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Hilma Malmgren
Hilma is a female given name that was in occasional use at the turn of the 20th century. The name was made popular by the German poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock. The name was used in early 19th century Scandinavian literature, probably as a variant of Wilhelmina. It can also be a variant of the male name Hilmar or Hilmer. People *Hilma Angered Strandberg (1855–1927), Swedish writer *Hilma Caldeira (born 1972), Brazilian volleyball player *Hilma Contreras (1913–2006), Dominican writer *Hilma Granqvist (1890–1972), Finnish anthropologist *Hilma Gabriella Jahnsson (1882–1975), Finnish lawyer *Hilma af Klint (1862–1944), Swedish artist and mystic *Hilma Räsänen (1877–1955), Finnish educator and politician *Hilma Swedahl (1870–1965), Swedish gold prospector *Hilma Valjakka (1881–1934), Finnish politician *Hilma Wolitzer, (born 1930) American novelist See also Hilma* Helma *Helmi (other) *Wilhelmina (other) Wilhelmina may refer to: *Wilhelmina ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (; 2 July 1724 – 14 March 1803) was a German poet. His best known work is the epic poem ''Der Messias'' ("The Messiah"). One of his major contributions to German literature was to open it up to exploration outside of French models. Biography Early life Klopstock was born at Quedlinburg, the eldest son of a lawyer. Both in his birthplace and on the estate of Friedeburg on the Saale, which his father later rented, he spent a happy childhood. Having been given more attention to his physical than to his mental development, he grew up strong and healthy and was considered an excellent horseman. In his thirteenth year, he returned to Quedlinburg and attended the gymnasium there, and in 1739 went on to the famous classical school named Schulpforta. Here he soon became adept in Greek and Latin versification, and wrote some meritorious idylls and odes in German. His original intention of making Henry the Fowler the hero of an epic was abandoned in favor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelmina (other)
Wilhelmina may refer to: *Wilhelmina (given name), a given name and list of people with the name People * Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880–1962), Queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948 * Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick (1673–1742), empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, Queen of the Germans * Wilhelmine of Bayreuth (1709–1758), German princess (the older sister of Frederick the Great) and composer * Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (1750–1820), German princess * Wilhelmine of Prussia (1774–1837), German princess and later queen of the Netherlands * Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (1788–1836), German Grand Duchess of Hess and the Rhine Places *Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica *Wilhelmina Mountains, Suriname *Wilhelmina, Missouri, a community in the United States Other uses * 392 Wilhelmina, a large main-belt asteroid * USS ''Wilhelmina'' (ID-2168), a transport for the United States Navy during World War I * Wilhelmina Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilma Angered Strandberg
Elisabet Kristina Hilma Angered Strandberg (June 10, 1855 in Stockholm - January 23, 1927 in Meran), was a Swedish writer. She mostly wrote under the name Hilma Strandberg of the pseudonym, "Lilian". Life She was the daughter of Justice and member of the Swedish Academy Carl Gustaf beach Berg (1825–1874) and his wife Eva Helleday (1830–1869). She attended an ordinary school in Stockholm, but later took private lessons with EM Rappe in Småland. In 1876, she completed training as a telegraph operator and worked as such from 1883 to 1888 in Fjällbacka. During that time, she wrote alleged correspondence to a newspaper at which she was later employed. In 1886, she became a co-founder of the radical feminist women's paper ''Framåt'' ('Forward') of the Gothenburg's Women's Association alongside Mathilda Hedlund and Alma Åkermark. She married the artist Hjalmar Angered and emigrated with him to the United States, where they lived from 1888 to 1894 and she wrote articles in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilma Caldeira
Hilma Aparecida Caldeira (born January 5, 1972) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil who competed with the Brazil women's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she claimed the bronze medal with the Women's National Team. She also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Brazil. On club level she played with L'Acqua di Fiori/Minas. Clubs * Minas Tênis Clube (1987–1995) * Vôlei Osasco (1995–1997) * Minas Tênis Clube (1997–1998) * Volley Bergamo (1998–1999) * VakıfBank S.K. VakıfBank is the second largest bank in Turkey in terms of asset size, established with an initial capital of TL 50 million on January 11, 1954 and later started operating on April 13, 1954. Abdi Serdar Üstünsalih has been selected as the CEO ... (1999–2002) References External links Volleybox.net Profile* * 1972 births Living people Brazilian women's volleyball players Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilma Contreras
Hilma Contreras Castillo (December 8, 1913 – January 15, 2006) was a Dominican Republic, Dominican writer, born in San Francisco de Macorís. She was educated in Paris, France, Paris, where she studied French and English, as well as literature and archaeology. She returned to the Dominican Republic in 1933. In 1937, at the encouragement of fellow writer Juan Bosch (politician), Juan Bosch, she began writing stories, which were published in various newspapers. In 2002, she became the first woman to receive the National Literature Award. Contreras never married or had children, and died in her home town in 2006. Bibliography * ''Doña Endrina de Catalayud'' (1952) * ''Cuatro cuentos'' (1953) * ''El ojo de Dios: cuentos de la clandestinidad'' (1962) * ''La tierra está bramando'' (1986) * ''Entre dos silencios'' (1987) * ''Facetas de la vida'' (1993) * ''Obras escogidas'' (to be published) References 1913 births 2006 deaths Dominican Republic short story writers Domin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilma Granqvist
