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Biography. Mrvica was born in Šibenik, Croatia. He took piano lessons at the age of nine. [2] Three years later he gave his first concert performance of Haydn 's Piano Concerto in C major. When the Croatian war of independence started in 1991, both Mrvica and his professor were determined that this would not disrupt his music studies.
Romani literature or Roma literature is literature by Romani people. It is composed of both written and oral literature. [1][2] Authors may most likely reside in various countries throughout Europe, the Americas, and Africa and these continents have a long history of being home to Romani people. [3] One aspect of Romani literature are ...
The RomArchive was established in 2015 as a digital repository of Romani culture. The German Federal Cultural Foundation was the largest initial sponsor, providing €3.75 million. [1] The founders were Isabel Raabe and Franziska Sauerbrey. [2] The project covers areas such as dance, film, literature and flamenco.
e. 1552 woodcut of a Romani family. The Romani people are a distinct ethnic and cultural group of peoples living all across the globe, who share a family of languages and sometimes a traditional nomadic mode of life. [1] Though their exact origins were unclear, [2] recent studies show Kashmir in Northwest India is the most probable point of ...
v. t. e. Romani people in Albania (Albanian: Romët në Shqipëri) are believed to constitute a large minority in Albania, though in the country's official census in 2011, only 8301 were counted in what was reported to be a deliberate undercounting by Albanian authorities. [3][4]
Nina Dudarova. Nina Alexandrovna Dudarova (Russian: Нина Александровна Дударова; Saint Petersburg, 1903 – Moscow, 1992) was a Roma poet, teacher, writer and translator. She was born in Saint Petersburg to a Roma mother (who was a singer and dancer in a Roma choir) and a Russian stepfather, both of whom raised Dudarova ...
The Romani people in Poland (Polish: Romowie w Polsce), also known as the Roma, qualify as an ethnic minority group in Poland of Indo-Aryan origins. [1] The Council of Europe regards the endonym "Roma" more appropriate when referencing the people, and "Romani" when referencing cultural characteristics. [2]
Roman Tales. Roman Tales (Italian: Racconti romani) is a series of sixty-one short stories written by the Italian author, Alberto Moravia. Written and published initially in the Italian newspaper, Il Corriere della Sera, they were published as a collection in 1954 by Bompiani. All of the stories are set in Rome or its surroundings after World ...