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Murdoch, Dame Iris
(Encyclopedia) Murdoch, Dame Iris (Dame Jean Iris Murdoch)Murdoch, Dame Irismûrˈdŏk [key], 1919–99, British novelist and philosopher, b. Dublin, Ireland, grad. Oxford (1942). In 1948 she was named…Miyazaki, Hayao
(Encyclopedia) Miyazaki, HayaoMiyazaki, Hayaomēyäˈzäˌkē [key], 1941–, Japanese animator. Japan's preeminent maker of animated films (anime), Miyazaki is thought by many to be the world's finest…Aristophanes
(Encyclopedia) AristophanesAristophanesărˌĭstŏfˈənēz [key], c.448 b.c.–c.388 b.c., Greek playwright, Athenian comic poet, greatest of the ancient writers of comedy. His plays, the only full extant…Huxley, Aldous Leonard
(Encyclopedia) Huxley, Aldous Leonard, 1894–1963, English author; grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley, brother of Sir Julian Huxley, and half-brother of Sir Andrew Huxley. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he…Rainey, Gertrude "Ma"
(Encyclopedia) Rainey, Gertrude "Ma," 1886–1939, African-American blues singer and songwriter, b. Columbus, Ga., as Gertrude Melissa Nix Pridgett.…Wodehouse, P. G.
(Encyclopedia) Wodehouse, P. G. (Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse)Wodehouse, P. G.w&oobreve;dˈhousˌ [key], 1881–1975, English-American novelist and humorist. After a short period, first working at…2010 GLAAD Media Awards
Here are the winners of the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards. Outstanding Comedy Series: Glee (Fox…Bob Kane 1998 Deaths
Bob KaneAge: 83 revered illustrator who created the legendary comic book figure-cum-movie hero “Batman” in 1939. The first Batman strip, The Case of the Chemical Syndicate debuted in 1939 in…Charles Schulz 2000 Deaths
Charles SchulzAge: 77 American cartoonist who created the “Peanuts” comic strip. In a career that spanned nearly 50 years, Schulz drew more than 18,250 “Peanuts” comic strips, which expressed…Der Rosenkavalier <br/>(The Knight of the Rose)
Music:Richard StraussLibretto:Hugo von HofmannsthalPremiere:Dresden, January 26, 1911 Strauss's first successful comic opera begins in the bedroom of the Marschallin of Werdenberg, where the…