Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a Filipino scriptwriter. He has written more than a hundred film scripts since 1979, earning for

Is a Filipino scriptwriter. He has written more than a hundred film scripts since 1979, earning for him more than 50 trophies from award-giving bodies. A writer with modern and realistic tones, he has worked with the best Filipino directors (Lino Brocka, Ishmael Bernal, Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Chito Rono, Joel Lamangan, Laurice Guillen, Gil Portes, Oliva Lamasan, Rory Quintos, and Mel Chionglo), and most of his films have been shown in Cannes, Toronto Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival and other foreign festivals. Lee is also a fictionist, a journalist, and a playwright. He won several awards in fiction (Philippines Free Press, Palanca, National Book Award, etc.). In 2000, he was one of the 100 Centennial Awardees of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, and a Gawad-Balagtas Awardee from UMPIL.

Is a Filipino broadcast journalist, with BBC World News. He anchors Asia Business Report & Asia Toda

Is a Filipino broadcast journalist, with BBC World News. He anchors Asia Business Report & Asia Today which is broadcast to more than 300 million households worldwide. He is the first-ever Filipino news anchor to work for two of the world's most prestigious television news networks - CNBC Business News and BBC World News.[1]

Is a Montenegrin-Bosniak politician, writer and journalist. He is currently the deputy speaker of th

Is a Montenegrin-Bosniak politician, writer and journalist. He is currently the deputy speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro and the vice-president of the Social Democratic Party of Montenegro.

Was a Greek writer and revolutionary, an eminent figure of the Greek Enlightenment, remembered as a

Was a Greek writer and revolutionary, an eminent figure of the Greek Enlightenment, remembered as a Greek national hero, the first victim of the uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a forerunner of the Greek War of Independence.

Was a Greek writer and revolutionary, an eminent figure of Greek Enlightenment, remembered as a Gree

Was a Greek writer and revolutionary, an eminent figure of Greek Enlightenment, remembered as a Greek national hero, the first victim of the uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a forerunner of the Greek War of Independence.

Is a U.S. poet, and is a translator of Swedish and German literary works.Lesser has produced three c

Is a U.S. poet, and is a translator of Swedish and German literary works.Lesser has produced three collections of her own poetry, including Etruscan Things (1983), and has translated the works of other poets, including the following:

Is a Finnish journalist, best known from traveling series Madventures. He has also co-written a book

Is a Finnish journalist, best known from traveling series Madventures. He has also co-written a book, Isänmaan asialla - matkaopas syrjäytettyjen Suomeen (Johnny Kniga, 2004), with Ari Lahdenmäki. In 2007, Rantala, Lahdenmäki and Tuomas "Tunna" Milonoff, the 2nd of Madventures' presenters, published Madventures: Kansainvälisen seikkailijan opas (Johnny Kniga, 2007). The book is a guidebook for new travelers and gives advice and insight into the world of backpacking.

Was a Brazilian physician specialized in pediatrics and a bestseller writer of books on child health

Was a Brazilian physician specialized in pediatrics and a bestseller writer of books on child health and care for the general public. Although born in the city port of Santos, in the state of São Paulo, to a family of Danish and Norman origins, son of Victor de Lamare, an engineer, he went to live in Rio de Janeiro when he was only 16 years old, in order to prepare himself to study medicine at the medical school of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, in Rio de Janeiro.

Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, mainly active in Italy, and a member of the Roman

Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, mainly active in Italy, and a member of the Roman School of composition. He likely studied with Palestrina, and was a skilled and prolific composer, especially of cyclic madrigals of the type popular in Rome.

Was an American journalist and Oscar winning screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie

Was an American journalist and Oscar winning screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses during the era of McCarthyism.

