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Was an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer and Queensland state politician.Bedford had a s

Was an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer and Queensland state politician.Bedford had a short story accepted by The Bulletin in 1886, the first of many contributions. In 1888 he worked for a time on the Argus (Broken Hill, NSW), and in 1889 on The Age, Melbourne for about two years. Freelancing followed, verse, short stories and sketches, written while travelling in Australia searching for payable mining fields. From 1901 to 1904 Bedford was in Europe and wrote a series of travel sketches. In 1916 these were collected and published under the title of Explorations in Civilization. His first novel, True Eyes and the Whirlwind, appeared in London in 1903, and his Snare of Strength was published two years later.

Was born in Agra, a city of Uttar Pradesh state, India. A prominent Hindi writer of the 20th century

Was born in Agra, a city of Uttar Pradesh state, India. A prominent Hindi writer of the 20th century, he completed his post-graduation studies from St. John's College, Agra, and later completed his Ph.D. on Guru Gorakhnath. He started writing at the age of 13 years, and during his short life of almost 40 years, he was endowed with a number of prizes. His wife lives in Jaipur and is an associate professor.

Is a contemporary Indian poet, art critic, cultural theorist and independent curator.Ranjit Hoskote

Is a contemporary Indian poet, art critic, cultural theorist and independent curator.Ranjit Hoskote was born in Mumbai and educated at the Bombay Scottish School, Elphinstone College, where he read for a BA in Politics, and the University of Bombay, where

A very famous Gujarati author.Gujarati literature's highest award, Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak, is gi

A very famous Gujarati author.Gujarati literature's highest award, Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak, is given in honour of him.

Was a Croatian writer.His career was briefly interrupted with World War II. When his native island w

Was a Croatian writer.His career was briefly interrupted with World War II. When his native island was occupied by fascist Italy, he was interned on Italian mainland. After capitulation of Italy, he came to El Shatt refugee camp where he made contacts with Tito's Partisans.

Is a German composer and musicologist. Raphael D. Thoene obtained a degree in Composition (Musikhoch

Is a German composer and musicologist. Raphael D. Thoene obtained a degree in Composition (Musikhochschule Düsseldorf, Germany) and Music Theory (Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, Germany). A scholarship recipient, he studied Film Scoring and Composition at the Berklee College of Music, Boston (USA). He also received a Ph.D in Musicology at the University of Music and Performing Arts and the University of Vienna, Austria, writing his PhD thesis on Malcolm Arnold’s symphonic music. As a composer, orchestrator and pianist, Thoene received commissions for the Orchesterakademie NRW, the International Contemporary Music Festival Ensemblia in 2005 and the Niederrheinischer Musikherbst in 2006. He orchestrates film and theatre music, and is the author of the musical “Culture”, and co-author of the chamber-opera “Der Herr Gevatter” (staged in Saarbrücken, Düsseldorf and Munich).

A screenwriter and songwriter based in London, United Kingdom. He studied law and Jewish Civilisatio

A screenwriter and songwriter based in London, United Kingdom. He studied law and Jewish Civilisation at the University of Cape Town. He also holds an MA in screenwriting from the National Film and Television School. In 2004 he was nominated for a BAFTA as a writer on the short film Sea Monsters. Raphael is currently working on an as-yet-unannounced venture.

Is a best-selling American author best known for his novels about contemporary African-American life

Is a best-selling American author best known for his novels about contemporary African-American life.

Was an Indian writer who inaugurated a new era of Urdu literature written by women. She wrote short-

Was an Indian writer who inaugurated a new era of Urdu literature written by women. She wrote short-stories and plays and is perhaps best remembered for her involvement with the explosive Angarey (1931), a collection of groundbreaking and unconventional short stories written by young writers in Urdu like Sajjad Zaheer and Ahmed Ali.

A modern and popular novelist of Bangladesh.

A modern and popular novelist of Bangladesh.

Was one of the most popular Azerbaijan film directors, enjoying immense popularity and broad public

Was one of the most popular Azerbaijan film directors, enjoying immense popularity and broad public recognition in the Azerbaijan.

Was a Portuguese writer, journalist and military officer, notable for the realism of his literary de

Was a Portuguese writer, journalist and military officer, notable for the realism of his literary descriptions and by the lyricism of his speech. Brandão was born in Foz do Douro, a parish of Porto, where he spent the majority of his youth. Born in a fami

Was a Portuguese writer, journalist, and intellectual. Born in Caldas da Rainha, Proença earned a d

Was a Portuguese writer, journalist, and intellectual. Born in Caldas da Rainha, Proença earned a degree in economic and financial sciences from the Instituto Industrial e Comercial de Lisboa. He was a founder of the magazine Seara Nova. In 1927, Proença

Was a famous Carnatic musician as well as a music composer from Kerala, India. He was a vocalist in

Was a famous Carnatic musician as well as a music composer from Kerala, India. He was a vocalist in the court of Swathi Thirunal. His compositions are still considered extremely popular and are sung by Malayalees all around the world. One of his best known songs is the lullaby Omanathinkal Kidavo.

