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Victor Heringer
Victor Doblas Heringer (March 27, 1988 – March 7, 2018) was a Brazilian Prêmio Jabuti-winning novelist, translator, chronicler and poet, famous for his novels ''Glória'' (2012) and ''O Amor dos Homens Avulsos'' (2016). Biography Victor Doblas Heringer was born on March 27, 1988, to a family of German descent in Rio de Janeiro, in the ''bairro'' (neighborhood) of São Cristóvão, but was raised in Nova Friburgo. Graduated in Literature from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, before publishing his first books he worked at the Instituto Moreira Salles and at the Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa after obtaining a scholarship for the latter. Between 2014 and 2017 he had a weekly column in the magazine '' Pessoa'', and also periodically wrote for the Pernambuco-based magazine ''Continente'', among many others. Heringer's debut work, the poetry anthology ''Automatógrafo'', was released through 7Letras in 2011. The following year, he published the critically acclaimed novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Loung Ung
Loung Ung ( km, អ៊ឹង លួង; born 19 November 1970) is a Cambodian American human-rights activist, lecturer and national spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine-Free World, between 1997 and 2003. She has served in the same capacity for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which is affiliated with the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. Born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Ung was the sixth of seven children and the third of four girls to Seng Im Ung and Ay Choung Ung. At the age of 10, she escaped from Cambodia as a survivor of what became known as " the Killing Fields" during the reign of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime. After emigrating to United States and assimilating, she wrote two books which related to her life experiences from 1975 through 2003. Biography Memoirs Ung's first memoir, '' First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers'', details her experiences in Cambodia from 1975 until 1980: "From 1975 to 1979—through execution, starva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Del Castilho
Del Castilho is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Many of the streets are named after impressionist artists, such as Van Gogh and Renoir Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Re .... History Toward the end of the 18th century, the land that is today Del Castilho was owned by Dom José Joaquim Castelo Branco, the first bishop of Rio de Janeiro. No one truly knows where the name originated, but the most common theory is that it came from a Spaniard named Henrique de Castile, and that the baptism was performed by Paulo de Frontin, a politician and engineer who would have honored a friend when the train station opened in 1898. References Neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro (city) {{RiodeJaneiro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
