American country-western singer, songwriter and philosopher. A nice looking white youth, Earl was the son of a railroad man who was mostly out of work…
American Cherokee author who received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas in 2007. He was an enrolled member of…
American novelist, poet, and short story-writer. Connell’s novels Mrs. Bridge (1959) and Mr. Bridge (1969) are bittersweet, gently satirical portraits of a conventional, unimaginative upper…
Spanish poet, narrative writer and teacher. In 1931 she founded the first Popular University of Cartagena, along with her husband Antonio Oliver Belmás. She was…
French novelist, critic, and playwright from the French Overseas department and region of Guadeloupe. Condé is best known for her novel Ségou. Her novels explore…
American producer, engineer, mixer and writer, who has also fronted the indie rock band The Paper Chase, and written music for a newer project entitled…
French screenwriter and film director, born in a jewish Russian family. Her older sister is the contralto Irène Companeez. She had been the collaborator of…
Scottish writer best known as the creator of the modern detective story, and of the characters Sherlock Holmes and his colleague Dr. Watson. Studying at…
American filmmaker known as the writer, director, and producer of the 2015 documentary film The Gettysburg Address. He won the 2003 Bronze Telly Award (Biography)…
Italian singer-songwriter, who started his career with the cabaret group “I mormoranti”, performing at the Derby Club in his hometown. He debuted as a singer-songwriter…
French author and screenwriter. In 1952 Conchon was head of division in the French Parliament. He traveled a lot, especially to Africa. In 1960 he…
Italian screenwriter and film director. After receiving a degree in architecture, Comencini started as a photographer, then film critic for the weekly “Tempo,” 1939-1941. In…
French writer and journalist. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French journalist and writer. He works for the Canard Enchaîné, under the pseudonym Luke Décygnes. He is also a columnist in Paris Match. Link to…
American independent filmmaker (producer, director, writer) based in New York City, known for Kappa (2007) and My Friend Stendhal (2013).
American country music artist best known for her collaboration with her husband, country singer and songwriter Waylon Jennings, and for her 1975 country-pop crossover hit…
Canadian author, editor, and poet, who has published over 200 titles, including major anthologies and reference works, making him the second-most prolific author in Canadian…
Italian blogger, radio host, television presenter, columnist, television author and writer, also known on the internet as Stazzitta, from the name of her blog. Link…
Italian TV hostess and journalist, who began her television career in 1982 as host or writer of several shows for RAI, Italian state television, and…
French journalist and writer. He died in Paris on 23 March 2009. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor. He wrote the scores of several motion pictures and TV productions. He also wrote chamber music and ballets. He…
French screenwriter and film director. He died 25 January 1958. Link to Wikipedia biography
English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor most known as the drummer and later lead singer of the rock band Genesis and for his…
Italian children’s writer known for the world-renowned fairy tale novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio. He died 26 October 1890. Link to Wikipedia biography
American theosophist, a friend and later enemy of Helena Blavatsky, who lived with her in her London home when she arrived from India. A 19th…
British historian and writer. As a teenager, he became a UFO investigator, and in 1977 he investigated the first-ever missing time abduction case reported in…
British painter, writer and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was the son of landscape and genre painter William Collins. His older brother was…
German singer, the second tenor with the Comedian Harmonists, an internationally famous, all-male German close harmony ensemble that performed between 1928 and 1934 as one…
Mexican writer and painter whose books include Falsario (1963), Poema piedra (1970) and Zumo (1995). Link to Wikipedia biography (Spanish)
French journalist and writer. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French writer, film theorist and professor, he was a journalist at Télérama from 1959 to 1971, and for Cahiers du Cinema from 1961 to 1968.…
French writer and astrologer, formerly singer, he is mainly interested in symbols. He was the managing editor of the periodical “Vous et Votre Avenir”, participated…
Educator, and Puerto Rican writer from a family of historians and politicians. She was president of the Society of Authors of San Juan Puerto Rican…
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Romantic Manifesting Generator Samuel Taylor Coleridge, born on October 21, 1772, in Ottery St. Mary, England, is a name synonymous with…
French writer of voluptuous fiction, drama, criticism, and literary correspondence for a newspaper. Colette’s personal life was a bedroom farce with male and female lovers…
American actor, singer, author, screenwriter, and producer. He gained international recognition for his portrayal of countertenor Kurt Hummel on the hit television singing series Glee…
American singer/songwriter, record producer, businesswoman, and television personality, whose career began when she met MC Hammer at the age of 12, and later met rapper…
English singer and songwriter, known for his role as lead singer of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from 1984 to 1989, and for his subsequent…
American astrologer and author. He was diagnosed with AIDS 7/22/1988 and died 8/13/1992, 1:24 PM PDT, San Francisco, CA. His lover of the past nine…
British actress who gained national attention in 1981 with the 30 episode TV dramatic series “Tenko” 10/20/1981 to 12/16/1984 about the Japanese POW camp for…
British-Australian larger-than-life radio funnyman, television presenter, writer, performer of comedy and advertorial spokesperson, he started his media career in Australia in the late 1970s, but…
American pro astrologer and writer in San Francisco, CA; who began her studies in 1934.
Australian country music singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She has released eight albums, with three reaching the ARIA Albums Chart top 40, Little Victories (20 January 2003),…
Italian writer, journalist, criminologist, socialist and politician. In the 1880s he abandoned republicanism for socialism, and became Italy’s leading theoretical writer on the issue for…
Leonard Cohen: A Musical Visionary and His Human Design Leonard Cohen, a Canadian novelist, songwriter, and folksinger, left an indelible mark on the world with…
American playwright, actor, producer, director and songwriter. He was one of the most versatile figures in the American theater. He was awarded the Congressional Medal…
French writer, TV screenwriter and photographer. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in 40 films between 1954 and 1998. He was married to actress Pascale Audret. He died on…
Belgian actor, writer, director, and drama teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Mons. His partner in life and the theatre is Belgian actress Marie-Paule Kumps.…