LITERATURE

ALIGHIERI, Dante (LITERATURE)

Born: Florence, in 1265, probably late May. Education: Details of his education are conjectural, but he was raised as a gentleman and was an avid student of philosophy and poetry. Military Service: Served in the Florentine army cavalry in campaign against Arezzo, 1289; fought in battle of Campaldino. Family: Married Gemma di Maretto Donati in […]

ALLENDE, Isabel (LITERATURE)

Born: Lima, Peru, 2 August 1942. Niece and goddaughter of former Chilean President Salvador Allende who died in the military takeover in 1973. Education: Graduated from a private high school in Santiago, Chile, 1959. Family: Married 1) Miguel Fnas, 1962 (divorced, 1987), one daughter (deceased) and one son; 2) William Gordon, 1988; one stepson. Career: […]

AMADO (DE FARIA), Jorge (Leal) (LITERATURE)

Born: Ferradas, Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil, 10 August 1912. Education: Educated at the Jesuit Colegio Antonio Vieira, Salvador, 1923-26; entered the Ginasio Ipiranga, Salvador, 1926; Faculty of Law, Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, 1931-35, diploma in law 1935. Family: Married 1) Matilde Garcia Roas in 1933 (separated 1944), one daughter; 2) Zelia Gattai in 1945, one […]

ANACREON (LITERATURE)

Born: Teos, Ionia, Asia Minor, c. 570 BC. Career: When the Persians invaded in about 540 bc, left for Thrace, where he helped compatriots found the Greek colony of Abdera; tutor to the son of the tyrant Polycrates at Samos; after Polycrates’ fall, invited to Athens by Hipparchus, son of the tyrant Pisistratus; may have […]

ANDERSEN, Hans Christian (LITERATURE)

Born: Odense, Denmark, 2 April 1805. Education: Educated at schools in Odense to age 14; alone in Copenhagen, 1819-22, and patronized by various benefactors: loosely associated with the singing and dancing schools at Royal Theatre, 1819-22; attended Slagelse Latin school, 1822-26, and Elsinore grammar school, 1826-27; tutored in Copenhagen by L.C. Muller, 1827-28; completed examen […]

ANDRADE, Carlos Drummond de (LITERATURE)

Born: Itabira do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 31 October 1902. Education: Educated at Arnaldo College, Belo Horizonte, 1910-13; forced to return home because of poor health, where he was educated privately; Jesuit Anchieta College, Novo Friburgo, 1916-18 (expelled); studied pharmacy 1923-24, qualified 1925, but never practised. Family: Married Dolores Dutra de Morais in 1925; […]

ANDRADE, Mario (Raul) de (LITERATURE)

Born: Sao Paulo, Brazil, 9 October 1893. Education: Educated at Escola de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Sao Paulo, 1905-09; Alvares Penteado Commerical School, Sao Paulo, 1910; studied piano at the Musical and Dramatic Conservatory, Sao Paulo, 1911, degree 1917. Career: Involved in avant-garde artistic circles in the 1920s: co-organizer, the Modern Art Week at the […]

ANDRIC, Ivo (LITERATURE)

Born: Travnik, Bosnia (then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire), 9 October 1892. Education: Educated at schools in Visegrad and Sarajevo, 1898-1912; University of Zagreb, 1912; Vienna University, 1913; Jagiellonian University, Cracow, 1914; Graz University, Ph.D. 1923. Military Service: Served in the army, 1917. Family: Married Milica Babic in 1959 (died 1968). Career: Served in the Yugoslav […]

ANDRZEJEWSKI, Jerzy (LITERATURE)

Born: Warsaw, Poland, 19 August 1909. Education: Educated at a gymnasium in Warsaw 1919-27; University in Warsaw, 1927-31. Family: Married Maria Abgarowicz. Career: Took part in underground cultural work in Warsaw during World War II. Writer from 1932; editor of literature section of weekly Prosto z mostu, 1935-37; after the war moved to Cracow: chair […]

ANOUILH, Jean (Marie Lucien Pierre) (LITERATURE)

Born: Cerisole, Bordeaux, France, 23 June 1910. Education: Educated at Ecole Colbert, Bordeaux; College Chaptal; studied law at the Sorbonne, Paris, 1928-29. Military Service: Served during the 1930s. Family: Married 1) the actress Monelle Valentin in 1931 (divorced 1953), one daughter; 2) Nicole Langon in 1953, two daughters and one son. Career: Publicity and gag […]

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