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4 days ago · Signature. Ismail Kadare ( Albanian pronunciation: [ismaˈil kadaˈɾe]; born 28 January 1936) is an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and playwright. He is a leading international literary figure and intellectual. He focused on poetry until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army, which made him famous ...
- Albanian, Kosovo
- 2, including Besiana
- Novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter, playwright
- Helena Gushi
4 days ago · SINGAPORE – A British author is looking to get in touch with the family of a Singaporean World War II pilot, who was the inspiration behind a major character in a book she wrote. Ms Onjali Rauf ...
2 days ago · Leo Tolstoy at age 20, c. 1848. Tolstoy was born at Yasnaya Polyana, a family estate 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of Tula, and 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of Moscow. He was the fourth of five children of Count Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy (1794–1837), a veteran of the Patriotic War of 1812, and Princess Mariya Tolstaya (née Volkonskaya; 1790 ...
- 14
- 1847–1910
- Writer, religious thinker
- Imperial Kazan University (not graduated)
4 days ago · Richard ‘Dick’ Doyle. Richard “Dick” Doyle was born June 2, 1951, in Fort Collins, Colo., to Anne and Don Doyle. The Doyle family moved to the San Luis Valley in 1953 where Dick remained for most of his life until Sept. 2023 when he moved to Leesburg, Va., to reside with his son and family. Dick passed away March 9, 2024, in a Leesburg ...
13 hours ago · History Early history Robert Rollock, Regent (1583–1586) and first principal (1586–1599) of the University of Edinburgh In 1557, Bishop Robert Reid of St Magnus Cathedral on Orkney made a will containing an endowment of 8,000 merks to build a college in Edinburgh. Unusually for his time, Reid's vision included the teaching of rhetoric and poetry, alongside more traditional subjects such as ...
- 1583; 440 years ago
- 41,250 (2021/22)
- Tounis College, King James' College
5 days ago · Richard Jerome Doyle, 69, of North Charleston passed away on Wednesday April 24. The Serenity Mortuary LLC of Summerville, SC. Published by Charleston Post & Courier on Apr. 26, 2024.
Apr 19, 2024 · J. Patrick Doyle. J. Patrick Doyle, Executive Chairman. Mr. Doyle was appointed Executive Chairman of RBI in November 2022 to accelerate growth for franchisees and shareholders. Most recently, he has served as an executive partner of the Carlyle Group, a global diversified investment firm, focused on the consumer sector. Prior to that he served ...
