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Was a Peruvian-born academic, teacher, literature and cultural critic, known particularly for his th

Was a Peruvian-born academic, teacher, literature and cultural critic, known particularly for his theorization of the concept of "heterogeneity."Cornejo-Polar was married to Cristina Soto, who worked with him on the journal, and also managed "Latinoameric

Was an influential Catalan-Argentine playwright, theatre actor, director and instructor.Cunill Caban

Was an influential Catalan-Argentine playwright, theatre actor, director and instructor.Cunill Cabanellas was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1894. His father, Juan Cunill, had been a well-known actor on the Catalan stage. He emigrated to Buenos Aires in 1915 and quickly gained prominence in the vibrant local theatre scene, and became a early cinematographer and actor in the Argentine cinema, appearing in a 1917 comedy, Carlitos en Mar del Plata.[1]

Was an Argentine journalist and writer.Antonio di Benedetto wrote five novels, the most famous being

Was an Argentine journalist and writer.Antonio di Benedetto wrote five novels, the most famous being the existential masterpiece Zama (1956). Los suicidas (The Suicides, 1969) is noteworthy for expressing his intense abhorrence of noise. Critics have comp

Was a Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader. His orchestra was Cuba's leading charanga for over thi

Was a Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader. His orchestra was Cuba's leading charanga for over thirty years, specializing in the danzón.Romeu studied music in 1884 with Joaquín Mariano Martínez. At twelve he played at his first dance, and composed his first work. In 1899 he moved to Havana and played in cafés. He was invited to play in the Orquesta Cervantes, one of several charangas founded at the beginning of the 1900s.

Was an Italian poet. He was born in Conflenti (Italy) but, after the death of his father in 1900, mo

Was an Italian poet. He was born in Conflenti (Italy) but, after the death of his father in 1900, moved to Argentina. He wrote a Spanish book entitled Voces ("Voices"), a book of aphorisms. It has since been translated into English (by W.S. Merwin), French, and German.

Was a Cuban composer and band conductor.In 1898, he became composer of the musical introductory note

Was a Cuban composer and band conductor.In 1898, he became composer of the musical introductory notes to the Cuban national anthem. He was a professor of music and conducted choirs and bands. Besides composing music for bands, he composed two symphonies, Preludio Tematico and Fantasia, and a series of Danzas Cubanas for piano.

Is a poet, fiction writer, dramatist and essayist.He is defined by a great linguistic cleanliness wh

Is a poet, fiction writer, dramatist and essayist.He is defined by a great linguistic cleanliness which sums up in the field of prose his poetic gains and a mythical halo when dealing (evaluating, incisively) with reality, his narrative skills bring up interesting variables within the fable tendency, mature while they represent the consolidation of a very personalized “modus operandi” around certain thematic areas taken up by other authors that represent such trend.

Was a classical era composer and double bass player, and was a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart.Rose

Was a classical era composer and double bass player, and was a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart.Rosetti wrote a great deal of music, including many symphonies, concertos and vocal works. He is perhaps best known today for his horn concertos, which Mozart scholar H. C. Robbins Landon suggests (in The Mozart Companion) may have been a model for Mozart's four horn concerti. Rosetti is also known for writing the Requiem (1776) which was played at a memorial for Mozart in December 1791.

Is an Italian writer and academic who teaches Portuguese language and literature at the University o

Is an Italian writer and academic who teaches Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy.Deeply in love with Portugal, he is an expert, critic and translator of the works of the writer Fernando Pessoa from whom he drew the concep

Was an Italian alpinist, conductor and composer from the Piemont.Ortelli is well known in the southe

Was an Italian alpinist, conductor and composer from the Piemont.Ortelli is well known in the southern Alps regions of Italy, Austria and Switzerland for being the composer of the famous Trentino folk song "La Montanara" (The Song of the Mountains). Ortelli wrote the melody and lyrics in 1927 while being on an excursion in the mountains. Luigi Pigarelli has added other vocal parts to harmonize it to a choral piece. It has been translated into 148 languages.

Was born in Chania, Crete, the first son of a refugee family from Asia Minor. Since his earliest yea

Was born in Chania, Crete, the first son of a refugee family from Asia Minor. Since his earliest years, he demonstrated his interest and his talent in music. He was already a music professional at the age of 16. His virtuoso bouzouki-playing made him famous on the popular music stages of Chania. He went to Athens in the 1960s, where he made his big break into the Greek popular musical scene as a composer. The song What can you do, with only one heart (Greek: ?? ?a s?? ???e? µ?a ?a?d??), with lyrics by Eftihia Papagiannopoulou, signaled the start of his national career.

Is a Greek poet. He read Law at the University of Athens and History of Law at Sorbonne, Paris. Sinc

Is a Greek poet. He read Law at the University of Athens and History of Law at Sorbonne, Paris. Since 1981, he has co-edited along with Thanassis Niarchos the prestigious literary periodical ? ????.

