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Pilar (given Name)
Pilar is a feminine Spanish language given name, traditionally short for "Our Lady of the Pillar, Maria del Pilar". Notable people with the name include: Female * Pilar Adón (born 1971), Spanish writer and translator * Pilar Arlando (born 1989), Portuguese holder of the title of Miss World Singapore for 2009–2010 * Pilar Barbosa (1898–1997), Puerto Rican educator, historian and political activist * Pilar Bardem (1939–2021), Spanish film and television actress * Pilar Barreiro (born 1955), Spanish politician * Pilar Bastardés, Spanish actress * Pilar Bayer (born 1946), Spanish mathematician * Pilar Cabot (1940–2017), Catalan writer * Pilar Calveiro (born 1953), Argentine political scientist * Pilar Calvo (born 1963), Catalan politician * Pilar Campoy (born 1990), Argentine field hockey player * Pilar Cattaneo (born 2007), Argentine gymnast * Pilar De Biase (born 1996), Argentine field hockey player * Pilar de Borbón (1936–2020), Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Spanish Language
Spanish () or Castilian () is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a world language, global language with 483 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain, and about 558 million speakers total, including second-language speakers. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries, as well as one of the Official languages of the United Nations, six official languages of the United Nations. Spanish is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pilar De Lusarreta
Pilar de Lusarreta (1914–1967) was an Argentine author and critic. She coauthored several works with Arturo Cancela Arturo Cancela (1882–1957) was an Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connection .... She published ''Cinco dandys porteños'' in 1943. References 1914 births 1967 deaths Place of birth missing 20th-century Argentine women writers 20th-century Argentine writers Argentine women dramatists and playwrights {{Argentina-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pilar Mazzetti
Pilar Elena Mazzetti Soler (born 9 September 1956) is a Peruvian physician and health administrator who served as Minister of Health from July 2020 to February 2021, excluding her for nine days from office during the brief presidency of Manuel Merino. She previously held the position from February 2004 to July 2006, and was briefly Minister of the Interior from July 2006 to February 2007, being the first woman to reach said position in the Peruvian government. Early life and education Mazzetti was born in Lima on 9 September 1956. Upon graduating from the San Jose de Monterrico School in the Santiago de Surco District, she enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine San Fernando of the National University of San Marcos, where she pursued a medical career. Mazzetti graduated as a doctor in 1986; the same year she received the title of Surgeon, and in 1990 she graduated as a neurologist from the same university. In order to attain her specialization, she studied at the University of Pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pilar Mateos
Pilar Mateos Martín (born 13 August 1942 in Valladolid) is a Spanish writer of children's literature. In her tales, she uses a simple vocabulary to talk about isolated, marginal or sad characters. She mixes reality and imagination in works where fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ... and dreams can create new realities. Bibliography * ''Jeruso quiere ser gente'', 1980 * ''Historias de Ninguno'', 1981 * ''Capitanes de plástico'', 1982 * ''Molinete'', 1984 * ''La bruja Mon'', 1984 * ''Lucas y Lucas. El rapto de Caballo Gris'', 1984 * ''La isla menguante'', 1987 * ''Mi tío Teo'', 1987 * ''Quisicosas'', 1988 * ''El pequeño Davirón'', 1991 * ''¡Qué desastre de niño!'', 1992 * '' La casa imaginaria'', 1993 * ''Silveiro el grande'', 1993 * ''Sin miedo a los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pilar Manjón
Pilar Manjón (born 1958) is the president of the ''Asociación 11-M Afectados del Terrorismo'' (''Association for the victims of 11-M''). Biography Manjón was born in Plasencia, Cáceres Province. She is a civil servant and has been a member of the Madrid chapter of the labour union Comisiones Obreras since 1978. Her son, Daniel Paz Manjón, died in the Madrid 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings, 11-M attacks. Presidency of the Asociación 11-M Afectados del Terrorismo Pilar Manjón is the current president of the Asociación 11-M Afectados del Terrorismo. She has been president of this association since 2005, following the resignation of the prior president and the subsequent appointment of an interim caretaker in November 2004. She has been publicly critical of the way some Spanish politicians have used the 11 March terrorist attacks for their own ends and has assigned responsibility for the attacks to the government of José María Aznar. In her opinion, the Muslim terroris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pilar Lorengar
Lorenza Pilar García Seta (16 January 1928 – 2 June 1996), known professionally as Pilar Lorengar, was a Spanish ( Aragonese) soprano. She was best known for her interpretations of opera and the Spanish genre Zarzuela, and as a soprano she was known for her full register, a youthful timbre as well as a distinctive vibrato. Early career Lorengar was born in the El Gancho district of Zaragoza. At a very young age she participated in a radio program called ''Ondas Infantiles'', organized by Radio Zaragoza; she began formal music lessons at the age of fourteen under Margarita Martínez. She moved to Barcelona to study at the Barcelona Music Conservatory and began performing ''incognito'' under the name Loren Arce in various halls in order to pay for her lessons. She studied in Madrid under Spanish lyric soprano Ángeles Otein, and she also studied in West Berlin with Carl Ebert and mezzo-soprano Hertha Klust, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's teacher. Lorengar became a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pilar López Júlvez