Hilma Natalia Granqvist (17 July 1890 Sipoo – 25 February 1972 Helsinki) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish anthropologist who conducted long field studies of Palestinians. She was a student of Edvard Westermarck. Studies In the 1920s Granqvist arrived at the village of Artas, just outside Bethlehem in the then British Mandate of Palestine British Mandate of Palestine or Palestine Mandate most often refers to: * Mandate for Palestine: a League of Nations mandate under which the British controlled an area which included Mandatory Palestine and the Emirate of Transjordan. * Mandatory P ... as part of her research on the women of the Old Testament. She had gone to Palestine "in order to find the Jewish ancestors of Scripture". What she found instead was a Palestinian people with a distinct culture and way of life. She therefore changed the focus of her research to a full investigation of the customs, habits and ways of thinking of the people of that village. Granqvist ended up stay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilma Gabriella Jahnsson
Hilma Gabriella Jahnsson (born Hägg, 3 February 1882 Turku, died 11 June 1975) was a Finnish lawyer. She was best known for her husband, professor Yrjö Jahnsson, as the founder of the foundation of her spouse. As Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee on Labor Affairs, she served in 1917-1930 and was also a party candidate for the Social Democratic Party in the 1933 parliamentary elections. She was the third female jurist in Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B .... Projekt Runeberg. Viitattu 2.5.2015. References< ...
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Hilma Af Klint
Hilma af Klint (; 26 October 1862 – 21 October 1944) was a Swedish artist and mysticism, mystic whose paintings are considered among the first Abstract art, abstract works known in Western art history. A considerable body of her work predates the first purely abstract compositions by Wassily Kandinsky, Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, Malevich and Piet Mondrian, Mondrian. She belonged to a group called "The Five", comprising a circle of women inspired by Theosophy, who shared a belief in the importance of trying to contact the so-called "Masters of the Ancient Wisdom, High Masters"—often by way of séances. Her paintings, which sometimes resemble diagrams, were a visual representation of complex spiritual ideas. Early life Hilma af Klint was the fourth child of Mathilda af Klint (née Sonntag) and Captain Victor af Klint, a Swedish naval commander, and she spent summers with her family at their manor, "Hanmora", on the island of Adelsö in Lake Mälaren. In these idyllic surro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilma Räsänen
Hilma Sohvi Räsänen (28 March 1877 – 20 January 1955) was a Finnish educator and politician. A member of the Agrarian League, she was elected to Parliament in 1907 as one of the first group of female MPs. She remained an MP until the following year. Biography Räsänen was born in Kuopio in 1877.Hilma Räsänen Parliament of Finland Between 1900 and 1907 she worked as a primary school teacher in , Kuopion maalaiskunta, and |
Hilma Swedahl
Hilma Swedahl, née ''Wounsch'' (2 October 1870 – 2 July 1965) was a Swedish-American gold prospector and the founder of the Swedish tourist village of ''Alaska i Strömstad''. Hilma Wounsch was born on the island of Syd-Hälsö, Strömstads kommun in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. She was the daughter of a fisher in Bohuslän. During the spring of 1896, she traveled to New York City, where she worked as a domestic. After four years, she left for Alaska and the Klondike Gold Rush. She joined a group of young people in Dawson with whom she reached the gold camp near Ruby, Alaska. She lived alone in the wilderness for fifteen years until she married John Swedahl, a gold prospector originally from Trondheim, Norway. The couple visited Sweden in 1912 and in 1928. After the last visit, Hilma Swedahl remained in Sweden, while her husband returned to the United States. During the 1930s, she founded the ''Alaska i Strömstad'', a park and rock garden located on ''Norra Långön ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilma Valjakka
Hilma Maria Valjakka (née ''Nykänen''; 29 May 1881, in Pieksämäki – 14 February 1934) was a Finnish politician. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The ... from 1919 to 1930, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Valjakka, Hilma 1881 births 1934 deaths People from Pieksämäki People from Mikkeli Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1919–1922) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1922–1924) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1924–1927) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1927–1929) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1929–1930) 20th-century Finnish women politicians W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilma Wolitzer
Hilma Wolitzer (born 1930) is an American novelist. Career Wolitzer's first novel for adults, '' Ending'', was published in 1974. In his review of the novel, lead ''New York Times'' critic Anatole Broyard wrote, “After finishing Wolitzer’s book, I felt as if I had been on the brink of the abyss, pulled back by a last‐minute reprieve. My first impulse was to rush out and live, to grasp at existence as every instant of it was climactic . . . Apocalyptic as sounds, ''Ending'' made me feel I never wanted to take anything for granted again. If you have ever smelled death, really recognized it, life is a miracle. You can understand Marie Antoinette's saying, to the executioner, on the platform of the guillotine, ‘one more moment of happiness!’” ''Ending'' was the loose basis for Bob Fosse's 1979 film '' All That Jazz''. The recipient of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships and an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Wolitzer wrote f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