Is a Greek composer, singer and performer of lyra, the bowed string instrument of Crete and most pop

Is a Greek composer, singer and performer of lyra, the bowed string instrument of Crete and most popular surviving form of the medieval Byzantine lyra. He comes from the mountainous village of Anogeia in Crete and is the younger brother of the late Nikos Xylouris, a notable Cretan singer/musician as well as the older brother of Yiannis Xylouris, an equally notable Cretan musician. Psarantonis is known for the special timbre of his voice and his lyra playing style. Apart from the lyra Psarantonis plays various traditional instruments.[1][2]

Was a well-known Dutch writer of novels. He has written the Boekenweekgeschenk for the Boekenweek of

Was a well-known Dutch writer of novels. He has written the Boekenweekgeschenk for the Boekenweek of 1947 and a novel that was part of the Boekenweekgeschenk in 1939.

A Finnish writer, known for his works dealing with Etelä-Pohjanmaa.The Äitini-suku-series tells th

A Finnish writer, known for his works dealing with Etelä-Pohjanmaa.The Äitini-suku-series tells the stories of the Finns who emigrated to the United States. He got the The Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1985 for Pohjanmaa and the Finlandia Prize in 1997 for his novel Lakeuden kutsu. Tuuri has also translated some Icelandic sagas.Many of his novels have been made into films including Rukajärven tie also known as "Ambush" in English, about the Continuation War 1941-44 in Karelia, Russia and Talvisota, the Winter War 1939-1940.

Was Finnish national romantic poet.[1] He was from Kontiolahti in Finnish Karelia. He was skilled wr

Was Finnish national romantic poet.[1] He was from Kontiolahti in Finnish Karelia. He was skilled writer and used Kalevala meter in his poems.Puhakka was illiterate until he was twenty-one but after gaining the skill of writing he wrote nearly twenty thousand lines of poetry. Later he also became a member of the Finnish Literature Society.Antti Puhakka was elected to the Diet of Finland four times after 1862 representing land-owning peasants and became a popular politician in Finland.[2]

Was a Croatian historian.He edited numerous scientific editions and anthologies, and has written hig

Was a Croatian historian.He edited numerous scientific editions and anthologies, and has written high school handbooks together with Nazor. He served as a prorector of the University of Zagreb after his rectorship mandate expired (1950-1951). He was a significant contributor to modern Croatian literary theory, especially in the position of Croatian literature in the European context.

Was a Croatian poet, short story writer, journalist, essayist and travelogue writer. He is considere

Was a Croatian poet, short story writer, journalist, essayist and travelogue writer. He is considered the champion of Croatian modernist literature, opening Croatia to the currents of European modernism, and one of the greatest Croatian literary figures of all time.

Was a Croatian writer and physicist.He studied mathematics and physics at Vienna and Venice. He work

Was a Croatian writer and physicist.He studied mathematics and physics at Vienna and Venice. He worked as a professor in Rijeka, as well as managing the Velika Gimnazija in Split and acting as school superintendent. He was one of the first in Croatia to publish an academic book about nature. In 1862 he arranged for printing the book Pojavi iz prirode za pouku prostoga naroda from the works of an Italian author.

Was a Croatian diplomat, writer, composer and member of Ragusan nobility (chevalier des odres de Sai

Was a Croatian diplomat, writer, composer and member of Ragusan nobility (chevalier des odres de Saint Maurice et de Saint Lazare demeurant a Paris). He was a good friend of Marko Bruerovic.

Is an American author, screenwriter, and film producer. His 2001 autobiographical book Finding Fish

Is an American author, screenwriter, and film producer. His 2001 autobiographical book Finding Fish was the basis for the 2002 motion picture Antwone Fisher, directed by Denzel Washington.

Was a Polish-American novelist born in Maly Plock, Poland.Anzia Yezierska was born in the 1880s in M

Was a Polish-American novelist born in Maly Plock, Poland.Anzia Yezierska was born in the 1880s in Maly Plock to Bernard and Pearl Yezierski. Her family immigrated to America around 1890, following in the footsteps of her eldest brother Meyer, who arrived to the States six years prior. They took up housing in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Her family assumed the surname Mayer, while Anzia took Harriet (or Hattie) as her first name. She later reclaimed her original name, Anzia Yezierska, in her late twenties. Her father was a scholar of sacred texts.

Was a prolific dramatist of the Restoration and was one of the first English professional female wri

Was a prolific dramatist of the Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers. Her writing participated in the amatory fiction genre of British literature.

, was a Greek scholar and grammarian. He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon, Panaetius the Stoic, an

, was a Greek scholar and grammarian. He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon, Panaetius the Stoic, and the grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace. He left, or fled, Alexandria around BC 146, most likely for Pergamum, and eventually settled in Athens.

Was a Russian poet. Born into the artistic family of Nikolay Apollonovich Maykov, a painter and an a

Was a Russian poet. Born into the artistic family of Nikolay Apollonovich Maykov, a painter and an academic. In 1834 the family moved to Petersburg. In 1837-1841 Maykov studied law at the Petersburg University.