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Was a Franco-Flemish composer, singer, and diplomat of the Burgundian school of the early Renaissanc

Was a Franco-Flemish composer, singer, and diplomat of the Burgundian school of the early Renaissance. He was listed along with Antoine Busnois and Hayne van Ghizeghem as one of the personal singers to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.Little is known about his early life, and he first appears in the records as a singer to Isabella de Bourbon, who was the wife of Charles the Bold. Later he seems to have joined the personal chapel of Charles, when Charles became Duke. Unlike many of the musicians of the Burgundian court, who traveled along with Charles on his military exploits (who loved music as much as war,

Is an American poet, essayist and feminist.In 1951, the year she graduated from Radcliffe College, A

Is an American poet, essayist and feminist.In 1951, the year she graduated from Radcliffe College, Adrienne Rich received the Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, which led to the publication of her first book, A Change of World. The contest judge for that year, poet W. H. Auden, wrote an introduction to this volume. The following year, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship and traveled to Europe, then married Harvard University economist Alfred H. Cohen in 1953. Three years later, she published her second volume, The Diamond Cutters, yet it wasn't until her third volume, Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law, which appeared in 1963, that she gained national prominence.

Is an accomplished Canadian journalist and stateswoman. From October 7, 1999 to September 27, 2005 s

Is an accomplished Canadian journalist and stateswoman. From October 7, 1999 to September 27, 2005 she served as the 26th Governor General of Canada (representing Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada): she was the first Chinese Canadian and second woman to hold this position, the first being Jeanne Sauv

He was a prominent Desed magazine (Brasília) and BIP - Boletim de Informação ao Pessoal, do Banco

He was a prominent Desed magazine (Brasília) and BIP - Boletim de Informação ao Pessoal, do Banco do Brasil S.A. (Bank of Brazil) reporter. BIP had a circulation of over 100.000 every week[1]. Adrino Aragão wrote several reviews of new Brazilian books. After his retirement, he wrote essays on Comparative Literature and Literary Theory for Jornal do Brasil/Rio de Janeiro and academicals publications[2].He is recognized by his focus on the fables and traditional stories. He wrote on the short stories of Jorge Luis Borges. His book O Champanhe (Champagne) focus on the study of the theatre of Anton Chekhov.

Was one of the most celebrated grammarians of Greco-Roman antiquity. He is usually known as Herodian

Was one of the most celebrated grammarians of Greco-Roman antiquity. He is usually known as Herodian except when there is a danger of confusion with the historian also named Herodian.He was the son of Apollonius Dyscolus and was born in Alexandria. From there he seems to have moved to Rome, where he gained the favour of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, to whom he dedicated a work on prosody. No further biographical particulars are known.

Was an ancient Greek playwright. He is often recognized as the father or the founder of tragedy,[1][

Was an ancient Greek playwright. He is often recognized as the father or the founder of tragedy,[1][2] and is the earliest of the three Greek tragedians whose plays survive, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He expanded the number of characters in plays to allow for conflict among them; previously, characters interacted only with the chorus. No more than seven of the estimated 92 plays written by Aeschylus have survived into modern times.

Is an Azerbaijani writer.Born Afag Masud qizi Valiyeva in Baku, Azerbaijan, she became interested in

Is an Azerbaijani writer.Born Afag Masud qizi Valiyeva in Baku, Azerbaijan, she became interested in professional writing in her teenage years. She wrote and published her first novel Gargish ("Curse") in 1978, at the age of 21. In the following years, she published 8 more novels as well as numerous short stories, essays and plays.

Was a poet who dominated the Russian poetry during the last quarter of the 19th century.

Was a poet who dominated the Russian poetry during the last quarter of the 19th century.

Was a Brazilian writer.

Was a Brazilian writer.

Was an American poet of Kashmiri ancestry and upbringing.His poetry collections include A Walk Throu

Was an American poet of Kashmiri ancestry and upbringing.His poetry collections include A Walk Through the Yellow Pages, The Half-Inch Himalayas, A Nostalgist's Map of America, The Country Without a Post Office, Rooms Are Never Finished (finalist for the

Was a German author, journalist and poet.

Was a German author, journalist and poet.

Was a German concert pianist and composer who lived in England. Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann was

Was a German concert pianist and composer who lived in England. Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann was born in Cologne, Germany. Her family moved to England, and she was enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music at the age of nine, where her teachers were Reginald Steggall and Cipriani Potter. Later she studied under Ernst Pauer and Sir George Macfarren. Zimmermann received the Kings Scholarship from 1860 to 1862 and made her public debut 1863 at The Crystal Palace playing Beethoven's Emperor Concerto.[1]

Is an Hungarian writer, who lives in Switzerland and writes in French.

Is an Hungarian writer, who lives in Switzerland and writes in French.

