José Mauro de Vasconcelos
José Mauro was born in Rio de Janeiro on February 26 of 1920. His family was very poor, and when he was still very young, he migrated to Natal where relatives took care of him. Entering the Medical Faculty, José abandoned the course of studies in his second year and returned to Rio de Janeiro.[citation needed] There he worked as a boxing instructor and even as a painter's model.
José iniciated his literature with the novel Banana Brava. His greatest success was his novel Meu Pé de Laranja Lima, that tells about his own personal experiences and the shocks he suffered in his childhood with the abrupt changes of life.
José was part Indian and part Portuguese. He passed his childhood in Natal. When he was 9 years old, he learned to swim, and with
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Fei Wo Si Cun
Associated Names:
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* 匪我思存
* Fei Wo Si Cun
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Manuel Bernabé Mújica Láinez fue un escritor, biógrafo, crítico de arte y periodista argentino.
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En 1936, publicó Glosas castellanas, una serie de ensayos centrados en su mayor parte en el Quijote.
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Michael Coleman
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Ximena Vengoechea
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Iris Rivera
Iris Riversa se recibió de profesora de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Educación, se desempeñó en el campo docente durante 20 años.
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Colaboró con varias publicaciones infantiles como Anteojito, AZ Diez, Punto de Partida y Billiken. Dicta y coordina talleres literarios para niños, jóvenes y adultos en Buenos Aires,1 y además realizó talleres en cárceles y otros enfocados a la recuperación de jóvenes adictos a la droga.
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Aya Kito
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Legacy
Her diary, entitled 1 Litre no Namida (1リットルの涙 Ichi Rittoru no Namida, lit. "1 Litre of Tears"), was first published in her native Japan on February 25, 1986, more than two years before her death at the age of 25. Her mother, Shioka Kitō, convinced her to publicize her diary in order to give hope to others, since Aya had always wanted to be able to help others.
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É autora de "A rota que me levou a você" e "As promessas que você me fez", também participa das coletâneas Confetes e Serpentinas e Flores ao mar.
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Azra Erhat
4 Haziran 1915’te İstanbul-Şişli’de doğdu. İlk ve ortaöğrenimini Belçika’da yaptı. 1939’da Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih Coğrafya Fakültesi’ni bitirerek Klasik Filoloji Bölümünde asistan olarak göreve başladı. 1946’da doçent oldu. 1948’de aynı fakültedeki öğretim üyeleri Pertev Naili Boratav, Behice Boran, Adnan Cemgil, Niyazi Berkes’le birlikte üniversiteden uzaklaştırıldı. 1949-1950 arasında Yeni İstanbul ve Vatan gazetelerinde çalışti. Uluslararası Çalışma Örgütünde (ILO) kütüphanecilik yaptı.
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İlk çevirileri Tercüme dergisinde çıktı. Sofokles, Aristofanes gibi yazarların eserlerini Türkçeye kazandırdı. Yeni Ufuklar dergisinin yazarlarından biri olan Erhat, bu dergi çevresinde gelişen hümanist anlayışın öncüleri arasında yer aldı. Batı -
Vicente Huidobro
Vicente García-Huidobro Fernández was a Chilean poet born to an aristocratic family. He was an exponent of the artistic movement called Creacionismo ("Creationism"), which held that a poet should bring life to the things he or she writes about, rather than just describe them.
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Huidobro was born into a wealthy family in Santiago. After spending his first years in Europe, he enrolled in a Jesuit secondary school in Santiago where he was expelled for using a ring, which he claimed, was for marriage. He studied literature at the University of Chile and published "Ecos del alma" ( Soul's Echoes ) in 1911, a work with modernist tendencies. The following year he married, and started to edit the journal "Musa Joven" ( Young Muse ), where part of his -
Chu Lai
Đại tá, nhà văn Chu Lai có tên khai sinh là Chu Văn Lai, sinh ngày 5 tháng 2 năm 1946, tại xã Hưng Đạo, huyện Phù Tiên, tỉnh Hưng Yên, hiện ở Hà Nội. Ông là đảng viên Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam, hội viên Hội Nhà văn Việt Nam (từ năm 1980).
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Ông là con trai của nhà viết kịch Học Phi. Trong chiến tranh Việt Nam ông công tác trong đoàn kịch nói Tổng cục Chính trị rồi trở thành chiến sĩ đặc công hoạt động trong vùng Sài Gòn. Sau 1973, ông về làm trợ lý tuyên huấn Quân khu 7. Đến cuối năm 1974 ông tham dự trại sáng tác văn học Tổng cục Chính trị và sau đó học tại Trường Viết văn Nguyễn Du khóa 1. Sau khi tốt nghiệp, ông biên tập và sáng tác cho Tạp chí Văn nghệ Quân đội. Nhà văn Chu Lai còn viết một số kịch bản sân khấu, kịch bản phim và tham gia đóng -
Tô Hoài
Nhà văn Tô Hoài (1920-2014) là một trong những cây bút văn xuôi tiêu biểu của văn học Việt Nam hiện đại. Ông là tác giả của hàng trăm cuốn sách thuộc nhiều thể loại: Truyện ngắn, tiểu thuyết, bút ký, tự truyện... Trong số đó nổi tiếng nhất là tác phẩm Dế Mèn phiêu lưu ký viết cho thiếu nhi từ những năm trước Cách mạng.
