(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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Albert Camus
(1913–1960) Works: • Caligula (1938) • L’Étranger (1942) ◊ The Stranger (English) • La Chute (1956) ◊ The Fall (English) • La Peste (1947) ◊ The Plague (English) • Le Malentendu (1943) • Le Mythe de Sysiphe (1942) ◊ The Myth of…
Richard Harris
(1930–2002) Richard John Harris Filmography as Actor: Robin and Marian 1976 Director: Richard Lester Starring: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn Born October 1 1930 Limerick (Ireland) Died October 25 2002 Bloomsbury, London (England) Cause of death Cancer (Lymphoma) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation Musician Singer…
Ellen Burstyn
(1932) Edna Rae Gillooly Filmography as Actress: Providence 1977 Director: Alain Resnais Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Ellen Burstyn Born December 7 1932 Detroit, MI (USA) Occupation Actress Awards Academy Award BAFTA Awards Emmy Golden Globe Awards Independent Spirit Award Tony Awards National Society of…
Simonetta Cattaneo Vespucci
(1453–1476) Simonetta Vespucci in Art: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di giovane donna c.1475–1480 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Primavera c.1480 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Simonetta Vespucci c.1480–1485 Städel Museum, Frankfurt Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Prove di Mosè…
Edgar Allan Poe
(1809–1849) Born Edgar Poe Works: • The Raven (1845) • The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe Including Essays on Poetry Translations of his Works: • Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898): Le Corbeau d’Edgar Poe (1875) Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Illustration to The Raven by Edgar…
Lucrezia di Cosimo I de’ Medici
(1545–1561) Lucrezia de’ Medici Duchessa di Ferrara, Modena e Reggio (1558-1561) Born February 14 1545 Firenze (Italia) Died April 21 1561 Ferrara (Italia) Cause of death Tuberculosis Father Cosimo I de’ Medici (1519-1574) Grandfather Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1498-1526) Grandmother…
Saskia van Uylenburgh
(1612–1642) Saskia in Art: Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Portrait of a Woman in Profile c.1636 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Saskia s.d. National Gallery of Art, Washington Rembrandt (1606-1669) Bellona 1633 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York …
Vivien Leigh
(1913–1967) Vivian Mary Hartley Filmography as Actress: Gone with the Wind 1939 Director: Victor Fleming Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh Waterloo Bridge 1940 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor That Hamilton Woman 1941 Director: Alexander Korda Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier …
Frédéric Chopin
(1810–1849) Works: • Nocturnes • Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2 (1830) • Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58 (1844) Chopin in Art: Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Jardin du Luxembourg, Monument de Chopin 1909 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Born…