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A Japanese playwright, theatre director and actor.He formed Yume no Yumin Sha(?????) when he was stu

A Japanese playwright, theatre director and actor.He formed Yume no Yumin Sha(?????) when he was studying at Tokyo University. After the Yume no Yumin Sha broke up in 1992, he went to London to study theatres. Back to Japan, he formed a new unit, NODA MAP.During 1980s, he is seen as one of the prominent figure in Japanese Sho-Gekijo movement. His plays contains a lot of word game and sometimes he remakes classics from Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung to traditional Kabuki plays.

Was an anarchist, social critic, author and feminist.She graduated from Ueno Girls' High School in U

Was an anarchist, social critic, author and feminist.She graduated from Ueno Girls' High School in Ueno, Tokyo, and joined the Bluestocking Society (Seito-sha; ???), producer of the feminist arts and culture magazine Seito (??) in 1912. Ito wrote social criticism and novels, and translated writings of Emma Goldman (Emma Goldman, The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation, New York, Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1906, etc.).

Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in the Low Countries. A contemporary of Jos

Was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in the Low Countries. A contemporary of Josquin des Prez, he had a strong reputation until well after the middle of the 16th century. That some of his works have long been misattributed to Josquin, the most renowned composer of the age, is indicative of his skill as a composer.

Was a poet who lived in Sydney, Australia, and was Senior Lecturer in Australian Literature at the U

Was a poet who lived in Sydney, Australia, and was Senior Lecturer in Australian Literature at the University of Sydney where he was also awarded the University Medal (1984) and doctorate (1989). Before becoming an academic, Rowe was a Roman Catholic priest in the Marist Order.Rowe was born in Macksville (northern New South Wales) on June 20, 1951. In the 1960s and 1970s he was both a student and teacher at St John's College, Woodlawn, Lismore. His books include Perhaps, After All (Vagabond, 2000), Next to Nothing (Vagabond Stray Dog, 2004) and Touching the Hem (Vagabond, 2006). He assisted in the editing of the literary journal Southerly. He also, with Vivian Smith, edited Windchimes: Asia in Australian Poetry (Pandanus Books, 2006). In 2005, Rowe was awarded the William Baylebridge Memorial Prize for poetry. He was also invited to read his poetry at International Festivals in Rotterdam (2005) and Jerusalem (2006). He had particular interest in the interrelationship between literature, theology and ethics.

Is a well-known South African freedom fighter, activist, actor, storyteller, poet, playwright, direc

Is a well-known South African freedom fighter, activist, actor, storyteller, poet, playwright, director and author. Storytelling is a deeply traditional activity in Africa and Mhlope is one of the few woman storytellers in a country dominated by males. She does her most important work through charismatic performances, working to preserve storytelling as a means of keeping history alive and encouraging South African children to read. She tells her stories in four of South Africa's languages: English, Afrikaans, Zulu and Xhosa.

Was a significant Romanian composer.

Was a significant Romanian composer.

Is an Armenian-American author and illustrator. She was born on May 7, 1932 in New York City, and gr

Is an Armenian-American author and illustrator. She was born on May 7, 1932 in New York City, and graduated from Hunter College. King of the Kerry Fair was the first book she illustrated, in 1960. She won the Caldecott Medal twice, once in 1966 for Always

Is a bestselling American author of more than 150 romance novels. She was the first author to be ind

Is a bestselling American author of more than 150 romance novels. She was the first author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. She writes the "In Death" series as J.D. Robb and has written other works under the pseudonyms Sarah Hardesty and Jill March. As of 2006, Roberts's novels had spent a combined 660 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, including 100 weeks in the number-one spot. Over 280 million copies of her books are in print, including 12 million copies sold in 2005 alone. Her novels have been published in 35 countries.

