Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Was a noted Hindi poet and academician, who won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1974 and Padma Bhushan

Was a noted Hindi poet and academician, who won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1974 and Padma Bhushan in 1999.Upon his death, the then Prime Minister of India, said, "Dr Shiv Mangal Singh ‘Suman’ was not only a powerful signature in the field of Hindi poetry, but he was also the custodian of the collective consciousness of his time. His creations not only expressed the pain of his own feelings, but were also fearless constructive commentary on the issues of the era."[1].

A Japanese author.

A Japanese author.

Was a Japanese author.

Was a Japanese author.

Was a Japanese Shiatsu practitioner and author of books on Shiatsu.He was born in 1925 in Kure, Hiro

Was a Japanese Shiatsu practitioner and author of books on Shiatsu.He was born in 1925 in Kure, Hiroshima Japan and graduated in Psychology from Kyoto University. In 1959, he graduated from the Japan Shiatsu College and went on to teach Psychology at the college. He is the author of Shiatsu which became Zen Shiatsu when translated into English and published in North America and Europe in 1977. He also wrote several other Shiatsu books. He died at the age of 57 in 1981.

An Israeli author and thinker who published more than 70 books. Some of his works are published in 1

An Israeli author and thinker who published more than 70 books. Some of his works are published in 17 countries.1988 was the year when the extensive media exposure of his contemplative and spiritual lifework began. Since that time, messages and solutions to a variety of issues have been both aired by national TV and radio channels, and widely covered by the press.

Was an Israeli writer, historian and journalist. He was a member of the first Knesset and is also kn

Was an Israeli writer, historian and journalist. He was a member of the first Knesset and is also known for his research on Jewish leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky.

Is a sociologist, philosopher, professor of religious and political sociology at Paris X University

Is a sociologist, philosopher, professor of religious and political sociology at Paris X University Nanterre and acts as President of l’Observatoire du monde juif[1]. He has published numerous works including La démission de la République: Juifs et musulmans en France (P.U.F., 2003), Qu’est-ce que la religion? (Flammarion, 2001) and Le monothéisme est un humanisme (Odile Jacob, 2000).

Was a famous Jewish Belarusian poet, prose writer, cultural worker, and political activist in the Be

Was a famous Jewish Belarusian poet, prose writer, cultural worker, and political activist in the Belarusian independence movement.Zmitrok Biadula was born Shmuel Yefimovich Plavnik on April 23, 1886 in the small town of Pasadziec in the Province of Vilna

A Hebrew nobel prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction.

A Hebrew nobel prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction.

Is an Indian columnist and novelist. Born Shobha Rajadhyaksha in a Maharashtrian Saraswat Brahmin fa

Is an Indian columnist and novelist. Born Shobha Rajadhyaksha in a Maharashtrian Saraswat Brahmin family, she graduated from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai with a degree in psychology. After making her name as a model.

A renowned Indian columnist and novelist.After making her name as a model, she began a career in jou

A renowned Indian columnist and novelist.After making her name as a model, she began a career in journalism in 1970, during the course of which she founded and edited three magazines – Stardust, Society, and Celebrity. [1]In the 1980s, she contributed to the Sunday magazine section of the Times of India. In her columns, she used to explore the socialite life in Bombay lifestyles of the celebrities. At present, she is a freelance writer and columnist for several newspapers and magazines.

Was a Japanese novelist, literary critic, and translator of French literature active in Showa period

Was a Japanese novelist, literary critic, and translator of French literature active in Showa period Japan. Ooka belongs to the group of postwar writers whose World War II experiences at home and abroad figure prominently in their works. Over his lifetime, he contributed short stories and critical essays to almost every literary magazine in Japan.Ooka was born in the Magome Ward of Tokyo. His parents were from Wakayama prefecture, and his father was a stock broker. He graduated from Kyoto Imperial University School of Literature. Raised to study literature from early childhood, he mastered French while in high school. His parents also hired the famed literary critic Kobayashi Hideo to be his tutor. Under Kobayashi's instruction, be became acquainted with poet Nakahara Chuya, the critic Kawakami Tetsutaro, and other literary figures.

A Japanese writer of non-fiction. She is known for titillating novels replete with interracial sex s

A Japanese writer of non-fiction. She is known for titillating novels replete with interracial sex scenes, and has aroused a great deal of controversy in Japan; her works have been accused of "demonising female sexuality".[1][2] She rose to public prominence through her 1986 book Gang Wives, about the girlfriends and spouses of yakuza. She spent nearly a year getting to know her subjects, and had also been shot at during the course of writing the book. It was later adapted as a television series by Toei starring Shima Iwashita, and also as a 2005 movie Gokudo no Onna-tachi starring Reiko Takashima.

A music journalist in Germany, the United Kingdom, and France. She was a judge on Deutschland Sucht

A music journalist in Germany, the United Kingdom, and France. She was a judge on Deutschland Sucht Den SuperStar, the German version of Pop Idol and also represented Germany as a judge on World Idol.

Was a Japanese author.

Was a Japanese author.

