literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
Petrarch — /pee trahrk, pe /, n. (Francesco Petrarca) 1304 74, Italian poet and scholar. * * * Italian Francesco Petrarca born July 20, 1304, Arezzo, Tuscany died July 18/19, 1374, Arquà, near Padua, Carrara Italian scholar, poet, and humanist. After 1326… … Universalium
Luigi Pirandello — Infobox Writer name = Luigi Pirandello birthdate = birth date|1867|6|28|mf=y birthplace = Agrigento, Sicily, Italy deathdate = death date and age|1936|12|10|1867|6|28|mf=y deathplace = Bosio, Rome, Italy occupation = dramatist, author nationality … Wikipedia
English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… … Universalium
Odna — Infobox Film name = Odna imdb id = 0022215 writer = Leonid Trauberg Grigori Kozintsev starring = Yelena Kuzmina Piotr Sobolovsky Sergei Gerasimov Mariya Babanova Van Liu Siana director = Leonid Trauberg Grigori Kozintsev producer = Soyuzkino… … Wikipedia
Le Temps L'Horloge — The Work Le Temps L Horloge is a work for soprano and orchestra, written by French composer Henri Dutilleux. It was jointly commissioned by the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto (Seiji Ozawa, Director), the Boston Symphony Orchestra (James Levine,… … Wikipedia
Alone (1931 film) — Odna Directed by Leonid Trauberg Grigori Kozintsev Written by Leonid Trauberg Grigori Kozintsev Starring Yelena Kuzmina Pyotr Sobolevsky Sergei Gerasimov Mariya Babanova … Wikipedia
GABIROL, SOLOMON BEN JUDAH, IBN — (c. 1021–c. 1057; Ar. Abu Ayyub Sulayman ibn Yahya ibn Gabirul; Lat. Avicebron), Spanish poet and philosopher. His Life The main source of information on Ibn Gabirol s life is his poems, although frequently they offer no more than hints. A number … Encyclopedia of Judaism