query: who is known as father of english literature

pos: Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer (; – 25 October 1400) is known as the Father of English literature and is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was the first to be buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. Chaucer achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, and astronomer, composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his 10 year-old son Lewis. He also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier, and diplomat. Among his many works are "The Book of the Duchess", "The House of Fame", "The Legend of

pos: British literature Ages. "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is a late-14th-century Middle English alliterative romance. It is one of the better-known Arthurian stories, of an established type known as the "beheading game". Developing from Welsh, Irish and English tradition "Sir Gawain" highlights the importance of honour and chivalry. "Preserved in the same manuscript with Sir Gawayne were three other poems, now generally accepted as the work of its author, including the intricate elegiac poem, "Pearl"." Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was

pos: Giles Milton Milton assesses Mandeville's influence on English literature. William Shakespeare, John Milton, and John Keats turned to the "Travels" for inspiration and until the Victorian era it was Sir John Mandeville, not Geoffrey Chaucer who was known as the 'father of English prose'. Milton's book seeks to restore Mandeville to his literary pedestal, as well as advancing the thesis that he should also be considered the father of exploration. D-Day: The Soldiers' Story Trevor Royle, writing in The Herald, said that Milton has managed to shed much new light on the unfolding of events on D-Day. 'It takes guts and a

pos: Anglo-Norman language Norman, Anglo-Saxon literature came to an end and literature written in Britain was in Latin or Anglo-Norman. The Plantagenet kings encouraged this Anglo-Norman literature. Nevertheless, from the beginning of the 14th century, some authors chose to write in English, such as Geoffrey Chaucer. The authors of that period were influenced by the works of contemporary French writers whose language was prestigious. Chaucer is considered to be the father of the English language and the creator of English as a literary language. The major Norman-French influence on English can still be seen in today's vocabulary. An enormous number of Norman-French and

pos: Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer (; – 25 October 1400) is known as the Father of English literature and is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was the first to be buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. Chaucer achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, and astronomer, composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his 10 year-old son Lewis. He also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier, and diplomat. Among his many works are "The Book of the Duchess", "The House of Fame", "The Legend of

pos: Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer (; – 25 October 1400) is known as the Father of English literature and is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was the first to be buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. Chaucer achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, and astronomer, composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his 10 year-old son Lewis. He also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier, and diplomat. Among his many works are "The Book of the Duchess", "The House of Fame", "The Legend of

pos: Jean Tatlock who became a physician. Her father, who had a Ph.D. from Harvard University, was a noted and acclaimed professor of English at the University of Michigan; an Old English philologist; an expert on Geoffrey Chaucer and English plays, poems, and Elizabethan era literature; and author of approximately 60 books on those subjects, including "The Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer" (1912) and "The Mind and Art of Chaucer" (1950). John Tatlock was a professor of English at Stanford from 1915 to 1925, and Harvard from 1925 to 1929, before returning to the Bay Area as a professor of English at

pos: Nevill Coghill Nevill Coghill Nevill Henry Kendal Aylmer Coghill (19 April 1899 – 6 November 1980) was an English literary scholar, known especially for his modern English version of Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". His father was Sir Egerton Coghill, 5th Baronet. Coghill was educated at Haileybury, and read English at Exeter College, Oxford. He became a fellow of the college and there is a small bust of him in the college chapel. He served in the Great War after 1917. In 1948, he was made Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College. He was Merton Professor of English Literature in the University of

neg: Bhagwan Datt Sharma World War II period, before that he earned B.A. (English), M.A. (Hindi Literature), M.A. (English literature). He has always been admired for his depth of knowledge of Scandinavian literature, Latin literature, English and Hindi poetry. Bhagwan Datt Sharma Bhagwan Datt Sharma(; 23 October 1935) is a well-known person in the field of English and Hindi literature specially of post World War II period in Madhya Pradesh and reforms in school education. He had been Deputy Divisional Superintendent of Education at the time of his retirement, he is also father in law of first daughter of Ram Kishore Shukla who was

neg: Modern Kannada literature M. Srikantaiah ('B. M. Sri'), regarded by some as the "Father of modern Kannada literature", gave the call for writing originals in modern Kannada, emancipating the language from ancient courtly classics and stressing the need for the influence of English literature. This period can be considered a seed time, for a golden age to come. His adaptation of lyrics from English were effective, the best known among his works being the "English Geethagalu" ("English Songs"), a seminal work that set the trend for "Navodaya" (new birth) Kannada poetry to come. Other notable poets who were able to evolve new metrics

neg: Father, Wake Us In Passing English writing and has received critical acclaim in India and abroad ever since it was first published. Father, Wake Us In Passing "Father, Wake Us In Passing", is an internationally acclaimed poem by the Indian English poet Gopi Kottoor. The poem is a unique work of art, peerless in its genre in modern Indian literature. It has been translated into German as "Vater, wecke' uns im Vorübergehen". It is among the better known poems in modern Indian English literature. The poem was composed by Kottoor when his father was in coma, and was dying. The tumultuous emotional experience associated with