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Rosie Nguyễn
Rosie Nguyễn, the pen name of Nguyen Hoang Nguyen, is a Vietnamese author known for her focus on creative non-fiction books. Her works explore themes related to youth culture, self-directed education, and youth development.
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Her second book, "Tuoi Tre Dang Gia Bao Nhieu" (How Worthwhile is Your Youth?), delving into the quarter-life crisis, garnered accolades such as the Golden Prize at the 2018 Fahasa Readers' Choice Award, the 2019 Inspiring Book for Young Adults Award, and secured the No. 1 bestselling position in Vietnam by Tiki and Nha Nam Publisher for two consecutive years (2017-2018).
In 2018, she released "Minh noi gi khi noi ve hanh phuc" (What We Talk About When We Talk About Happiness), a collection of short essays touching on happ -
Phạm Lữ Ân
Phạm Lữ Ân không phải là một tác giả mà là bút danh của đôi vợ chồng Phạm Công Luận – Đặng Nguyễn Đông Vy. Đây đều là hai cây viết tạo được tên tuổi trong lòng độc giả cả nước. Nếu bạn đã từng đọc truyện của Phạm Lữ Ân chắc hẳn đều cảm nhận được sự mộc mạc,chân thành, giản dị nhưng sâu sắc ở cây bút này.
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Những vấn đề mà tác giả này đưa vào trong những câu truyện của mình thường rất gần gũi, thân quen nhưng được nhìn nhận từ nhiều phía, soi chiếu dưới nhiều góc độ nên vẫn có được sự khác lạ sâu sắc và vô cùng lôi cuốn. -
Takashi Nagai
Takashi Nagai was a physician specializing in radiology, a convert to Roman Catholicism, and a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. His subsequent life of prayer and service earned him the affectionate title "saint of Urakami".
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Ziraldo
Ziraldo Alves Pinto is a Brazilian author, painter, comic creator, and journalist.
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He is normally known just as "Ziraldo." His books have sold about ten million copies, have been translated to many foreign languages and adapted to the theater and cinema.
He and other progressive artists created the non-conformist comic newspaper "O Pasquim" during a period of military dictatorship in Brazil.
His children's books have also been the basis of successful animated films and television series in Brazil.
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晚情 WanQing Vãn Tình
Văn Tình là một trong số ít nữ tác giả trẻ người Trung Quốc đi sâu vào khai thác mối quan hệ giữa bản thân, gia đình và cuộc sống.
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Với ngòi bút tả thực, giọng văn sắc sảo, chiêm nghiệm về cuộc đời sâu sắc và tinh tế, các tác phẩm của Văn Tình đều được coi là hành trang cho các bạn trẻ trong cuộc sống hiện đại.
Sách của Văn Tình sẽ đưa bạn phiêu lưu vào thế giới của những người phụ nữ trưởng thành: sự thật về tình yêu, hôn nhân, hạnh phúc, công việc – cuộc sống không phải chuỗi ngày mộng mơ, mà là những tháng ngày phụ nữ biết mình, sống có trách nhiệm với cuộc đời chính mình.
Cô đã cho ra mắt rất nhiều tác phẩm Best Seller, thu về cho mình một lượng fan rất lớn, những tác phẩm của cô đều được các bạn độc giả trẻ đón nhận rất nồng nhiệt.
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Isabel Mesa de Inchauste
Librarian Note: This author also goes by Isabel Mesa Gisbert and Isabel Mesa.
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Nació en La Paz en 1960. Es licenciada en Ciencias de la Educación y escritora de literatura infantil y juvenil. Tiene cursos de especialización en la Universidad de Arkansas y una maestría sobre Libros y Literatura Infantil con la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona y el Banco del Libro de Venezuela. Es maestra del ciclo primario desde hace muchos años y trabajó como autora de módulos de aprendizaje en la Reforma Educativa Boliviana de 1994. Ha participado como editora de libros de texto para niños y en la antología de literatura infantil La magia de la Lectura de Editorial Santillana. Ha sido directora del departamento de Literatura Infantil de Editorial Gente Co -
James Rice
Author of 'Alice and the Fly', Hodder and Stoughton (2015). Also semi-functioning human being.
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Đinh Hằng
Khi đi làm thì là phóng viên hay chuyên viên truyền thông. Khi du lịch bụi thì là ta ba-lô, travel blogger, người chụp ảnh, kẻ lang thang, thích chuyện trò với người lạ và tò mò ngắm nhìn thế giới.
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"Tự do như gió, đam mê những con đường như tình nhân và khao khát xê dịch như lẽ sống cuộc đời.”
