Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is a German pianist, music educator and composer. Siegrid Ernst was born in Ludwigshafen am Rhein an

Is a German pianist, music educator and composer. Siegrid Ernst was born in Ludwigshafen am Rhein and studied piano, violin and music theory as a child. She later studied piano and composition in Heidelberg, Frankfurt and Vienna, at the University of Music and Dramatic Art in Heidelberg and Mannheim and at the Bremen University of the Arts in Bremen. After completing her studies, she performed contemporary music both solo and in chamber ensembles for concerts and radio productions, and taught piano and composition, music theory and improvisation. She became successful as a composer, and her works have been performed in Europe, the USA, Mexico and Japan.[1]

Was a German composer of considerable fame in the early twentieth century, best known for his compos

Was a German composer of considerable fame in the early twentieth century, best known for his compositions for organ and harmonium. From August 1901 to September 1902 he worked as a piano teacher in Magdeburg. It was during this period that he changed his name to Sigfrid Karg-Elert, adding a variant of his mother's maiden name to his surname, and adopting the Swedish spelling of his first name.

Is a German film composer, photographer, keyboarder, accordion and piano player. Siggi Mueller is co

Is a German film composer, photographer, keyboarder, accordion and piano player. Siggi Mueller is considered one of the most renowned German film composers. He composes music for numerous German cinema and TV productions as well as TV series. He cooperates with the most prestigious film directors, media companies and almost all large public and private TV & broadcasting corporations in Germany and Austria.

Was an important early German composer. the founder of the so-called Nuremberg school. Based in Nure

Was an important early German composer. the founder of the so-called Nuremberg school. Based in Nuremberg, he was the composer of Seelewig (1644), the first German Singspiel. The only other works of his that survive are three Friedens-Gesänge from 1651.

A Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928.

A Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928.

Is a Tunisian journalist and human rights activist. She was born at La Marsa, near Tunis and went to

Is a Tunisian journalist and human rights activist. She was born at La Marsa, near Tunis and went to France to study at the university in Toulouse, where she took a degree in philosophy. In 1980, she became a reporter for the independent journal Le Phare. When the journal stopped publication, she became political chief at Maghreb, and then at Réalités. When Maghreb ceased publication because of the food riots in 1983, she became editor-in-chief of Gazette Touristique and founded l'Hebdo Touristique. At the same time, she was overseeing the opposition newspaper El Mawkif.

Was a 20th century prominent Armenian poet, writer, academian and public activist. She was awarded b

Was a 20th century prominent Armenian poet, writer, academian and public activist. She was awarded by the "Renowned Master of Arts" Armenian SSR (1970) and "Renowned Worker of Arts" Georgian SSR (1980) official titles, State prizes of USSR (1952) and Arme

An Argentine pianist and composer born in Federal, a city in the province of Entre Ríos, on 28 of J

An Argentine pianist and composer born in Federal, a city in the province of Entre Ríos, on 28 of June 1966. She performs, spreads and studies Argentine music of a folklore origin, a choice possibly influenced by the rural and rugged landscape of her childhood.She studied piano tutored by the pianist Graciela Reca, and is a graduate of the higher level of the Escuela de Música, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina.She attended classes, courses and workshops with Carlos Aguirre, R. Di Pietro, Lilián Saba, Walter Heinze and the pianist Marcela Martínez among others.

Was a Croatian poet. His reflexive poetry, reaching its zenith in the 1890s, was a turning point tha

Was a Croatian poet. His reflexive poetry, reaching its zenith in the 1890s, was a turning point that ushered modern themes in Croatian poetry.

Was a best-selling Argentine novelist, as well as an accomplished journalist, translator and screenw

Was a best-selling Argentine novelist, as well as an accomplished journalist, translator and screenwriter.Silvina Bullrich was born to Rafael Bullrich (1877-1944), a distinguished Argentine cardiologist and Dean of the School of Medicine of the University

An Argentine composer, living in the United Kingdom and teaching at King's College London.Milstein h

An Argentine composer, living in the United Kingdom and teaching at King's College London.Milstein has studied at the Collegium Musicum in Buenos Aires, the University of La Plata, Glasgow University and the University of Cambridge, where she held fellowships at Jesus and King's Colleges. She has studied composition with Judith Weir and Lyall Cresswell and has carried out research into the music of Arnold Schoenberg with Alexander Goehr.

Was an Argentine poet and short-fiction writer.Born in Buenos Aires, the youngest of the six childre

Was an Argentine poet and short-fiction writer.Born in Buenos Aires, the youngest of the six children of Manuel Ocampo and Ramona Aguirre. She was educated at home by tutors. One of her sisters was Victoria Ocampo, the publisher of the literarily important Argentine magazine Sur. She studied drawing in Paris under Giorgio de Chirico.

