Dashiell Hammett

Samuel Dashiell Hammett; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), the newspaper comic strip Secret Agent X-9 and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse). In addition to the significant influence his novels and stories had on film, Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time" and was called, in his obituary in The New York Times, "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction". Time magazine included Hammett's 1929 novel Red Harvest on a list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 to 2005. Hammett was born on a farm called "Hopewell and Aim" off Great Mills Road, St. Mary's County, in southern Maryland, United States. His parents were Richard Thomas Hammett and Anne Bond Dashiell. (The Dashiells are an old Maryland...

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lewis carroll

Lewis Carroll [pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832-1898), English author, mathematician, and Anglican clergyman wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865); Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next….then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it was labelled ‘ORANGE MARMALADE’, but to her great disappointment it was empty: (Ch. 1) And thus begins Alice’s fantastical adventures that have endured in their popularity for over a century, influencing contemporary authors, artists, musicians and inspiring adaptations to the stage and screen. Carroll’s particular mix of creativity, fantasy, word play, satire, nonsense, and dry wit have gained him iconic status in popular culture with...

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Miroslav Antici

Miroslav "Mika" Antiæ (March 14, 1932 – June 24, 1986) was a Serbian poet, journalist and painter. Antiæ was born in Mokrin, Vojvodina, Serbia (then Yugoslavia). He wrote poems, articles, dramas, movie and TV scripts and documentaries. Mika also acted in several movies, and was an amateur painter. His best known poem is "Srem", in which he mourns for dead in World War II and describes the beauty of Srem using "beæarac" song form. He is well known as a bohemian. Mika Antiæ is best known as a children and youth poet, a master of delicate and gentle sentiments. His bohemian, hard-drinking lifestyle is best illustrated by a barely translatable pun about him: "Èika Jova deci, èika Mika Antiæ dva deci" "Èika Jova deci" meaning "Mister Jova to the children", referring to Jovan Jovanoviæ Zmaj, a known children's poet. "Èika Mika Antiæ dva deci" means "Mister Mika Antiæ two deciliters", referring to drinking from a glass, likely of alcohol.

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Ogden Nash

Born Frederick Ogden Nash on August 19, 1902 in Rye, New York. An ancestor, General Francis Nash, gave his name to Nashville, Tennesee. Raised in Rye, New York and Savannah, Georgia. Educated at St. George's School in Rhode Island and, briefly, Harvard University. Started work writing advertising copy for Doubleday, Page Publishing, New York, in 1925. Published first book for children, The Cricket of Caradon in 1925. First published poem Spring Comes to Murray Hill appears in New Yorker magazine in 1930. Joins staff at New Yorker in 1932. Married Frances Rider Leonard on June 6, 1933. Published 19 books of poetry. Collaborated, in 1943, in the musical comedy, "One Touch of Venus." Elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1950. Lived in New York but his principal home was in Baltimore, Maryland, where he died on May 19, 1971. He was buried in North Hampton, New Hampshire. Selected books: Hard Lines 1931 I'm a Stranger Here Myself 1938 The Face is Familiar 1940 Good...

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Petre Got

Petre Got (n. 20 septembrie 1937, Desești jud. Maramureș) este un poet și jurnalist român. Numele său este uneori scris sub forma Petre Gott. Părinții săi se numeau Gheorghe Got și Ioana (n. Sacalâș) și erau amândoi țărani. Gheorghe Got și Ioan Pop (văr primar dinspre mamă) au fost deținuți politici în perioada 1959–1962, respectiv 1958–1964, fapt care l-a adus pe tânărul Got la un pas de a fi exmatriculat din facultate. În 1962, Petre Got absolvă studiile de licență ale Facultății de Filologie din cadrul Universității din Cluj. Debutează cu poeme în revista Familia (1966). Debutul editorial este reprezentat de volumul de poezii Cer înfrunzit (1969). Urmează colaborări la reviste literare precum: Familia, Tribuna, Luceafărul”, Steaua, România literară, Viața Românească, Ramuri, Convorbii literare etc. Poezia „Muntele” beneficiază de adaptarea muzicală în manieră hard rock a lui Dan Aldea, pentru grupul Sfinx. Piesa a fost lansată în 1975, pe discul Lume albă. Între anii 1974–2008 a...

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Hary Salem

A trait in doua epoci interbelica si comunista (1927-1991). Scriitorul H. Salem, autor de piese de teatru, povestiri, scenarii pentru radio și televiziune, schițe și romane, este acum redescoperit ca poet prin volumul postum "Misterul persistă" Bibliografie: „La poarta nr. 3", 1963; „Pastile contra prostiei", 1969; „Vărul șarpelui cu clopoței", 1978; „Dragoste la a doua vedere", 1981; „Audiență în cer",1983; „Cercul virtuos", 1986; „Întrerupătorul", 1991; „Motorul cu aplauze", 1999 (postum)

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Thomas Hardy

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