A Finnish environmental activist and author of science fiction and nonfiction books. His 2005 novel

A Finnish environmental activist and author of science fiction and nonfiction books. His 2005 novel Sarasvatin hiekkaa was nominated for the Finlandia Prize in 2005 and won the Tähtivaeltaja award in 2006. [1]

Is a Finnish journalist and author. A regular contributor to The Hockey News, writing the Eye on Eur

Is a Finnish journalist and author. A regular contributor to The Hockey News, writing the Eye on Europe column, he is also a contributor to the IIHF.com, and Finnish MTV3.fi. He's based in Stockholm, Sweden. Pakarinen also blogs about hockey on Finnish Plaza and writes for the nhl.com

Is an American poet and author.[

Is an American poet and author.[

One of the pioneers of female Hollywood writers, she worked on shows such as Dr. Kildare, Peyton Pla

One of the pioneers of female Hollywood writers, she worked on shows such as Dr. Kildare, Peyton Place, Mod Squad & Dynasty. She created her own shows: The Rookies, Flamingo Road and Nightingales. Additionally, Rita wrote many Movies of the Week and mini-series such as Death takes A Holiday, Women In Chains, Strong Medicine, and Voices of the Heart. She has also written two original theatrical plays, No Language But a Cry and Saturday Night at Grossinger’s (co-authored) which are still being produced.[2]

The creator of the anime television show Hamtaro. Kawai originally created Hamtaro as storybooks for

The creator of the anime television show Hamtaro. Kawai originally created Hamtaro as storybooks for children first published in 1997 and then the anime came to Japan in July 2000.Hamtaro is about a little hamster and his friends. Hamtaro has gained great popularity and has been made into an anime series and a line of merchandising. However, the animated show has since been canceled in the the United States and now its popularity has fallen.

Was a Bengali Indian filmmaker and script writer. Ghatak's stature among Bengali film directors is c

Was a Bengali Indian filmmaker and script writer. Ghatak's stature among Bengali film directors is comparable to that of Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen.In 1948, Ghatak wrote his first play Kalo sayar (The Dark Lake), and participated in a revival of the landmark play Nabanna. In 1951, Ghatak joined the Indian People's Theatre Association ( IPTA ). He wrote, directed and acted in plays and translated Bertolt Brecht and Gogol into Bengali. In 1957, he wrote and directed his last play Jwala (The Burning).

Is an Israeli writer.Rivka Keren published so far fourteen books and four additional books are due t

Is an Israeli writer.Rivka Keren published so far fourteen books and four additional books are due to be published soon. Her work is dealing mostly with subject matters such as destiny, memory, identity, the mystery of love and evil and the dualism of immigrants. Keren’s writing is multi-layered and non-linear.

A modern Bangladeshi author and novelist.

A modern Bangladeshi author and novelist.

Was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Norwegian descent, who rose to promin

Was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Norwegian descent, who rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors.

Was a Dutch writer. He won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1983 Constantijn Hu

Was a Dutch writer. He won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1983 Constantijn Huygens Prize.

An Australian poet and publisher.[1][2] Adamson grew up in Neutral Bay and spent much of his teenage

An Australian poet and publisher.[1][2] Adamson grew up in Neutral Bay and spent much of his teenage years in Gosford Boys Home for juvenile offenders. He discovered poetry while educating himself in Gaol in his 20s. His first book, Canticles on the Skin, was published in 1970. He acknowledges the influence of, among others, Rimbaud, Mallarmé, Robert Duncan, and Hart Crane upon his writing.

Was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror and science fiction. He was the son of Ra

Was a prolific American writer, primarily of crime, horror and science fiction. He was the son of Raphael "Ray" Bloch (born 1884, Chicago - died 1952, Chicago), a bank cashier, and his wife Stella Loeb (born 1880, Attica, Indiana - died 1944, Milwaukee, Wisconsin), a social worker, both of German-Jewish descent.

Is a biographer most noted for his studies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndo

Is a biographer most noted for his studies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson. After working years as a reporter Caro wrote The Power Broker (1974), a biography of New York urban planner Robert Moses. Then he began the biographical series of the U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, known as The Years of Lyndon Johnson (1982, 1990, 2002). Caro is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner.

Was an American novelist and science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction write

Was an American novelist and science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he is one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of "hard science fiction". He set a high standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of literary quality. He was the first writer to break into mainstream, general magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, in the late 1940s, with unvarnished science fiction. He was among the first authors of bestselling, novel-length science fiction in the modern, mass-market era. For many years, Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction.

Was an American novelist, essayist, philosopher, psychonaut, futurologist and libertarian.Wilson des

Was an American novelist, essayist, philosopher, psychonaut, futurologist and libertarian.Wilson described his writing as an "attempt to break down conditioned associations—to look at the world in a new way, with many models recognized as models or maps and no one model elevated to the Truth."[1] ... "My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone, but agnosticism about everything.