Was an Argentine intellectual and lawyer, brother of President Arturo Frondizi and of the philosophe

Was an Argentine intellectual and lawyer, brother of President Arturo Frondizi and of the philosopher Risieri Frondizi.Silvio Frondizi was born in Paso de los Libres, Corrientes Province, in 1909. He received a juris doctor from the University of Buenos Aires and in 1955 founded Praxis y Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR-Praxis), a left-wing revolutionary group. He then traveled to Cuba in support of Fidel Castro's revolution, meeting Che Guevara. Frondizi taught Law at both his alma mater and the University of La Plata, from 1958 onwards. He became known for his opposition to a bill supported by his brother, President Arturo Frondizi, in 1959, which facilitated the operation of parochial schools. As part of his law practice, he defended the Trotskyist Workers Revolutionary Party's (PRT) political prisoners. Silvio Frondizi was assassinated by the Triple A death squad in September 1974.[1]

Was a German composer and lutenist. Weiss was one of the most important and most prolific composers

Was a German composer and lutenist. Weiss was one of the most important and most prolific composers of lute music in history and one of the best-known and most technically accomplished lutenists of his day. He wrote around 600 pieces for lute, most of them grouped into 'sonatas' (not to be confused with the later classical sonata, based on sonata form) or suites, which consist mostly of baroque dance pieces. Weiss also wrote chamber pieces and concertos, but only the solo parts have survived.

Was a French humorist, writer and comedian. he was part of the team of Les Grosses Têtes, a humoris

Was a French humorist, writer and comedian. he was part of the team of Les Grosses Têtes, a humoristic program on radio and TV. He also played the part of Geriatrix in Asterix movies (Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar and Astérix at the Olympic Games).[1]

Was a Chinese writer. He was a minor official of the Western Han Dynasty but was better known for hi

Was a Chinese writer. He was a minor official of the Western Han Dynasty but was better known for his poetic skills, jiu business, and controversial marriage to the widow Zhuo Wenjun after both eloped. One of his most famous works is the Chang Men Fu (literally "Ode of the Wide Gate"), written in the style fu, of rhymed prose under commission from a former Empress.

Is a British poet, playwright, and novelist. Before finding success with his poetry he worked as a p

Is a British poet, playwright, and novelist. Before finding success with his poetry he worked as a probation officer, an undertaker's assistant and a supermarket shelf stacker.

Was a French composer of the Renaissance, active in northern Italy. A prolific composer of madrigals

Was a French composer of the Renaissance, active in northern Italy. A prolific composer of madrigals as well as sacred music, he was closely connected with the court of Marguerite of Savoy. He was also the earliest documented choirmaster at the church of Santa Maria presso San Celso in Milan.

Was a Dutch writer who became a well known public figure in the Netherlands because of his daily new

Was a Dutch writer who became a well known public figure in the Netherlands because of his daily newspaper columns and his television appearances.Simon Johannes Carmiggelt was born on 7 October 1913 in The Hague, the second son of Herman Carmiggelt and Jeanne Bik. He had one older brother, Jan. Simon did not turn out to be a very bright student, and he left secondary school in 1929. He enjoyed working as an editor for the school paper though, and he was determined to become a journalist.

Is a Dutch writer.He has specialized in television and film scripts, he won the Golden Calf in 2000

Is a Dutch writer.He has specialized in television and film scripts, he won the Golden Calf in 2000 (grand prize for the Netherlands Film), for best screenplay for the film Leak.[1]Leak also won best film, best director and best actor, and several international awards, making it one of the most successful Dutch films.[2] Several of the series he wrote, were either nominated or awarded with prizes for best television series in the Netherlands, for instance Unit 13, Bureau Kruislaan and Baantjer. Baantjer won the 'Golden Televizier Ring' for best series, after being nominated for it twice.

Was an Albanian composer of many popular pieces for piano and orchestra.Gjoni was born in the city o

Was an Albanian composer of many popular pieces for piano and orchestra.Gjoni was born in the city of Shkodër, Albania. He was educated in a rank and file urban family and graduated from the "Illyricum" High School of the city. Very soon he learned to play guitar, trombone, the piano and devoted himself with enthusiasm and passion to the art of music. In the years of his youth, he composed over 200 original songs, which were immediately sang in the city of Shkodër and were spread all over Albania, such as "Lule Bore" (English: Snow-Flower), "Syte e tu si drite" (English: Your Eyes Like Light), "Weaving girl".

Is an American author of mainly science fiction and fantasy novels. He was born Nicholas Valentin Ye

Is an American author of mainly science fiction and fantasy novels. He was born Nicholas Valentin Yermakov, but began writing as Simon Hawke in 1984 and later changed his legal name to Hawke. He has also written near future adventure novels under the penn

Is a Dutch author and poet.His first collection of poetry, published in 1954, was called Children's

Is a Dutch author and poet.His first collection of poetry, published in 1954, was called Children's Room, but his breakthrough came in the 1960s and 1970s in the Provo generation. Especially well received was his publication Melancholic Stories for around the Central Heating of 1973.

Was a Slovene poet, lyricist and writer.Jenko was born in Podreca in the Sora Plain (Sorško polje)

Was a Slovene poet, lyricist and writer.Jenko was born in Podreca in the Sora Plain (Sorško polje) in Upper Carniola, then part of the Austrian Empire, now in Slovenia, as an illegitimate son of poor peasant parents. Later he moved with his parents to Pra

Is a British author. He writes about sports "from an anthropologic perspective."[1]Kuper was born in

Is a British author. He writes about sports "from an anthropologic perspective."[1]Kuper was born in Uganda of South African parents in 1969, and moved to Leiden in the Netherlands as a child, where his father, Adam Kuper, was a lecturer in anthropology at Leiden University. He has also lived in Stanford, California, and London. He studied History and German at Oxford University, and attended Harvard University as a Kennedy Scholar.