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Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.She found inspiration for her work in nature and had a lifelong habit of solitary walks in the wild.
The surname Wagner is derived from the Germanic surname Waganari, meaning ' wagonmaker ' or ' wagon driver. ' The surname is German but is also well-established in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, eastern Europe, and elsewhere as well as in all German-speaking countries, and among Ashkenazi Jews .
Mary / ˈ m ɛəˌr i / is a feminine given name, the English form of the name Maria, which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek name Μαρία, María or Μαριάμ, Mariam, found in the Septuagint and New Testament.
Mary Oliver (1935–2019) was an American poet. Mary Oliver may also refer to:: Mary Oliver (violinist), American violinist; Mary Beth Oliver, professor of media studies at Penn State University; Mary Margaret Oliver, American politician and member of the Georgia House of Representatives
Wagner's birthplace, at 3, the Brühl, Leipzig Richard Wagner was born on 22 May 1813 to an ethnic German family in Leipzig, then part of the Confederation of the Rhine.His family lived at No 3, the Brühl (The House of the Red and White Lions) in Leipzig's Jewish quarter.
Oliver is a masculine given name of Old French and Medieval British origin. The name has been generally associated with the Latin term olivarius, meaning "olive tree planter", [1] [2] or "olive branch bearer" [3] Other proposed origins include the Germanic names *wulfa-"wolf" and *harja-"army"; [4] the Old Norse Óleifr (); a genuinely West Germanic name, perhaps from ala-"all" and wēra "true ...
Marion Rose Wiesel (born Mary Renate Erster; January 27, 1931 – February 2, 2025) was an Austrian-American Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, and translator. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She was married to author and fellow Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel , the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 14 of whose books she translated into English. [ 3 ]
Mary [b] was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, [7] the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of Loreto.