Sven Hassel

Sven Hassel (numele său adevărat Sven Pedersen) s-a născut pe 19 aprilie 1917, la Fredensborg, în Danemarca, într-o familie de oameni simpli, muncitori. La varsta de 14 ani a intrat in marina comerciala ca "baiat de cabina" pana in 1936. In 1937 Hassel s-a mutat in Germania pentru a se inrola ca voluntar in armata. Într-un interviu în 1990,el a spus , "Germania s-a întâmplat să fie mai aproape decât Anglia, m-am dus la un birou de recrutare Wehrmacht-ului pentru a ma înscrie, dar nu a fost la fel de ușor cum am crezut. Numai cetățenii germani puteau sa se inroleze. După șase luni de încearcare, al șaptelea regiment de cavalerie, m-a acceptat în cele din urmă, cu condiția de a deveni cetatean german." Un an mai târziu, el a încercat să scape. "... Am fost pur și simplu epuizat. Nu m-am întors la unitatea mea, după o scurta plecare.Au numit-o dezertare. Am fost transferat la Sonderabteilung, o unitate penală condus de criminali și disidenți." El a servit Regimentul 2 de Cavalerie și mai...

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Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes Macías (born November 11, 1928) is a Mexican writer and one of the best-known living novelists and essayists in the Spanish-speaking world. Fuentes has influenced contemporary Latin American literature, and his works have been widely translated into English and other languages. Fuentes was born in Panama City, Panama; his parents were Mexican. Due to his father being a diplomat, during his childhood he lived in Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Washington, Santiago, Quito, and Buenos Aires. In his adolescence, he returned to Mexico, where he lived until 1965. He was married to film star Rita Macedo from 1959 till 1973, although he was an habitual philanderer and allegedly, his affairs—which he has claimed include film actresses such as Jeanne Moreau and Jean Seberg- brought her to despair. The couple ended their relationship amid scandal and Fuentes then married journalist and now famous interviewer Silvia Lemus. Following in the footsteps of his parents, he also became a...

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Du;an Vukailovici

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Iohann Mayer

An emissary of the Queen Christina of Sweden to the khan of the Tartars Islam Giray the 3rd, Iohann Mayer made a journey through Moldavia during May 1651. He was sent to accompany the Tartar messenger who had brought to the queen the letter of the khan that contained proposals of common operation against Poland and he was to hand over to the khan the answer of the queen as well. He passed through The White Citadel for the first time in December 1650 on his way towards Crimea. Now, in the summer of the next year, he was coming back on the same route and was finding again the same boatmen he had used six months earlier, on leaving. One cannot be aware of any other details of his winter journey towards Crimea, no other details about his itinerary through Moldavia he is most likely to have used to make his way to the khan` s court. His journey diary is preceded with the words: These are those that happened and occurred during my journey to Bakhchisaray and during the period I spent there,...

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