Profiles — Creators

Creators

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

American television writer and novelist

Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins is an American author and television writer who is best known as the author of the young adult dystopian fiction book series The Hunger Games.

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Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer (born 1948)

Svetlana Alexievich

Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich is a Belarusian author, investigative journalist, and oral historian who writes in Russian.

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Pope of the Catholic Church from 999 to 1003

Sylvester II

Pope Sylvester II, originally known as Gerbert of Aurillac, was a scholar and teacher who served as the bishop of Rome and led the Papal States from 999 until his death in 1003.

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American poet and writer (1932–1963)

Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath was an American poet and author.

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President of South Korea from 1948 to 1960

Syngman Rhee

Syngman Rhee was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 until his resignation in 1960.

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British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)

T. E. Lawrence

Thomas Edward Lawrence was a British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer known for his role during the Arab Revolt and Sinai and Palestine campaign against the Ottoman Empire in the First World War.

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US-British poet (1888–1965)

T. S. Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, essayist and playwright.

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Roman historian and senator (c. 56 – c. 120)

Tacitus

Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus, was a Roman historian and politician.

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Ukrainian poet and artist (1814–1861)

Taras Shevchenko

Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklorist and ethnographer.

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