Đúng như câu khẩu hiệu cô để trên trang cá nhân của mình: “Life is a journey.” -
Đoàn Giỏi
Đoàn Giỏi (1925-1989) sinh tại Tân Hiệp - Châu Thành tỉnh Tiền Giang. Ông xuất thân từ một gia đình địa chủ lớn, có hàng trăm mẫu ruộng màu mỡ ven sông Tiền. Nhà ông xưa toà ngang dãy dọc, nơi mà bây giờ trở thành trụ sở Ủy ban nhân dân huyện Châu Thành. Tất cả nhà và đất gia đình ông đã tự nguyện hiến cho kháng chiến ngay từ đầu. Sau ngày thống nhất đất nước, nhà văn Đoàn Giỏi ra vào Nam – Bắc như cánh chim trời. Ở Hà Nội thì ông ở trụ sở Hội Nhà văn, vào Mỹ Tho thì ở cơ quan Hội Văn Nghệ, còn ở Sài Gòn ông tá túc tại nhà một người bạn trên đường Võ Văn Tần. Cho đến khi qua đời ở tuổi 65 (1989), ông vẫn chưa có một mái nhà riêng. Đoàn Giỏi là con đẻ và là kết tinh của nền văn hoá phương Nam, ông đã hiến trọn của cải vật chất và tinh thần c
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Phan Văn Trường
Phan Văn Trường là chuyên gia cao cấp trong lĩnh vực đàm phán quốc tế và là cố vấn của Chính phủ Pháp về thương mại Quốc tế. Ông được Tổng thống Pháp đã trao tặng Huy Chương Hiệp Sĩ Bắc Đẩu Bội Tinh (Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur) năm 2007.
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Jean Webster
Jean Webster (pseudonym for Alice Jane Chandler Webster) was an American writer and author of many books including Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy. Her most well-known books feature lively and likeable young female protagonists who come of age intellectually, morally, and socially, but with enough humor, snappy dialogue, and gently biting social commentary to make her books palatable and enjoyable to contemporary readers.
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Koushun Takami
Koushun Takami (高見 広春 Takami Kōshun) is the author of the novel Battle Royale, originally published in Japanese, and later translated into English by Yuji Oniki and published by Viz Media and, later, in an expanded edition by Haika Soru, a division of Viz Media.
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Takami was born in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture near Osaka and grew up in the Kagawa Prefecture of Shikoku. After graduating from Osaka University with a degree in literature, he dropped out of Nihon University's liberal arts correspondence course program. From 1991 to 1996, he worked for the news company Shikoku Shimbun, reporting on various fields including politics, police reports, and economics.
The novel Battle Royale was completed after Takami left the news company. It was reje -
Héctor Aguilar Camín
Periodista, novelista e historiador mexicano.
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Ha destacado en sus tres vertientes de periodista, escritor e historiador. En la primera, recibió el Premio Nacional de Periodismo Cultural; ha sido colaborador de diversos medios, como La Jornada (diario del que fue subdirector), Milenio, Unomasuno, La Cultura en México. Fue director de la revista Nexos entre 1983 y 1995, cargo que retomó a fines de 2008. Condujo el programa televisivo Zona Abierta y participa en Tercer Grado, ambos transmitidos por Televisa. Es fundador de Ediciones Cal y Arena (1988), la cual dirigió.
Aguilar Camín publicó su primer libro de ficción en 1983: la recopilación de cuentos La decadencia del dragón y dos años después, después de mantener en secreto otros borradores, -
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre was a French writer and botanist. He is best known for his 1788 novel Paul et Virginie, now largely forgotten, but in the 19th century a very popular children's book.
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Μαρία Ιορδανίδου
Maria Iordanidou
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Γεννήθηκε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1897 και έζησε τα παιδικά της χρόνια στον Πειραιά και το Βατούμ της Ρωσίας. Φοίτησε σε ρωσικό γυμνάσιο, στη Σταυρούπολη, όπου τη βρήκε η Οκτωβριανή Επανάσταση. Το 1919 γύρισε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη και λίγο αργότερα πήγε στην Αλεξάνδρεια, όπου παντρεύτηκε τον Ιορδάνη Ιορδανίδη. Το 1923 επέστρεψαν μαζί στην Αθήνα, αλλά σύντομα ο Ιορδανίδης έφυγε.
Εξαιτίας των συνθηκών της ζωής της, η Ιορδανίδου απέκτησε μεγάλη γλωσσομάθεια και εργάστηκε ως ιδιωτική υπάλληλος. Έγινε γνωστή στο λογοτεχνικό χώρο με το έργο Λωξάντρα, που έγραψε σε ηλικία 65 χρονών, το 1962, και γνώρισε πολλές επανεκδόσεις. Η Λωξάντρα περιγράφει με μεγάλη ζωντάνια και χιούμορ τα έθιμα και τη ζωή των Ελλήνων της Πόλης και βασίζεται -
Juan Villoro
Juan Villoro is Mexico's preeminent novelist. Born in Mexico City in 1956, he is the author of half a dozen prize-winning novels and is also a journalist. In 2004, he received the Herralde Prize for his novel El testigo (The Witness).
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Μαρία Ιορδανίδου
Maria Iordanidou
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Γεννήθηκε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1897 και έζησε τα παιδικά της χρόνια στον Πειραιά και το Βατούμ της Ρωσίας. Φοίτησε σε ρωσικό γυμνάσιο, στη Σταυρούπολη, όπου τη βρήκε η Οκτωβριανή Επανάσταση. Το 1919 γύρισε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη και λίγο αργότερα πήγε στην Αλεξάνδρεια, όπου παντρεύτηκε τον Ιορδάνη Ιορδανίδη. Το 1923 επέστρεψαν μαζί στην Αθήνα, αλλά σύντομα ο Ιορδανίδης έφυγε.
