Rodrig Mathieu
Rodrig may refer to the following: * Rodrig, the Mauritian Creole name for the island of Rodrigues * Rodrig Goliescu (1877–1942), Romanian inventor and engineer * Rodrig Ivanovich, a fictional character in the play ''Invitation to a Beheading'' by Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (russian: link=no, Владимир Владимирович Набоков ; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. Bo ...

Mauritian Creole
Mauritian Creole or Morisien (formerly Morisyen) ( mfe, kreol morisien, links=no ) is a French-based creole language spoken in Mauritius. English words are included in the standardized version of the language. In addition, the slaves and indentured servants from cultures in Africa and Asia left a diverse legacy of language in the country. The words spoken by these groups are also incorporated into contemporary Morisien. Mauritian Creole is the ''lingua franca'' of the Republic of Mauritius, which gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1968. Both English and French are used as alternatives to Mauritian Creole. English is spoken primarily for administration and educational purposes and French is used by the media and as a second language. Mauritians tend to speak Mauritian Creole at home and French in the workplace. French and English are taught in schools. Though Mauritians are of numerous ethnic origins (including Indian, African, European, and Chinese) Mauritian C ...
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Rodrigues
Rodrigues (french: Île Rodrigues, link=yes ; Creole: ) is a autonomous outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, about east of Mauritius. It is part of the Mascarene Islands, which include Mauritius and Réunion. Rodrigues is of volcanic origin and is surrounded by coral reef, and some tiny uninhabited islands lie just off its coast. The island used to be the tenth District of Mauritius; it gained autonomous status on 10 December 2002, and it is governed by the Rodrigues Regional Assembly. The capital of the island is Port Mathurin. The islands of Rodrigues, Agaléga and Saint Brandon form part of the larger territory of the Republic of Mauritius. Its inhabitants are Mauritian citizens. , the island's population was about 41,669, according to Statistics Mauritius. Most of the inhabitants are of African descent. Its economy is based mainly on fishing, farming, handicraft and a developing tourism sector. Etymology and history The uninhabited island w ...
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Rodrig Goliescu
Rodrig Goliescu (1877 – 1942) was a Romanian inventor, engineer, and lieutenant of Polish descent. He designed and built the "Avioplan," the first airplane with a tubular fuselage. Life Early life Rodrig Goliescu was born in Dorohoi in 1877. His father was Polish who moved to Romania in 1873. In 1900, Rodrig Goliescu finished the artillery and engineer school and became a lieutenant, at the same time receiving Romanian citizenship. He served as an active officer and from 1906 he dedicated himself to research in the aeronautical field. Studying the flight of birds, he created various aeromodelling projects. Aviation career In 1909, he worked out several highly original principals regarding the flight of heavier-than-air machines. His ideas were materialized in the flying machine called the ''Goliescu Avioplan''. The most original aspect of the Avioplan was the shape of its fuselage, designed for minimum aerodynamic drag and acting as a tube fan, increasing the efficiency of the ...
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Invitation To A Beheading
''Invitation to a Beheading'' (russian: Приглашение на казнь, lit=''Invitation to an execution'') is a novel by Russian American author Vladimir Nabokov. It was originally published in Russian from 1935 to 1936 as a serial in ''Sovremennye zapiski'', a Russian émigré magazine. In 1938, the work was published in Paris, with an English translation following in 1959. The novel was translated into English by Nabokov's son, Dmitri Nabokov, under the author's supervision. The novel is often described as Kafkaesque, but Nabokov claimed that at the time he wrote the book, he was unfamiliar with German and "completely ignorant" of Franz Kafka's work. Nabokov interrupted his work on '' The Gift'' in order to write ''Invitation to a Beheading'', describing the creation of the first draft as "one fortnight of wonderful excitement and sustained inspiration." Some scholars have argued that the central plot of ''Invitation to a Beheading'' has its roots in Chernyshevski, a ch ...
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