Profiles — Creators

Creators

Directors, broadcasters, animators and makers whose work shaped what audiences watched.

French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945)

Paul Valéry

Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher.

French poet (1844-1896)

Paul Verlaine

Paul Marie Verlaine was a French poet, writer and critic associated with the Symbolist, Parnassianist and Decadent movements.

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Chinese women Nobel Prize winner, author, teacher, missionary (1892–1973)

Pearl S. Buck

Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck was an American writer and humanitarian.

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Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Henao was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer.

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Pope

Pelagius I

Pope Pelagius I was the bishop of Rome from 16 April 556 to his death on 3 March 561.

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Pope and Bishop of Rome (r. 579-590)

Pelagius II

Pope Pelagius II was the bishop of Rome from 26 November 579 to his death on 7 February 590.

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British Romantic poet (1792–1822)

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets.

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American business consultant (1909–2005)

Peter Drucker

Peter Ferdinand Drucker was an Austrian American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of modern management theory.

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Austrian writer, playwright and film director (born 1942)

Peter Handke

Peter Handke is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter.

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