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Guerra Redentrice
Guerra is a Portuguese, Spanish and Italian term meaning "war". Notable people with the surname Guerra include: People Arts * Aaron Guerra, American guitarist * Adam Daniel Guerra, American drag queen also known as Venus D-Lite * Ana Clara Guerra Marques, Angolan dancer * Andrea Guerra (composer), Italian composer * Aureliano Fernández-Guerra, Spanish historian, poet and playwright * Carlos Rivera Guerra, Mexican singer * Carolina Guerra, Colombian model and actress * Cástulo Guerra, Argentine actor * Castullo Guerra, Argentine actor * César Guerra-Peixe, Brazilian violinist * Ciro Guerra, Colombian film director, screenwriter * Ely Guerra, Mexican singer * Gabriel Guerra, Mexican sculptor * Giovanni Guerra, Italian painter * Gregório de Matos e Guerra, Brazilian poet * Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer * Marcelino Guerra, Cuban singer * María Inés Guerra, Mexican singer * Pedro Guerra, Spanish singer * Pia Guerra, Canadian comic book artist * Raquel Guerra, Portuguese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as " Lusophone" (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-most sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonino Guerra
Antonio "Tonino" Guerra (16 March 1920 – 21 March 2012) was an Italian poet, writer and screenwriter who collaborated with some of the most prominent film directors in the world. Life and work Guerra was born in Santarcangelo di Romagna. According to his obituary in ''The Guardian'', Guerra first started writing poetry when interned in a prison camp in Germany, after being rounded up at the age of 22 with other antifascists from Santarcangelo. At 30 he moved to Rome and worked as a schoolteacher. During this time he met Elio Petri, the future director of ''Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion'' (1970), who worked as assistant to Giuseppe De Santis. Guerra was able to get his first screenwriting credit after he and Petri went to the Abruzzi mountains to find out about wolf-hunting; "Though they discovered that wolf hunters no longer existed, De Santis went ahead anyway with the film, ''Uomini e Lupi'' (Men and Wolves, 1957)". Although a follower of Cesare Zavattini, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Guerra
Tom Guerra is an American guitarist, songwriter, and vintage guitar preservationist. He has been a member of Mambo Sons and Dirty Bones Band, has appeared as a guest on recordings by other notable artists, and has released albums under his own name. Career Guerra began his music career in the late 1970s, playing in the New England club circuit with blues and rock acts. His primary influences include Rory Gallagher, Paul Kossoff, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, and Joe Walsh. In the 1980s, Guerra recorded with Rick Derringer, Max Weinberg, Guitar Shorty, Kenny Aaronson, and many others. From 1983 to 1992 Guerra was a member of the garage rock group Dirty Bones Band and recorded four albums with them. He was profiled in ''Guitar Player'' magazine in 1991. He started writing for ''Vintage Guitar (magazine), Vintage Guitar Magazine'' in 1998 and continues to do so to the present day. His column focuses on authentic recording techniques and collecting vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shekhar Gurera
Lalit Kala Academy Shekhar Gurera, or Chander Shekhar Gurera, is an Indian editorial cartoonist, illustrator, and graphic designer. He publishes regular cartoons with comments about India's political and social trends. His daily pocket cartoons appear in several English, Hindi, and regional language daily newspapers ''Punjab Kesari'', ''Hind Samachar'', '' Jag Bani, Nava Bharat, Central Chronicle,'' '' The Pioneer'', '' Sanmarg'' and ''Navodaya Times'' among others. He started his cartoon career in 1984 as a freelancer. Biography Gurera was born on 30 August 1965 in Moga, Punjab, India. He started his pre-university (11th) from DAV College, Abohar, but graduated with a degree in Science from Multani Mal Modi College at Patiala in 1986. After shifting to Gurgaon, Haryana he got the degree in Applied Arts from College of Art at New Delhi in 1990. Career During 1973 Gurera's first cartoon was published in ''Veer Pratap'', a Hindi newspaper from Punjab, as he was awarded in an on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruy Guerra
Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director and screenwriter. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique, when it was still a Portuguese colony. Biography Guerra studied at IDHEC film school in Paris from 1952. In 1958 he started his career as an assistant director in several French films. He subsequently immigrated to Brazil, where he directed his first feature film, ''Os Cafajestes'' (1962). It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1964, Guerra directed ''Os Fuzis'', which placed him in the forefront of the emerging Cinema Novo movement. The film was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize. After that he directed the international production '' Tendres Chasseurs'' (1969) starring Sterling Hayden, and '' Os Deuses e os Mortos'' (1970). The tumultuous political landscape in 1970' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa Guerra