Pilar López Júlvez (4 June 1912, San Sebastián – 25 March 2008, Madrid) was a Spanish choreographer and ballerina (bailaora). Encarnación López Júlvez (1898-1945), known as ''La Argentinita'', was her older sister. Pilar López was admired for her Ballet Español. She had become famous as a flamenco dancer, among her extensive performance credits: the 1933 flamenco-inspired staging of Falla's ballet El Amor Brujo, and the 1952 film ''Duende y misterio del flamenco''. The 1933 choreography for Falla's ballet, according to Antonio de Triana, was "achieved through a mingling of ideas and improvisations" in which Pilar joined her sister and others its creation. The innovative film had no plot, but featured fourteen segments each focused on a flamenco cante or palo. Here Pilar López danced with Alejandro Vega, doing ''la caña''. After her sister's early death, Pilar formed her own flamenco dance company and mounted theatrical shows. She realized a continuing success. Many cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pilar López De Ayala
Pilar López de Ayala Arroyo (born 18 September 1978) is a Spanish actress. She won a Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance playing Joanna of Castile in 2001 film ''Mad Love''. Life and career Early life Pilar López de Ayala Arroyo was born in Madrid on 18 September 1978. Her parents are Rodrigo López de Ayala Sánchez-Arjona and Pilar Arroyo Gallego. On her father side she descends from the rural nobility of Extremadura and is twice descendant of Christopher Columbus through Diego Colón. She studied at the public school Francisco de Quevedo in Majadahonda. Career beginnings For her film debut as an actress, she appeared in a minor role in the children's film ' (1995), a promotional vehicle for the musical ensemble . From 1997 to 1999, she portrayed Carlota in 418 episodes of teen daily television series '' Al salir de clase''. Her film career continued with a performance in Gracia Querejeta's '' By My Side Again'' (1999). In '' Fill Me with Life'' (2000), sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pilar Khoury
Pilar Tony Khoury (; born 25 August 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Première Ligue club Strasbourg and the Lebanon national team. Khoury played at the college level for the Ottawa Gee-Gees, the University of Ottawa's team; she left in 2016 as their all-time goal scorer with 58 goals. Khoury moved to France the same year, where she joined Albi in the Division 1 Féminine; she then played for Division 2 sides Grenoble, Saint-Étienne, Nantes and Strasbourg. Khoury helped the latter team gain promotion to the Première Ligue in 2024. Born in Canada, Khoury is of Lebanese descent and has represented Lebanon internationally since 2021. She helped Lebanon finish runners-up at the 2022 WAFF Championship, in which she scored her first international goal. Early life Khoury was born in Canada to Lebanese parents. She noted that she was surrounded by Lebanese people and culture growing up, due to the large presence of Lebanese diaspora in her area. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pilar Homem De Melo
Pilar Homem de Melo (born July 5, 1963) is a Portugal, Portuguese singer-songwriter. Biography Pilar was born in Lisbon on July 5, 1963. She moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1975 along with her family, where meets the most relevant representatives of Música popular brasileira (MPB) – emphasizing the great friendship made with Caetano Veloso – who decisively influenced her music. She graduated at Berklee College of Music, Boston, in 1985. In 1988 she signed with EMI label releasing in the following year, her homonymous debut album produced by Wayne Shorter. In 1991, she opened for Suzanne Vega, in the Cascais Pavilion and in the Porto Coliseum. In 1993 she released the album ''Pecado Original'', recorded at Marcus Studio in London, produced by Steve Davis, with the participation of Vicente Amigo. In 2000, together with Anamar and Né Ladeiras, she played the SM-58 show, which was released in 2002 the CD ''Live – Anamar Né Ladeiras Pilar''. In 2001 she release the CD ''Não q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pilar Hidalgo-Lim
Pilar Lardizabal Hidalgo-Lim (May 24, 1893 – December 8, 1973) was a Filipina educator and civic leader. She was married to Brig. Gen. Vicente Lim, World War II hero. 200px, Vicente Lim and Pilar Hidalgo-Lim House Early career and pre-war years Pilar Hidalgo-Lim graduated from the University of the Philippines, Bachelor of Arts, cum laude. She joined both the UP and Centro Escolar as a mathematics instructor. She married Lt. Vicente Lim, a West Point graduate, on August 12, 1917. They had six children: Luis, Roberto, Vicente Jr, Patricio, Eulalia, and Maria. Hidalgo-Lim was active in civic affairs. She became President of the National Federation of Women's Clubs, and was an active supporter for women's suffrage, which President Manuel Quezon signed into law in 1937. In 1940, with Josefa Llanes Escoda, Hidalgo-Lim helped found the Girl Scouts of the Philippines. She also worked as a line producer for Parlatone Hispano-Filipino Studios, a Manila movie production company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pilar Hidalgo
Pilar Hidalgo Iglesias (born 3 May 1979 in Cee, A Coruña) is a female athlete from Spain, who competes in triathlon. Hidalgo competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes .... She took thirteenth place with a total time of 2:07:37.34. References Profile 1979 births Living people Spanish female triathletes Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes for Spain Sportspeople from A Coruña 21st-century Spanish sportswomen {{spain-triathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
