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October 7 Holidays: Celebrations and Observances Worldwide
From Country Roads to Bestseller Lists: The Thomas Keneally Narrative
Thomas Keneally is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. Thomas Keneally was awarded the Booker Prize for Fiction in…
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28 April
Against the Odds: The Remarkable Journey of Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald (17 December 1916 – 28 April 2000) was a Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, and essayist. He received the…
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David Morris Lee: Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist and Pioneer in Low-Temperature Physics
David Morris Lee (born 20 January 1931) is an American physicist. He received the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics. Life…
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Johannes Vilhelm Jensen: Danish Nobel Laureate in Literature and Master of Prose
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (20 January 1873 – 25 November 1950) was a Danish author. In 1944, Johannes Vilhelm Jensen was…
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Ji Hyeonok: South Korean Literary Sensation and Voice of Modern Feminism
Ji Hyeonok (20 January 1961 – 29 April 1999) was a South Korean mountaineer. She is known as the first…
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Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Avant-Garde Artist and Dada Movement Pioneer
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (19 January 1889 – 13 January 1943) was a Swiss artist, painter, sculptor, and designer. She was a…
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Rudyard Kipling: Nobel Laureate and Chronicler of Empire and Identity
Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. In 1907,…
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19 January in Indian and World History
19 January in Indian and World History is celebrated, observed, and remembered for various reasons. 19 January is the birth anniversary…
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Petrona Eyle: Argentine Feminist Pioneer and Advocate for Women’s Rights
Petrona Eyle (18 January 1866 – 12 April 1945) was an Argentine physician and feminist who campaigned for Latin American…
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Rubén Darío: Father of Modernismo and Iconic Nicaraguan Poet
Rubén Darío (18 January 1867 – 6 February 1916) was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-language literary movement known as modernismo (modernism) that…
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18 January in Indian and World History
18 January in Indian and World History is celebrated, observed, and remembered for various reasons. 18 January is the birth…
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Adolf Butenandt: Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist and Pioneer in Hormone Research
Adolf Butenandt (24 March 1903 – 18 January 1995) was a German biochemist. In 1939, he received the Nobel Prize…
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26 July
In the Shadow of Story: The Life and Legacy of Bernice Rubens
Bernice Rubens (26 July 1923 – 13 October 2004) was a British author. He received the Booker Prize in 1970.…
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25 June
Exploring the Life and Works of P. H. Newby
P.H. Newby (25 June 1918 – 6 September 1997) was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. Early Life And Education…
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Dian Fossey: The Champion of Mountain Gorillas
Dian Fossey (16 January 1932 – 26 December 1985) was an American zoologist and conservationist who is best known for…
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