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Was a Japanese author / rakugo performer of the late Edo and early Meiji eras. Notable works include

Was a Japanese author / rakugo performer of the late Edo and early Meiji eras. Notable works include Japanese horror classics, Botan Doro (The Peony Lantern).

Is a famous Indonesian poet known for lyrical poems. His best known works include Hujan Bulan Juni a

Is a famous Indonesian poet known for lyrical poems. His best known works include Hujan Bulan Juni and Berjalan ke Barat di Waktu Pagi Hari (Walking to the West in the Morning). He is a professor at the University of Indonesia, teaching Literature in the

Is an American author and performance poet. She took the name Sapphire because of its association wi

Is an American author and performance poet. She took the name Sapphire because of its association with the image of a "belligerent black woman" and because she could picture the name on a book cover more than her birth name.

In history and poetry texts, she is sometimes associated with the city of Mytilene on Lesbos (Carson

In history and poetry texts, she is sometimes associated with the city of Mytilene on Lesbos (Carson 2002); she was also said to have been born in Eresos, another city on Lesbos.

An author, artist, sculptress and has had various other occupations previously.Banerji travelled all

An author, artist, sculptress and has had various other occupations previously.Banerji travelled all around Europe, visiting various places. She worked as an au pair and also attended art school in Austria. She has also worked as an artist, and has held exhibitions of her oil paintings in India. She also taught riding whilst in India, and has been a jockey. She is also a sculptress, and has previously been a waitress.

Is a Portuguese composer of contemporary classical music.Born in Porto, Portugal she received her fi

Is a Portuguese composer of contemporary classical music.Born in Porto, Portugal she received her first musical training at the age of three and started composing in 1984. In 1995 she graduated with a First Class Degree in Composition, Music and Teaching

Was an influential[1] Argentine author, noted, among other things, for her magical realism.She was m

Was an influential[1] Argentine author, noted, among other things, for her magical realism.She was married twice, first to Luis Pico Estrada and then to Hector A. Murena. Gallardo began publishing in 1958. In addition to her numerous newspaper columns and essays, she published five novels, a collection of short stories, several children’s books, and a number of travelogues. She contributed to the magazines Primera Plana, Panorama and Confirmado among others.[3] She is quoted as often saying, "Writing is an absurd and heroic activity."[4] She was widowed in 1975.

Was an American lyrical poet. She was born Sarah Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri.Throughout h

Was an American lyrical poet. She was born Sarah Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri.Throughout her life, Teasdale suffered poor health and it was only at age 9 that she was well enough to begin school. In 1898 she went to Mary Institute and to Hosmer

An Australian journalist and novelist. She worked for the ABC for eight years on radio programs such

An Australian journalist and novelist. She worked for the ABC for eight years on radio programs such as AM, PM and The World Today, and where she won a Walkley Award.

She was also the poetry editor of Island Magazine for several years.

She was also the poetry editor of Island Magazine for several years.

Was a Kimberley, South African-born writer. In her lifetime, she was one of the most popular English

Was a Kimberley, South African-born writer. In her lifetime, she was one of the most popular English-language novelists in South Africa. She also wrote biographies of Cecil Rhodes and General Jan Smuts.

Is an American poet and author. She was raised in Marshfield, Massachusetts, in a house built in the

Is an American poet and author. She was raised in Marshfield, Massachusetts, in a house built in the 1600s that was the subject of her book Red House: Being a Mostly Accurate Account of New England's Oldest Continuously Lived-In House.

Was a renowned Indian researcher of Linguistics. He was born in a Pathan family at Basti Danishmanda

Was a renowned Indian researcher of Linguistics. He was born in a Pathan family at Basti Danishmandan (Jalandhar). After doing his secondary and higher secondary education, he did his B.A from the University of Punjab in 1934. He joined united Indian Army as a civilian employee and retired as a civilian gazetted officer from the G.H.Q, Rawalpindi in 1969. Being a government servant, under the rules, he could not publish any book until his retirement.

Was a Bengladeshi novelist and author of Bengali literature.

Was a Bengladeshi novelist and author of Bengali literature.