Is an Indonesian poet and author. In 1988, he graduated from Department of Indonesian Literature of

Is an Indonesian poet and author. In 1988, he graduated from Department of Indonesian Literature of IKIP Bandung, and then finished his postgraduate program in Universitas Indonesia at the faculty of literature and cultural studies in 2002. He writes poems, short stories, essays, critics, and drama, which have been published in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and several journals in Germany, France, Netherlands, England, and the United States. His poems are included in more than twenty anthologies.

Is a Portuguese writer. She was born at Travanca, Amarante in 1922. Her novel As Terras do Risco was

Is a Portuguese writer. She was born at Travanca, Amarante in 1922. Her novel As Terras do Risco was the basis for the film O Convento in 1995.

Was an Israeli Hebrew poet, translator and writer.Amir translated over 300 books into Hebrew, includ

Was an Israeli Hebrew poet, translator and writer.Amir translated over 300 books into Hebrew, including English and French classics by Melville, Charles Dickens, Churchill, Camus, Lewis Carroll, Joseph Conrad and Virginia Woolf, Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Emily Bronte and O. Henry.[2] He also translated works by Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle.

Is an Israeli author and playwright.Megged, along with a group of writer friends, founded the Masa l

Is an Israeli author and playwright.Megged, along with a group of writer friends, founded the Masa literary weekly, and was its editor for fifteen years. He worked as a literary editor for the newspapers La-merhav and Davar. From 1968 to 1971 he served as cultural attaché to the Israeli embassy in London.

Is an Egyptian short story writer, novelist and political and cultural commentator.Soueif was born i

Is an Egyptian short story writer, novelist and political and cultural commentator.Soueif was born in Cairo and educated in Egypt and England. She studied for a PhD in linguistics at the University of Lancaster. Her novel The Map of Love (1999) was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and subsequently translated into 16 languages. Soueif writes primarily in English, but her Arabic-speaking readers say they can hear the Arabic through the English.

Was an 18th-century Moroccan saint in the Darqawa Sufi Islamic lineage.He was born of a Hasani shari

Was an 18th-century Moroccan saint in the Darqawa Sufi Islamic lineage.He was born of a Hasani sharif family in the Anjra tribe that ranges from Tangiers to Tetuan along the Mediterranean coast of Morocco. As a child he developed a love of knowledge, memorizing the Qur'an and studying subjects ranging from Classical Arabic grammar, religious ethics, poetry, Qur'anic recitation and tafsir.

Was a Mauritanian French language writer. He was President of the Mauritanian Writers Association an

Was a Mauritanian French language writer. He was President of the Mauritanian Writers Association and became an important civil servant after the independence of his country. He was in prison because of his critical opinions against Mauritanian government

Was a Neo-Sufi reformer, active in Morocco, North Africa, and Yemen, who opposed the Ulema and tried

Was a Neo-Sufi reformer, active in Morocco, North Africa, and Yemen, who opposed the Ulema and tried to bring a more vibrant form of Islam directly to the people.Ahmad Ibn Idris was the founder of the Idrisi order (Idrisiyya) and travelled extensively in North Africa and Yemen, instructing the ordinary people using their dialect, and teaching them how to perform such basics as the salat (prayer).

Is an Iranian scholar and philosopher.He authored a dozen articles in social, cultural, historical,

Is an Iranian scholar and philosopher.He authored a dozen articles in social, cultural, historical, philosophical, political and international fields. Jalali was instrumental in registering five Iranian sites as World Heritage Site in UNESCO.

Was a well known Sunni Muslim scholar. He has written many books on a vast range of topics covering

Was a well known Sunni Muslim scholar. He has written many books on a vast range of topics covering religion, science and philosophy. A collection of fatwas by the title of Fatawa Ridawiyya, is his magnus opus.He studied Islamic sciences and completed a traditional dars-e nizami course under the supervision and tutelage of his father Mawlana Naqi Áli Khan.

Was an Egyptian philologist, sometimes called the Dean of Arabism (Arabic: ??? ????????), and longti

Was an Egyptian philologist, sometimes called the Dean of Arabism (Arabic: ??? ????????), and longtime secretary of the Egyptian Cabinet.Because of his wide range of interests and numerous publications, he became a fellow of the Institut d'Égypte,[1] the Royal Geographical Society, and the Royal Asiatic Society in London. He served on the administrative boards of both al-Azhar and the Egyptian University (now named Cairo University), also holding the chair for Islamic civilization in the latter. He took the lead in setting the Arabic-language equivalents of European loanwords,

Was an Ivorian novelist.The eldest son of a distinguished Malinké family, Ahmadou Kourouma was born

Was an Ivorian novelist.The eldest son of a distinguished Malinké family, Ahmadou Kourouma was born in 1927 in Côte d'Ivoire. Raised by his uncle, he initially pursued studies in Bamako, Mali. From 1950 to 1954, when his country was still under French colonial control, he participated in French military campaigns in Indochina, after which he journeyed to France to study mathematics in Lyon.