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Rosa Luxemburg Facts

Rosa Luxemburg (also Rozalia Luxenburg; Polish: Róża Luksemburg; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionary socialist of Polish-Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen. She was,

Qiu Jin Facts

Qiu Jin (Chinese: 秋瑾; pinyin: Qiū Jǐn; Wade–Giles: Ch’iu Chin; November 8, 1875 – July 15, 1907), courtesy names Xuanqing (Chinese: 璿卿; pinyin: Xuánqīng) and Jingxiong (simplified Chinese: 竞雄; traditional Chinese: 競雄; pinyin:

Hugo Blick Facts

Hugo Blick (born 1965), sometimes credited as Hugo E. Blick, is a Welsh writer, producer, director and occasional actor. He has his own production company, called Eight Rooks.

Maureen Scarfe Facts

On her blog, we can read:”I’m a very intuitive soul and always knew, without a doubt, that one day I would be spending my life in Italy. There was no logic to this, my father was Irish, my mother’s father was of Greek blood and I was born, of a

Isabel Allende Facts

Isabel Allende (born 2 August 1942) is a Chilean-American writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the “magic realist” tradition, is famous for novels such as The House of the Spirits (La casa de los espíritus, 1982) and City of the

Osbert Sitwell Facts

Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet (6 December 1892 – 4 May 1969) was an English writer. His elder sister was Edith Sitwell and his younger brother was Sacheverell Sitwell; like them he devoted his life to art and literature.

Shelley Jackson Facts

Shelley Jackson (born 1963) is a writer and artist known for her cross-genre experiments, including her groundbreaking work of hyperfiction, Patchwork Girl (1995). Her first novel was published in 2006, Half Life.BiographyBorn in the Philippines, Jac

Catharine MacKinnon Facts

Catharine Alice MacKinnon (born October 7, 1946) is an American feminist, scholar, lawyer, teacher and activist.

J.B. Priestley Facts

John Boynton Priestley, OM (/ˈpriːstli/; 13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984), was an English author, novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, social commentator, man of letters and broadcaster.

Paul Dinello Facts

Paul Dinello (born November 28, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and an alumnus of DePaul University, Chicago-based The Second City, Improv Institute, and Annoyance Theatre. He is best known for his role on Comedy Central’s Str

Joanne Harris Facts

Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris, MBE (born 3 July 1964) is an English author, best known for her award-winning novel Chocolat which was later turned into a successful film.

Jonas Mekas Facts

Jonas MekasActive – 1964 – 2011 | Genres – Film, TV & Radio [nf], Avant-garde / Experimental, Culture & Society [nf], Drama, Visual Arts [nf]Biography by Sandra BrennanFilm theoretician, avant-garde filmmaker, and staunch supporter of alternative