Was a Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican jazz musician, widely credited as the godfather of Latin jaz

Was a Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican jazz musician, widely credited as the godfather of Latin jazz. He was also the first Hispanic to record a Latin song which became a "hit" in the American Billboard Charts.In 1949, when Barretto returned home from military service, he started to visit clubs and participated in jam sessions, where he perfected his conga playing. On one occasion Charlie Parker heard Barretto play and invited him to play in his band. Later, he was asked to play for Jose Curbelo and Tito Puente, for whom he played for four years. Barretto developed a unique style of playing the conga and soon he was sought by other jazz band leaders. Latin percussionists started to appear in jazz groups with frequency as a consequence of Barretto's musical influence.

Is an American literary, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer best known for his 195

Is an American literary, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer best known for his 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, a 1950 book which has been described both as a short story collection and a novel. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most popular American writers of speculative fiction during the twentieth century.

Was a Bulgarian National Revival poet and translator from Macedonia who spent most of his life in th

Was a Bulgarian National Revival poet and translator from Macedonia who spent most of his life in the Russian Empire.He initially studied Greek in Prilep at his father's school. In 1856, he was already an assistant teacher in Prilep at Dimitar Miladinov's school and a teacher in Kukush (modern Kilkis, Greece) afterwards.

Was an American songwriter. He was a partner in a composing and songwriting duo with Jay Livingston,

Was an American songwriter. He was a partner in a composing and songwriting duo with Jay Livingston, known for the songs they composed for films. Evans wrote the lyrics and Livingston the music for the songs.

Was a French composer.Studied Violin and Composition in Conservatoire de Paris, he had earned Prix d

Was a French composer.Studied Violin and Composition in Conservatoire de Paris, he had earned Prix de Rome in 1944.

Is a South African Canadian journalist, editor, media executive and political strategist.A white Sou

Is a South African Canadian journalist, editor, media executive and political strategist.A white South African by birth, Heard was a political reporter for the Rand Daily Mail in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1960, he spent a year at Harvard on a Frank Knox Scholarship and wrote an article on the political situation in his homeland for the Harvard Crimson in which he described apartheid as "a combination of hatred, fear, and ignorance."[1] Heard subsequently worked for as an editor for the London Observer News Service.

Is a psychologist and medical doctor. He is most famous as an author of books about life after death

Is a psychologist and medical doctor. He is most famous as an author of books about life after death and near-death experiences (NDE), a term which he coined in 1975. His best selling title is Life After Life.

Was a French poet and novelist and the co-founder of Ouvroir de littérature potentielle (Oulipo).Qu

Was a French poet and novelist and the co-founder of Ouvroir de littérature potentielle (Oulipo).Queneau performed military service as a zouave in Algeria and Morocco during the years 1925–1926. He married Janine Kahn in 1928, with whom he had a son, Jean

Was a French author.He was born in Saint-Maur, Val-de-Marne close to Paris, the son of a caricaturis

Was a French author.He was born in Saint-Maur, Val-de-Marne close to Paris, the son of a caricaturist. In 1917 he moved to the city. Soon he would drop out of the Lycée Charlemagne, where he studied, in order to pursue his interests in journalism and literature. He associated himself with the Modernist set, befriending Picasso, Max Jacob, Juan Gris and especially Jean Cocteau, who became his mentor. Radiguet also had several well-documented relationships with women. An anecdote told by Ernest Hemingway has an enraged Cocteau charging Radiguet (known in the Parisian literary circles as "Monsieur Bébé" – Mister Baby) with decadence for his tryst with a model: "Bébé est vicieuse. Il aime les femmes." ("Baby is depraved. He likes women." ). Radiguet, Hemingway implies, employed his sexuality to advance his career, being a writer "who knew how to make his career not only with his pen but with his pencil."

Was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast. Through his novels, poems,

Was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast. Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted a profound influence on certain groups within 20th century French literature, including the Surrealists, Oulipo, and the authors of th

Was an American composer, band leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and electronic

Was an American composer, band leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and electronic instrument inventor. He was born in Brooklyn to a family of Russian-Jewish immigrants. His brother, Mark Warnow, a conductor, violinist, and musical director for the radio program Your Hit Parade, encouraged his musical career. Though Scott never scored cartoon soundtracks, his music is familiar to millions because of its adaptation by Carl Stalling in over 120 classic Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and other Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated features. Scott's melodies have also been heard in twelve Ren & Stimpy episodes (which used the original Scott recordings), while making cameos in The Simpsons, Duckman, Animaniacs, The Oblongs, and Batfink. The only music Scott actually composed to accompany animation were three 20-second electronic commercial jingles for County Fair Bread in 1962.