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Georg Bydlinski
Georg Bydlinski (born 30 May 1956 in Graz) is an Austrian writer. Life After studying English literature and religious instruction, Bydlinski has lived as a freelance writer in Mödling since 1982. In 1990, he participated at the Festival of German-Language Literature in Klagenfurt. He has written many novels, children's books and poems, co-founded a small publishing house, and is an editor of anthologies as well as a translator. Georg Bydlinski is a member of "IG Autorinnen Autoren", Grazer Autorenversammlung, Österreichischer Schriftstellerverband, "Literaturkreis Podium" and "Friedrich-Bödecker-Kreis Hannover". Since 2013 he has been working together with the producer Thomas Raber. Awards * 1982 "Theodor-Körner-Förderpreis" (Theodor Körner Young Writers Award) * 1987 "Theodor-Körner-Förderpreis" * 1993 "Theodor-Körner-Förderpreis" * 1993 "Kinderbuchpreis der Stadt Wien" (Children's Book Prize of the City of Vienna) * 2001 "Österreichischer Staatspreis für Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna 2013-03-13 'Salon Für Kunstbuch' - Georg Bydlinski A
Vienna ( ; german: Wien ; bar, Wean, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the Capital city, capital, largest city, and one of States of Austria, nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's List of cities and towns in Austria, most populous city and its primate city, with about two million inhabitants (2.9 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of the country's population), and its Culture of Austria, cultural, Economy of Austria, economic, and Politics of Austria, political center. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, 6th-largest city proper by population in the European Union and the largest of all List of cities and towns on Danube river, cities on the Danube river. Until the beginning of the 20th century, Vienna was the largest German language, German-speaking city in the world, and before the splitting of the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I, the city had two million inhabitants. To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winfried Opgenoorth
Winfried is a masculine German given name. Notable people with the name include: *Winfried Berkemeier (born 1953), former German footballer *Winfried Bischoff (born 1941), German-British businessperson *Winfried Bönig (born 1959), German organist *Winfried Brugger (born 1950), German academic *Winfried Denk (born 1957), German physicist and neurobiologist *Winfried Glatzeder (born 1945), German television actor *Winfried Hassemer (1940–2014), German criminal law scientist *Winfried Klepsch (born 1956), retired West German long jumper * Winfried Kretschmann (born 1948), German politician *Winfried Michel (born 1948), German recorder player, composer, and editor of music *Winfried Nachtwei (born 1946), German politician *W.G. Sebald (born 1944), German writer and academic (full name Winfried Georg Sebald) *Winfried Otto Schumann (1888–1974), German physicist * Winfried Schäfer (born 1950), German football manager and former player *Winfried Zillig (1905–1963), German composer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Mosc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Male Poets
Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ** Austria-Hungary ** Austrian Airlines (AUA) ** Austrian cuisine ** Austrian Empire ** Austrian monarchy ** Austrian German (language/dialects) ** Austrian literature ** Austrian nationality law ** Austrian Service Abroad ** Music of Austria ** Austrian School of Economics * Economists of the Austrian school of economic thought * The Austrian Attack variation of the Pirc Defence chess opening. See also * * * Austria (other) * Australian (other) * L'Autrichienne (other) is the feminine form of the French word , meaning "The Austrian". It may refer to: *A derogatory nickname for Queen Marie Antoinette of France *L'Autrichienne (film), ''L'Autrichienne'' (film), a 1990 French film on Marie Antoinette wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debi Gliori
Debi Gliori (born 1959) is a Scottish writer and illustrator of children's books. Life and career Gliori was born in Glasgow and grew up there as an only child. She started writing children's books in 1976 and attended art school in Edinburgh from 1979 to 1984. She then received an Andrew Grant travelling scholarship award to go to Milan, and worked as a freelance from 1984. In 1989, independent children's book publisher Walker Books signed her, and she acquired an agent three years later. Gliori is the creator of many children's books including the ''Mr Bear'' picture book series. She wrote the black comedy '' Pure Dead'' series for older children, with ''Pure Dead Magic'' being her first novel. Gliori lives in Haddington, East Lothian. Awards ''Mr. Bear'' won the Red House Children's Book Award for picture books in 1997. ''Mr. Bear to the Rescue'' was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1997; ''Mr. Bear Babysits'', ''Mr. Bear's Picnic'' and ''Mr. Bear to the Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Franz Lake National Wildlife Refuge Businesses * Franz Deuticke, a scientific publishing company based in Vienna, Austria * Franz Family Bakeries, a food processing company in Portland, Oregon * Franz-porcelains, a Taiwanese brand of pottery based in San Francisco Other uses * ''Franz'' (film), a 1971 Belgian film * Franz Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language See also * Frantz (other) * Franzen (other) * Frantzen (other) Frantzen or Frantzén is a surname. It may refer to: * Allen Frantzen (born 1947/48), American medievalist * Björn Frantzén (born 1977), Swedish chef and owner of the Frantzén restaurant * Jean-Pierre Frantzen (1890–1957), Luxembourgian gym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna
