Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Was an Argentine short-story writer, novelist, and playwright.His first novel, El juguete rabioso (1

Was an Argentine short-story writer, novelist, and playwright.His first novel, El juguete rabioso (1926) (trans. Mad Toy), was the semi-autobiographical story of Silvio, a school dropout who goes through a series of adventures trying to "be somebody." Narrated by Silvio's older self, the novel reflects the energy and chaos of early-20th-century Buenos Aires. The narrator's literary and sometimes poetic language contrasts sharply with the street-level slang of Mad Toy's many colorful characters.

Is a Chilean author.Harvard University, 1987; M.A. Vanderbilt University, 1985; B.A. Kenyon College,

Is a Chilean author.Harvard University, 1987; M.A. Vanderbilt University, 1985; B.A. Kenyon College, 1982) who currently teaches Latin American and comparative literature at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA. He has published scholarly essays on Latin American Colonial and contemporary literature, short fiction, and poetry, as well as travel chronicles and literary and opinion columns for Chilean print and web media.

Is a Cuban poet, essayist, literary critic and President of the Casa de las Américas. In his role a

Is a Cuban poet, essayist, literary critic and President of the Casa de las Américas. In his role as President of the organization, Fernández also serves on the Council of State of Cuba. An early close confidant of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, he has remained a central figure in Cuba since the 1959 Revolution. Retamar has also written over a dozen major collections of verse and founded the Casa de las Americas cultural magazine.

Was an Tango pianist, composer and leader.Firpo was born in the Flores district of Buenos Aires, whe

Was an Tango pianist, composer and leader.Firpo was born in the Flores district of Buenos Aires, where his father owned a grocery store. Firpo left school at 15 to work with his father and then several other companies, he eventually saved 200 Pesos (around US$100, at the time) to buy his first piano.During his career Firpo played in most of the famous Buenos Aires tango venues such as the Armenonville, El tambito, Palais de Glace, Bar Iglesias, L’Abbaye, Teatro Buenos Aires, Teatro Nacional, Salón San Martín and Colonia Italiana.

Was a Brazilian journalist and writer.

Was a Brazilian journalist and writer.

Was a medical psychiatrist and Brazilian writer, who created somatherapy (Portuguese: somaterapia),

Was a medical psychiatrist and Brazilian writer, who created somatherapy (Portuguese: somaterapia), also referred to as SOMA, an anarchist therapy based on the revolutionary ideas of Wilhelm Reich & the art of Capoeira Angola.Brazilian intellectual life is marked by the intense multiplicity of his work. Anarchist, writer, dramaturg, journalist, doctor, psychiatrist, ex-psychoanalyst, he also worked with theatre, television & cinema. His long & rich trajectory was always characterised by his effort in combining the ideology of pleasure (‘tesão’) with his scientific & artistic work.

Was an Argentine composer, musicologist, music professor and music critic.Roberto García Morillo wa

Was an Argentine composer, musicologist, music professor and music critic.Roberto García Morillo was born in Buenos Aires, on January 22, 1911. He studied at the Escuela Argentina de Música (with Julián Aguirre, Ricardo Rodríguez, Rafael González y Juan José Castro) and at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música (with José André, Floro M. Ugarte, José Gil y Constantino Gaito). In Paris, he studied with pianist Yves Nat. Morillo died on October 26, 2003.

Was an Argentine writer and journalist.Payró founded the newspaper La Tribuna in the city of Bahía

Was an Argentine writer and journalist.Payró founded the newspaper La Tribuna in the city of Bahía Blanca, where he published his first newspaper articles. He then moved to the city of Buenos Aires where he worked as an editor at the newspaper La Nación. During this time he had the opportunity of frequently traveling both inside and outside of Argentina.

Was an Argentine poet famous for his "Poesía vertical" (Vertical poetry). He published fourteen vol

Was an Argentine poet famous for his "Poesía vertical" (Vertical poetry). He published fourteen volumes of poetry in all, numbered successively 1 to 14, under the general title "Poesía vertical", the first appearing in 1958 and the final one posthumously in 1997. W.S. Merwin published a bilingual selection of Juarroz' poems in the 1980s.

Was an Argentine journalist.During his long career he interviewed a number of high-profile personali

Was an Argentine journalist.During his long career he interviewed a number of high-profile personalities, including John and Robert Kennedy, Pandit Nehru, Golda Meir, Yitzak Rabin, Fidel Castro, Anwar el-Sadat, Ernesto Guevara, Moshe Dayan, Henry Kissinger, Indira Gandhi, Menahem Begin, Federico Fellini, Vittorio Gassman, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, Jorge Amado, Luis Federico Leloir, Bernardo Houssay, Wernher von Braun, Pelé, Cassius Clay and Juan Manuel Fangio.

Was born in Venice, Italy,Sociologist, journalist and author; he is the main Italian scholar in ufol

Was born in Venice, Italy,Sociologist, journalist and author; he is the main Italian scholar in ufology.Formerly an officer of the NATO Italian Army III Missile Brigade, near Venice, he noticed many unexplained radar signals, that he linked to UFO sightin

Is an author and poet born in Yoro, Honduras. He spent his early life working hard to help provide f

Is an author and poet born in Yoro, Honduras. He spent his early life working hard to help provide for his poor family. When he was almost thirty years old, he published his first book.

Is a Filipino poet and author of various award-winning anthologies.[1]He was raised in Pasig, Philip

Is a Filipino poet and author of various award-winning anthologies.[1]He was raised in Pasig, Philippines. He was able to travel to different countries throughout his lifetime. He was inducted into the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards Hall of Fame for his poems from Talaang Ginto: Gawad Collantes (1990, 1993, 1999) Panorama Poetry Contest (1993) at Diyaryo Filipino (1990). He was one of the honored representatives of the Philippines in the Second ASEAN Poetry Conference Workshop in 1995.

