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6 days ago · Shonda Rhimes (born January 13, 1970, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American writer and producer who was best known for creating such popular TV series as Grey’s Anatomy (2005– ) and Scandal (2012–18). Rhimes grew up in a Chicago suburb. After graduating from Dartmouth in 1991, she initially had dreams of becoming a novelist but ...
Apr 23, 2024 · Geoffrey Chaucer (born c. 1342/43, London?, England—died October 25, 1400, London) was the outstanding English poet before Shakespeare and “the first finder of our language.”. His The Canterbury Tales ranks as one of the greatest poetic works in English. He also contributed importantly in the second half of the 14th century to the ...
3 days ago · Martin Luther King, Jr. (born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.—died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was a Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. His leadership was fundamental to that movement’s success in ending the ...
May 6, 2024 · George R.R. Martin (born September 20, 1948, Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American writer of fantasy, best known for his Song of Ice and Fire series (1996– ), a bloody saga about various factions vying for control of a fictional kingdom. It was adapted into the hugely popular TV show Game of Thrones (2011–19) and inspired the spin-off ...
May 1, 2024 · Felix Mendelssohn (born February 3, 1809, Hamburg [Germany]—died November 4, 1847, Leipzig) was a German composer, pianist, musical conductor, and teacher, one of the most-celebrated figures of the early Romantic period. In his music, Mendelssohn largely observed Classical models and practices while initiating key aspects of Romanticism ...
May 2, 2024 · Yanni (born November 14, 1954, Kalamata, Greece) is a Greek-born American composer and keyboardist who was a leading figure in late 20th-century New Age music—a characteristically nonarousing genre of popular music, often entirely instrumental and used for relaxation or meditation. Yanni Chryssomallis was born into a middle-class family in ...
May 6, 2024 · They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Nora Roberts (born October 10, 1950, Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.) is an American romance novelist who is one of the most successful and prolific authors of the genre. As a child, Roberts was an avid reader and frequently formulated her own stories.
