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Was a Lithuanian writer, dramatist and one of the most famous realistic prosaists. Vienuolis was bor

Was a Lithuanian writer, dramatist and one of the most famous realistic prosaists. Vienuolis was born on April 7, 1882 in Užuožeriai, Anykšciai district, Russian Empire. His parents, Julijonas Žukauskas and Rozalija Baranauskaite, were peasants. Antanas w

Was a Croatian writer.He began to write in 1875. While his early works have Romantic tendencies, in

Was a Croatian writer.He began to write in 1875. While his early works have Romantic tendencies, in later years he was influenced by Realist literature. His stories and novels often had strong satiric overtones and represent harsh criticism to injustice in Croatian society of his time. One of his novels, Medu žabari, remained unfinished because citizens of Karlovac, protested after reading its first paragraphs in a local newspaper.

Was a Peruvian writer and philosopher of Basque ancestry. He was a member of the American Popular Re

Was a Peruvian writer and philosopher of Basque ancestry. He was a member of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA).Antenor Orrego was born in 1892 to José Asunción Orrego and Victoria Espinoza Villanueva in the Santa Cruz Province of the Caja

Was a Dutch journalist, novelist, and scenario writer.Anthonie Koolhaas was born on 16 November 1912

Was a Dutch journalist, novelist, and scenario writer.Anthonie Koolhaas was born on 16 November 1912 in Utrecht, Netherlands. He was the son of Teunis Koolhaas and Trijntje de Boer, and he had two elder brothers and an elder sister. He grew up in Utrecht, where the Remonstrant family lived. He had little connection with the members of his family and he developed a rich imagination. He wrote his first play at the age of seven.[1]

Is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, pianist and philosopher.[1] He has cre

Is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, pianist and philosopher.[1] He has created a large body of highly complex work. While not known by the general public, Braxton is one of the most prolific American musicians/composers to date, having released well over 100 albums since the 1960s.

Was an English novelist, critic, composer, librettist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, tra

Was an English novelist, critic, composer, librettist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, travel writer, broadcaster, translator, linguist and educationalist. Born in Manchester, he lived for long periods in Southeast Asia, the USA and Mediterranean Europe as well as in England. His fiction includes the Malayan trilogy (The Long Day Wanes) on the dying days of Britain's empire in the East; the Enderby quartet of novels about a poet and his muse; Nothing Like the Sun, a recreation of Shakespeare's love-life; A Clockwork Orange, an exploration of the nature of evil; and Earthly Powers, a panoramic saga of the 20th century. He published studies of Joyce, Hemingway, Shakespeare and Lawrence, produced the treatises on linguistics Language Made Plain and A Mouthful of Air, and was a prolific journalist, writing in several languages. He translated and adapted Cyrano de Bergerac, Oedipus the King, and Carmen for the stage; scripted Jesus of Nazareth and Moses the Lawgiver for the screen; invented the prehistoric language spoken in Quest for Fire; and composed the Sinfoni Melayu, the Symphony (No. 3) in C, and the opera Blooms of Dublin.

Was an English novelist best known for his twelve-volume work A Dance to the Music of Time, publishe

Was an English novelist best known for his twelve-volume work A Dance to the Music of Time, published between 1951 and 1975. According to his memoirs, Powell rhymes with pole (not towel).Powell was regarded by such writers as Evelyn Waugh and Kingsley Amis as amongst the greatest British novelists of the 20th century, and has been called the English equivalent of Marcel Proust. Powell's major work remains in print continuously, and has been the subject of TV and radio dramatisations.

Is a British journalist, broadcaster and writer, particularly known as a biographer of the British R

Is a British journalist, broadcaster and writer, particularly known as a biographer of the British Royal family and of artists including Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky, Lorenzo da Ponte and Laurence Olivier

Was an English playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. He was born in Liverpool and was the twin bro

Was an English playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. He was born in Liverpool and was the twin brother of the better-known Peter Shaffer. He graduated with a law degree from Trinity College, Cambridge University.Shaffer's most notable work is the play Sleuth (1970), which he adapted for the film version of the same name, and starred Sir Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine. He received Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America for both versions: for Best Play in 1971, and Best Screenplay in 1973. His other major screenplays include the Hitchcock thriller Frenzy (1972) and the British cult thriller The Wicker Man (1973) with whose director Robin Hardy Shaffer had previously set up a television production company in the United States called 'Hardy, Shaffer & Associates'.

His father originated from Poland, while his mother was the daughter of an Irishman from County Mayo

His father originated from Poland, while his mother was the daughter of an Irishman from County Mayo who ended up in one of Stalin’s concentration camps. Having lived in Russia and Germany, he now lives in Dublin.

Was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer. The chief interest in Munday for the modern reade

Was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer. The chief interest in Munday for the modern reader lies in his collaboration with Shakespeare and others on the play Sir Thomas More and his writings on Robin Hood.He was once thought to have been born in

Was a science journalist and publisher. Michaelis studied aeronautical engineering at the Imperial C

Was a science journalist and publisher. Michaelis studied aeronautical engineering at the Imperial College of the University of London before switching to Chemistry. He went on to obtain a doctorate on The Dehydrogenation of Alicyclic Compounds and Terpen

Is an African American writer of Hip hop[Literature] who began his writing career while still workin

Is an African American writer of Hip hop[Literature] who began his writing career while still working for The New York City Administration for Children’s Services [1]. He began writing seriously when he became a member of The Tuesday Night Writers’ Workshop ran by Professor Sue Shapiro of the NYU School of Continuing Education [2], and within a year his first novel was published. Whyte grew up in

Is a writer, social theorist, college lecturer, and consultant. Wilden has published numerous books

Is a writer, social theorist, college lecturer, and consultant. Wilden has published numerous books and articles which intersect a number of fields, including systems theory, film theory, structuralism, cybernetics, psychiatry, anthropological theory, water control projects, urban ecosystems, resource conservation, and communications and social relations.

