Tag: literature

Ray Bradbury

(1920–2012) Ray Douglas Bradbury Works: • Futuria Fantasia, Fall 1939 (English) • Futuria Fantasia, Spring 1940 (English) • Futuria Fantasia, Summer 1939 (English) • Futuria Fantasia, Winter 1940 (English) Filmography as Actor: Rich and Famous 1981 Director: George Cukor Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen…

Truman Capote

(1924–1984) Truman Streckfus Persons Filmography as Writer: Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961 Director: Blake Edwards Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard     Murder by Death 1976 Director: Robert Moore Starring: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote     Annie Hall 1977 Director: Woody Allen…

Irving Stone

(1903–1989) Irving Tannenbaum Filmography as Writer: Lust for Life 1956 Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn     The Agony and the Ecstasy 1965 Director: Carol Reed Starring: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison   Born July 14 1903 San Francisco, CA (USA) Died…

Lew Wallace

(1827–1905)  Lewis “Lew” Wallace Works: • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (English) • The Fair God (English) • The Prince of India, Vol. I (English) • The Prince of India, Vol. II (English) Quotes: • Lew Wallace: Quotations Filmography as Writer: Ben-Hur…

George Bernard Shaw

(1856–1950) Works: • Androcles and the Lion (1912) • Arms and the Man (1894) • Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce (1916) • Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch (1921) • Candida (1898) • Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) • Fanny’s First Play (1911) • Heartbreak House (1913-1916)…

Margaret Mitchell

(1900–1949) Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell Filmography as Writer: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh   Born November 8 1900 Atlanta, GA (USA) Died August 16 1949 Atlanta, GA (USA) Occupation Journalist Novelist Writer Awards National Book…

Guillaume Apollinaire

(1880–1918) Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Aleksander Apolinary Kostrowicki Works: • Alcools (1913) • L’hérésiarque et Cie (1910) • L’oeuvre du divin Arétin (1910) • Les trois Don Juan (1914) • (Méditations esthétiques) Les Peintres cubistes (1913) Quotes: • Guillaume Apollinaire: Quotations Apollinaire in Art: Derain, André (1880-1954) Le chevalier…

William Shakespeare

(1564–1616) Works: • A Lover’s Complaint (1609) • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595-1596) • All’s Well That Ends Well (1604-1605) • Antony and Cleopatra (1606) • As You Like It (1599-1600) • Cardenio (lost) • Coriolanus (1608) • Cymbeline (1610) • Hamlet (1599-1601) • Henry IV, Part 1 (1596-1597) • Henry IV, Part…

Sappho

(7th–6th century BC) Σαπφώ Works: ◊ Poems (English) ◊ Poésies (French) ◊ Sappho: A New Rendering (English) Quotes: • Sappho: Quotations Sappho in Art: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Sappho and Alcaeus 1881 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore     David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) Sapho, Phaon et l’Amour 1809…