neg: Father, Wake Us In Passing Father, Wake Us In Passing "Father, Wake Us In Passing", is an internationally acclaimed poem by the Indian English poet Gopi Kottoor. The poem is a unique work of art, peerless in its genre in modern Indian literature. It has been translated into German as "Vater, wecke' uns im Vorübergehen". It is among the better known poems in modern Indian English literature. The poem was composed by Kottoor when his father was in coma, and was dying. The tumultuous emotional experience associated with watching the slow but inevitable death of one's own father has been poignantly channeled by the poet

neg: Pakistani English literature Pakistani English literature Pakistani English literature refers to English literature that has been developed and evolved in Pakistan, as well as by members of the Pakistani diaspora who write in the English language. English is one of the official languages of Pakistan (the other being Urdu) and has a history going back to the British colonial rule in South Asia (the British Raj); the national dialect spoken in the country is known as Pakistani English. Today, it occupies an important and integral part in modern Pakistani literature. Dr. Alamgir Hashmi introduced the term "Pakistani Literature [originally written] in English" with

neg: Twentieth-century English literature Nobel Prize for Literature (1907). Kipling's works include "The Jungle Books" (1894–95), "The Man Who Would Be King" and "Kim" (1901), while his inspirational poem "If—" (1895) is a national favourite and a memorable evocation of Victorian stoicism. Kipling's reputation declined during his lifetime, but more recently postcolonial studies has "rekindled an intense interest in his work, viewing it as both symptomatic and critical of imperialist attitudes". Strongly influenced by his Christian faith, G. K. Chesterton was a prolific and hugely influential writer with a diverse output. His best-known character is the priest-detective Father Brown, who appeared only in short

neg: O. J. Matthijs Jolles German, the 1943 American translation was by a Hungarian who did not know English." There is little in the Jolles translation to warrant such a comment. In the field of German literature, Jolles is quite well known, especially for his work on Friedrich Schiller. Most of his published work, however, is in German. Born in Berlin of a Dutch father and German mother, Jolles was brought up as a German and educated at the Universities of Leipzig, Hamburg, and Heidelberg. He received his doctorate in the philosophy of literature from Heidelberg in 1933. He then served one year as a

neg: O. V. Vijayan O. V. Vijayan Ottupulackal Velukkuty Vijayan (2 July 1930 – 30 March 2005), commonly known as O. V. Vijayan, was an Indian author and cartoonist, who was an important figure in modern Malayalam language literature. Best known for his first novel "Khasakkinte Itihasam" (1969), Vijayan was the author of six novels, nine short-story collections, and nine collections of essays, memoirs and reflections. Born in Palakkad in 1930, Vijayan graduated from Victoria College in Palakkad and obtained a master's degree in English literature from Presidency College, Madras. He wrote his first short story, "Tell Father Gonsalves", in 1953. "Khasakkinte Itihasam" ("The

neg: H. N. Golibar H. N. Golibar H. N. Golibar or Bholabhai Golibar, also known by his pen name Atom Golibar, is editor of Gujarati weekly "Chakram Chandan". He is also prolific Gujarati pulp fiction writer who writes mostly horror and crime thrillers. Golibar was born 24 November 1949 at Ahmedabad, India in Kutchi Memon family. He completed the Bachelor of Arts in English literature and a Diploma in Journalism. He later completed a Diploma in Printing from the Heidelberg Pressman School in West Germany. In 1971, Golibar joined his father Noormohammad Jussabhai Golibar, better known as N. J. Golibar, who published "Chakram" weekly

neg: Matthew Beard (English actor) Matthew Beard (English actor) Matthew Beard (born 25 March 1989) is an English film and television actor, and model, best known for his role as Blake Morrison in the 2007 film "And When Did You Last See Your Father?" Beard attended King Ecgbert School in Sheffield, achieving As in his A-Level subjects in 2007. He studied English and French literature at the University of York. In 2007 he was seen as teenage Blake in "And When Did You Last See Your Father?". His performance gained him rave reviews and saw him selected by "Screen International" as "A Star of Tomorrow"

neg: Arthur H. Cash Arthur H. Cash Arthur Hill Cash (February 4, 1922December 29, 2016) was an American scholar of 18th-century English literature. Cash is best known as the author of the definitive two-volume biography of Laurence Sterne, published between 1975 and 1986. He also wrote a popular biography of the 18th-century politician John Wilkes, who was influential in developing ideas concerning civil liberties in England and the United States. The book, titled "John Wilkes: The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty", was one of three finalists for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for biography. Cash taught university literature courses for forty-five years, including popular classes

neg: H. S. Shivaprakash Rabha, Assamese, Bodo, Tamil and Malayalam. Shivaprakash is also a well-known authority on vachana literature, Bhakti movements of India, and Sufi and other mystic traditions. Shivaprakash was born in Bangalore in June 1954. His father Shivamurthy Shastri was an eminent Lingayat scholar and served under the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore. After obtaining his MA in English literature from Bangalore University, Shivaprakash joined the Karnataka government service as an English lecturer and taught for over two decades at various colleges in Bangalore and Tumkur. In 1996, he was appointed the editor of "Indian Literature", the bimonthly journal of Sahitya Akademi in

