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Sara Sefchovich
Sara Sefchovich (born ''Sara Sefchovich Wasongarz''; April 2, 1949 in Mexico City) is a Mexican writer. Biography She studied sociology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), earning a master's degree in 1987 and a doctorate degree in 2005 in History of Mexico. Later, she also did research at the Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales ("Institute of Social Research") of the institution. She has written articles for the magazines '' Fem'', '' Revista Mexicana de Sociología'', ''Cuadernos de Comunicación'', ''Los Universitarios'', ''Revista de la Universidad de México'', ''Casa del Tiempo'', ''La Semana de Bellas Artes'', ''La Cultura en México'', ''Sábado'' and the newspapers ''La Jornada'' and '' El Universal''. Her first novel ''Demasiado amor'' earned her the Agustín Yáñez Award in 1990 and was adapted in 2002 into the film of the same name starring Ari Telch. She has also written ''La señora de los sueños'' (1993) and ''La suerte de la consorte'' (199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 boroughs or ''demarcaciones territoriales'', which are in turn divided into neighborhoods or ''colonias''. The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the world, the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere (behind São Paulo, Brazil), and the largest Spanish language, Spanish-speaking city (city proper) in the world. Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product, GDP of $411 billion in 2011, which makes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elda Peralta
Elda Peralta is a Mexican actress and writer. Selected filmography * ''Hypocrite'' (1949) * ''Immaculate'' (1950) * ''Women's Prison'' (1951) * ''Streetwalker'' (1951) * ''Crime and Punishment'' (1951) * ''A Woman Without Love ''Una mujer sin amor'' (English: ''A Woman Without Love'') is a 1952 Mexican film directed by Spanish-born filmmaker Luis Buñuel. It is based on Guy de Maupassant's story " Pierre et Jean." The film, like much of Buñuel's work, criticizes b ...'' (1952) * '' My Darling Clementine'' (1953) * '' Remember to Live'' (1953) References External links * 1932 births Living people Mexican television actresses Mexican film actresses Mexican stage actresses People from Hermosillo Actresses from Sonora 20th-century Mexican actresses {{Mexico-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon
Amazon most often refers to: * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company Amazon or Amazone may also refer to: Places South America * Amazon Basin (sedimentary basin), a sedimentary basin at the middle and lower course of the river * Amazon basin, the part of South America drained by the river and its tributaries * Amazon Reef, at the mouth of the Amazon basin Elsewhere * 1042 Amazone, an asteroid * Amazon Creek, a stream in Oregon, US People * Amazon Eve (born 1979), American model, fitness trainer, and actress * Lesa Lewis (born 1967), American professional bodybuilder nicknamed "Amazon" Art and entertainment Fictional characters * Amazon (Amalgam Comics) * Amazon, an alias of the Marvel supervillain Man-Killer * Amazons (DC Comics), a group of superhuman characters * The Amazon, a ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNAM
The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the biggest in terms of enrollment. A portion of UNAM's main campus in Mexico City, known as '' Ciudad Universitaria'' (University City), is a UNESCO World Heritage site that was designed by some of Mexico's best-known architects of the 20th century and hosted the 1968 Summer Olympic Games. Murals in the main campus were painted by some of the most recognized artists in Mexican history, such as Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros. With acceptance rates usually below 10%, and its research, especially in Artificial Intelligence, being recognized by UNESCO as one of the most impactful globally, UNAM is known for its high quality research and educational level. All Mexican Nobel laureates are either alumni or faculty of UNAM. UNAM was founded, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mexicans
This article contains a list of well-known Mexicans in science, publication, arts, politics and sports. Arts * Manuel Álvarez Bravo, photographer; recipient, 1984 Hasselblad Award * Pita Amor, poet * Alberto Arai, architect, theorist and painter * Luis Barragán, architect * Federico Cantú, writer * Leonora Carrington, painter * Max Cetto, architect, educator and historian * Joaquín Clausell, painter * Miguel Covarrubias, painter * José Luis Cuevas, painter, printmaker * Gelsen Gas, theater director; film director and producer; actor; painter; poet; sculptor and inventor * Mathias Goeritz, painter, sculptor and architect * Jorge González Camarena, painter, muralist and sculptor * Saturnino Herrán, painter * Graciela Iturbide, photographer; recipient, 2008 Hasselblad Award * María Izquierdo, painter * Frida Kahlo, painter * Arturo Moyers Villena, painter * Gerardo Murillo, painter * Amado Nervo, poet * Juan O'Gorman, painter and architect * José Clem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zilla H