Εξαιτίας των συνθηκών της ζωής της, η Ιορδανίδου απέκτησε μεγάλη γλωσσομάθεια και εργάστηκε ως ιδιωτική υπάλληλος. Έγινε γνωστή στο λογοτεχνικό χώρο με το έργο Λωξάντρα, που έγραψε σε ηλικία 65 χρονών, το 1962, και γνώρισε πολλές επανεκδόσεις. Η Λωξάντρα περιγράφει με μεγάλη ζωντάνια και χιούμορ τα έθιμα και τη ζωή των Ελλήνων της Πόλης και βασίζεται -
Μαρία Ιορδανίδου
Maria Iordanidou
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Γεννήθηκε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1897 και έζησε τα παιδικά της χρόνια στον Πειραιά και το Βατούμ της Ρωσίας. Φοίτησε σε ρωσικό γυμνάσιο, στη Σταυρούπολη, όπου τη βρήκε η Οκτωβριανή Επανάσταση. Το 1919 γύρισε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη και λίγο αργότερα πήγε στην Αλεξάνδρεια, όπου παντρεύτηκε τον Ιορδάνη Ιορδανίδη. Το 1923 επέστρεψαν μαζί στην Αθήνα, αλλά σύντομα ο Ιορδανίδης έφυγε.
Εξαιτίας των συνθηκών της ζωής της, η Ιορδανίδου απέκτησε μεγάλη γλωσσομάθεια και εργάστηκε ως ιδιωτική υπάλληλος. Έγινε γνωστή στο λογοτεχνικό χώρο με το έργο Λωξάντρα, που έγραψε σε ηλικία 65 χρονών, το 1962, και γνώρισε πολλές επανεκδόσεις. Η Λωξάντρα περιγράφει με μεγάλη ζωντάνια και χιούμορ τα έθιμα και τη ζωή των Ελλήνων της Πόλης και βασίζεται -
Radwa Ashour
Radwa Ashour (Arabic: رضوى عاشور) was an Egyptian writer and scholar.
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Ashour had published 7 novels, an autobiographical work, 2 collections of short stories and 5 criticism books. Part I of her Granada Trilogy won the Cairo International Book Fair “1994 Book of the Year Award.” The Trilogy won the First Prize of the First Arab Woman Book Fair (Cairo, Nov. 1995). The Granada Trilogy was translated into Spanish; part I of the Trilogy was translated into English. Siraaj, An Arab Tale was published in English translation, and Atyaaf was published in Italian. Her short stories have been translated into English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.
Ashour has co-edited a major 4-volume work on Arab women writers (2004); The English translation: -
Μαρία Ιορδανίδου
Maria Iordanidou
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Γεννήθηκε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1897 και έζησε τα παιδικά της χρόνια στον Πειραιά και το Βατούμ της Ρωσίας. Φοίτησε σε ρωσικό γυμνάσιο, στη Σταυρούπολη, όπου τη βρήκε η Οκτωβριανή Επανάσταση. Το 1919 γύρισε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη και λίγο αργότερα πήγε στην Αλεξάνδρεια, όπου παντρεύτηκε τον Ιορδάνη Ιορδανίδη. Το 1923 επέστρεψαν μαζί στην Αθήνα, αλλά σύντομα ο Ιορδανίδης έφυγε.
Εξαιτίας των συνθηκών της ζωής της, η Ιορδανίδου απέκτησε μεγάλη γλωσσομάθεια και εργάστηκε ως ιδιωτική υπάλληλος. Έγινε γνωστή στο λογοτεχνικό χώρο με το έργο Λωξάντρα, που έγραψε σε ηλικία 65 χρονών, το 1962, και γνώρισε πολλές επανεκδόσεις. Η Λωξάντρα περιγράφει με μεγάλη ζωντάνια και χιούμορ τα έθιμα και τη ζωή των Ελλήνων της Πόλης και βασίζεται -
Alphonse Karr
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr was a French critic, journalist, and novelist. His brother Eugène was a talented engineer, and his aunt Carme Karr was a writer, journalist and suffragist in La Roche-Mabile.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский (Russian)
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Works, such as the novels Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880), of Russian writer Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevski combine religious mysticism with profound psychological insight.
Very influential writings of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin included Problems of Dostoyevsky's Works (1929),
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky composed short stories, essays, and journals. His literature explores humans in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century and engages with a variety of philosophies and themes. People most acclaimed his Demons(1872) .
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Afonso Cruz
Nasceu em 1971, na Figueira da Foz e estudou nas Belas Artes de Lisboa, no Instituto Superior de Artes Plásticas da Madeira e na António Arroio. É escritor, músico, cineasta e ilustrador.
