Manuel Vicent is a Spanish writer. He was born in La Vilavella, Castellón and studied philosophy and law at the University of Valencia. A prolific author, he has written more than 40 books. He has won several literary prizes, including the Premio Nadal and the Premio Alfaguara, which he won twice.
Manuel Vilas is a Spanish writer. He has achieved distinction in several genres, including poetry, essays, short stories and novels. His novel Alegría was a finalist for the Premio Planeta while an earlier book Ordesa won the Prix Femina Étranger.
Manvel Ghazaryan is an Armenian politician. He attended the Armenian State University of Economics. Ghazaryan served as an Independent member of the National Assembly of Armenia from 1999 to 2007.
Manwel Dimech, also known as Manuel Dimech was a Maltese socialist, philosopher, journalist, writer, poet and social revolutionary. Born in Valletta and brought up in extreme poverty and illiteracy, Dimech spent significant portions of his early life in the Maltese prison system, mostly on charges of petty theft. At the age of seventeen, Dimech was arrested for the crime of involuntary murder, and sentenced to seventeen years in jail. After being thrown in jail, Dimech started to educate himself and became a man of letters.
Shen Dehong, best known by the pen name of Mao Dun, was a Chinese novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright, literary and cultural critic. He was highly celebrated for his realist novels, including Midnight, which depicts life in cosmopolitan Shanghai. Mao was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party and participated in a number of left-wing cultural movements during the 1920s and 1930s. He was the editor-in-chief of Fiction Monthly and helped lead the League of Left-Wing Writers. He formed a strong friendship with fellow left-wing Chinese author Lu Xun. From 1949 to 1965, Mao served as the first Minister of Culture in the People's Republic of China.
Maqsud Shayxzoda was a Soviet-Uzbek writer, poet, playwright; literary and linguistic scholar, author of translations of classical works of world literature into Uzbek and educator. He was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR in 1964. By nationality, he was an Azerbaijani.
Mar Abas Katina was a Chaldean scholar, presumably an ancient Syrian historian. Mar Abas Katina first appears in the work of Movses Khorenatsi. His work served as the primary source for nearly the entirety of the first book and the first nine chapters of the second book of Movses Khorentasi's “History of Armenia”.
