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Abe, Kobo
(Encyclopedia) Abe, Kobo Abe, Kobo kōˈbō äˈbā [key], pseud. of Kimifusa Abe, 1924–93, Japanese novelist and dramatist. Although Abe trained as a doctor, he never…Day Lewis, C.
(Encyclopedia) Day Lewis, C. (Cecil Day Lewis), 1904–72, English author, b. Ireland. While he was still at Oxford, he became associated with a group of leftist poets led by W. H. Auden. After…Bellamy, Edward
(Encyclopedia) Bellamy, EdwardBellamy, Edwardbĕlˈəmē [key], 1850–98, American author, b. Chicopee Falls (now part of Chicopee), Mass. After being admitted to the bar he tried his hand at journalism…Vladimir Kondrashin Biography
Vladimir KondrashinAge: 70 coach of the Soviet Union men's basketball team that won a disputed gold medal victory over the United States team in 1972; coached the U.S.S.R. to a world…Vladimir Sokoloff Biography
Vladimir Sokoloffpianist accompanied many famous singers and instrumentalists during his 70-year careerBorn: 1913Died: 1997Shannon Smith1997 DeathsWalter SorellVladimir Kryuchkov Biography
diplomatDied: Nov. 23, 2007 (Moscow, Russia) Best Known as: former Russian diplomat and chief of the K.G.B. Former Russian diplomat and chief of the K.G.B.…Vladimir Kosma Zworykin
Vladimir Kosma Zworykin Born: 1889Birthplace: Murom, Russia Cathode ray tube—Zworykin invented the iconoscope, a television transmitting tube and the kinescope, a cathode ray tube that…Chandler, Raymond Thornton
(Encyclopedia) Chandler, Raymond Thornton, 1888–1959, American author, b. Chicago, educated in England. After World War I, he entered the oil business in California. Bankrupt during the Depression,…Pachmann, Vladimir de
(Encyclopedia) Pachmann, Vladimir dePachmann, Vladimir devlədyēˈmĭr də päkhˈmän [key], 1848–1933, Russian pianist, studied with his father, a violinist, and at the Vienna Conservatory. He devoted…Breton literature
(Encyclopedia) Breton literatureBreton literaturebrĕtˈən [key], in the Celtic language of Brittany. Although there are numerous allusions in other literatures of the 12th to 14th cent. to the “matter…Trending
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