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Escreveu seis livros: A Carne de Deus (Bertrand), Enciclopédia da Estória Universal (Quetzal - Grande Prémio de Conto Camilo Castelo Branco 2010), Os Livros Que Devoraram o Meu Pai (Caminho - Prémio Literário Maria Rosa Colaço 2009), A Contradição Humana (Caminho - Prémio Autores 2011 SPA/RTP; escolha White Ravens 2011; Menção Especial do Prémio Nacional de Ilustração 2011) e A Boneca de Kokoschka (Quetzal), O Pintor Debaixo do Lava-Loiças (Caminho). Participou ainda nos livros Almanaque do Dr. Thackery T. Lambshead de Doenças Excêntricas e Desacreditadas ( -
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Μαρία Ιορδανίδου
Maria Iordanidou
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Γεννήθηκε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1897 και έζησε τα παιδικά της χρόνια στον Πειραιά και το Βατούμ της Ρωσίας. Φοίτησε σε ρωσικό γυμνάσιο, στη Σταυρούπολη, όπου τη βρήκε η Οκτωβριανή Επανάσταση. Το 1919 γύρισε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη και λίγο αργότερα πήγε στην Αλεξάνδρεια, όπου παντρεύτηκε τον Ιορδάνη Ιορδανίδη. Το 1923 επέστρεψαν μαζί στην Αθήνα, αλλά σύντομα ο Ιορδανίδης έφυγε.
Εξαιτίας των συνθηκών της ζωής της, η Ιορδανίδου απέκτησε μεγάλη γλωσσομάθεια και εργάστηκε ως ιδιωτική υπάλληλος. Έγινε γνωστή στο λογοτεχνικό χώρο με το έργο Λωξάντρα, που έγραψε σε ηλικία 65 χρονών, το 1962, και γνώρισε πολλές επανεκδόσεις. Η Λωξάντρα περιγράφει με μεγάλη ζωντάνια και χιούμορ τα έθιμα και τη ζωή των Ελλήνων της Πόλης και βασίζεται -
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Giuseppe Catozzella
He was born in Milan and studied philosophy at the University of Milan. After graduating, he moved to Australia. After living in Sydney for an extended period, he returned to his native Milan. He has been nominated by the UN Goodwill Ambassador UNHCR.
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Catozzella has published across multiple literary genres, including plays, short stories and novels, and writes on the main Italian newspapers La Repubblica and L'Espresso. His novel Don't Tell Me You're Afraid, dealing with the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean Sea, was a very popular and critical success in Italy and in the world. The novel sold more than 500.000 copies in 40 countries. In Italy it won the Premio Strega Giovani 2014 and it was shortlisted for the Premio Strega 2014. It has -
Μαρία Ιορδανίδου
Maria Iordanidou
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Γεννήθηκε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1897 και έζησε τα παιδικά της χρόνια στον Πειραιά και το Βατούμ της Ρωσίας. Φοίτησε σε ρωσικό γυμνάσιο, στη Σταυρούπολη, όπου τη βρήκε η Οκτωβριανή Επανάσταση. Το 1919 γύρισε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη και λίγο αργότερα πήγε στην Αλεξάνδρεια, όπου παντρεύτηκε τον Ιορδάνη Ιορδανίδη. Το 1923 επέστρεψαν μαζί στην Αθήνα, αλλά σύντομα ο Ιορδανίδης έφυγε.
Εξαιτίας των συνθηκών της ζωής της, η Ιορδανίδου απέκτησε μεγάλη γλωσσομάθεια και εργάστηκε ως ιδιωτική υπάλληλος. Έγινε γνωστή στο λογοτεχνικό χώρο με το έργο Λωξάντρα, που έγραψε σε ηλικία 65 χρονών, το 1962, και γνώρισε πολλές επανεκδόσεις. Η Λωξάντρα περιγράφει με μεγάλη ζωντάνια και χιούμορ τα έθιμα και τη ζωή των Ελλήνων της Πόλης και βασίζεται -
Μαρία Ιορδανίδου
Maria Iordanidou
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Γεννήθηκε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1897 και έζησε τα παιδικά της χρόνια στον Πειραιά και το Βατούμ της Ρωσίας. Φοίτησε σε ρωσικό γυμνάσιο, στη Σταυρούπολη, όπου τη βρήκε η Οκτωβριανή Επανάσταση. Το 1919 γύρισε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη και λίγο αργότερα πήγε στην Αλεξάνδρεια, όπου παντρεύτηκε τον Ιορδάνη Ιορδανίδη. Το 1923 επέστρεψαν μαζί στην Αθήνα, αλλά σύντομα ο Ιορδανίδης έφυγε.
Εξαιτίας των συνθηκών της ζωής της, η Ιορδανίδου απέκτησε μεγάλη γλωσσομάθεια και εργάστηκε ως ιδιωτική υπάλληλος. Έγινε γνωστή στο λογοτεχνικό χώρο με το έργο Λωξάντρα, που έγραψε σε ηλικία 65 χρονών, το 1962, και γνώρισε πολλές επανεκδόσεις. Η Λωξάντρα περιγράφει με μεγάλη ζωντάνια και χιούμορ τα έθιμα και τη ζωή των Ελλήνων της Πόλης και βασίζεται -
Mohamed Samir Nada (محمد سمير ندا)
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محمد سمير ندا، مصريّ الجنسية، ولد في مدينة بغداد عام ١٩٧٨، وقضى سنوات الطفولة الأولى في بلاد الرافدين، لتتشكّل طفولته على إيقاعات الحرب العراقيّة الإيرانيّة. عادت أسرته لتستقرّ في مصر في القترة بين عاميّ ١٩٨٤ و١٩٩٠. عقب ذلك شدّ والديه الرحال مجدّدًا، غربًا هذه المرّة، ليقضي مرحلة صباه في طرابلس-ليبيا، حتّى عادت أسرته لتستقرّ في مصر مجدّدًا عام ١٩٩٦.