neg: Middle English literature facilitated the expansion of English vocabulary, the development of inflection and syntax and the ever-widening gap between the spoken and the written word. However, Richard Pynson, a Frenchman who started printing in London in 1491 or 1492 and who favoured Chancery Standard English, was a more accomplished stylist and consequently pushed the English language even further toward standardisation. Middle English literature The term Middle English literature refers to the literature written in the form of the English language known as Middle English, from the 12th century until the 1470s. During this time the Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English

neg: Alexandra Chreiteh homosexual Lebanese man who discovers that one of his ancestors was Jewish. Alexandra Chreiteh Alexandra Chreiteh ألكسندرا شريتح is a Lebanese author known for her portrayal of the barriers faced by Arab women. Alexandra Chreiteh was born in Moscow, Russia and was raised in a religiously conservative region in Lebanon by her Russian mother and Lebanese father. Chreiteh completed her bachelor's degree in English Literature at the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon. In Fall 2009, after being granted a graduate fellowship by Yale University, she commenced her PhD in Comparative Literature. While at Yale, Chreiteh has completed her Masters

neg: Bhagwan Datt Sharma Bhagwan Datt Sharma Bhagwan Datt Sharma(; 23 October 1935) is a well-known person in the field of English and Hindi literature specially of post World War II period in Madhya Pradesh and reforms in school education. He had been Deputy Divisional Superintendent of Education at the time of his retirement, he is also father in law of first daughter of Ram Kishore Shukla who was a preeminent politician from Indian National Congress. He is among the prime founders of Socialist Party in Rewa. He is a Doctor of Philosophy awarded so for Comparison of Hindi & English poetry in post

neg: Muhammad Iqbal of Western civilisation. Prose book in Urdu Prose books in English Poetic books in Persian Poetic books in Urdu Muhammad Iqbal Sir Muhammad Iqbal (; ; 9 November 1877 – 21 April 1938), widely known as Allama Iqbal, was a poet, philosopher and politician, as well as an academic, barrister and scholar in British India who is widely regarded as having inspired the Pakistan Movement. He is called the "Spiritual Father of Pakistan." He is considered one of the most important figures in Urdu literature, with literary work in both Urdu and Persian. Iqbal is admired as a prominent poet

neg: Twentieth-century English literature known contribution from Wales to the literature of the First World War. An important development, beginning in the 1930s and 1940s was a tradition of working class novels actually written by working-class background writers. Among these were coal miner Jack Jones, James Hanley, whose father was a stoker and who also went to sea as a young man, and coal miners Lewis Jones from South Wales and Harold Heslop from County Durham. Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) published his famous dystopia "Brave New World" in 1932, the same year as John Cowper Powys's "A Glastonbury Romance". Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer" then

neg: Elizabeth Erny Foote Elizabeth Erny Foote Elizabeth Erny Foote (born January 1953) is an American lawyer serving as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Born Elizabeth Frances Erny in Lafayette, Louisiana to a father who managed an insurance company and a mother who taught school, Foote moved to New Orleans at a young age. Foote earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from Louisiana State University in 1974, a Master of Arts degree in English literature from Duke University in 1975 and a Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University Paul

neg: Alexandra Chreiteh Alexandra Chreiteh Alexandra Chreiteh ألكسندرا شريتح is a Lebanese author known for her portrayal of the barriers faced by Arab women. Alexandra Chreiteh was born in Moscow, Russia and was raised in a religiously conservative region in Lebanon by her Russian mother and Lebanese father. Chreiteh completed her bachelor's degree in English Literature at the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon. In Fall 2009, after being granted a graduate fellowship by Yale University, she commenced her PhD in Comparative Literature. While at Yale, Chreiteh has completed her Masters of Arts as well as a Masters of Philosophy in Comparative Literature.

neg: Gopi Kottoor Gopi Kottoor Gopikrishnan Kottoor is the pen name of Raghav G. Nair (born 1956, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala), an award-winning Indian English poet. He is best known for his internationally acclaimed poem "Father, Wake Us In Passing". He is also the founder editor of the quarterly poetry journal "Poetry Chain". Kottoor presently lives in Trivandrum, Kerala India, where he works as a senior banker with Reserve Bank of India. Kottoor had his school education in the Loyola English School and Arya Central School, Trivandrum. He took his B.A. in English Literature, and Masters in English from the Institute of English, Trivandrum, where

neg: Emily Brontë Emily Brontë Emily Jane Brontë (, ; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, "Wuthering Heights", now considered a classic of English literature. Emily was the third-eldest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother Branwell. She published under the pen name Ellis Bell. Emily Brontë was born on 30 July 1818 in Market Street in the village of Thornton on the outskirts of Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in Northern England, to Maria Branwell and an Irish father,

