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J. K. Rowling Trivia

Learn more about the author of the Harry Potter books by Ann-Marie Imbornoni and Dana Quigley Did you know: J.K. Rowling BiographyHer last name rhymes with "bowling."Has a sister…

Daniel K. Ludwig Biography

Daniel K. Ludwigshipping magnateBorn: 6/24/1897Birthplace: South Haven, Mich. He went into business for himself at 19, he continuously upgraded and improved the services he offered until…

R. K. Narayan Biography

R. K. NarayanRasipuram Krishnaswamy NarayanwriterBorn: 10/10/1906Birthplace: Madras, India prolific Indian writer whose exquisitely crafted novels provided witty and perceptive observations…

Le

(Encyclopedia) Le. For names beginning thus and not listed here, see second element; e.g., for Le Havre, see Havre, Le.

Le Moyne, François

(Encyclopedia) Le Moyne, Le Moine, or Lemoine, FrançoisLe Moyne, Le Moine, or Lemoine, Françoisall: fräNswäˈ lə mwänˈ [key], 1688–1737, French painter. After a stay in Venice in 1723, he developed a…

Le Daim, Olivier

(Encyclopedia) Le Daim or Le Dain, OlivierLe Daim or Le Dain, Olivierboth: ôlēvyāˈ lə dăN [key], d. 1484, favorite of King Louis XI of France. His original surname was Necker. Beginning as the king's…

Writers

  Achebe, Rousseau, Yourcenar, and more A-B | C | D-F | G-H | I-L | M-N | O-P | R-S | T-Z   Achebe, Chinua Adams, Henry Addison, Joseph Aesop Agee, James Agnon, S. Y. Alcott,…

Le Nain

(Encyclopedia) Le NainLe Nainlə năN [key], family of French painters consisting of three brothers: Antoine Le Nain, 1588?–1648, Louis Le Nain, 1593?–1648, and Mathieu Le Nain, 1607–77. They went to…

Bazille, Frédéric

(Encyclopedia) Bazille, Frédéric, 1841–70, early French impressionist painter. He abandoned medical school to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, where he met and became friends with Monet,…

decadents

(Encyclopedia) decadents, in literature, name loosely applied to those 19th-century, fin-de-siècle European authors who sought inspiration, both in their lives and in their writings, in aestheticism…