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Was a Finnish political journalist, writer and historian. His writing is critical of Finland's statu

Was a Finnish political journalist, writer and historian. His writing is critical of Finland's status at the time as a Grand Duchy under the Russian Tsars. His writing activity cost him his job as a lecturer at The Royal Academy of Turku and he had to emigrate to Sweden, where he continued his political activity. The Finnish national movement considered Arwidsson the mastermind of an independent Finland.

Was a Czech double bassist and composer of the late romantic era.he left for Vienna at the age of 1

Was a Czech double bassist and composer of the late romantic era.he left for Vienna at the age of 15 to study with Franz Simandl at the Vienna Conservatory. At the age of 23 Mišek joined the orchestra of the state opera in Vienna - a post he held concurrently with the professorship at the conservatory after the departure of Simandl in 1912 - until he left for Prague in 1918 to join the National Theatre as principal bassist and soloist. He held this position until his death in 1955.

Was an influential Argentine artist known for his lithographs.Self-taught, Bellocq was appointed Dir

Was an influential Argentine artist known for his lithographs.Self-taught, Bellocq was appointed Director of the Lithography Workshop at Buenos Aires' renown Ernersto de la Cárcova Beaux Arts School in 1928. Soon earning his first awards for his his evocative work portraying harsh working conditions then prevailing in Buenos Aires' southside slaughterhouses, Bellocq parlayed this accomplishment into the first Argentine Lithography Exposition, in 1931.

Was an Argentine fiction writer.Bioy Casares was born in Buenos Aires, the grandson of a wealthy lan

Was an Argentine fiction writer.Bioy Casares was born in Buenos Aires, the grandson of a wealthy landowner and dairy processor. His parents were keen alphabet enthusiasts, which explains their choice of his initials "ABC". He wrote his first story ("Iris y Margarita") at the age of 11. He was a friend and frequent collaborator of Jorge Luis Borges and wrote many stories with him under the pseudonym of H. Bustos Domecq. Bioy and Borges were introduced in 1932 by Victoria Ocampo, whose sister, Silvina Ocampo, Bioy Casares was to marry in 1940. In 1954 they adopted Bioy’s daughter with another woman; Marta Bioy Ocampo (1954-94) was killed in an automobile accident just three weeks after Silvina Ocampo’s death, leaving two children. The estate of Silvina Ocampo and Adolfo Bioy Casares was awarded by a Buenos Aires court to yet another love child of Adolfo Bioy Casares, Fabián Bioy, shortly before Fabián Bioy died, aged 40, in February 2006.

Was a journalist and television host in Argentina.Castelo, who started working in graphic journalism

Was a journalist and television host in Argentina.Castelo, who started working in graphic journalism, was the creator of several publications, including the political journalism magazine TXT, which he edited until his death. He also participated in memorable television shows in Argentina, such as Semanario Insólito and La noticia rebelde, and the radio programme El ventilador during the 1990s with Jorge Guinzburg and Carlos Ulanovsky; and Turno tarde; and Mirá lo que te digo since 2001. He also took part in Jorge Lanata's show Día D.

Was a Chilean artist and writer.Couve began his art studies at the Escuela de Bellas Artes, where he

Was a Chilean artist and writer.Couve began his art studies at the Escuela de Bellas Artes, where he was a pupil of Professor Augusto Eguiluz. He lived in Paris on a fellowship from 1962 to 1963. He studied at the Ecole de Beaux Arts. Later on he moved to New York and studied at the Art's Student League. In this last city, he had his first exhibition in an uptown gallery.

Was a Colombian poet, jurist and politician born in Pasca, Cundinamarca. He was a grandson of Josefa

Was a Colombian poet, jurist and politician born in Pasca, Cundinamarca. He was a grandson of Josefa Acevedo de Gomez, the first civilian woman writer in Colombia.

Is a Guatemalan writer.

Is a Guatemalan writer.

Croatian philologist, writer, literary critic and aestheticist.He has continued the tradition of the

Croatian philologist, writer, literary critic and aestheticist.He has continued the tradition of the Illyrian movement, as outlined by Vjekoslav Babukic and Antun Mažuranic, but clearly distanced himself from Gaj's attempts of relating to Vuk Karadžic. He was important as one of the storytellers which has, in the middle of the 19th century, broken the practice of Turkish novellas and romantic prose introducing the the elements of Realism into Croatian literature.

Was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the sc

Was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for some of the most beloved movie musicals

Was a Danish theologian, writer and a pastor in Hasle and Rutsker, on the island of Bornholm, Denmar

Was a Danish theologian, writer and a pastor in Hasle and Rutsker, on the island of Bornholm, Denmark. [1][2] He began his studies at the University of Copenhagen in 1831 and a year later begin work on his major, theology. After 4 years of studying he became a theological candidate in 1836. Adler writes in the dissertation: from the moment that the creature stepped forth out of the unity with the Creator, subjectivity also stepped forth out of unity with objectivity. [7]

Was a French composer of chamber music. At the age of 13 he was sent to study violin at the Paris Co

Was a French composer of chamber music. At the age of 13 he was sent to study violin at the Paris Conservatoire. Though he studied under Ludovic Halévy, and though his one-act comic opera Les Deux Billets was performed in 1868, Blanc's refined music lies in the Romantic Viennese tradition of hausmusik for private performance, music that was essentially peripheral to the public musical life of contemporary Paris, centered on opera, and Blanc has been largely overlooked. There are three string trios, four string quartets, seven string quintets of various configurations, 15 piano trios, piano quartets and quintets as well as settings and arrangements, songs, pieces for piano and violin, choral works and some orchestral works.

