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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James Leigh Hunt

James Leigh Hunt was born on 19th October, 1784 in Southgate, Middlesex. His father, a clergyman, got into financial difficulties and ended up in a debtor's prison. As a young man, Hunt developed an interest in politics and poetry. Leigh Hunt became friends with other young writers who favoured political reform including Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Hazlitt, Henry Brougham, Lord Byron,Thomas Barnes and Charles Lamb. As well as writing poetry and articles on politics, Leigh Hunt worked as a drama critic for the News. In 1808 Leigh Hunt helped his brother, John Hunt, to start a political journal called the Examiner. The journal gave support to radicals in Parliament such as Henry Brougham and Sir Francis Burdett and the political ideas of people like Robert Owen and Jeremy Bentham. Leigh Hunt upset the authorities by pointing out on the front page of every edition of the Examiner that half the cost of the price was the result of the government's "tax on knowledge". In 1812 Leigh and...

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James Henry Leigh Hunt

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William Diehl

William Diehl (December 4, 1924 – November 24, 2006) was an American novelist and photojournalist. Diehl was fifty years old and already a successful photographer and journalist when he decided he had not heeded his life calling. The day after his 50th birthday he began his first novel, Sharky's Machine, which was made into a movie directed by and starring Burt Reynolds. Diehl later completed eight more novels, including Primal Fear, which became a movie by the same name starring Richard Gere and Edward Norton. Diehl died at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia on November 24, 2006, of an aortic aneurism. He was a resident of Woodstock, Georgia at the time of his death and was working on his tenth novel. Bibliography Sharky's Machine (1978) Chameleon (1981) Hooligans (1984) Thai Horse (1987) 27 (1990) The Hunt [aka 27] (1990) Primal Fear (1992)† Show Of Evil (1995)† Reign in Hell (1997)† Eureka (2002)

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Derek Mahon

Poet contemporan a cărui poezie a influențat tinerele generații de poeți britanici si irlandezi,și, dincolo de insulă, poezia scandinavă. Studiază la Sorbona(absolvind în 1966), lucrează ca ziarist, călătorește în Statele Unite ale Americii, Canada. Este caștigător al premiului David Cohen pentru poezie,în anul 2007. *** Derek Mahon (born 23 November 1941) is a Northern Irish poet. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Poetry 1965: Twelve Poems. Festival Publications, Belfast 1968: Night-Crossing. Oxford University Press 1970: Ecclesiastes Phoenix Pamphlet Poets 1970: Beyond Howth Head. Dolmen Press 1972: Lives. Oxford University Press 1975: The Snow Party. Oxford University Press 1977: In Their Element. Arts Council of Northern Ireland 1979: Poems 1962-1978. Oxford University Press 1981: Courtyards in Delft. Gallery Press 1982: The Hunt By Night. Oxford University Press 1985: Antarctica. Gallery Press 1990: The Chinese Restaurant in Portrush: Selected Poems. Gallery Press 1991:...

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Valery Larbaud

Valery Larbaud naît le 29 août 1881 à Vichy et décède dans la même ville le 2 février 1957. Cet écrivain français est fils unique du pharmacien Nicolas Larbaud (cinquante-neuf ans à la naissance de son fils) et d’Isabelle Bureau des Etivaux (trente-huit ans), il n’a que huit ans lorsque son père décède en 1889. Il sera élevé par sa mère et sa tante. Il obtient sa licence ès-lettres en 1908. Dans la même année, Larbaud publie sans faire connaître sa véritable identité « Poèmes par un riche amateur, ou Œuvres françaises de M. Barnabooth». La fortune familiale (son père était propriétaire de la source Vichy Saint-Yorre) lui assure une vie aisée qui lui permet de parcourir l’Europe à grands frais. Il effectue à partir de 1898, de longs voyages en Europe, devenant, à l’image de son héros Barnabooth, un homme « dont l’horizon s’étend bien au-delà de sa ville; qui connaît le monde et sa diversité ». Après avoir publié en 1911 son roman d’adolescence « Fermina Marquez », Larbaud fait paraître...

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