تخرّج في كليّة التجارة، وعمل محاسبًا في المجال السياحي، حتّى استقرّ به الحال في منصب ماليّ وإداريّ في إحدى الشركات العاملة في مجال السياحة والمطاعم. له أخّين هو الأوسط بينهما. متزوّج منذ عام ٢٠٠٨، ولديه ولدين.
والده هو سمير ندا (١٩٣٨-٢٠١٣)، الأديب المصري المتفرّد الذي لمع نجمه في ستينيّات القرن الماضي، وقدّم للأدب المصري قامات أدبية شابة آنذاك؛ مثل جمال الغيطاني ويوسف القعيد وغيرهما. كما -
Eric de Kermel
Éric de Kermel, né le 10 juin 1963 à Ajaccio, est un journaliste, auteur, éditeur français.
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Il met ses mots au service d'une autre manière d’habiter la terre et porte une attention particulière à la relation entre les humains et le monde sauvage. -
Bothayna Al-Essa
Bothayna El Essa (Arabic: بثينة العيسى) is a novelist from Kuwait. A well-known author in modern Arabic literature, her novel The Book Censor's Library was longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction in their category for translated literature.
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Μαρία Ιορδανίδου
Maria Iordanidou
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Γεννήθηκε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1897 και έζησε τα παιδικά της χρόνια στον Πειραιά και το Βατούμ της Ρωσίας. Φοίτησε σε ρωσικό γυμνάσιο, στη Σταυρούπολη, όπου τη βρήκε η Οκτωβριανή Επανάσταση. Το 1919 γύρισε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη και λίγο αργότερα πήγε στην Αλεξάνδρεια, όπου παντρεύτηκε τον Ιορδάνη Ιορδανίδη. Το 1923 επέστρεψαν μαζί στην Αθήνα, αλλά σύντομα ο Ιορδανίδης έφυγε.
Εξαιτίας των συνθηκών της ζωής της, η Ιορδανίδου απέκτησε μεγάλη γλωσσομάθεια και εργάστηκε ως ιδιωτική υπάλληλος. Έγινε γνωστή στο λογοτεχνικό χώρο με το έργο Λωξάντρα, που έγραψε σε ηλικία 65 χρονών, το 1962, και γνώρισε πολλές επανεκδόσεις. Η Λωξάντρα περιγράφει με μεγάλη ζωντάνια και χιούμορ τα έθιμα και τη ζωή των Ελλήνων της Πόλης και βασίζεται -
Eran Katz
Eran Katz's books on memory and intelligence have been bestsellers in twelve countries. He is a popular guest on TV and radio shows and has delivered his entertaining seminars to hundreds of leading multinational companies and organizations including Motorola, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, General Electric, Coca-Cola, AT&T, and the International Brain Education Association."
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Joyce Hansen
Joyce Hansen has been writing books and stories for children and young adults for over twenty years. Joyce was born and raised in New York City, the setting of her early contemporary novels. She grew up with two younger brothers and her parents in an extended family that included aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents, all living nearby in the Morrisania section of the Bronx.
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Attending Bronx public schools, she graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1960. While working secretarial jobs during the day, Joyce attended Pace University in New York City at night, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree. She then began her teaching career in the New York City public schools and earned a Master of Arts degree from New York University. She al -
Maria Popova
Maria Popova is a reader and a writer, and writes about what she reads on Brain Pickings (brainpickings.org), which is included in the Library of Congress permanent digital archive of culturally valuable materials. She hosts The Universe in Verse—an annual charitable celebration of science through poetry—at the interdisciplinary cultural center Pioneer Works in Brooklyn.
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Vũ Trọng Phụng
Vũ Trọng Phụng (1912-1939) là một nhà văn, nhà báo nổi tiếng của Việt Nam vào đầu thế kỷ 20. Tuy thời gian cầm bút rất ngắn ngủi, với tác phẩm đầu tiên là truyện ngắn Chống nạng lên đường đăng trên Ngọ báo vào năm 1930, ông đã để lại một kho tác phẩm đáng kinh ngạc: hơn 30 truyện ngắn, 9 tập tiểu thuyết, 9 tập phóng sự, 7 vở kịch, cùng một bản dịch vở kịch từ tiếng Pháp, một số bài viết phê bình, tranh luận văn học và hàng trăm bài báo viết về các vấn đề chính trị, xã hội, văn hóa. Một số trích đoạn tác phẩm của ông trong các tác phẩm Số đỏ và Giông Tố đã được đưa vào sách giáo khoa môn Ngữ văn của Việt Nam.
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Nổi tiếng với giọng văn trào phúng châm biếm xã hội của mình, một số người đã so sánh ông như Balzac của Việt Nam. Tuy nhiên, cũng vì p -
David Eagleman
David Eagleman is an internationally bestselling author, a TED speaker, and a Guggenheim Fellow. He teaches neuroscience at Stanford University and is CEO of a neurotech startup, Neosensory. At night he writes. His books have been translated into 33 languages.