neg: Elizabethan literature and Terence, for comedy. Italy was an important source for Renaissance ideas in England and the linguist and lexicographer John Florio (1553–1625), whose father was Italian, a royal language tutor at the Court of James I, who had furthermore brought much of the Italian language and culture to England. He also translated the works of Montaigne from French into English. Two of the most important Elizabethan prose writers were John Lyly (1553 or 1554 – 1606) and Thomas Nashe (November 1567 – c. 1601). Lyly is an English writer, poet, dramatist, playwright, and politician, best known for his books "Euphues:

neg: Evan MacColl "was noted for her storehouse of traditional tales, legendary and fairy tales." She was also said to be something of an 'improvisatrice' or maker-up of tales. Though MacColl was fully employed farming and fishing, and later with road repairs, he nevertheless received a fair education. His father was fond of literature and procured books for his children when he could. The local village school offered a very limited education in English, and his father employed a tutor who taught his son English and instilled in him a love of Burns and of English literature in general. His poetic efforts began

neg: Rubén Darío "Canto a la Argentina y otros poemas" (1914). English: Spanish: Rubén Darío Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (January 18, 1867 – February 6, 1916), known as Rubén Darío (), was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as "modernismo" (modernism) that flourished at the end of the 19th century. Darío has had a great and lasting influence on 20th-century Spanish literature and journalism. He has been praised as the "Prince of Castilian Letters" and undisputed father of the "modernismo" literary movement. His parents, Luis Burgos and Rosa Sarmiento were married on April 26, 1866, in León, Nicaragua, after

neg: Edward Litt Laman Blanchard of Charles Lamb". Edward Litt Laman Blanchard Edward Litt Laman Blanchard, often referred to as E. L. Blanchard (11 December 1820 – 4 September 1889), was an English writer who is best known for his contributions to the Drury Lane pantomime. He began writing plays and other literature to support himself as a teenager after his father died. He soon became a prolific creator of dramas and eventually gained critical acclaim for his works. He also served as a newspaper drama critic and mentored other writers. Edward Blanchard was born at 28 Great Queen Street, London, the second son of

neg: Edward Litt Laman Blanchard Edward Litt Laman Blanchard Edward Litt Laman Blanchard, often referred to as E. L. Blanchard (11 December 1820 – 4 September 1889), was an English writer who is best known for his contributions to the Drury Lane pantomime. He began writing plays and other literature to support himself as a teenager after his father died. He soon became a prolific creator of dramas and eventually gained critical acclaim for his works. He also served as a newspaper drama critic and mentored other writers. Edward Blanchard was born at 28 Great Queen Street, London, the second son of the actor William

neg: Sibnarayan Ray (1882–1973) in Calcutta, India. His father was a thinker-writer who had published more than 50 books in Sanskrit and English. His mother too was a literary person who regularly contributed to magazines like "Bamabodhini", "Shibam", "Antapur" and "Mahila". Sibnarayan started writing in his teens. He graduated from the University of Calcutta with a degree in English language and literature. He was married to Gita Ray. He joined the City College, Calcutta, a constituent undergraduate college of the University of Calcutta, in 1945 at the age of twenty four as a lecturer in English literature. He taught there for long fifteen

neg: Camille Grammer Camille Grammer Camille Grammer (née Donatacci) is an American television personality, most known for starring in "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills". She started her career as a dancer, model, and actress, and worked as a producer and writer for Grammnet Productions. She was married to Kelsey Grammer from 1997 to 2011. Born in Newport Beach, California, Grammer grew up in an upper-middle-class family in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. Her father is a financial adviser, who still worked in New York City as of 2011. Grammer studied English literature at Montclair State College in New Jersey, attending New York University

neg: Yiddish literature Orthodoxy. The author known only by the pseudonym Katle Kanye writes blistering satire of current halakhic literature as well as poetry and thoughtful commentary on Hasidic life. Another example of a Haredi Yiddish blog-writer is Natirlich. Spy thrillers in Yiddish have become a popular genre within Hasidic communities. European literatures have had a strong influence on Yiddish literature, but until the late 20th century there was little return flow into English, except through bilingual writers who chose to write in English, such as Anzia Yezierska and Ab Cahan. The poet Irena Klepfisz, who was born to Polish-speaking Jewish parents in

neg: Michael Berg Michael Berg Michael Berg (born March 3, 1945) is an American activist and politician who was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in the State of Delaware on the Green Party ticket in the 2006 midterm elections. He is most well known as the father of Nick Berg, one of the first American civilians to be abducted and beheaded by insurgents in Iraq. Michael Berg was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Berg accepted a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and a teaching certificate at Bucknell University in 1967, and a master’s degree in education from Temple

neg: Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (; ; February 1, 1910 – December 23, 2009) was a Tibetan senior official who assumed various military and political responsibilities both before and after 1951. He is often known simply as Ngapo in English sources. Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme was born in Lhasa as the son of a leading Tibetan aristocratic family descended from former kings of Tibet, the Horkhang. His father was governor of Chamdo in Eastern Tibet and commander of the Tibetan armed forces. After studying traditional Tibetan literature, he went to Britain for further education. He was married to Ngapoi Cedain

