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German poet and dramatist who became a poignant spokesperson for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews. When, with Shmuel Yosef Agnon, she was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature, she ...
Verdy, Violette
French ballerina and dance director, who was awarded the French Order of Arts and Letters in 1973 and the Dance Magazine Award in 1968.Sautet, Claude
French motion picture director (b. Feb. 23, 1924, Montrouge, near Paris, France-d. July 22, 2000, Paris), specialized in exploring the intimate lives of the contemporary French bourgeoisie, notably ...
Magnetic Island
island in the Cumberland Islands, off the coast of northeastern Queensland, Australia, in Halifax Bay, an inlet of the Coral Sea. It is one of the most easily accessible islands of the Great Barrier ...
Serrault, Michel
French actor appeared in more than 130 motion pictures over a 50-year career, but he won the hearts of fans worldwide (and the first of three Cesar Awards for best actor) for his portrayal of the ...
fulmar
any of several species of gull-like oceanic birds of the family Procellariidae (order Procellariiformes), which also includes the petrels and the shearwaters. The name fulmar refers especially to ...
McGraw, Tim
The success of singer Tim McGraw's single "Live like You Were Dying"-it spent multiple weeks atop country music charts, won best single and song at country music's two biggest awards shows, and ...
Foster, Stephen
American composer whose popular minstrel songs and sentimental ballads achieved for him an honoured place in the music of the United States.Dickens, Charles
Dickens' spirits and confidence in the future had indeed declined: 1855 was "a year of much unsettled discontent for him," his friend Forster recalled, partly for political reasons (or, as Forster ...
Barth, Karl
Barth was born in Basel, the son of Fritz Barth, a professor of New Testament and early church history at Bern, and Anna Sartorius. He studied at the universities of Bern, Berlin, Tubingen, and ...
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