Sentence examples for as its first writer from inspiring English sources

In the 11th century, Telugu literature was born under the patronage of the Eastern Chalukyas with Nannaya Bhatta as its first writer.

Robert W. Creamer, who as a boy saw Babe Ruth belt home runs and went on to become a self-described "troubadour" of sports, writing acclaimed biographies of Ruth and Casey Stengel and joining Sports Illustrated as one of its first writers, died Wednesday in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Last month, Flintshire's Gladstone Library, the country's only residential library, announced its first writer-in-residence as author Naomi Alderman.

The presidential aspirations for the former Louisiana governor faded, but Patel made it on "SNL" anyway — as its first Indian-American writer.

With Tina Fey as its first female head writer and the female featured players as its breakout performers, "Saturday Night Live" does do brilliant satire -- of women.

Attracted by his breadth of interests, ranging from schizophrenia to music, Columbia University has appointed Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and writer, as its first Columbia artist, a newly created designation.

The IOC elected the Greek writer Demetrius Vikelas as its first president.

A plaque on the outside of the building describes her as "the first writer of the United States to settle in France out of love of the country and its literature".

This engaging biography frames him as the first writer to capture the transformation of artists from mere "craftsmen" to "thinkers".

Identifying Scott Fitzgerald as the first writer to mention the daiquiri, he goes on to enumerate the Cuban potion's ingredients and advise on mixing them.

Though Hollinghurst does not dwell on the point, he is feted in some quarters as the first writer to win the Booker with a gay novel.