neg: Nicaraguan literature Nicaraguan literature Nicaraguan literature can be traced to pre-Columbian times with the myths and oral literature that formed the cosmogonic view of the world that indigenous people had. Some of these stories are still known in Nicaragua. Like many Latin American countries, the Spanish conquerors have had the most effect on both the culture and the literature. The literature of Nicaragua has had many important literary figures in the Spanish language with internationally prominent writers such as Rubén Darío, who is regarded as the most important literary figure in Nicaragua. He is referred to as the ""Father of Modernism"" for

neg: English literature novel in, "Joseph Andrews" (1742) and "Shamela". Subsequently, Fielding satirised Richardson's "Clarissa" (1748) with "Tom Jones" (1749). Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) elevated the picaresque novel with works such as Roderick Random (1748) and Peregrine Pickle (1751). This period is known as the Age of Sensibility, but it is also sometimes described as the "Age of Johnson". Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English

neg: Peter Milward the Renaissance Institute at Sophia University, and editor of the Institute's "Renaissance Monographs". He was the first director of the university's Renaissance Centre, opened in 1984. After his retirement he continued to provide lectures at the Renaissance Centre. He is best known in Japan as the author of a series of readers and textbooks for the study of the English language and English literature, and as an essayist on comparative culture. Outside Japan, he is best known to academics as a specialist in Renaissance literature who, largely on the basis of research in the Huntington Library, compiled two fundamental aids

neg: Karl Kroeber Karl Kroeber Karl Kroeber (November 24, 1926 – November 8, 2009) was an American literary scholar, known for his writing on the English Romantics and American Indian literature. He was the son of Theodora and Alfred L. Kroeber, both anthropologists. His most recent book was an account of his father's work with Ishi: "Ishi in Three Centuries". He was professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. He wrote widely on literary criticism and its relationship to ecology, traditional literature, and art history. Kroeber was the brother of the science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin. He was father

neg: Ohalo College Culture and Literature and hired new faculty members who are well published scholars and experts on pedagogy, literary and cultural theory, linguistics and almost any other conceivable facet of English Studies. Ohalo College provides the northern region in Israel with a four-year program in English Culture, Literature, Media, and other facets of English Studies. The English department is also a local provider of English cultural events to the region, hosting a poetry reading in April 2010. Ohalo College Ohalo College (, "Mikhlelet Ohalo"), also known as the Ohalo College of Education, is an Israeli leading institution that specializes in teachers'

neg: Faye (Taiwanese singer) Faye (Taiwanese singer) Chan Wen-ting (born August 27, 1981), known professionally as Faye, is a Taiwanese singer and businesswoman. She is the former lead vocalist of pop rock band F.I.R., who won Golden Melody Award for Best New Artist in 2005. In 2017, Faye made her solo debut with the album "Little Outerspace". Faye was born in Taipei, Taiwan. Her father, Chan Ching-chao, is the general manager of Taisun Enterprise, a Taiwanese food and beverage company. She attended Taipei Tsai Hsing Private School and graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University in 2003, where she majored in English literature and was

neg: Ian Thomson (writer) Ian Thomson (writer) Ian Thomson (born 1961) is an English author, best known for his biography "Primo Levi" (2002), and reportage, "The Dead Yard: Tales of Modern Jamaica" (2009) Ian Thomson was born in London in 1961. His parents moved to New York City that same year, where his father worked for a Wall Street bank. (His mother, a Baltic émigrée, came to England in 1947 at the age of 17.) Thomson was educated at Dulwich College, then at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he read English. Subsequently he taught English literature and English as a foreign language in Rome, then

neg: Radclyffe Hall Radclyffe Hall Marguerite Radclyffe Hall (12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943) was an English poet and author. She is best known for the novel "The Well of Loneliness", a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature. Marguerite Radclyffe Hall was born in 1880 at "Sunny Lawn", Durley Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset), to a wealthy philandering father, Radclyffe Radclyffe-Hall, and an unstable mother, Mary Jane Diehl. Her stepfather was the professor of singing Albert Visetti, whom she did not like and who had a tempestuous relationship with her mother. Hall was a lesbian and described herself as a "congenital invert", a

neg: Jill Mann Jill Mann Gillian Lesley "Jill" Mann, FBA (born 7th April 1943), is a scholar known for her work on medieval literature, especially on Middle English and Medieval Latin. Jill Mann was born in York, where her father was engaged in war work, but brought up in Sunderland, Co. Durham, where she was educated at the Bede Grammar School for Girls. In 1961 she won a place at St Anne's College, Oxford, and took her BA (1st Class Hons) in English Language and Literature in 1964. She began research work on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales in Oxford, but

neg: Geoffrey Household Taine Geoffrey Household Geoffrey Edward West Household (30 November 1900 — 4 October 1988) was a prolific British novelist who specialised in thrillers. He is best known for his novel "Rogue Male" (1939). He was born in Bristol; his father Horace was a barrister. Household was educated at Clifton College, Bristol (1914–1919), and at Magdalen College, Oxford, from which he received a B.A. in English literature in 1922. He became an assistant confidential secretary for Bank of Romania, in Bucharest (1922–1926). In 1926 he went to Spain, where he worked selling bananas as a marketing manager for the United Fruit

