(1920–1994) Henry Charles Bukowski, born Heinrich Karl Bukowski Works: • Flower, Fist, and Bestial Wail (1960) • It Catches My Heart in Its Hands (1963) • Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts (1965) • Crucifix in…
Charles Bukowski
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James Stewart
(1908–1997) James Maitland Stewart Filmography as Actor: Rear Window 1954 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly Vertigo 1958 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak Born May 20 1908 Indiana, PA (USA)…
Jules Verne
(1828–1905) Jules-Gabriel Verne Works: ◊ Abandoned (English) • Autour de la lune (French) ◊ All Around the Moon (English) • Les enfants du capitaine Grant (French) ◊ In Search of the Castaways (English) Verne in Film: In Search of the…
Roger Vadim
(1928–2000) Roger Vladimir Plémiannikov, né Roger Vadim Ardilouze Born January 26 1928 Paris (France) Died February 11 2000 Paris (France) Cause of death Cancer Wife Brigitte Bardot (1934) Girlfriend Catherine Deneuve (1943) Wife Jane Fonda (1937) Father-in-law Henry…
Luis Buñuel
(1900–1983) Luis Buñuel Portolés Filmography as Director: Belle de Jour 1967 Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel Cet obscur objet du désir 1977 Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet Born February 22 1900…
Aldo Fabrizi
(1905–1990) Aldo Fabbrizi, OMRI Filmography as Actor: C’eravamo tanto amati (We All Loved Each Other So Much) 1974 Director: Ettore Scola Starring: Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman Born November 1 1905 Roma (Italia) Died April 2 1990 Roma…
Portrait of the Poet Jeremias de Decker (1666)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of the Poet Jeremias de Decker 1666 Oil on panel, 71 x 56 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Detail. See also: • Decker, Jeremias de (1609-1666)
Elzéar Bonnier-Ortolan
(1849–1916) called Pierre Elzéar Pierre Elzéar in Art: Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Coin de table 1872 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Occupation Playwright Poet Writer
Théophile Gautier
(1811–1872) Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier “Le bon Théo” Works: • Émaux et camées (1852) ◊ Enamels and Cameos (English) • La Comédie de la mort (1838) • Le Capitaine Fracasse (1863) ◊ Captain Fracasse (English) • Mademoiselle de Maupin (1835) • Ménagerie intime (1869) ◊ My Private Menagerie (English)…
Oscar Wilde
(1854–1900) Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde Works: • A Florentine Tragedy; La Sainte Courtisane (1894) • A House of Pomegranates (1891) • A Woman of No Importance (1893) • An Ideal Husband (1895) • De profundis (1897) • Essays and Lectures • For Love of the…