Quiz For A Million! Part Deux!

Welcome back all.

A double question quiz this week!

Which brilliant contemporary writer

had this 

“Dizzyingly tight juxtaposition of highly contrasting themes that follow rapidly one upon another, without transitions and, often, resonating simultaneously; a tension between brutality and tenderness within an extremely short time span. And yet further: a tension between beauty and ugliness..."

to say

 to describe the style of the music of 

his fellow 

countryman/composer?
And who is this composer?

The hints are all around!

Another hint...

This author just published a new work 

containing 

essays with insights into creativity.