Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter T

Was an English author best known for his sequence of Arthurian novels, The Once and Future King, fir

Was an English author best known for his sequence of Arthurian novels, The Once and Future King, first published together in 1958.White was born in Bombay, India, the son of Garrick Hansbury White, an Indian police superintendent, and Constance White. Terence White had a discordant childhood, with an alcoholic father and an emotionally frigid mother, and his parents separated when Terence was fourteen. White went to Cheltenham College, a public school, and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he was tutored by the scholar and occasional author L. J. Potts. Potts became a lifelong friend and correspondent, and White later referred to him as "the great literary influence in my life." While at Queens' College, White wrote a thesis on Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur (without reading it), and graduated in 1928 with a first-class degree in English.

Is a Polish journalist. She is perhaps best known for her award winning book, Oni (English: Them: St

Is a Polish journalist. She is perhaps best known for her award winning book, Oni (English: Them: Stalin's Polish Puppets).Teresa Toranska was born on January 1, 1944 in Wolkowysk, Belarus, which was then part of the occupied Second Polish Republic. She graduated from the Warsaw University's Department of Law. She worked as a journalist for the popular Polish weekly „Kultura” in the nineteen-seventies, and then throughout the following decade, for the leading Polish émigré literary journal Kultura paryska, banned in communist Poland and published in Paris, France. In the nineties Toranska hosted two television programs for Telewizja Polska (TVP):

Was an Argentine composer, violinist, pianist, and mandolinist.Tucci was born in Buenos Aires, in 18

Was an Argentine composer, violinist, pianist, and mandolinist.Tucci was born in Buenos Aires, in 1897. His first composition, Cariños de Madre was performed for a zarzuela at the Avenida Theatre, in 1917. Following a career as a violinist in local cinema orchestras, he left in 1923 for New York, and from 1930 to 1941, performed for NBC Radio. Prominent recording label RCA Victor named Tucci executive producer of their lucrative Latin American music unit in 1932, and in 1934, he performed with fellow countryman Carlos Gardel during the renowned tango vocalist's Paramount Pictures contract.

Is a playwright who lives in San Francisco. In 2004, she ran for the United States House of Represen

Is a playwright who lives in San Francisco. In 2004, she ran for the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Green Party, against House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat.

Is an American author. Her interest in books comes from working at a library when she was sixteen. S

Is an American author. Her interest in books comes from working at a library when she was sixteen. She received her BA in journalism in 1986 at University of California, Berkeley. Her work is characterized by strong female protagonists.

Is a Japanese author. He was born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture and graduated from the faculty of letter

Is a Japanese author. He was born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture and graduated from the faculty of letters at Otemon Gakuin University after which he became a copywriter. In 1950, he began to write his first novel and quit his job. Although he later joined another company, he quit again in 1952.

Was a Japanese writer.He was born and raised in Tokyo, and studied French literature at Waseda Unive

Was a Japanese writer.He was born and raised in Tokyo, and studied French literature at Waseda University. After dropping out of university, he worked as an editor of Weekly Manga Action. As a disciple of Takaaki Yoshimoto, he wrote for Yoshimoto's magazine "Shikô (??: Trial)". In 1970s, his novel "Mô hitotsu no seikatsu (Another Life)" was nominated for The Akutagawa Prize. William Faulkner and Oe Kenzaburo had a big influence on his novels.

Was a Japanese theatrical and film director, critic and author. First coming to prominence for his t

Was a Japanese theatrical and film director, critic and author. First coming to prominence for his theatrical criticism, in the 1940s and 1950s he produced influential and popular experimental kabuki plays. Beginning in the mid-1950s, he continued his innovative theatrical work in noh, kyogen and modern theater.In the 1960s, Takechi entered the film industry by producing controversial soft-core theatrical pornography. His 1964 film Daydream was the first big-budget, mainstream pink film released in Japan. After the release of his 1965 film Black Snow, the government arrested him on indecency charges

A Japanese writer from Nagoya, Aichi. He was awarded the Akutagawa Prize in 2007 for Asatte no Hito

A Japanese writer from Nagoya, Aichi. He was awarded the Akutagawa Prize in 2007 for Asatte no Hito (??????, "The person of the day after tomorrow").[1] The novel was first published in the literary magazine Gunzo, winning the magazine's award for new writers.[2]

Is a senior Finnish writer, journalist, researcher and eHealth developer. He is Communications Direc

Is a senior Finnish writer, journalist, researcher and eHealth developer. He is Communications Director of the A-Clinic Foundation, the main Finnish addictions treatment organisation and Editor-in-Chief of the leading Finnish journal on addictions Tiimi and of the most popular Finnish web and mobile portal on addictions AddictionLink. He also coordinates apua.info, a joint portal of over 20 main Finnish NGOs on mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence and child care.