Was a British-Chilean Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1936.He was the son of a

Was a British-Chilean Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1936.He was the son of a British nitrate producer, Donald E. Elphick, and Tomasa Valenquela, a Chilean Roman Catholic. Roberto was converted to the Evangelical Church by reading a New Testament given him by a Methodist Sunday School teacher, Mina Fawcett. Later his father, mother, and most of his brothers were also converted.

Is an American actor and poet.Bartholomew Roberts Blossom (he later dropped his first name professio

Is an American actor and poet.Bartholomew Roberts Blossom (he later dropped his first name professionally) was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He began acting on stage during the 1950s. During the 1960s, he formed Filmstage, a multimedia avante garde theatrical troupe.

Was an illustrator whose work was published in more than 100 novels and children's books in the 20th

Was an illustrator whose work was published in more than 100 novels and children's books in the 20th century. He is notable for his long collaboration with Ruth Manning-Sanders, serving as the illustrator for many of her collections of fairy tales from all over the world. In much of his work, Jacques employed the stippling technique. He was the brother of actress Hattie Jacques.

A well-known Australian author of books for children. She was born 28 February 1936, in Kempsey, New

A well-known Australian author of books for children. She was born 28 February 1936, in Kempsey, New South Wales and now resides near Melbourne.Several of her books have been short-listed for the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award, including Hating Alison Ashley (also a film starring Delta Goodrem) and Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (filmed as a television series for the Seven Network in 1992)Klein's novel Came Back to Show You I Could Fly won a Human Rights Award for Literature in 1989 and also won the 1990 Australian Children's Book of the Year Award for Older Readers. It was filmed as Say a Little Prayer in 1993. She wrote her first short story at the age of 16.

An author of several internationally published books, and an expert on leadership and personality de

An author of several internationally published books, and an expert on leadership and personality development. Sharma grew up in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia.Sharma holds two law degrees, including a Master of Law, and has had a distinguished career as a litigation lawyer. He is the CEO of Sharma Leadership International Inc., a global training firm whose clients include GE, Nike, FedEx, NASA, Unilever, Microsoft, BP, IBM, Sun, The Harvard Business School and Yale University [2].

An Australian singer, writer, stage and director, artistic director, and public advocate of the arts

An Australian singer, writer, stage and director, artistic director, and public advocate of the arts, in Australia and internationally.Archer was born in Prospect then a working-class suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. She graduated from Adelaide University and was a high-school English teacher until 1974, when she took up a singing career. Archer has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours English) and Diploma of Education from Adelaide University.

Is a celebrated Canadian novelist and author of "contes" (a very brief form of the short story). He

Is a celebrated Canadian novelist and author of "contes" (a very brief form of the short story). He is among the best known Quebec writers in English Canada.From 1994 to 1997, he served as head of the Canada Council. In 1998, he ran as an electoral candidate for the Quebec Liberal Party under Jean Charest, in the riding of Crémazie. He was defeated by 309 votes.

Translated the Bible into the Hmar language and in 1971 founded Bibles for the World. He studied at

Translated the Bible into the Hmar language and in 1971 founded Bibles for the World. He studied at Allahabad University in his native India and at Wheaton College in the United States.At the close of the 19th century, the British branded the Hmar people of northeast India as "the worst headhunters." In 1871 they beheaded over 500 British Soldiers. Then, in 1908, a missionary from Wales, named Watkin Roberts armed with a copy of the New Testament arrived in the area where the tribal group lived. He lived under the same roof and taught the Hmar people about God, specifically, the Gospel of John. Roberts defied all odds of survival by changing the course of history for the Hmar people. The Hmar people called Roberts affectionately "Mr. Young Man." Through that lone missionary, Chawnga, the father of Rochunga Pudaite, was introduced to the teachings of Jesus. There is a movie based on Rochunga called "Beyond the Next Mountain" and you can watch it instantly on Netflix.

Studied English and History at the University of Melbourne. He supports himself on writers' grants a

Studied English and History at the University of Melbourne. He supports himself on writers' grants and his work as a teacher at schools and universities in Australia and overseas. He was writer in residence at La Trobe University for four years, and has also been the Australia Council's writer in residence in Paris.Jones told journalist, Jane Sullivan, that he likes short novels. His favourite novels include The Great Gatsby, Heart of Darkness and The Sun Also Rises, and all of them short.[1

Is a bestselling American poet, composer, and singer, instrumental in the revitalization of popular

Is a bestselling American poet, composer, and singer, instrumental in the revitalization of popular poetry that took place in the 1960s and early 1970s.McKuen ran away from home at the age of eleven to escape an alcoholic stepfather and to send what money

Was an Australian historian, anthropologist, poet, newspaper proprietor, and journalist. He was born

Was an Australian historian, anthropologist, poet, newspaper proprietor, and journalist. He was born in Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland and died when he was 34 years of age in East London, after spending 22 years in Australia. However, in that short span he made a major contribution to the understanding of Indigenous Australians, established a newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, wrote many poems and prose about his adopted land, and wrote a major history of New South Wales which into the beginning of the 20th century was considered to be the main reference work on the early European presence in Australia.

S a Russian composer. He was one ?f the leading Soviet composers, and was the chairman of the Union

S a Russian composer. He was one ?f the leading Soviet composers, and was the chairman of the Union of Russian Composers from 1973 until 1990 when he was dismissed. An important reason behind his dismissal was that he had composed an oratorio to commemora