Was a Dutch writer. He is remembered mostly for being chief editor of the Winkler Prins encyclopedia

Was a Dutch writer. He is remembered mostly for being chief editor of the Winkler Prins encyclopedia.Besides being an encyclopedist, Winkler Prins (a double surname) was a "Doopsgezind" (Mennonite) preacher. He also wrote editorials for many newspapers, as well as poetry.Winkler Prins studied science and literature in Utrecht and later studied theology at the Doopsgezind Seminarium (Mennonite Seminary) in Amsterdam. From 1841 to 1850, he preached in the village of Tjalleberd.

Is an American editor and anchor on the Hong Kong television and media station Phoenix Television. H

Is an American editor and anchor on the Hong Kong television and media station Phoenix Television. He is also a columnist on Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao.

A contemporary Australian poet and prose-writer of Greek-Romanian heritage. She has also been a teac

A contemporary Australian poet and prose-writer of Greek-Romanian heritage. She has also been a teacher, and a member of the Literature Board of the Australia Council.Antigone Kefala and family moved to Greece and then New Zealand after World War II. Having studied French Literature at Victoria University, she relocated to Australia in 1960. There she has taught English as a second language and worked as a university and arts administrator. Her poetry and prose is written in both Greek and English, with Absence: New and Selected Poems reissued in a second edition in 1998. Her work is characterised by an austere allusiveness unusual in Australian poetry. Aside from Greek and English it has been translated into Czech and French.

Was a Greek composer and conductor. He was born in Lixouri, Cephallonia on December 25, 1903. He stu

Was a Greek composer and conductor. He was born in Lixouri, Cephallonia on December 25, 1903. He studied composition and conducting in Leipzig, Basel and Vienna with Ludwig, Kofler and Felix Weingartner. From 1933 on he taught composition and counterpoint at the Hellenic Conservatory of Athens. In 1957 he was elected president of the Union of Greek Composers in 1957. Evangelatos' compositions are based thematically on folk music, their style is Romantic and their elaboration contrapuntal.

Is a prominent South African poet, academic and writer.Described by her contemporary Joan Hambidge,

Is a prominent South African poet, academic and writer.Described by her contemporary Joan Hambidge, as the Pablo Neruda of Afrikaans, Krog would publish her first book of verse, Dogter van Jefta (Daughter of Jephta) at the age of seventeen. Within the next two years she published a second collection titled: Januarie-suite (January Suite). Since then she has published nine further volumes, one in English. Much of her poetry deals with love, apartheid, the role of women, and the politics of gender. Her work has been translated into English, Dutch and several other languages.

Is an American poet who lives in Wisconsin. His work reflects the influences of Walt Whitman, Allen

Is an American poet who lives in Wisconsin. His work reflects the influences of Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg, and the American traditions of transcendentalism and environmentalism. He celebrates the wilderness, often comparing urban, industrial life unfav

Was a French writer.Blondin was the son of a poet, Germaine Blondin, whose name he took, and of a pr

Was a French writer.Blondin was the son of a poet, Germaine Blondin, whose name he took, and of a printer's proof-reader. He gained a literary degree at the Sorbonne after studying at the Louis-le-Grand lycée in Paris and the Corneille lycée in Rouen. He

Was a French composer. He was one of the first renowned French members of the Franco-Flemish school

Was a French composer. He was one of the first renowned French members of the Franco-Flemish school of the Renaissance, and, after Josquin Desprez, was one of the most influential composers of his generation.Brumel was at the center of the changes that were taking place in European music around 1500, in which the previous style of highly differentiated voice parts, composed one after another, was giving way to smoothly flowing, equal parts, composed simultaneously. These changes can be seen in his music, with some of his earlier work conforming to the older style, and his later compositions showing the polyphonic fluidity which became the stylistic norm of the Josquin generation.

Was a Czech musician (bassoon player) and opera composer that worked first in France but primarily i

Was a Czech musician (bassoon player) and opera composer that worked first in France but primarily in Imperial Russia.Antoine Bullant is also sometimes referred to as Jean Bullant (??? ?????) or Anton Bullandt. However, most current scholarly sources refer to him as Antoine Bullant as all 18th-century printed and manuscript copies of his own works spell the name ‘Bullant’. In Russian his name was also transliterated as ?????, ??????, ??????? and sometimes "trans-transliterated" in other languages (e.g., in German, in lists of operas) as Bulant, Bullanto, Bullault, Bullandt, Bjulan.

Was a French composer and poet of the early Renaissance Burgundian School. While also noted as a com

Was a French composer and poet of the early Renaissance Burgundian School. While also noted as a composer of sacred music, such as motets, he was one of the most renowned 15th-century composers of secular chansons. He was the leading figure of the late Burgundian school after the death of Guillaume Dufay.

Was a French composer and violinist. Dauvergne served as master of the Chambre du roi, director of t

Was a French composer and violinist. Dauvergne served as master of the Chambre du roi, director of the Concert Spirituel from 1762 to 1771, and director of the Opéra three times between 1769 and 1790. Dauvergne contributed both as a performer and composer to the classical music at the court at Versailles.