Was an Argentine author, associated with the Buenos Aires avant garde of the 1920s and '30s.A member

Was an Argentine author, associated with the Buenos Aires avant garde of the 1920s and '30s.A member of the Florida group, which also included figures such as Oliverio Girondo (whom she married in 1943) and Jorge Luis Borges, she published in the "ultraist" magazines Prisma, Proa, and Martín Fierro.Her ultramodernist poetry influenced other well known Argentine writers such as Nydia Lamarque, Maria Elena Walsh, Maria Dhialma Tiberti, and Ines Malinow.

Was a German composer. Burgmüller studied with Joseph Kreutzer in Düsseldorf, and Louis Spohr and

Was a German composer. Burgmüller studied with Joseph Kreutzer in Düsseldorf, and Louis Spohr and his pupil Moritz Hauptmann in Kassel. After his study he became their piano teacher. He became engaged to Sophia Roland, but in 1830 the relationship ended, to Norbert's distress. He became epileptic and began to drink excessively.

Is a German composer, sound artist and author for Radio Art. Norbert Walter Peters finished his musi

Is a German composer, sound artist and author for Radio Art. Norbert Walter Peters finished his musical education at the Aachen academy of music in the subjects guitar, singing and Renaissance lute in the year 1981. The subject music theatre as well as scientific research works had been a further main point in his musical education. He completed his education with studies of composition. Beside his pedagogic and artistic work Peters was just so active as music reviewer and free journalist.

Is a writer and journalist.He has published Hemingway in Cuba and Ernest Hemingway: Rediscovered, bo

Is a writer and journalist.He has published Hemingway in Cuba and Ernest Hemingway: Rediscovered, both available in English, as well as Dulces guerreros cubanos, Condenados de Condado (which received the Casa de las Américas Prize in 1968), Posición Uno, and El último Santuario. His work has been praised by today’s most distinguished intellectuals, such as Italo Calvino, William Kennedy, Norman Mailer and Gabriel García Márquez. The Autobiography of Fidel Castro has been sold to major European publishing houses.

Was an Argentine sociologist and political scientist, who identified himself with Peronism, left-win

Was an Argentine sociologist and political scientist, who identified himself with Peronism, left-wing militias and the ideas of his friends Robert Faurisson, Roger Garaudy and Ernst Nolte. He was accused throughout his life of being neo-fascist and anti-semitic[1] because of his Holocaust denial[2] and hatred of Zionism, Israel and the Jewish community.Ceresole studied in Germany, France and Italy before becoming an advisor from 1969 to 1971 to Juan Velasco Alvarado who came into power through a military coup in Peru in 1968. During the 1970s he was one of the leaders of the Montoneros guerrilla group ERP-22 in Argentina and was forced into exile after the military coup which removed Isabel Perón from office on March 1976. He then went to Spain where he became a spokesman of Peronism during his exile in Madrid. From then on he became one of the main voices of Peronism in Argentina and an influential voice among some groups of military officers throughout South America. During this time he also publicly defended those who promoted a Latin American alliance with the Soviet Union such as Chilean President Salvador Allende and Manuel Piñeiro, the former head of the Cuban General Intelligence Directorate.

Often referred to as Norberto Romuáldez, Sr. to distinguish him from his son with the same name) wa

Often referred to as Norberto Romuáldez, Sr. to distinguish him from his son with the same name) was a Philippine writer, politician, jurist and statesman. He was the first Romuáldez to attain national prominence, and is deemed the "Father of the Law on the National Language".[1] He was the uncle of Imelda Marcos, the daughter of his youngest brother Vicente Orestes.

A Japanese teacher of kitsuke, "art of wearing kimono", an advocator of every-day use of kimono and

A Japanese teacher of kitsuke, "art of wearing kimono", an advocator of every-day use of kimono and the founder and chairman[2] of the Sodo Kimono Academy, the first[1] kimono-wearing academy in Japan. He has written several books on kimono and travelled to tens of countries to speak about kimono.

