Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter Q

Was an Egyptian jurist and one of the founders of the Egyptian national movement and Cairo Universit

Was an Egyptian jurist and one of the founders of the Egyptian national movement and Cairo University. Born to an Upper Egyptian mother and an Ottoman-Kurdish father who had served as an administrator in Kurdistan and then in Egypt,[1] Amin is perhaps most noted as an early advocate of women's rights in Egyptian society. His 1899 book The Liberation of Women (Tahrir al mara’a) and its 1900 sequel The New Woman (al mara’a al jadida) examined the question of why Egypt had fallen under European power, despite centuries of Egyptian learning and civilisation, and concluded that the explanation was the low social and educational standing of Egyptian women.

A Bangladeshi author, was born in Khulna.Qazi Imdadul Haq had a very clear view of Muslim society an

A Bangladeshi author, was born in Khulna.Qazi Imdadul Haq had a very clear view of Muslim society and tried to clean up the wrong point of view of Bengali Muslims.His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali Literature in Bangladesh.

A famous Bangladeshi author, scientist, statistician and journalist. He is also renowned for his uni

A famous Bangladeshi author, scientist, statistician and journalist. He is also renowned for his unique style of literature. He had intimate friendship with poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, Kazi Abdul Odud and many other eminent figures. He is well known as a chess genius.Qazi Motahar Hossain was born in his mothers village Lakshmipur in the district of Kushtia in 1897. His father was Qazi Gaohar Uddin Ahmed and mother was Tasirunnesa. He passed his childhood in his fathers village Bagmara in Faridpur. He received his earliest education from his father and from the village primary school.[1]

Was a major Chinese dramatist and poet of his day. He was originally from Taiyuan in Shanxi, but liv

Was a major Chinese dramatist and poet of his day. He was originally from Taiyuan in Shanxi, but lived in the West Lake area in Zhejiang province. His courtesy name was Mengfu (??) and his pen name was Shenghao Weng (???). Qiao was said to have maintained an aloof and intimidating demeanor, to the point he frightened people away, according to the Record of Ghosts (???), of his many plays eleven are still extant.

Is a composer of Chinese origin born in 1951 in Shanghai. He has lived in France since 1984, and obt

Is a composer of Chinese origin born in 1951 in Shanghai. He has lived in France since 1984, and obtained French nationality in 1992.Qigang Chen was born into a family of artists, including several members who were sent to the Laogai during the Cultural Revolution. Chen was sent to an ideological reeducation camp. After the introduction of induction courses for higher education in 1977, Chen passed a series of tests which allowed him to go and study abroad. At the age of 33 he arrived in Paris where he was the final student of Olivier Messiaen until 1988.

Was a famous Muslim Volga Bulgar poet, the founder of medieval Tatar literature. His most famous poe

Was a famous Muslim Volga Bulgar poet, the founder of medieval Tatar literature. His most famous poem is Qíssai Yosif (Tale of Yusuf) written in mediæval Turkic literature language. It is believed, that he was born in what is today Eastern Tatarstan. He studied in Khwarezmean madrassah. He wrote his immortal poem in 1233. In 1236 we was probably killed during the Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria.

Is a Chinese composer of contemporary classical music.He is a 1983 graduate of the Central Conservat

Is a Chinese composer of contemporary classical music.He is a 1983 graduate of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where he studied composition with Du Mingxin. In 1989 he was invited by the Center for US-China Arts Exchange of Columbia University in New York City to be a visiting scholar, and he continues to live in New York City.He has received commissions from the Holland Festival, American Composers Forum, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, and Boston Musica Viva. His operas Oedipus and The Death of Oedipus were premiered in 1993 and 1994 respectively, in Stockholm and Amsterdam. His chamber opera The Test (2004) was commissioned by the Munich Biennale and Contemporary Opera Berlin, and performed in both cities in May 2004.

Was a Chinese novelist who lived in the Ming Dynasty, and whose works inspired a new genre fantasy w

Was a Chinese novelist who lived in the Ming Dynasty, and whose works inspired a new genre fantasy works with political subtext of the Qing Dynasty.

Was a Chinese patriotic poet from southern Chu during the Warring States Period. His works are mostl

Was a Chinese patriotic poet from southern Chu during the Warring States Period. His works are mostly found in an anthology of poetry known as Chu Ci. His death is commemorated on Duan Wu or Tuen Ng Festival (???/???), commonly known as the Dragon Boat Festival in the West.

He is regarded as Costa Rica's first Afro-Caribbean writer in the Spanish language. His works typica

He is regarded as Costa Rica's first Afro-Caribbean writer in the Spanish language. His works typically concern the Afro-caribbean population living on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, particularly around the city of Puerto Limón.

Is a poet, editor (recently the Styx River Magazine), journalist, and professor emeritus at the Univ

Is a poet, editor (recently the Styx River Magazine), journalist, and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, in La Jolla, California.