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Hannah Kent (born 1985) is an Australian writer, known for two novels – Burial Rites (2013) and The Good People (2016). Her third novel, Devotion , was published in 2021. Early life and education
While researching her first novel, Burial Rites, the story of the last woman executed in Iceland, Kent came across a story in a newspaper about a woman named Anne Roche who was tried for the death of a young boy called Michael Leahy by drowning him in the Flesk. A witness against Anne Roche was Mary Clifford, a servant for the boy's grandmother.
Kent was inspired to write Burial Rites during her time as an exchange student in Iceland when she was 17, where she learnt the story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir. [2] She then made it the topic of her honours degree thesis and PhD at Flinders University, with additional mentoring by Geraldine Brooks.
Hannah Kent Schoff (née Hannah Kent; June 3, 1853 – December 10, 1940) was an American welfare worker and reformer.She was influential in state and was a "National Child Welfare" and "Juvenile Criminal" legislation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. [1] Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.
Hannah Jane Arterton [1] (born 26 January 1989) is an English actress and singer. She attended Gravesend Grammar School for Girls and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2011. She has appeared in the television series The Five (2016) and Safe (2018), and in the film Walking on Sunshine (2014).
Hannah, also spelled Hanna, Hana, Hanah, or Chana, is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin. It is derived from the root ḥ-n-n, meaning "favour" or "grace". A Dictionary of First Names attributes the name to a word meaning 'He (God) has favoured me with a child'.
Sykes was born on 20 November 1986, in Ashford, Kent, England. [3] As an infant, he moved to Australia with his parents, Ian and Carol Sykes, moving between Adelaide and Perth during a period of about six years. [4] The family returned to the United Kingdom when Sykes was about eight, settling in Stocksbridge in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.