Rosa Guerra (1834August 18, 1864) was an Argentine educator, journalist and writer. She was a pioneering woman in Argentine literature. Biography Rosa Guerra was born in Buenos Aires, 1834. She founded two newspapers, ''La Camelia'', dedicated to spreading ideas associated with equality between the sexes, and ''La Educación'' a religious, poetic and literary newspaper. She also affiliated with the newspapers ''La Nación Argentina'', ''El Nacional'', and ''La Tribuna''.Sosa de Newton, Lily (1995). «Rosa Guerra». Narradoras argentinas. 1852-1932. Plus Ultra. p. 32. ISBN 950-21-1218-0. She published the novel ''Lucía Miranda'' on the subject of the captive; ''La Camelia''; and a drama in verse, ''Clemencia''. Posthumously, her book of poems, ''Desahogos del corazón'' (Relief from the heart), was published. She died August 18, 1864. ''La Camellia'' Guerra begins her career as a journalist when Juan Manuel de Rosas was removed from power. ''La Camelia'' began publication on Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Guerra
Robert Guerra is an American art director of film and theatre. He has designed sets for plays such as ''Warp!'' at New York City's Ambassador Theatre on Broadway (1973) and has worked on films such as '' Ironweed'' (1987), '' See You in the Morning'' (1989), ''Family Business'' (1989), ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1992), ''The Pelican Brief'' (1993), '' The Portrait'' (1993), ''The Devil's Own'' (1997), ''Meet Joe Black'' (1998), '' A Beautiful Mind'' (2001), '' Cold Mountain'' (2003), '' The Aviator'' (2004), and ''Shutter Island ''Shutter Island'' is a novel by American writer Dennis Lehane, published by HarperCollins in April 2003. It is about a U.S. Marshal who goes to an isolated hospital for the criminally insane to investigate the disappearance of a patient who is ...'' (2010). References External links * {{US-artdirector-stub American art directors Year of birth missing (living people) Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Guerra
Rita Maria de Azevedo Mafra Guerra, commonly known as Rita Guerra (born 22 October 1967) is a Portuguese singer-songwriter. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 where she sang " Deixa-me sonhar" and finished 22nd. In 2020 she won the Portuguese version of Masked Singer as the crow. Biography Guerra was born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal. She has long competed in the Portuguese national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. She first participated in 1992, making it to the national finals with the song "Meu amor inventado em mim," reaching second place. She sang in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, in Riga, Latvia, where she finished 22nd with 13 points. Guerra's brother died of cancer the day previous to the contest, which she found out immediately after her performance. Guerra married the lyricist and composer of the song, Paulo Martins. He was also responsible for the production of her latest album called Rita, released on 20 June 2005. Sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raquel Guerra
Raquel Guerra (born 11 November 1985) is a Portuguese singer and actress. She was born in Elvas. One of the finalists of the Portuguese Idols, along with Luciana Abreu and they both worked in the soap-opera Floribella broadcast on the SIC network. Raquel Guerra played the role of ''Clara Miranda''. Raquel Guerra also won a musical contest hosted by the TV show SIC 10 Horas. In 2010 she was part of "Morangos com Açúcar: Vive o teu Verão" (literal translation: "Strawberries with Sugar: Live your Summer") as Lolita. In the same year she took part of the soap opera Feitiço de amor. She took part of the TV Show from SIC Channel Familia Superstar. She played a role at theatre in 4:48 Psicose by Luísa Ortigoso. In April 2013 her first single and video will be released with the name "Desencontros" (Marios Gligoris - music; Nuno Valério - lyrics). External links *Official website 1985 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese women singers Portuguese televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pia Guerra
Pia Jasmin Guerra is an American-born Canadian comic book artist and editorial cartoonist, best known for her work as co-creator and lead penciller on the Vertigo title '' Y: The Last Man''. She has worked in the comics industry since the 1990s, and has also contributed to ''Doctor Who: The Forgotten'', along with DC and Marvel comics. Guerra regularly does cartoons for ''The New Yorker'', ''MAD'' Magazine and The Nib. She is the author of the Image Comics editorial cartoon book, ''Me The People''. Early life Guerra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. At the age of 10, Guerra's cousin visited from Queens and introduced her to comics by leaving his issue of ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #129 on a coffee table in her house. After reading the comic, Guerra continued to read comics thereafter. As a self-taught artist, Guerra was always interested in art, but she planned to pursue other careers, such as medicine. In high school, Guerra attended comic conventions and began to consider pursuing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Guerra
Pedro Manuel Guerra Mansito (born 2 June 1966 in Güímar, Tenerife) is a Spanish singer-songwriter. Biography Guerra is the son of Pedro Guerra Cabrera, the first President of the Canarian Parliament. He began studying the guitar at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Tenerife. At the age of 16 he started to perform regularly throughout Tenerife. At 18, he moved to the university city San Cristóbal de La Laguna, where he met fellow singer-songwriters Andrés Molina, Rogelio Botanz, and Marisa Delgado, with whom he formed Taller Canario de Canción in 1985. Marisa left the group the following year. Pedro Guerras' style is based on Canarian folk music, as well as contemporary popular music, Latin American, and North African music. In 1993, he moved to Madrid and embarked upon a solo career. As a musician and composer he worked together with Ana Belén, Víctor Manuel, Joaquín Sabina, Javier Álvarez, Paloma San Basilio, Amistades Peligrosas and the grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
