14. W.Safire

William Lewis Safire (December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009) was an American author, columnist обозреватель, journalist, and presidential speechwriter.

Occupation – Author, columnist, lexicographer, journalist, and political speechwriter

Genres – Non-fiction

Subjects – Politics

Born into a Jewish family, Safir, with Romanian roots on his father's side,[3] William Safire later added the "e" for pronunciation reasons, though some of his relatives continue to use the original spelling. Safire graduated from the Bronx High School of Science, a specialized public high school in New York City. He attended Syracuse University but dropped out after two years. He delivered the commencement address at Syracuse in 1978 and 1990, and became a trustee of the university.

He was a public relations executive from 1955 to 1960. Previously, he had been a radio and television producer and an Army correspondent.

15. K.Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp Murry (14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction in 19-20 century.

Pen name – Katherine Mansfield

Literary movement – Modernism

Genres – Short stories

Was born and brought up in colonial New Zealand and wrote under the pen name of Katherine Mansfield. Mansfield left for Great Britain when she was 19 where she encountered Modernist writers such as D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf with whom she became close friends. Her stories often focus on moments of disruption and frequently open rather abruptly. Among her most well-known stories are "The Garden Party", "The Daughters of the Late Colonel" and "The Fly." During the First World War Mansfield contracted extrapulmonary tuberculosis, which rendered any return or visit to New Zealand impossible and led to her death at the age of 34.