Was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known

Was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1844) and Le Corsaire (1856, his last work), his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau (1836), Le toréador (1849) and Si j'étais roi (1852, often regarded as his finest work), and his Christmas carol Minuit, chrétiens! (O Holy Night) (1847). Adam was also a noted teacher. Léo Delibes was among his pupils.

Was a French operatic tenor, librettist, and composer. One of the most esteemed opera singers of the

Was a French operatic tenor, librettist, and composer. One of the most esteemed opera singers of the 1820s and 1830s, he was particularly associated with the works of Gioachino Rossini.

Was a French ecclesiastic and writer in German language from Alsace. He was Ehrenfried Stoeber's son

Was a French ecclesiastic and writer in German language from Alsace. He was Ehrenfried Stoeber's son and Auguste Stoeber's brother. He studied theology and was a Protestant priest in Metz (1832), Oberbronn (1836) and Mulhouse, where he was president at the Reformist Assembly.

Is an American composer and educator. He grew up in Albany, New York, where he studied violin, piano

Is an American composer and educator. He grew up in Albany, New York, where he studied violin, piano, organ, and voice.

Was a Dutch writer, nicknamed the "Prince of Dutch writers". He was the second winner, in 1948, of t

Was a Dutch writer, nicknamed the "Prince of Dutch writers". He was the second winner, in 1948, of the Constantijn Huygens Prize. Holst was the cousin of painter Richard Roland Holst and writer Henriette Roland Holst.

Is a Dutch author who debuted in 1983 with the novella Nathan Sid. He is also known as a television

Is a Dutch author who debuted in 1983 with the novella Nathan Sid. He is also known as a television presenter.His father was an Indies-Dutchman and his mother a farmer's daughter from Breda who had met each other in the Dutch East Indies. By then his mother already had three daughters from her marriage to a Royal Dutch East Indies Army KNIL soldier. His father had been married before as well, in the East Indies. His family had been heavily affected by the war. As a survivor of the Junyo Maru, which had been torpedoed by the Brits,

Was a British poet and painter.He is best remembered for being one of the three poets in the best-se

Was a British poet and painter.He is best remembered for being one of the three poets in the best-selling anthology The Mersey Sound, along with Brian Patten and Roger McGough. The trio of Liverpool poets came to prominence in that city's Merseybeat zeitg

Was a well-known Ukrainian writer, historian of Zaporozhian Cossacks. Adrian Kaschenko was born in t

Was a well-known Ukrainian writer, historian of Zaporozhian Cossacks. Adrian Kaschenko was born in the family of small landowner claiming its roots to the Zaporozhian Cossacks in Yekaterinoslav Governorate (modern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast). Sharing the among

Was an influential French music publisher, lutenist, guitarist, composer and music educator. He beca

Was an influential French music publisher, lutenist, guitarist, composer and music educator. He became an accomplished musician and entered the service of, first, Claude de Clermont, then, Jacques II (Baron de Semblançay and Viscount of Tours), both members of the aristocracy who had influence at court. In 1546 he met the publisher Jean de Brouilly in Paris and married his daughter Denise de Brouilly.

Is an English poet and dramatist. It has been said that his work demonstrates a powerful social cons

Is an English poet and dramatist. It has been said that his work demonstrates a powerful social conscience and he has been described as the "shadow poet laureate."

Was a Flemish composer of the Renaissance and founder of the Venetian School. [1] He was one of the

Was a Flemish composer of the Renaissance and founder of the Venetian School. [1] He was one of the most representative members of the generation of northern composers who moved to Italy and transplanted the polyphonic Franco-Flemish style there. [2]

Is an ethnically German, Romanian-born music educator, composer and pianist who has been living in G

Is an ethnically German, Romanian-born music educator, composer and pianist who has been living in Germany since 1976.[1] In 1977 and 1978, she participated in the International Mozarteum Summer Academy, and in 1978-1984 regularly in the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music. In 1980 she received a teaching position at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, and in 1983 a grant from the Arts Foundation of Baden-Württemberg. In 1986 she took first place at the Composers' Forum of the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music. In 1987 she received a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture of Lower Saxony. In 1992 she took composition seminars in Tokyo and Kyoto, and at the IRCAM in Paris. Her increasing international popularity was shown by three concerts she performed in Athens, Thessaloniki and Boston in 1993.

Was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance.Like many Renaissance composers, very little is know

Was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance.Like many Renaissance composers, very little is known about Coclico's early life. He was raised Catholic but became a Protestant and left Flanders for Germany. The earliest known reference to him in official documents is at Wittenberg University in 1545, and though he later claimed to have been a pupil of Josquin des Prez and to have worked for Henry VIII, the French royal court, and the Pope, scholarship has not been able to substantiate any of these claims.