Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter T

Is an American poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer.Tim Miller was originally in charge of Six Gall

Is an American poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer.Tim Miller was originally in charge of Six Gallery Press. Eventually he handed over duties to a collective formed by some of the other authors he'd published.

Is an American novelist who mainly writes about his experiences in the Vietnam War and the impact th

Is an American novelist who mainly writes about his experiences in the Vietnam War and the impact the war had on the American soldiers who fought there. He regularly teaches in the MFA creative writing program at Minnesota West Technical College in Worthington, Minnesota and currently holds the Mitte Chair in Creative Writing at the MFA program of Texas State University-San Marcos.

Is a television journalist. He is the Chairman of the Doha Debates, a forum for free speech in Qatar

Is a television journalist. He is the Chairman of the Doha Debates, a forum for free speech in Qatar, and was the presenter of BBC's HARDtalk.

A contemporary Australian poet.Thorne [1] lives in Launceston, Tasmania. He is the author of ten vol

A contemporary Australian poet.Thorne [1] lives in Launceston, Tasmania. He is the author of ten volumes of poetry, the most recent being Best Bitter in 2006.In 1985, he inaugurated the Tasmanian Poetry Festival, which he directed until 2001 and which incorporates his invention, the Launceston Poetry Cup, a performance poetry concept now imitated all over Australia and internationally.Thorne has been writer-in-residence with a number of organisations, including the Miscellaneous Workers Union and the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, and has worked as a poet in schools, universities and prisons.

Was an American writer, psychologist, futurist, and advocate of psychedelic drug research and use, a

Was an American writer, psychologist, futurist, and advocate of psychedelic drug research and use, and one of the first people whose remains have been sent into space. An icon of 1960s counterculture, Leary is most famous as a proponent of the therapeutic and spiritual benefits of LSD. He coined and popularized the catch phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out."

Was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-

Was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's Meet the Press. He was NBC News' Washington bureau chief and also hosted the eponymous CNBC/MSNBC weekend interview program Tim Russert. He was a frequent correspondent and guest on NBC's The Today Show and Hardball. Russert covered several presidential elections, and he presented the NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey on the NBC Nightly News during the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

An acclaimed Australian novelist and short story writer.Curtin University of Technology, Winton wrot

An acclaimed Australian novelist and short story writer.Curtin University of Technology, Winton wrote his first novel, An Open Swimmer. It went on to win The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1981, and launched his writing career. In fact, he wrote "the best part of three books while at university".[6] His second book, Shallows, won the Miles Franklin Award in 1984. It wasn't until Cloudstreet was published in 1991, however, that his career and economic future were cemented.[6]

Is a South African journalist, TV and radio presenter. He has also held a number of senior positions

Is a South African journalist, TV and radio presenter. He has also held a number of senior positions in governmental and non-governmental organisations, including chairing the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee and advising the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism.[1]His awards include SABC "Best Broadcaster in Radio" (1999), GQ Magazine's "Presenter Of The Year" (2001)[1] and the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation's "Reconcilliation Award" (2001).[2]

Is an Anglo-Chinese novelist. Born to a Welsh-Yorkshire mother and a Hong Kong Chinese father, Mo li

Is an Anglo-Chinese novelist. Born to a Welsh-Yorkshire mother and a Hong Kong Chinese father, Mo lived in Hong Kong until the age of 10 before he moved to Britain, studying at St John's College, Oxford.

Is considered to be one of the greatest Croatian poets of all times.Ujevic distinguished himself in

Is considered to be one of the greatest Croatian poets of all times.Ujevic distinguished himself in three fields: as a translator, essayist and feuilltonist and poet. He translated numerous works of poetry, novels and short stories into Croatian (Walt Whitman, Marcel Proust, Joseph Conrad, Benvenuto Cellini, George Meredith, ...).

Is an African American novelist, filmmaker, teacher, and journalist

Is an African American novelist, filmmaker, teacher, and journalist

Is an Indian poet, journalist, and dancer based in Chennai. Born in Madras, India, to a Welsh mother

Is an Indian poet, journalist, and dancer based in Chennai. Born in Madras, India, to a Welsh mother and Gujurati father, she received an Eric Gregory Award in 2001. Her first collection Countries of the Body won the 2006 Forward Poetry Prize for best fir

Was a renowned composer of over 2,000 salsa songs.After he graduated from high school, he enrolled i

Was a renowned composer of over 2,000 salsa songs.After he graduated from high school, he enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico where he studied journalism and sociology. He worked for the United States Postal Service, a job which he held for more than twenty years. All the while he continued to compose songs. In 1960 he moved to New York City and worked for the newspaper "La Prensa" as a sports journalist. In 1965, Alonso met salsa singer Joe Quijano who recorded Alonso's Efectivamente which became a hit. Alonso developed a unique style of his own which is known as "salsa with a conscience". He wrote songs about social and romantic themes which told about the poor blacks and the hardships that they faced. He also focused many of his songs on what he called the beauty of the black caribbeans.[3]

Was a noted Argentine jazz drummer.Tito Alberti was born Juan Alberto Ficicchia in the port city of

