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Kirshon, Vladimir Mikhailovich
(Encyclopedia) Kirshon, Vladimir MikhailovichKirshon, Vladimir Mikhailovichvlədyēˈmĭr mēkhīˈləvĭch kērshônˈ [key], 1902–38, Russian dramatist. He began his career with Red Dust (1927, tr. 1930), a…Korolenko, Vladimir Galaktionovich
(Encyclopedia) Korolenko, Vladimir GalaktionovichKorolenko, Vladimir Galaktionovichvlədyēˈmĭr gələktyôˈnəvĭch kərəlyĕnˈkə [key], 1853–1921, Russian short-story writer and publicist. A member of a…Vinnichenko, Vladimir
(Encyclopedia) Vinnichenko, VladimirVinnichenko, Vladimirvlədyēˈmĭr vyĕnĭchānˈkō [key], 1880–1951, Ukrainian writer and statesman. Vinnichenko's early tales are naturalistic; his later novels concern…James Laughlin 1997 Deaths
James Laughlinpublisher, editor, poet As founder of New Directions, one of the most important and influential publishing companies in the United States, Laughlin published the works of such…Wyeth, N. C.
(Encyclopedia) Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers Wyeth), 1882–1945, American painter and illustrator, b. Needham, Mass., studied with Howard Pyle. Among his many well-known murals are those in the…Sitwell
(Encyclopedia) Sitwell, English literary family, one of the most celebrated literary families of the 20th cent. Its members included Dame Edith Sitwell, 1887–1964, English poet and critic, Sir Osbert…Williams, William Carlos
(Encyclopedia) Williams, William Carlos, 1883–1963, American poet and physician, b. Rutherford, N.J., educated in Geneva, Switzerland, Univ. of Pennsylvania (M.D., 1906), and Univ. of Leipzig, where…Bezruč, Petr
(Encyclopedia) Bezruč, PetrBezruč, Petrpĕtˈər bĕzˈr&oomacr;ch [key], pseud. of Vladimir VašekVladimir Vašekväshˈĕk [key], 1867–1958, Czech poet, called the bard of Silesia. Bezruč's fame rests…Spender, Sir Stephen
(Encyclopedia) Spender, Sir Stephen, 1909–95, English poet and critic, b. London. His early poetry—like that of W. H. Auden, C. Day Lewis, and Louis MacNeice, with whom he became associated at Oxford…Prelog, Vladimir
(Encyclopedia) Prelog, VladimirPrelog, Vladimirvlädyēˈmĭr prāˈlôg [key], 1906–98, Swiss chemist, b. Sarejevo, Austria-Hungary (now in Bosnia and Herzegovina). Educated in Prague, he worked in…Trending
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