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Collodi, Carlo
(Encyclopedia) Collodi, CarloCollodi, Carlokärˈlō kōl-lôˈdē [key], pseud. of Carlo LorenziniCollodi, Carlolōrāntsēˈnē [key], 1826–90, Italian author. A prolific journalist, he also wrote didactic…Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich
(Encyclopedia) Goncharov, Ivan AleksandrovichGoncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovichēvänˈ əlyĭksänˈdrəvĭch gənchərôfˈ [key], 1812–91, Russian novelist. Goncharov was a government official from 1835 to 1867.…Watts-Dunton, Theodore
(Encyclopedia) Watts-Dunton, Theodore (Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton), 1832–1914, English poet, novelist, and critic. A member of the staff of the Examiner (1874–76), he became editor of the Athenaeum…Graves, Robert Ranke
(Encyclopedia) Graves, Robert Ranke, 1895–1985, English poet, novelist, and critic; son of Alfred Percival Graves. He established his reputation with Good-bye to All That (1929), an outspoken book on…Buber, Martin
(Encyclopedia) Buber, Martin Buber, Martin b&oomacr;ˈbĕr [key], 1878–1965, Jewish philosopher, b. Vienna. Educated…Walton, Sir William Turner
(Encyclopedia) Walton, Sir William Turner, 1902–83, English composer, b. Oldham. Walton studied at Oxford. One of his earliest works was a piano quartet (1918–19). In 1923, Façade, satirical poems by…Strang, James Jesse
(Encyclopedia) Strang, James JesseStrang, James Jessestrăng [key], 1813–56, American Mormon leader, b. Cayuga co., N.Y. A lawyer, teacher, and newspaperman, he migrated in 1843 to Wisconsin, was…Cash, Johnny
(Encyclopedia) Cash, Johnny, 1932–2003, American singer and songwriter, b. Kingsland, Ark. Born to a farm family, he went to Memphis in 1955 and recorded such hits as “I Walk the Line” (1956) and “…Spark, Dame Muriel
(Encyclopedia) Spark, Dame Muriel, 1918–2006, Scottish novelist, b. Muriel Sarah Camberg. She lived in Edinburgh, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), London, New York, and Rome, and spent her last years in…Cuban Missile Crisis
(Encyclopedia) Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, major cold war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. In response to the Bay of Pigs Invasion and other American actions against Cuba…Trending
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