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Zorka Manojlović
Zorka is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Zorka Grandov (1947–2021), Serbian economist *Zorka Janů (1921–1946), Czech film actress, younger sister of cinema star Lída Baarová *Princess Zorka of Montenegro (1864–1890), and later became Princess Zorka Karađorđević in Serbia *Zorka Parvanova (born 1958), Bulgarian historian and former First Lady of Bulgaria *Zorka Ságlová (1943–2003), Czech artist *Zorka Todosić (1864–1936), Serbian stage actress and operetta singer *Zorka Velimirović (1883–1963), Serbian translator Other * ''Zorka'' (genus), an insect genus in the tribe Typhlocybini *Zorka Color, a Serbian ceramics and paint company acquired by Tikkurila (corporation) in 2011 See also * FC Zorka-BDU Minsk, Belarusian football team, based in Minsk, Belarus * ''Zork ''Zork'' is a text adventure game first released in 1977 by developers Tim Anderson (programmer), Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling for the PDP-10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorka Grandov
Zorka Grandov (6 March 1947 – 18 September 2021) was a Serbian doctor of economics, emeritus, professor emeritus and writer. Education She graduated in economics from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics in 1969 and went on to get a magister degree. She finished her PhD studies in 1987 at the Faculty of Economics in Subotica, which belongs to the University of Novi Sad. Career Grandov started her career in economy in 1970. She started working for the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and in the Ministry of economy in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1986. She soon started her teaching career, teaching at universities in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Spain. While working as a professor, she has mentored a couple of dozen masters, magisters and doctors theses and has been a member of the Scientific Society of Economists of Serbia since 2002. Grandov has participated in and organised many research programs. While working as a professor, she had partici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorka Janů
Zorka Janů (born Zora Babková; 9 July 1921 – 24 March 1946) was a Czech film actress. She was the younger sister of actress Lída Baarová. Career Early years (1921–1938) When she was 12 years old, she appeared in the movie (''Brickmaker's daughter'', 1933) alongside her sister who played the principal role. She studied drama at the Prague's Conservatory. The Virgins' Club (1938–1939) The year after she acted in the 1938 film (''The Virgins' Club''), she got her first big role in the František Čáp and Václav Krška's movie ''Fiery Summer'' (), about a love triangle between Clare (Janů), who loves a man named Šimon ( Svatopluk Beneš), who in turn loves Rose ( Lída Baarová). Clare attempts suicide by jumping into the river. Two young men in love with her throw themselves into the torrent to save her, but one of them drowns. During the shooting of ''Fiery Summer'', Zorka Janů fell in love with the writer and poet František Kožík. World War II (1939–1945 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Zorka Of Montenegro
Princess Zorka Karađorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Кнегиња црногорска Зорка; 23 December O.S. 11 December">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. 11 December1864 – 16 March Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. 4 March] 1890), born Princess Ljubica of Montenegro, was the eldest child of Nicholas I of Montenegro, Prince Nicholas I and Milena of Montenegro, Princess Milena of Montenegro, who later became the country's king and queen consort. In 1883, Ljubica married Prince Peter Karađorđević and she changed her name to Zorka (and her surname to Karađorđević). She died in childbirth while giving birth to Prince Andrija on 16 March 1890. Prince Andrija died shortly thereafter. Zorka's husband later became king of Serbia as Peter I. Life Born in Cetinje, Montenegro, at the time when her father was already the reigning Prince of Montenegro (his uncle Danilo II Petrović-Njegoš having died in 1860). S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorka Parvanova
