story writer. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments, and altered states. In his later works, Dick's thematic focus strongly reflected his personal interest in metaphysics and theology. He often drew upon his own life experiences and addressed the nature of drug use, paranoia and schizophrenia, and mystical experiences in novels such as A Scanner Darkly and VALIS.[1]

Was a United States poet and lecturer. Lamantia's visionary poems -- ecstatic, terror-filled, erotic

Was a United States poet and lecturer. Lamantia's visionary poems -- ecstatic, terror-filled, erotic -- explored the subconscious world of dreams and linked it to the experience of daily life.The poet was born in San Francisco to Sicilian immigrants and r

Is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet. He taught for many years at California State University,

Is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet. He taught for many years at California State University, Fresno. More recently he is the Distinguished Poet in Residence for the Creative Writing Program at New York University.

Was an Australian academic, poet, translator, critic and broadcaster.Born in Melbourne, Martin taugh

Was an Australian academic, poet, translator, critic and broadcaster.Born in Melbourne, Martin taught English at Monash University from 1964 and his poems have been published, anthologised and broadcast both in Australia and overseas.His poetic output was tragically cut short when he suffered a severe stroke in 1987. He lived through a long period of illness from that time until his death in 2005.An obituary of Philip Martin, written by Australian poet Kate Llewelynn was published in the Poet's Union magazine Five Bells in its Summer 2005-2006 edition

A Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Colombo Chetty and Burgher origin. He is perhaps bes

A Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Colombo Chetty and Burgher origin. He is perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film, The English Patient.Michael Ondaatje was born in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) and moved to England with his mother in 1954. After relocating to Canada in 1962, Ondaatje became a Canadian citizen. He studied for a time at Bishops College School and Bishop's University in Lennoxville, Quebec, but moved to Toronto, where he received his BA from the University of Toronto and his MA from Queen's in Kingston, Ontario. He then began teaching at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. In 1970, he settled in Toronto and, from 1971 to 1988, taught English Literature there at York University and Glendon College.

Is an American novelist. He gained early literary fame with the 1959 collection Goodbye, Columbus (w

Is an American novelist. He gained early literary fame with the 1959 collection Goodbye, Columbus (winner of 1960's National Book Award), cemented it with his 1969 bestseller Portnoy's Complaint, and has continued to write critically acclaimed works, many of which feature his fictional alter ego, Nathan Zuckerman.

Was a British–French composer, conductor, and violist. He started his music studies learning the v

Was a British–French composer, conductor, and violist. He started his music studies learning the violin. At some point he entered the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he studied composition under Frederick Corder and viola under Lionel Tertis.

Is a British writer. He is the best-selling author of His Dark Materials, a trilogy of fantasy novel

Is a British writer. He is the best-selling author of His Dark Materials, a trilogy of fantasy novels, and a number of other books.