Was a noted Argentine jazz drummer.Tito Alberti was born Juan Alberto Ficicchia in the port city of Zárate to a Sicilian father and an Argentine mother, in 1923. Enjoying a gregarious childhood, he formed a band at age 7 with two brothers, Virgilio and Homero Expósito. The Expósitos, proprietors of a popular local café, encouraged the youthful trio to perform regularly at the establishment: Virgilio was the pianist, Homero played the ukelele, and Tito (as he was known by then) played battery and drums; among the audience one evening in 1930 was legendary Tango crooner Carlos Gardel.[1]

Was a Georgian poet and one of the leaders of Georgian symbolist movement. He fell victim to Stalin’s Great Purge, being arrested and executed on trumped-up charges of treason. Tabidze was a close friend of the well-known Russian writer Boris Pasternak wh

Is the main alias of the Eurasian intellectual and writer Jan Boon

Is the main alias of the Eurasian intellectual and writer Jan Boon

Is a lawyer and anthropologist from the Netherlands. Since 1996 he is primarily based in Mongolia an

Is a lawyer and anthropologist from the Netherlands. Since 1996 he is primarily based in Mongolia and China. He has published several books and articles about Asia, and has written travel stories about Mongolia in the South China Morning Post, Asian Art and Trouw.Between 2000 and 2004, he served as adviser to Prime Minister of Mongolia Nambaryn Enkhbayar. He was also the adviser to his successful election campaign to become President of Mongolia in 2005.

Was a Scottish author, best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Rand

Was a Scottish author, best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748) and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1753).Smollett was born at Dalquhurn, now part of Renton, in present-day West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. H

Is a German classical guitarist and composer. He studied with Prof. Hubert Käppel at the Hochschule

Is a German classical guitarist and composer. He studied with Prof. Hubert Käppel at the Hochschule für Musik Köln and continued his studies with Simon Dinnigan at the UCE Birmingham Conservatoire of Music and with Antigoni Goni at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles. He is founder and Artistic Director of the Cologne Classical Ensemble (Kölner Klassik Ensemble). Between 2005 and 2008 he was appointed lecturer at the University of Cologne. In 2009 he founded, with Hubert Käppel KSG Exaudio, a new label especially for guitar music. He is performing as soloist, with the Cologne Classical Ensemble, the Astor Trio and in different duo combinations. He has released recordings with Sony Classical and KSG Exaudio and has been broadcasted on several TV and radio stations, e. g. ARD, WDR, HR, Bayrische Rundfunk and SWR. His arrangements and compositions have been published by Tonos (Darmstadt) and KSG Edition (Köln).

Was a South African jazz pianist, composer and journalist.During this period, Matshikiza composed so

Was a South African jazz pianist, composer and journalist.During this period, Matshikiza composed songs and choral works; in particular Hamba Kahle, now a standard South Africa piece.In 1952, Matshikiza was asked to join Drum magazine and was one of the first writers, together with investigative journalist Henry Nxumalo. He wrote a jazz column covering the township scene, particularly in Sophiatown, where he commented on the likes of Kippie Moeketsi and Hugh Masekela who both played for the The Jazz Epistles. . He also covered township life in his regular column With the lid off. He subsequently worked for the Golden City Post.

Was a famous Macedonian composer, chorus and orchestra conductor.Among his famous works is the Repub

Was a famous Macedonian composer, chorus and orchestra conductor.Among his famous works is the Republic of Macedonia's national anthem ????? ??? ?????????? ("Today Over Macedonia").

Was a well known Bangladeshi researcher of Folk Art. He was also a collector of Folk artifacts and h

Was a well known Bangladeshi researcher of Folk Art. He was also a collector of Folk artifacts and has authored several books on Bangladeshi Folk arts and Crafts. He was awarded the Shilu Abed Karushilpa Prize (Shilu Abed Crafts Award) for his contribution to Folk Arts and Craft in 1998. He was also elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Bangla Academy in 2001.

Is an American poet.Derricotte was born the daughter of Antonia Baquet, a Creole from Louisiana, and

Is an American poet.Derricotte was born the daughter of Antonia Baquet, a Creole from Louisiana, and Benjamin Sweeney Webster, a Kentucky native, and later half-sister to Benjamin, Jr. At around ten or eleven years old, she began a secret journal that inc

A Japanese writer who won a race around the world in 1928. He has written many books, most notably P

A Japanese writer who won a race around the world in 1928. He has written many books, most notably Prince of the Air: Around the World in 33 Days, and is sometimes called the Pioneer of Efficiency Management in Japan.[1]

Was a Finnish conductor and composer. He was born in the city of Vaasa (in those days Nikolainkaupun

Was a Finnish conductor and composer. He was born in the city of Vaasa (in those days Nikolainkaupunki), when Finland still was a Grand Duchy under Russian rule. He is known as a colorful and passionate portrayer of Finnish nature and people. He was also known to be a fanatical fennoman.A Swedish critic once said that Kuula's music reaches parts of the human spirit where one is forced to deep examination of one's self.[citation needed] Toivo Kuula died in the provincial hospital in Viipuri in 1918 after being mortally wounded 18 days earlier on Walpurgis Night by a bullet fired by a Jäger. The bullet was fired as a result of a quarrel that happened at the Hotel Seurahuone in conjunction with the first victory celebration of the white victory in the Civil War of Finland. Kuula is buried in Hietaniemi cemetery, Helsinki.