Was an Australian poet.Davis began publishing poetry in the Women's Mirror under an array of pseudon

Was an Australian poet.Davis began publishing poetry in the Women's Mirror under an array of pseudonyms.[1] She later moved to the village of Perth, Tasmania, and lived in a house that is now the Jolly Farmer Inn. Davis contributed poetry to Australian literary magazines such as Meanjin, The Bulletin, Poetry and Jindyworobak. It was only in the early 1940s, shortly before her death, that Davis concetrated fully on writing. [2] She published two collections, Earth Cry (1943) and I, the Thief (1944). Davis died of cancer in 1944.

Was an American composer.He was born Nicodemo DeGioio in New York City to Italian immigrants; the sp

Was an American composer.He was born Nicodemo DeGioio in New York City to Italian immigrants; the spelling "Gioio" was later anglicized to "Joio". He began his musical career as organist and choir director at the Star of the Sea Church on City Island in New York at age 14. His father was an organist, pianist, and vocal coach and coached many opera stars from the Metropolitan Opera. He taught Norman piano starting at the age of four. In his teens, Norman began studying organ with his godfather, Pietro Yon, who was the organist at Saint Patrick's Cathedral. In 1939, he received a scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music, where he studied composition with Bernard Wagenaar.

Was an American author and scholar most noted for his books A River Runs Through It and Other Storie

Was an American author and scholar most noted for his books A River Runs Through It and Other Stories (1976) and Young Men and Fire (1992).Maclean was the son of Rev. John Maclean, a Scottish Presbyterian minister, who oversaw much of the education of the young Norman and his brother Paul until 1913. The family relocated to Missoula, Montana in 1909. The following years were a considerable influence on and inspiration to his writings, appearing prominently in the short story The Woods, Books, and Truant Officers (1977), and semi-autobiographical novella A River Runs Through It (1976).

Was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and film director.Al

Was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and film director.Along with Truman Capote, Joan Didion, John McPhee, and Tom Wolfe, Mailer is considered an innovator of narrative nonfiction, a genre sometimes called New Journalism, but which covers the essay to the nonfiction novel. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize twice and the National Book Award once. In 1955, Mailer, together with Ed Fancher and Dan Wolf, first published The Village Voice, which began as an arts- and politics-oriented weekly newspaper initially distributed in Greenwich Village.

Is an American writer, screenwriter, producer, essayist and teacher of journalism and writing. His e

Is an American writer, screenwriter, producer, essayist and teacher of journalism and writing. His earliest and biggest success was in the writing and directing of radio drama during the 1930s and 1940s.Corwin was among the first producers to regularly use entertainment -- even light entertainment -- to tackle serious social issues. In this area he was a peer to Orson Welles and William N. Robson, and an inspiration to other later radio/TV writers such as Rod Serling, Gene Roddenberry, Norman Lear and J. Michael Straczynski.

Was a Scottish poet. His poetry, in modern English, is known for its humour, simplicity of language

Was a Scottish poet. His poetry, in modern English, is known for its humour, simplicity of language and great popularity.MacCaig was born in Edinburgh and divided his time, for the rest of his life, between his native city and Assynt in the Scottish Highl

Is an American novelist whose introspective novels and short stories are set in Botswana in the 1980

Is an American novelist whose introspective novels and short stories are set in Botswana in the 1980s. He is the son of Roger and Leslie (Chesse) Rush. He was the recipient of the 1991 National Book Award and the 1992 Irish Times/Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize for his novel Mating.

Was a writer, political activist, co-founder of the Freedom Association, and a television presenter.

Was a writer, political activist, co-founder of the Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his identical twin brother, Ross, were known internationally for the Guinness Book of Records, a book they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975. After Ross McWhirter's assassination by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), Norris McWhirter carried on alone as editor.

Is an American architect and author. He is famous primarily for writing children's books; among them

Is an American architect and author. He is famous primarily for writing children's books; among them The Phantom Tollbooth and The Dot and the Line.Juster co-founded a small architectural firm, Juster Pope Associates, in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, in 1970. The firm was renamed Juster Pope Frazier after Jack Frazier joined the firm in 1978.