He is a writer and a prominent political figure. He is the president of the association Manifeste de

He is a writer and a prominent political figure. He is the president of the association Manifeste des libertés which unites Muslim artists and scholars against Islamism. It took a clear stance on the Denmark cartoon issue, defending freedom of expression. Tewfik Allal is also an active member of Peace Now.

Is a poet, novelist and literary reviewer in Kerala, a southern state in India. He writes both in Ma

Is a poet, novelist and literary reviewer in Kerala, a southern state in India. He writes both in Malayalam, his native language and English. His poems have been translated into many languages and published in the United States and Europe. A regular contr

A contemporary Greek-Australian poet.thalia was born in Katerini, Greece and came to Melbourne, Aust

A contemporary Greek-Australian poet.thalia was born in Katerini, Greece and came to Melbourne, Australia with her family in 1952. In her youth she worked in 'sly grog' cafes and later as a secretary. It was in this capacity that she first encountered the Pitman Shorthand for dictation which she uses as the building blocks of a unique style of concrete poetry. This involves using iconic aspects of shorthand characters to produce poems having both pictorial and verbal references to their subjects. Also including the more common type of page poetry, her work addresses issues of oppression and social justice from a marginalised perspective. She record a CD of her spoken poetry and was instrumental in the workers poetry magazine 925 which grew out of a poetry reading she organised.

Was born in Patras, Greece and is one of the leading composers of popular and classical music in his

Was born in Patras, Greece and is one of the leading composers of popular and classical music in his home country. He studied music theory and piano at the Patras Philharmonic Society and at the Greek Conservatory and continued under Yiannis A. Papaioannou. While studying music he graduated with a degree in Mathematics from the University of Athens.

M.Phil (JNU), Ph.D. (UCLA) is James McGill professor of International Relations in the department of

M.Phil (JNU), Ph.D. (UCLA) is James McGill professor of International Relations in the department of Political Science at McGill University.T.V. Paul (Thazha Varkey Paul) is James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, where he has been teaching since 1991. Paul specializes and teaches courses in international relations, especially international security, regional security and South Asia. With 11 books to his credit (all published through major university presses) Paul has emerged as a leading international relations scholar in North America.

An Australian novelist and short story writer

An Australian novelist and short story writer

Was a Dutch author of children's books, born as Thea Petie.Most of her books have a historical backg

Was a Dutch author of children's books, born as Thea Petie.Most of her books have a historical background, requiring her to do a lot of reading. She has romanticized part of history, allowing her to write exciting and adventurous novels for children and teenagers.

Was an American jazz pianist and composer.Widely considered one of the most important musicians in j

Was an American jazz pianist and composer.Widely considered one of the most important musicians in jazz, Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't". Often regarded as a founder of bebop, Monk's playing style later evolved away from that form. His compositions and improvisations are full of dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists, and are impossible to separate from Monk's unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of silences and hesitations; a style nicknamed "Melodious Thunk" by his wife Nellie.

Was a Dutch pianist and composer.

Was a Dutch pianist and composer.

Was a German pianist, conductor and composer, particularly of film music. In 1928 at the Theater am

Was a German pianist, conductor and composer, particularly of film music. In 1928 at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm he conducted the first performance of Dreigroschenoper.[1] Mackeben arranged the music from Millöckers operetta Gräfin Dubarry, for a 1931 production entitled Die Dubarry including an original song Ich schenk mein Herz nur dir allein.[2]

Was a German inventor and musician, who perfected the modern Western concert flute and its improved

Was a German inventor and musician, who perfected the modern Western concert flute and its improved fingering system (now known as the "Boehm system"). He was a Bavarian court musician, a virtuoso flautist, and a celebrated composer for the flute.[1]

He creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry, flourished in the 3rd century BC.

He creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry, flourished in the 3rd century BC.

Was a German composer and conductor[1]. He studied composition with Felix Draeseke and W. Brookman a

Was a German composer and conductor[1]. He studied composition with Felix Draeseke and W. Brookman at the Dresden Conservatory. In 1931 he became the conductor of the Dresden Radio Orchestra, and after this moved to Leipzig to head the Middle German Radio Orchestra there for eleven years. He spent the rest of his life in Berlin[1].

Was a German composer and a notable piano virtuoso of the Romantic period. He studied under Julius B

Was a German composer and a notable piano virtuoso of the Romantic period. He studied under Julius Benedict, Carl Czerny, and Simon Sechter. [1] Döhler's father († 1843 in Lucca) lived and worked as Kapellmeister in Naples. Döhler was a child prodigy and received his first musical education in Naples from conductor Julius Benedict. He began performing in public concerts in Naples at the age of 13.

Was a Franco-Flemish composer from the Renaissance.

Was a Franco-Flemish composer from the Renaissance.