Zilla may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Vittore Zanetti Zilla (1864–1946), Italian painter * Zilla Mays (1931–1995), American R&B, gospel singer and pioneering DJ * Zilla (Godzilla), a fictional film monster * Zilla (band), a trance band started in 2004 * Zilla (rapper), formerly VZilla, stage name of underground rapper and producer Victor Gurrola Jr. () * Willy Zilla, protagonist of ''My Dad the Rock Star'', a Canadian/French animated TV series * Zilla, the major antagonist in the video game ''Shadow Warrior'' Plants and animals * ''Zilla'' (plant), a plant genus in the family Brassicaceae * ''Zilla'' (spider), an animal genus in the family Araneidae Other uses * Zillah (country subdivision) or Zilla, a country subdivision in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan * -zilla, a suffix derived from the fictional monster Godzilla * Zilla motor controller A motor controller is a device or group of devices that can coordinate in a predetermined manner the performance of an electri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
País De Mentiras
The party País was a leftist political party in Chile founded by Alejandro Navarro, a Senator formerly a member of the MAS Region party, supporting his candidacy for President in 2017. Pais Party was presented in Santiago on 3 September 2016; on the 10th of the same month it was founded in the city of Concepción. One of its founders was Chilean senator Alejandro Navarro. Among the party's proposals was the elimination of the Chilean pensions system sistema de AFP as well as to achieve free education at all levels. It was part of the All Over Chile alliance. On 22 May 2017, the party delivered 8,500 signatures of new members from six different regions to the Central Electoral Board Servicio Electoral in order to legalise the party on those areas; at the same time, it was announced that Alejandro Navarro would run in the presidential race. Because of some issues with one of the regions, the party was finally legalised in 5 zones: Región de Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Maule, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Señora De Los Sueños
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 * The La's, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agencies * L.A. Screenings, a tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Suerte De La Consorte
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 * The La's, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agencies * L.A. Screenings, a tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabino Barreda
Gabino Barreda (born Puebla, 1818 – died Mexico City 1881) was a Mexican physician and philosopher oriented to French positivism. After participating in the Mexican–American War defending his country as a volunteer, he studied medicine in Paris (1847–51). There he became acquainted with Auguste Comte's doctrine of positivism, before his first publications in philosophy. Upon returning to Mexico City, he introduced the positivistic school, and taught in Guanajuato (1863–67) until the fall of the Maximilian empire. In 1867, he headed the educational commission of President Benito Juárez, where he was able to implement Comte's positivism in higher education. The commission established the National Preparatory School (''Escuela Nacional Preparatoria'' (ENP)), where he served director for a decade. Because Barreda was closely associated with Juárez and his successor following his death, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, the Díaz regime forced him out from the ENP in 1878, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisandro Otero
Lisandro Otero González (June 4, 1932 – January 3, 2008) was a Cuban novelist and journalist. Background Born in Havana, Cuba, Otero won Cuba's National Prize in Literature in 2002 and was the director of Cuban Academy of Language from October 2004 until his death. He also was a member of The Royal Academy of Spanish Language and the North American Academy of the Spanish Language. Graduating with degrees of Journalism and Philosophy and Letters in 1954 at the Havana University, he also studied at The Sorbonne in Paris. (1954–1956). Major publications of the country such as ''Revolución'', ''Cuba Magazine'' and ''Revolución y Cultura'' have been directed by him. He has written for publications such as ''Bohemia'', ''Carteles'', ''Granma'', ''Juventud Rebelde'', ''El Mundo'', ''Casa de las Américas'', ''Unión'', ''La Gaceta de Cuba de Cuba'', ''Le Monde Diplomatique'', ''Partisans'', ''Europe'', ''The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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