neg: Geoffrey Household Geoffrey Household Geoffrey Edward West Household (30 November 1900 — 4 October 1988) was a prolific British novelist who specialised in thrillers. He is best known for his novel "Rogue Male" (1939). He was born in Bristol; his father Horace was a barrister. Household was educated at Clifton College, Bristol (1914–1919), and at Magdalen College, Oxford, from which he received a B.A. in English literature in 1922. He became an assistant confidential secretary for Bank of Romania, in Bucharest (1922–1926). In 1926 he went to Spain, where he worked selling bananas as a marketing manager for the United Fruit Company

neg: Mary Louisa Armitt took botany and art while her younger sister Annie Maria, who was born in 1850, studied English literature. Mary—who was known as Louie—was the youngest and excelled at music and natural history. She was educated at the Mechanics' Institute in Manchester as soon as she was of age. The three sisters were all teenagers when their father died. They were well educated so they established a school at Eccles in Lancashire. The eldest child at the school was fourteen, which was only a year younger than Armitt. The three girls spent their spare time attending recitals, art exhibitions, and lectures.

neg: Jamaican literature a distinctive place within English-speaking culture"), and his "Becka's Buckra Baby" as the beginning of modern Caribbean literature. Jamaican-born Claude McKay (1889–1948) is credited with inspiring France's Negritude (“Blackness”) movement, as well as being a founding father of the Harlem Renaissance. Having established himself as a poet in Jamaica, he moved to the U.S. in his 20s and proceeded to travel to France, but never returned to his birthplace. Una Marson (1905–1965) was also well known for her poetry, her activism as a feminist, and for her role as producer of the BBC literary radio programme "Caribbean Voices" in the

neg: Wilhelmus à Brakel referred to as “Father Brakel”—a title by which he is known in the Netherlands until this day. For more than three centuries the influence of "The Christian’s Reasonable Service" has been such that “Father Brakel” continues to be the most influential of all the representatives of the Nadere Reformatie (frequently referred to today as Dutch Puritanism). Since the publication of "The Christian’s Reasonable Service" in English, his influence is growing steadily among scholars, as well as lovers of Puritan literature. The uniqueness of à Brakel's work lies in the fact that it is more than a systematic theology. His selection

neg: Rachel Bromwich Rachel Bromwich Rachel Bromwich (30 July 1915 – 15 December 2010) was a British scholar. Her focus was on medieval Welsh literature, and she was Emeritus Reader in Celtic Languages and Literature at the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Cambridge until her death. Among her most important contributions to the study of Welsh literature is "Trioedd Ynys Prydein", her edition of the Welsh Triads. Bromwich was born Rachel Amos in Hove, England, in 1915. Her father, Maurice Amos, was an English legal expert who served as international law adviser to the Egyptian government; her mother was Scottish and

neg: Saviour Pirotta Saviour Pirotta Saviour Pirotta is a Maltese-born British author who resides in England. He is mostly known for the bestselling The Orchard Book of First Greek Myths, an adaptation of the Russian folktale, Firebird, and the Ancient Greek Mysteries Series for Bloomsbury. The second of five brothers, Pirotta grew up speaking both English and Maltese. His father, Anthony, is a retired joiner and his mother, née Cini, is a home maker. He attended Naxxar Primary School and later won a scholarship to St Aloysius' College, one of the most prestigious schools on the island. He developed a love of literature

neg: Hindi literature Harishankar Parsai(Hindi: हरिशंकर परसाई) (August 22, 1924 – 1995) was a Hindi writer. He was a noted satirist and humorist of modern Hindi literature and is known for his simple and direct style., Sri Lal Sukla, Suryakumar Pandey etc. Rahul Sankrityayan, Bhadant Anand Kausalyayan, Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Ajneya' and Baba Nagarjun were some of the great Indian writers who dedicated themselves entirely to the Hindi Travel Literature ("Yatra Vritanta"). Rahul Sankrityayan was one of the greatest travelled scholars of India, spending forty-five years of his life on travels away from his home. He is known as the (""Father of Hindi

neg: Bickram Ghosh of the Indian Super League. This year he added another feather in his cap by composing and presenting an extravaganza with 120 artists for the T20 World Cup finals. Ghosh was born in Kolkata, West Bengal to the tabla maestro Pandit Shankar Ghosh and classical vocalist, Sanjukta Ghosh. He studied at La Martiniere Calcutta and graduated in English from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata and Masters in English Literature from Jadavpur University. He started learning tabla from his father, Pandit Shankar Ghosh, who had played with Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Ghosh has performed with well-known performers including Ali Akbar Khan and