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Katharina Bußhoff
Katharina is a feminine given name. It is a German form of Katherine. It may refer to: In television and film: *Katharina Bellowitsch, Austrian radio and TV presenter * Katharina Mückstein, Austrian film director * Katharina Thalbach, German actress and film director * Katherine Pierce, a character in '' The Vampire Diaries'' originally named Katharina Petrova. In artistry: * Katharina Fröhlich, lover of Franz Grillparzer * Katharina Rapp, German artist In other fields: * Katharina Baunach, German footballer * Katharina Dalton, British physician and pioneer in the research of premenstrual stress syndrome. * Katharina Klafsky, Hungarian operatic singer * Katharina von Bora, German Catholic nun who was an early convert to Protestantism. * Katharina von Zimmern (1478-1547), last abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey See also *320 Katharina Katharina (minor planet designation: 320 Katharina) is a small Main belt asteroid orbiting in the Eos family of asteroids, including 513 Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Antoni
Birgit is a female given name, a short form of Birgitta and ultimately a Germanic form of the Gaelic name Bridget. Notable people with the name include: * Birgit Brüel, Danish singer and actress * Birgit Collin-Langen, German politician * Birgit Cunningham, Anglo-American activist * Birgit Doll, Austrian actress and theatre director * Birgit Finnilä, Swedish opera singer * Birgit Fischer, German canoer * Birgit Friedmann (born 1960), German runner and 1980 world champion * Birgit Hogefeld, German RAF terrorist member * Birgit Kähler, German high jumper * Birgit Meyer (born 1960), Dutch religious studies scholar * Birgit Michels, German badminton player * Birgit Minichmayr, Austrian actress * Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano * Birgit Õigemeel, Estonian singer * Birgit Prinz, German football (soccer) player * Birgit Püve, Estonian photographer * Birgit Rausing, Swedish art historian * Birgit Ridderstedt, Swedish singer * Birgit Schrowange, German television presenter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Rassmus
Jens may refer to: * Jens (given name), a list of people with the name * Jens (surname), a list of people * Jens, Switzerland, a municipality * 1719 Jens, an asteroid See also * Jensen (other) Jensen may refer to: People *Jensen (surname) *Jensen (given name) *Jensen (gamer), Danish professional ''League of Legends'' player Places Australia * Jensen Oval, Sydney, Australia, a soccer park * Jensen, Queensland, a suburb of Townsville ... * Jenssi {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carola Holland
Carola is a female given name, the Latinized form of the Germanic given names Caroline or Carol. People named Carola include: Acting * Carola Braunbock (1924–1978), Czech-born East German actress *Carola Höhn (1910–2005), German actress * Carola Lotti (1910-1990), Italian actress * Carola Neher (Karola Neher), German actress * Carola Reyna, Argentine actress and director * Carola Toelle (1893–1958), German actress Music * Carola Grindea (1914–2009), Romanian pianist and piano teacher * Carola Häggkvist, also known as just Carola, Swedish singer, winner of the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest * Carola Smit, Dutch singer * Carola Standertskjöld, Finnish jazz and pop singer Politics * Carola Reimann (born 1967), German politician * Carola Schouten, Dutch politician Others * Carola Dunn, British-American writer * Carola Rackete, German ship captain and sea rescuer * Carola Roloff, German Buddhist nun * Carola Unterberger-Probst, Austrian filmmaker and artist * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Bors
Marianne () has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. Marianne is displayed in many places in France and holds a place of honour in town halls and law courts. She is depicted in the ''Triumph of the Republic'', a bronze sculpture overlooking the Place de la Nation in Paris, as well as represented with another Parisian statue on the Place de la République. Her profile stands out on the official government logo of the country, appears on French euro coins and on French postage stamps. She was also featured on the former franc currency and is officially used on most government documents. Marianne is a significant republican symbol; her French monarchist equivalent is often Joan of Arc. As a national icon Marianne represents opposition to monarchy and the championship of freedom and democracy against all fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