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Shūsuke Shizukui
Shusuke Shizukui (雫井 脩介, 1968–) made his publishing debut after winning the Shincho Mystery Club Prize in 1999 for a suspense novel set in the world of judo, Eiko itto (Path to Glory). He received the Haruhiko Oyabu Award for Hannin ni tsugu (The Investigation Game) in 2005, and the novel about a serial kidnapper and murderer became a bestseller. Although his early works were mainly in the mystery and suspense genre, he has more recently expanded his repertoire to include love stories and family novels, including the best-selling Kurozudo noto (Closed Diary). Hannin ni tsugu and Kurozudo noto have both been adapted to film. His other novels include Hanzai shosetsu-ka (Crime Novelist), Tochu no ippo (A Step Along the Way), and Kensatsu-gawa
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Graciela Montes
Argentine writer, editor and translator. She graduated from the University of Buenos Aires.
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Oscar Colchado Lucio
Oscar Colchado Lucio, (Huallanca, Ancash, 1947). Poeta, cuentista y novelista. Fundó el Grupo Literario Isla Blanca y dirigió la revista Alborada/ Creación y análisis. Es profesor de Lengua y literatura.
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Ha recibido, entre otros premios, el “José María Arguedas” de cuento (1978), el “José María Eguren” de poesía (1980), el Premio Copé (1983), el Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil (1985), el Premio Latinoamericano de Cuento (CICLA 87), el Premio Nacional de Educación (1995), el Premio Nacional de Novela “Federico Villarreal” (1996) y el Premio Internacional de Cuentos “Juan Rulfo” (2002).
En 1992 fue jurado en el Premio Casa de las Américas (Cuba). Su obra Cholito en los Andes mágicos ha sido llevada a la televisión para los país -
Yukichi Fukuzawa
Fukuzawa Yukichi (福澤諭吉) was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist who founded Keio University. His ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the Meiji Era. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern Japan.
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Ahmet Altan
He was born 1950 in Ankara, Turkey to the notable journalist and writer Çetin Altan as the first of two sons. His brother Mehmet Altan is also a journalist, writer and university professor of economy politics.
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A working journalist for more than twenty years, he has served in all stages of the profession, from being a night shift reporter to editor in chief in various newspapers.
In addition to having written columns in several Turkish newspapers, including Hürriyet, Milliyet and Radikal, Altan has produced news programming for television. He worked as the editor in chief and lead columnist of Taraf, a daily Turkish newspaper, until he resigned from his post in 2012.
He was fired from Milliyet after writing a column on 17 April 1995 titled "Ata -
Enheduanna
Akkadian princess, High Priestess of the Moon god Nanna, daughter of Sargon the Great. c 2285–2250 BCE
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While millions of Mesopotamian women lived ordinary lives, an Akkadian princess, daughter of Sargon the Great, lived a life anything but ordinary. Enheduanna (2285 to 2250 B.C.) became one of the most prominent and powerful priestesses in all of Sumer and Akkad. She holds the unique position of being the world’s first named author in all of history.
Her literary output of hymns and songs to the goddess Inanna set a high standard and example of religious psalms, hymns, prayers and poetry that was followed for the next two thousand years. The writings of Enheduanna echoed through the centuries, influencing hymns and prayers in other cultures -
Darcy Ribeiro
Darcy Ribeiro (Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 26, 1922 – Brasilia, DF, Brazil, February 17, 1997) was a Brazilian anthropologist, author and politician. Darcy Ribeiro's ideas of Latin American identity have influenced several later scholars of Latin American studies. As Minister of Education of Brazil he caried out profound reforms which led him to be invited to participate in university reforms in Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Mexico and Uruguay after leaving Brazil due to the 1964 coup d'état.
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Darcy Ribeiro was the son of Reginaldo Ribeiro dos Santos and of Josefina Augusta da Silveira. He completed his primary and secondary education in the town of his birth, Montes Claros, at the Grupo Escolar Gonçalves Chaves and at the Ginásio -
Ahmed Arif
Ahmed Arif (1927-1991) Studied philosophy at Ankara University. His education was interrupted by several political arrests. Published in various literary journals, his poems were widely read due to their original lyricism and imagery influenced by Anatolian folk cultures. He has published only one collection of poetry: Hasretinden Prangalar Eskittim (Fetters Worn Out by Longing/1968) – a volume which has gone through a record number of printings.
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Florencio Sánchez
Florencio Sánchez was an Uruguayan playwright, journalist and political figure. He is considered one of the founding fathers of theater in the River Plate region of Argentina and Uruguay.
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Florencio Sánchez's parents moved him and his eleven siblings to the city of Treinta y Tres and later to Minas, where he attended elementary school. At a very young age, he published a few satirical articles in a newspaper and participated as actor and author in some family musicals (with staged representations).
After abandoning high school, Sánchez alternated his life between Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Rosario. His intense works in journalism and theater unfolded in these cities. In Montevideo he joined the International Center for Social Studies (a lite -
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Hồ Chí Minh
Vietnamese Communist revolutionary and statesman who was Prime Minister and President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam).