neg: Yeng Pway Ngon Yeng Pway Ngon Yeng Pway Ngon () is a Singaporean poet, novelist and critic in the Chinese literary scene in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. A prolific writer, Yeng's works have been translated into English, Malay , Dutch and Italian. Yeng has been a recipient of the Singapore Book Award, the Singapore Literature Prize (four times), and the Southeast Asian Writers Award (also known as the S.E.A. Write Award). For his contributions to the literary scene, Yeng was awarded the Cultural Medallion for Literature in 2003. Yeng was born in the Bugis area of Singapore in 1947. His father

neg: Josephine Donovan Josephine Donovan Josephine Donovan (born 1941) is an American scholar of comparative literature who is a Professor Emerita of English in the Department of English at the University of Maine, Orono. Her research and expertise has covered feminist theory, feminist criticism, animal ethics, and both early modern and American (particularly 19th century) women's literature. Donovan was born in Manila in the Philippines in 1941, and was, with her mother, evacuated shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Her father, a Captain in the US Army, remained; in 1942, he was captured by the Japanese. Donovan subsequently edited and published his

neg: Literature in the other languages of Britain motifs to a wider audience. Wace (c. 1110 – after 1174), who wrote in Norman-French, is the earliest known poet from Jersey, also developed the Arthurian legend.) At the end of the 12th century, Layamon in "Brut" adapted Wace to make the first English language work to use the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Early English Jewish literature developed after the Norman Conquest with Jewish settlement in England. Berechiah ha-Nakdan is known chiefly as the author of a 13th-century set of over a hundred fables, called "Mishle Shualim", (Fox Fables). The development of Jewish

neg: Muhammad Iqbal Muhammad Iqbal Sir Muhammad Iqbal (; ; 9 November 1877 – 21 April 1938), widely known as Allama Iqbal, was a poet, philosopher and politician, as well as an academic, barrister and scholar in British India who is widely regarded as having inspired the Pakistan Movement. He is called the "Spiritual Father of Pakistan." He is considered one of the most important figures in Urdu literature, with literary work in both Urdu and Persian. Iqbal is admired as a prominent poet by Indians, Pakistanis, Iranians and other international scholars of literature. Though Iqbal is best known as an eminent poet,

neg: Rajesh (Kannada actor) Rajesh (Kannada actor) Vidyasagar (born 15 April 1935), known by his stage name Rajesh, is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada films. Known as 'Kala Thapswi', Rajesh is an ardent fan of literature. Vidyasagar is the original name of Rajesh. He appeared in many films as the lead in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but later on started appearing in character roles. He is the father of film actress Aasha Rani who had acted in the film "Rathasapthami" with Shivrajkumar and the father in law of popular Kannada and Tamil actor Arjun Sarja. He has acted in over

neg: Filipino women writers Jalandoni, a Hiligaynon-language writer who was able to produce volumes of manuscripts. Among Jalandoni’s 24 Hiligaynon novels, two were translated into English. Those who excelled in both English and their local lingua franca was Lina Espina Moore, who became known as a forefront promoter of Cebuano literature. Moore's 1968 novel, "Heart of the Lotus" was the first Cebuano novel in the English language. Filipino women authors also became active pariticipants in the development of Philippine media. As discussed, during World War II, the Japanese were able to influence and encourage the Philippine literati in developing the vernacular literature, in parallel

neg: British literature was a highly prolific author who is now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. Keith Douglas (1920–1944) was noted for his war poetry during World War II and his wry memoir of the Western Desert Campaign, "Alamein to Zem Zem". He was killed in action during the invasion of Normandy. Alun Lewis (1915–1944), born in South Wales, was one of the best-known English-language poets of the war The Second World War has remained a theme in British literature. Though some have seen modernism ending by around 1939, with regard to English literature, "When (if) modernism petered

neg: Guatemalan literature María Josefa García Granados and José Batres Montúfar (known simply as "Pepe Batres"), who co-wrote the "Sermón para José María Castilla", a work that was scandalous at the time. Batres is also the author of the poem "Yo pienso en ti", one of the best known of Guatemalan literature. In the second half of the 19th century, the novel dominated Guatemalan literature, thanks especially to José Milla y Vidaurre, considered the father of the Guatemalan novel. He signed some of his works with the pseudonym "Salomé Jil", an anagram of his name. Major works by Milla y Vidaurre include "La

neg: Arthur Aikin Arthur Aikin Arthur Aikin, FLS, FGS (19 May 177315 April 1854) was an English chemist, mineralogist and scientific writer, and was a founding member of the Chemical Society (now the Royal Society of Chemistry). He first became its Treasurer in 1841, and later became the Society's second President. He was born at Warrington, Lancashire into a distinguished literary family of prominent Unitarians. The best known of these was his paternal aunt, Anna Letitia Barbauld, a woman of letters who wrote poetry and essays as well as early children's literature. His father, Dr John Aikin, was a medical doctor, historian, and

neg: Anne Tibble volume of poetry, "Labyrinth" (1972), and a book on African-English literature (1965). Her children's books about famous people included a biography of Gertrude Bell, granddaughter of the Bell who built Tibble's childhood home. Anne Tibble Anne Tibble ("née" Mabel Anne Northgrave) was an English writer, who was best known for her studies of the life and work of the poet John Clare in partnership with J.W. Tibble. As well as two novels and a collection of poetry, she wrote three volumes of autobiography, biographies for children of well-known people, a book about African literature and reviews for various journals. She

