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  1. 23 hours ago · Adeline Virginia Woolf (/ wʊlf /; [2] née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer. She is considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors. She pioneered the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Woolf was born into an affluent household in South Kensington, London.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › LiteratureLiterature - Wikipedia

    23 hours ago · Within its broad definition, literature includes non-fictional books, articles, or other written information on a particular subject. [5][6] Etymologically, the term derives from Latin literatura/litteratura, "learning, writing, grammar," originally "writing formed with letters," from litera/littera, "letter." [7]

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › HypatiaHypatia - Wikipedia

    23 hours ago · Hypatia[a] (Greek: Ὑπατία, born c. 350–370; died 415 AD) [1][4] was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker in Alexandria where she taught philosophy and astronomy. [5] Although preceded by Pandrosion, another ...

  4. 23 hours ago · 1. Website. www.chimamanda.com. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (/ ˌtʃɪməˈmɑːndə əŋˈɡoʊzi əˈdiːtʃi.eɪ / ⓘ [a]; born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian author who is regarded as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature. She is the author of the award-winning novels Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) and ...

  5. 23 hours ago · Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine. John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French Capetian ...

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › TrajanTrajan - Wikipedia

    23 hours ago · Trajan (/ ˈtreɪdʒən / TRAY-jən; born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, adopted name Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 53 – c. 9 August 117) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. He was a philanthropic ruler and a successful soldier-emperor who presided over one ...

  7. 23 hours ago · Judith Butler. Judith Pamela Butler[ 1 ] (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher and gender studies scholar whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism, [ 2 ] queer theory, [ 3 ] and literary theory. [ 4 ]

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