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Kazumi Yumoto
also known as:
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Japanese Profile: 湯本香樹実
Kazumi Yumoto was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1959 and got into literature via music. She studied composition at Tokyo College of music and during this time wrote opera libretti and plays for radio and television. Her first novel “Natsu no niwa” (Engl. “The Friends”, 1996) appeared in 1992 to international acclaim. In a direct an warmhearted style it tells the story of three adolescents in contemporary Japan who want to learn more about death and decide to spy on an old man whom they assume will die soon, but things develop in an unexpected manner. A fragile friendship grows between Kiyama, Yamashita and Kawabe, in which they learn a lot about life, tolerance and the dignity of getting old. Yumoto approache -
Lewis Helfand
The creator and writer of Wasted Minute and 4320, Lewis Helfand is a freelance writer whose comic book credits include the graphic novels Kim, A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, and The Time Machine for Campfire Comics and the monthly mini-comic The Adventures of Roxy Riley for East Coast Biker Magazine.
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His past credits include weekly columns for AskMen.com and InsideHoops.com, as well as monthly features for Exposed Magazine and Rockstar Magazine. Other recent clips include articles for American Health & Fitness, Renaissance Magazine, Computer Bits Magazine, Vicious Magazine, The Funny Papers of Philadelphia, ClubPlanet.com, Food-Writing.com, and Modvox.com. -
Gu Long
also known as: 古龍
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Xiong Yaohua (Chinese: 熊耀華) (7 June 1938 – 21 September 1985), better known by his pen name Gu Long, was a Chinese novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director. Xiong is best known for writing wuxia novels and serials, which include Juedai Shuangjiao, Xiaoli Feidao Series, Chu Liuxiang Series, Lu Xiaofeng Series and Xiao Shiyilang. Some of these works have been adapted into films and television series for numerous times. In the 1980s Xiong started his own film studio, Bao Sian, to focus on adaptations of his works. He graduated from Cheng Kung Senior High School in Taipei and from the Foreign Language Department of Tamkang University.
Xiong was born on 7 June 1938 in Hong Kong but his registered identity claimed that h -
Nguyễn Bảo Trung
BS.Nguyễn Bảo Trung đang công tác tại BV Nguyễn Trãi (TP.HCM),
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Anh sinh năm 1980, đã xuất bản 2 cuốn sách (Vô thường và Sen) được độc giả, nhất là bạn trẻ đón nhận nồng nhiệt bởi sự nhẹ nhàng trong văn phong cùng kinh nghiệm thực tập nhận diện sự thật để khỏe hơn, an hơn giữa cuộc sống. -
Barbara De Angelis
Barbara De Angelis Ph.D. is one of the most influential teachers of our time in the field of relationships and personal growth. For the past twenty-five years, she has reached tens of millions of people throughout the world with her positive messages about love, happiness and the search for meaning in our lives. As a best-selling author, popular television personality and sought after motivational speaker, Barbara has been a pioneer in the field of personal transformation as one of the first people to popularize the idea of self-help in the 1980's, and as one of the first nationally recognized female motivational teachers on television.
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Cécile Aubry
Cécile Aubry was a French film actress, author, television screenwriter and director. Born Anne-José Madeleine Henriette Bénard, Aubry began her career as a dancer. At age 20, she was signed to 20th Century Fox.
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She made her break as the star of Henri-Georges Clouzot's Manon (1949), which won the Golden Lion at the famed Venice Film Festival. That brought her a leading role alongside Tyrone Power and Orson Welles in American director Henry Hathaway's feature The Black Rose (1950). She had a strong performance in Christian-Jacque's Bluebeard (1952), one of the first French-produced films to be made in color. For a short time, she was a Hollywood success, signing a lucrative contract with Fox, employing her parents as a publicity team, and reg -
Carlos Guimarães Pinto
É economista, consultor de estratégia e deputado na Assembleia da República. Doutorado em Economia pela Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto, já trabalhou, como consultor de estratégia nas áreas das telecomunicações e digital, em mais de 20 países e 4 continentes.
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É um dos mais empenhados divulgadores do liberalismo em Portugal, defendendo sempre que a prosperidade nasce da liberdade e que o Estado deve servir as pessoas, e não o contrário. Foi nesse âmbito que presidiu à Iniciativa Liberal, entre 2018 e 2019 – período em que o partido alcançou pela primeira vez a Assembleia da República –, e que fundou o Instituto +Liberdade – de que foi o primeiro diretor-executivo –, dedicado à divulgação do pensamento liberal e à promoção da li -
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İpek Ongun
1961 yılında Amerikan Kız Koleji Edebiyat Bölümü'nden mezun olan İpek Ongun, yazı yaşamına 1980'de yayımlanan Mektup Arkadaşları'yla başladı. Onu Kamp Arkadaşları ve Afacanlar Çetesi adlı çocuk kitapları izledi. Bunları izleyen Yaş On Yedi ve Bir Genç Kızın Gizli Defteri başlıklı yapıtlarıysa gençlik için yazılmış romanlardır. Gençlik romanlarından sonra, gençlere yaşama kültürü ve kişisel gelişim gibi konularda yardımcı olmasını amaçladığı bir üçlü yazdı. Adları Bir Pırıltıdır Yaşamak , Bu Hayat Sizin ve Lütfen Beni Anla olan bu kitapların ilki 1911 yılında TÜYAP'ta " Altın Kitap Ödülü " 'nü aldı. Ayrıca gençller için yaptığı bu çalışmalar nedeniyle kendisine Rotary Kulübü tarafından "* 1995-1996 Meslek Hizmetleri Ödülü" verildi. 1998 yılı
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