“Hell Archives” (1982) – Like many authors, Coelho’s fame grew with his later books. His first published work, however, was decidely not a success. The debut was not well received and the book failed to make any kind of impact. 19)Hilary Mantel “Every Day is Mother’s Day” (1...
Also ranks #4 on The 500+ Best Writers of All Time Marcel Proust Photo: Wikimedia Commons CC-BY Historians believe that Marcel Proust suffered from OCD. Age: Dec. at 51 (1871-1922) Birthplace: Auteuil-Neuilly-Passy Also ranks #1 on The Best French Authors Also ranks #11 on The Most ...
Although it had been nearly 30 years since "The Normal Heart" first debuted on a New York stage, his gripping adaptation proved to be just as powerful, thus signaling that Larry Kramer was still one of the country's most influential writers of LGBT themes. Rudolf Nureyev Dec. at 54...
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, across the street from Montparnasse Cemetery, where some of France's most important writers—Baudelaire, Duras, Sartre, and Beauvoir, among others—are buried. As my wife explained to me, it's a common article of faith in France that you can know a country through its authors....
OK, he’s a fictional character, but the lead character in Shakespeare’s great tragedy is one of the world’s most famous procrastinators. At the start of the play his father’s ghost visits Hamlet and tells the Prince of Denmark to avenge his murder. “To be or not to be,” Hamlet...
Dickens was a believer in the paranormal and was a member of The Ghost Club in London. One of his most famous stories, A Christmas Carol, features ghosts as main characters. It is believed that he suffered from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). He was a good friend of Hans Christian ...
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The daughter of the sixth generation who was supposed to inherit the seventh generation, Ogata Kennyo, made arrangements with fellow older apprentice Bernard Leach and decided that the name of Kenzan will come to an end with the sixth generation in 1969. Up to 50 potters, researchers, authors...
Most of us are familiar with movie metaphors. We all know that theNarniamovies are full of Christian allegories, thatAlienis bursting with rape symbolism, and so on. But it's easy to forget that almosteverymovie has some kind of subtext. Writers love that shit, so they work it in whereve...