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Albert Sánchez Piñol
Albert Sánchez Piñol (; born 11 July 1965) is a Spanish anthropologist, non-fiction writer and novelist writing in Catalan and Spanish. He has been described as a "significant European writer". Theroux, Marcel (19 December 2005)"Cold Skin" ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 10 February 2012. Works * ''Compagnie difficili'' (2000), with Marcelo Fois * ''Pallassos i monstres'' (2000) * ''Les edats d´or'' (2001) * ''La pell freda'' ('' Cold Skin'') (2002) * ''Pandora al Congo'' ('' Pandora in the Congo'') (2005) * ''Tretze tristos tràngols'' (''Trece tristes trances'' in Spanish) (2008) * '' Victus'' (2012) * '' Vae Victus'' (2015) * '' Fungus, el rei dels Pirineus'' (2018) * '' El monstre de Santa Helena'' (2022) * '' Pregària a Prosèrpina'' (2023) See also * List of anthropologists * List of Catalan-language writers * List of novelists * List of Spanish writers This is a list of writers, including novelists, essayists, poets, playwrights, and journalists, who were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vae Victus
''Vae victis'' () is Latin for "woe to the vanquished", or "woe to the conquered". It means that those defeated in battle are entirely at the mercy of their conquerors and should not expect—or request—leniency. According to tradition, in 390 BC, an army of Gauls led by Brennus attacked Rome, capturing all of the city except for the Capitoline Hill. Brennus besieged the hill, and finally the Romans asked to ransom their city. Brennus demanded 1,000 pounds (329 kg) of gold, and the Romans agreed to his terms. According to Plutarch's life of Camillus and Livy's ''Ab Urbe Condita'' (Book 5 Sections 34–49), Plutarch, ''Camillus'28/ref> the Gauls provided steelyard balances and weights, which were used to measure the amount of gold. The Romans brought the gold, but claimed that the provided weights were rigged in the Gauls' favor. The Romans complained to Brennus, who took his sword, threw it onto the weights, and exclaimed, "Vae victis!" The Romans thus needed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Novelists
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1965 Births
Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 30 – The Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoism, Lysenkoist theories are now treated as pseudoscience. * February 12 ** The African and Malagasy Republic, Malagasy Common Organization ('; OCA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Spanish Writers
This is a list of writers, including novelists, essayists, poets, playwrights, and journalists, who were born in Spain or whose writings are closely associated with that country. A *Iñaki Abad, Iñaki Abad (born 1963), novelist and journalist *Silvia Agüero, Silvia Agüero (born 1985), Roma feminist writer and human rights activist *Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833–1891), novelist *Rafael Alberti, Rafael Alberti (1902–1999), poet, Cervantes Prize laureate (1983) *Vicente Alberti y Vidal, Vicente Alberti y Vidal (1786–1859), writer *José Alcalá Galiano, José Alcalá Galiano (1843–1919), writer, poet and humorist *Baltasar del Alcázar, Baltasar del Alcázar (1530–1606), poet *Ignacio Aldecoa, Ignacio Aldecoa (1925–1969), novelist and poet *Mateo Alemán, Mateo Alemán (1547–c. 1609), novelist *Vicente Aleixandre, Vicente Aleixandre (1888–1984), poet, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (1977) *Florina Alías, Florina Alí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Novelists
Well-known authors of novels, listed by country: ''See also'': Lists of authors, List of poets, List of playwrights, List of short story authors Afghanistan * Aliyeh Ataei (born 1981) *Khaled Hosseini (born 1965) Albania * Dritero Agolli (1931–2017) *Ismail Kadare (born 1936) *Fatos Kongoli (born 1944) *Faik Konitza (1875–1942) *Migjeni (1911–1938) * Haki Stermilli (1895–1953) *Jakov Xoxa (1923–1979) Algeria *Marguerite Taos Amrouche (1913–1976) *Rachid Boudjedra (born 1941) *Albert Camus (1913–1960) *Mohammed Dib (1920–2003) *Tahar Djaout (1954–1993) *Assia Djebar (1936–2015) *Frantz Fanon (1925–1961), originally from Martinique *Mouloud Feraoun (1913–1962) *Mouloud Mammeri (1917–1989) *Rachid Mimouni (1945–1995) *Ahlam Mostaghanemi (born 1953) *Leïla Sebbar (born 1941) *Kateb Yacine (1929–1989) Roman Empire, Ancient Latin authors *Apuleius (c. 124–c. 170) *Petronius (c. 27–66) Angola *José Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960) *Sousa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Catalan-language Writers
This is an alphabetically sorted list of writers in the Catalan language: A * Antònia Abelló * Elisabet Abeyà * Joan Alcover * Gabriel Alomar * Núria Añó * Sebastià Juan Arbó B * Borja Bagunyà * Eva Baltasar * Maria Gràcia Bassa i Rocas * Prudenci Bertrana * Joan Binimelis * Edmond Brazes * Joan Brossa C * Jaume Cabré * Maria Teresa Cabré * Pere Calders * Mercè Canela * Josep Carner * Maite Carranza * Jordi Casanovas * Víctor Català * Jaume Cuadrat * Toni Cucarella D * Bernat Desclot * Teresa Duran E * Francesc Eiximenis * Salvador Espriu * Vicent Andrés Estellés F * Ester Fenoll Garcia *Gabriel Ferrater * Josep Vicenç Foix * Francesc Fontanella * Joan Fuster G * Martí Joan de Galba * Jordi Galceran * Tomàs Garcés * Gaziel * Juan Goytisolo * Adrià Gual * Àngel Guimerà * Francesc Vicent Garcia I J * Maria de la Pau Janer L * Ramon Llull M * Jordi de Manuel * Joan Maragall * Ausiàs March * Joan Margarit * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Anthropologists
A *John Adair * B. R. Ambedkar * Giulio Angioni * Jon Altman *Arjun Appadurai *Talal Asad *Timothy Asch * Scott Atran *Marc Augé B * Nigel Barley *Fredrik Barth *Vasily Bartold *Keith H. Basso * Daisy Bates *Gregory Bateson * Mary Catherine Bateson * Ruth Behar *Ruth Benedict * Dorothy A. Bennett * Carl H. Berendt *Lee Berger *Brent Berlin *Catherine Helen Webb Berndt *Catherine L. Besteman *Theodore C. Bestor * Lewis Binford * Evelyn Blackwood *Wilhelm Bleek *Maurice Bloch *Anton Blok *Franz Boas *Tom Boellstorff *Paul Bohannan *Dmitri Bondarenko *Pere Bosch-Gimpera *Pierre Bourdieu *Philippe Bourgois *Paul Broca *Christian Bromberger * Kari Bruwelheide C *Julio Caro Baroja * Edmund Carpenter *Napoleon Chagnon *Pierre Clastres *Mabel Cook Cole * Malcolm Carr Collier * Harold C. Conklin *Carleton S. Coon * Frank Hamilton Cushing D *Regna Darnell *Raymond Dart * Emma Lou Davis * Wade Davis *Ernesto de Martino *Ella Cara Deloria * Raymond J. DeMallie *Philippe Descola * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
