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Alice Ann Munro (/ m ə n ˈ r oʊ /; née Laidlaw / ˈ l eɪ d l ɔː /; 10 July 1931 – 13 May 2024) was a Canadian short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Her work tends to move forward and backward in time, with integrated short story cycles.
The early life of Cleopatra VII covers the period from Cleopatra's birth in early 69 BC to her accession to the throne during or before March 51 BC. Cleopatra was born to the reigning pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt , Ptolemy XII Auletes ; the identity of her mother is disputed and is presumed to have been Cleopatra V or Cleopatra VI , who may have ...
Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980) was an American writer and socialite. She was the eldest child of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt and his only child with his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt.
Mary Wollstonecraft (/ ˈ w ʊ l s t ən k r æ f t /, also UK: /-k r ɑː f t /; [1] 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. [2] [3] Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationships at the time, received more attention than her writing.
The Alice Cinema first operated as a specialised video store, now has two screens and a comprehensive library foreign films, documentaries, cult and arthouse films to rent. [ 119 ] The Canterbury Film Society is active in the city, operating every Monday evening from the Christchurch Art Gallery .
Walker became a literature professor at what is today Jackson State University, an historically black college, where she taught from 1949 to 1979.In 1968, Walker founded the Institute for the Study of History, Life, and Culture of Black People (now the Margaret Walker Center) [7] and her personal papers are now stored there. [8]
The Interpreter was the recipient of the 2005 Henry Adams Prize from the Society for History in the Federal Government, [6] and French Lessons was nominated for the 1993 National Books Critics Circle Award (for autobiography and biography). [5] She was the recipient of a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1994. [7]
Alice Louise Waters (born April 28, 1944) is an American chef, restaurateur and author. In 1971, she opened Chez Panisse , a restaurant in Berkeley, California , famous for its role in creating the farm-to-table movement and for pioneering California cuisine .