Was a prolific and multifarious Armenian writer. Having been educated in Kars and Constantinople, he

Was a prolific and multifarious Armenian writer. Having been educated in Kars and Constantinople, he lived mostly in Transcaucasia, wandering from one city to another (Alexandropol, Tiflis, Akhalkalaki, Baku, etc.) and in Tabriz. In the mid-1890s he was i

Was an Iraqi Assyrian poet and short story writer.He was born in Habbaniyah, Iraq. In 1967, he left

Was an Iraqi Assyrian poet and short story writer.He was born in Habbaniyah, Iraq. In 1967, he left for Beirut, where he worked as a journalist and a translator. He later emigrated to the United States, and from 1968 lived in San Francisco. He studied comparative literature at the University of California at Berkeley, and sculpture at Skyline College. An avant-garde and thoroughly modern writer, his poetry has been published in major Arab magazines and has translated W. S. Merwin, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Michael McClure, and others.[2]

Was a child prodigy, freedom fighter, and poet. Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the Presi

Was a child prodigy, freedom fighter, and poet. Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the Governor of Uttar Pradesh.She was active in the Indian Independence Movement, joining Mahatma Gandhi in the Salt March to Dandi, and then leading the Dharasana Satyagraha after the arrests of Gandhi, Abbas Tyabji, and Kasturba Gandhi.

Also known by the sobriquet Bharatiya Kokila (The Nightingale of India), was a child prodigy, freedo

Also known by the sobriquet Bharatiya Kokila (The Nightingale of India), was a child prodigy, freedom fighter, and poet. Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the Governor of

An Indian feminist writer who has won the Orissa Sahitya Academy Award (1993), the Jhankar Award (19

An Indian feminist writer who has won the Orissa Sahitya Academy Award (1993), the Jhankar Award (1992), the Bhubaneswar Book Fair Award, and the Prajatantra Award.She is the second daughter of Ishwar Chandra Sahoo and the late Nalini Devi and is married to Jagadish Mohanty, a veteran writer of Orissa. She has a son and a daughter.

Is a German blogger, writer, journalist and Copywriter.[2] Lobo's work is primarily concerned with t

Is a German blogger, writer, journalist and Copywriter.[2] Lobo's work is primarily concerned with the Internet and with the social effects of new technology.[3] In 2000 Lobo founded a short-lived advertising agency,[4][5] and in the following years worke

Was a Russian poet, satirist and children's writer. Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg was born into a

Was a Russian poet, satirist and children's writer. Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg was born into a family of pharmacists in Odessa (currently Ukraine) on October 13 N.S. 1880.

Is a Dutch crime-writer and freelance journalist.She has written articles for the Dutch editions of

Is a Dutch crime-writer and freelance journalist.She has written articles for the Dutch editions of Marie Claire and Playboy as well as publishing three novels, The Dinner Club being published in English in 2007 by Bitter Lemon Press, translated by Paul Vincent.

Was a Polish-Shawnee Canadian who became a soldier in the Polish Resistance during World War II. Aft

Was a Polish-Shawnee Canadian who became a soldier in the Polish Resistance during World War II. After the war and imprisonment by the Communist government, he worked as a sailor and published several novels in Polish.Sat Okh was born in Canada to a Polish immigrant mother, Stanislawa Suplatowicz, and a Shawnee father, Leoo-Karko-Ono-Ma (Tall Eagle), who was chief of the tribe. He was raised near the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories of Canada, and was educated in tracking, hunting, and living with nature.

Is a television journalist who became well-known as co-host of Univision Network's Primer Impacto Fi

Is a television journalist who became well-known as co-host of Univision Network's Primer Impacto Fin de Semana.Pretto studied in bilingual schools in Honduras: Mayan Elementary School and Macris High School in Tegucigalpa. Satcha's excellent academic record earned her a scholarship in 1998 to attend Angelo State University[1] in San Angelo, Texas. In 2001, she graduated with a B.A. in Communications.

A Japanese scriptwriter, novelist and manga author. He is best known for the Saber Marionette, Sakur

A Japanese scriptwriter, novelist and manga author. He is best known for the Saber Marionette, Sakura Wars and Sorcerer Hunters series, which comes in anime, novel and manga forms.