Is an Indian author, newspaper columnist and poet, known for the novels Lament of Mohini (Penguin, 2

Is an Indian author, newspaper columnist and poet, known for the novels Lament of Mohini (Penguin, 2000) and Devil's Garden: Tales Of Pappudom (Puffin, 2006) and the historical book for children, The Royal Rebel (Macmillan, 1997). He is a great great gran

Was a Gujarati author, considered as one of the all-time great authors in the Gujarati language. He

Was a Gujarati author, considered as one of the all-time great authors in the Gujarati language. He wrote more than a hundred books, including historical novels, social novels, short story collections, biographies, the great Mahabharat series, children's literature, poems and Plays. He was used to writing columns and articles in news papers and magazines like Kismat, LokTantra, LokGurjari (LokGurjaree), JyotirVignan (JyotirVigyan) and others, on regular and occasional bases. He was also an award winner Astrologer (Astrologist).[citation needed]

Was a Hindu teacher from Maharashtra, India.As a child he became proficient in Marathi, English, and

Was a Hindu teacher from Maharashtra, India.As a child he became proficient in Marathi, English, and Sanskrit. He was well educated, obtaining a B.A. in philosophy at Calcutta University in 1903 and a law degree from Deccan College and Bombay University.As a teenager, he decided to be celibate, but in 1908 he accommodated his parents' wishes and married Godu Bai. After the birth of daughters in 1910 and 1914 and a son in 1915, he resumed his vow of celibacy.

One of the most important poets and critics of the post-cold war era of contemporary Marathi literat

One of the most important poets and critics of the post-cold war era of contemporary Marathi literature.He has built up a cosmology of semiotics in its original context and contemporary world-view. He has coined the term 'Chouthi Navata' to the entire process of conversion of commodity to "semiodity". As per his argument, the world in which we exist is nothing but a world of "semiodity" & the man in this world is constantly nagged by semiodification the process created by Post Modern Era . According to him, in India, Post Industrial context is totally different from European & American context; so India needs new philosophy & sociology to explore the changes created by Post Industrial ethos.He has created his own Post Industrial Darshan to explore it & has initiated a movement of 'Chouthi Navata', which encompasses the Post Modern & Post Post Modern attitudes in Indian context. He has criticised on Post Modernism sponsored by Euro centric or Americocentric methodology, constructed by Roland Barth, Micheal Foucault, Jean Baudrillard. According to him, these thinkers are irrelevant in India & their so called binary opposition has no position in Asiatic phenomenon.

Mostly known as Bappa Mazumder is a Bangladeshi singer, lyricist and music composer. He is the son o

Mostly known as Bappa Mazumder is a Bangladeshi singer, lyricist and music composer. He is the son of music couple Ustad Barin Mazumder and Ila Mazumder. He is also one of the premier members of famous Bangla band Dalchhut. Recently he has also been anchoring in a musical based talk show in Channel One named "The One". His latest solo album Din Bari Jaay released on February 2007. It was his seventh solo album. His most successful solo album was Dhulo Pora Chitthi and his recent duet album with Fahmida Nabi was instant hit as well.

A Japanese author.

A Japanese author.

A Japanese novelist.Shuichi Yoshida was born in Nagasaki, and studied Business Administration at Hos

A Japanese novelist.Shuichi Yoshida was born in Nagasaki, and studied Business Administration at Hosei University. He won the Bungakukai Prize for New Writers in 1997 for his story "Saigo no Musuko", and the Akutagawa Prize in 2002 (the fifth time he'd been nominated for the prize) for "Park Life". In 2002 he also won the Yamamoto Prize for Parade, and for winning both literary and popular prizes Yoshida was seen as a crossover writer, like Amy Yamada or Masahiko Shimada. In 2003 he wrote lyrics for the song "Great Escape" on Tomoyasu Hotei's album, 'Doberman'. His 2007 novel, Akunin, won the Osaragi Jiro Prize and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award.

Was an Israeli author and essayist.At 17 she joined the Haganah, serving as a combat medic in the 19

Was an Israeli author and essayist.At 17 she joined the Haganah, serving as a combat medic in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, in the siege of Jerusalem. She was assigned to establish Israel Army Radio, opening the station's broadcasts in 1950. She was a war correspondent in the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War.

Was a Japanese nationalist, Pan-Asian writer and Islamic scholar.Okawa was born in Sakata, Yamagata,

Was a Japanese nationalist, Pan-Asian writer and Islamic scholar.Okawa was born in Sakata, Yamagata, Japan in 1886. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1911, where he had studied Vedic literature and classical Indian philosophy. After graduation, Okawa worked for the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff doing translation work. He had a sound knowledge of German, French, English, Sanskrit and Pali. [1]

A Japanese author who used to write under the pen name Shunsui Nohira (????, Nohira Shunsui?). His p

A Japanese author who used to write under the pen name Shunsui Nohira (????, Nohira Shunsui?). His primary area of writing is on Korean culture; he has also published instructional books for Korean learners of Japanese.[1] By his own testimony, he became interested in Korea as a middle school student, after seeing hangul characters for the first time. He attended Noboribetsu South High School and then Nara Prefecture's Tenri University, where he majored in Korean language; in 1990, he entered into a Ph.D. programme in Korean literature at Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea. After completing his dissertation, he remained at the same university, where he took up a post as a lecturer in 1995.[2] While living there, he married a Korean woman from Jeollabuk-do, with whom he had three sons. In total, he lived in South Korea for 15 years.[3]