Zorka Petrova Parvanova ( ; born 4 May 1958) is a Bulgarian historian and former First Lady of Bulgaria from 2002 until 2012. She is married to Georgi Parvanov, the former President of Bulgaria. Early life and career Paravanova was born 4 May 1958 in Razlog. Her education includes a degree from Sofia University in the field of History and Ethnography received in 1982. In addition she received a Ph.D. in History in 1989. From 1997 to 1999, she served as a lecturer at the Varna Free University and the Slavic University in Sofia. She has authored at least 20 publications and monographs. Parvanova is married to Georgi Parvanov. They have two sons, Vladimir and Ivaylo. Honours * : Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold * : Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (2006) * : Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class * : Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class * : Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (2003) * : Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorka Ságlová
Zorka Ságlová (1943–2003) was a Czech textile artist, painter, and performance artist. Biography Ságlová was born in 1942 in the town of Humpolec. Her mother was a teacher and seamstress and her father was a financial clerk. Her brother, Ivan Martin "Magor" Jirous (1944–2011) went on to become a poet and artistic director of the dissident psychedelic rock band Plastic People of the Universe. Her cousin, the prominent Czech modern art historian Jifií Padrta, influenced her artistic interests from an early age. After secondary school, Ságlová took an apprenticeship as a weaver. From 1961 to 1966 she studied textile design at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague. In 1964 she married the photographer Jan Ságl. Their daughter Alenka was born in 1968 After graduating, she took up geometric painting and performance art. Her performances of the late 1960s and early 1970s combined happening and land art, and often occurred in open air settings. After the Prag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorka Todosić
Zorka Todosić (1 April 1864 – 28 December 1936, in Cyrillic Зорка Тодосић) was a Serbian stage actress and operetta singer, associated with the National Theatre in Belgrade. Early life Zorka Kolarovic was born at Novi Sad, the daughter of :sr:Димитрије Коларовић, Dimitrije Kolarovic (1839-1899) and :sr:Љубица Коларовић, Ljubica Kolarovic (1836-1890), both actors, and part of the Popović family. She was raised and educated in Belgrade. She studied music and acting with Davorin Jenko and Tosa Jovanović. Career Zorka Kolarovic began performing in childhood with her parents.Tatjana LOŠ"Prva pozorišna Koštana"''Novosti-Online'' (2 March 2016). She joined the National Theatre in Belgrade as a young woman, and was a star there for decades. She was billed as "Zorka Todosić", originally by mistake, but she kept the simplification of her married name as her stage name. She was the first to play Borislav Stanković's ''Koštana'' when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorka Velimirović
Zorka "Zora" Velimirović (Serbian Cyrillic: Зорка Велимировић; 1878 - 1941) is recognised as the first Serbian woman translator, who worked on translating the works of Russian-language writers to Serbian. She was also the first to translate a play from Russian to Serbian. Early life Zorka Velimirović was born in 1878 in Čitluk, Serbia during the period that particular part of Serbia was still under Ottoman rule. Her father, a Serbian Orthodox priest in the parish of Pirot, was one of the co-founders of the ''Srpska kniževna zadruga'' (Serbian Literary Co-operative) and wrote several books and articles in the field of ethnography. Her mother, Jelena was a housewife with eleven children (one of them died early), including Zorka, who was the second eldest. The children all grew up in the town and attended the Pirot Gymnasium before pursuing her education at a Teachers College. She worked in Pirot briefly as a school matron. Her sister was the sculptor, Vuko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorka (genus)
Zorka is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Zorka Grandov (1947–2021), Serbian economist *Zorka Janů (1921–1946), Czech film actress, younger sister of cinema star Lída Baarová *Princess Zorka of Montenegro (1864–1890), and later became Princess Zorka Karađorđević in Serbia *Zorka Parvanova (born 1958), Bulgarian historian and former First Lady of Bulgaria *Zorka Ságlová (1943–2003), Czech artist *Zorka Todosić (1864–1936), Serbian stage actress and operetta singer *Zorka Velimirović (1883–1963), Serbian translator Other * ''Zorka'' (genus), an insect genus in the tribe Typhlocybini *Zorka Color, a Serbian ceramics and paint company acquired by Tikkurila (corporation) in 2011 See also * FC Zorka-BDU Minsk, Belarusian football team, based in Minsk, Belarus * ''Zork ''Zork'' is a text adventure game first released in 1977 by developers Tim Anderson (programmer), Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling for the PDP-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhlocybini
Typhlocybini is a leafhopper tribe in the subfamily Typhlocybinae. Genera * '' Agnesiella'' Dworakowska, 1970 * '' Aguriahana'' Distant, 1918 * '' Ahimia'' Dworakowska, 1979 * '' Almunisna'' Dworakowska, 1969 * '' Amurta'' Dworakowska, 1977 * '' Baaora'' Dworakowska, 1981 * '' Bellpenna'' Chiang, Hsu & Knight, 1989 * '' Bolanusoides'' Distant, 1918 * '' Borulla'' Dworakowska, Sohi & Viraktamath, 1980 * '' Byphlocyta'' Ahmed, 1971 * '' Caknesia'' Dworakowska, 1994 * '' Castoriella'' Dworakowska, 1974 * '' Choulima'' Zhang, 1989 * '' Columbonirvana'' Linnavuori, 1959 * '' Comahadina'' Huang & Zhang, 2010 * '' Dapitana'' Mahmood, 1967 * '' Dlabolaiana'' Dworakowska, 1974 * '' Dworakowskaia'' Chou & Zhang, 1985 * '' Edwardsiana'' Zachvatkin, 1929 * '' Empoa'' Fitch, 1851 * '' Eualebra'' Baker, 1899 * '' Eupterella'' DeLong & Ruppel, 1950 * '' Eupterycyba'' Dlabola, 1958 * '' Eupteryx'' Curtis, 1829 * '' Eurhadina'' Haupt, 1929 * '' Euzyginella'' Dietrich, 2013 * '' Fagocyba'' Dlabo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tikkurila (corporation)
Tikkurila Oyj is a Finnish manufacturer of paints and lacquers. The main office and most of the production is located in Kuninkaala (neighboring district to Tikkurila), Vantaa near Helsinki. The company was founded in 1862 as ''Dickursby Oljeslageri'' to produce linseed oil and varnish, and was acquired by the Helsinki company Schildt & Hallberg in 1885. As ''Schildt & Hallberg Oy'', it started producing paints in 1919, eventually rising to the position of the largest paint manufacturer in Finland. In 1972, the Finnish chemical conglomerate Kemira (then ''Rikkihappo Oy'') acquired the company, and started the expansion and modernization of the production plant, which was moved a bit further from Tikkurila center; the old plant was demolished in the 1980s. In 1975, it was renamed ''Tikkurilan Väritehtaat Oy'' ("Tikkurila Paint Factories"), which was shortened to ''Tikkurila Oy'' in 1986. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tikkurila successfully expanded into the Baltic and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Zorka-BDU Minsk
FC Energetik-BGU Minsk (also FK Enerhetyk-BDU Minsk, ) is a Belarusian football club based in Minsk. History The team was founded in 1996 as Zvezda Minsk (Zorka Minsk). BGU is a Russian abbreviation and stands for the Belarusian State University. Zvezda-VA-BGU (Zorka-VA-BDU) made its debut in Premier League in 2002 and played there until 2005. Since 2006, the team plays in lower leagues. In 2006, Zvezda-BGU reached the semi-final of the Belarusian Cup The Belarusian Cup () is an annual association football knock-out cup competition for men's football clubs of Belarus, organized by the Football Federation of Belarus. Belarusian Cup was established in 1992. Each year the winning team qualifies f .... In 2010, the women's team of (then-) Zorka-BDU Minsk reached the Round of 32 of the Women's Champions League. Name changes *1996: founded as Zvezda Minsk (Zorka Minsk, ) *1998: renamed to Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk *2005: renamed to Zvezda-BGU Minsk *2017: renamed to Energetik-BGU Minsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zork
''Zork'' is a text adventure game first released in 1977 by developers Tim Anderson (programmer), Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling for the PDP-10 mainframe computer. The original developers and others, as the company Infocom, expanded and split the game into three titles''ZorkI: The Great Underground Empire'', ''ZorkII: The Wizard of Frobozz'', and ''ZorkIII: The Dungeon Master''which were released commercially for a range of personal computers beginning in 1980. In ''Zork'', the player explores the abandoned Great Underground Empire in search of treasure. The player moves between the game's hundreds of locations and interacts with objects by typing commands in natural language processing, natural language that the game interprets. The program acts as a narrator, describing the player's location and the results of the player's commands. It has been described as the most famous piece of interactive fiction. The original game, developed between 1977 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