neg: Alex Hyndman as confirmed by the baby girl's father, Geoff Hill. She gave birth to a baby boy in September 2012 called Alfie James. Alex Hyndman Alex Hyndman (also known as Alexandra Hill) is an English broadcast journalist. Hyndman was born in Grantham but grew up in Australia where she was educated at St Aloysius College, Adelaide. She moved back to the UK and attended King Edward VII School (Melton Mowbray), before reading English Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London and Journalism at De Montfort University. Alex began her broadcasting career in 2001 with the Lincs FM Group working as a

neg: Manuel C. Rodrigues Manuel C. Rodrigues Manuel C. Rodrigues (1908–1991) was an early Goan poet and writer, who expressed himself in the English language. He was also an artist, as well as a trained singer and conductor. He is also known as Manoel C. Rodrigues. Critic and Professor at the Department of English, University of Iowa, Peter Nazareth list his work in the context of his (Nazareth's) experiences while creating an early (1983) anthology of Goan literature. In his essay on nostalgia, the lament of the "Goan exile" and the "search of a Goan self", the late Professor Emeritus of English Literature at

neg: Asghar Gondvi Asghar Gondvi Asghar Husain Asghar (1884-1936) popularly known as "Asghar Gondvi" (), born in 1884 in Gorakhpur. Asghar Gondvi's name is Asghar Hussain. Asghar was his pen name. His father lived in the district of Gorakhpur but was permanently shifted to Gonda for livelihood, his father Munshi Tafazzal Hussain continued to work as "law officer". Asghar Gondvi's primary education was done at home. He then did not get any formal education. For some time he spent time at English medium school and left in the seminary. He was naturally interested in knowledge and literature. Thus, in pursuit of personal efforts

neg: Indian English literature Indian English literature Indian English literature (IEL) is the body of work by writers in India who write in the English language and whose native or co-native language could be one of the numerous languages of India. Its early history began with the works of Michael Madhusudan Dutt followed by R. K. Narayan, Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao who contributed to Indian fiction in the 1930s. It is also associated with the works of members of the Indian diaspora who are of Indian descent. It is frequently referred to as Indo-Anglian literature. ("Indo-Anglian" is a specific term in the

neg: Mani Shankar Mukherjee to his literary efforts, Shankar is regarded as a street food expert with two books on this topic. He also is a marketing professional associated with an Indian industrial house. Mani Shankar Mukherjee Shankar, (born Mani Shankar Mukherjee, and generally known in English-language literature as "Sankar") is a very popular writer in the Bengali language. He grew up in Howrah district of West Bengal. Shankar is the son of Avaya Mukherjee known as Gouri Mukherjee. Shankar's father died while Shankar was still a teenager, as a result of which Shankar became a clerk to the last British barrister of the

neg: Medieval Dutch literature the first known prose writer in the Dutch language, the author of the notable treatise known as the "Seven Ways of Holy Love". From the other Dutch mystics whose writings have reached us, the Brussels friar Jan van Ruusbroec (better known in English as the Blessed John of Ruysbroeck, 1293/4–1381), the "father of Dutch prose" stands out. A prose translation of the Old Testament was made about 1300, and there exists a "Life of Jesus" of around the same date. Interesting relics of medieval Dutch narrative, as far as the formation of the language is concerned, are the popular romances

neg: Mark Salzman Mark Salzman Mark Joseph Salzman (born December 3, 1959 in Greenwich, Connecticut, is an American writer. Salzman is best known for his 1986 memoir "Iron & Silk", which describes his experiences living in China as an English teacher in the early 1980s. Salzman grew up in Ridgefield, Connecticut, the oldest child of a piano teacher mother and a social worker father. He studied Chinese Language and Literature at Yale University. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude in 1982 and spent the next two years in Changsha, Hunan, teaching English at and studying martial arts with Pan Qingfu, a

neg: Ponce Municipal Library with a fleet of some 150 computers. There is a "Mi Rincón de Lectura" (English: Children’s Reading Corner) providing a setting for parents who want to read to their kids. The two-story main library structure also has a youth library, sponsored by the international children’s literature introductory program known as PIALI, "Programa Internacional de Acercamiento a la Literatura Infantil" (English: International Children’s Literature Introductory Program). The library is also a center for the temporary exposition of visual arts. Ponce Municipal Library The Ponce Municipal Library, formally, Biblioteca Municipal Mariana Suárez de Longo (English: Mariana Suárez de Longo Municipal Library), and

neg: Joanne Harris following anthologies: Joanne Harris Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris, is an English author, known for her award-winning novel "Chocolat". It was later turned into the 2000 film "Chocolat". Harris was born in Barnsley in Yorkshire, to an English father and a French mother. Her parents were both teachers of modern languages and literature at a local grammar school. Her first language was French, which caused divisions between her English family, where nobody spoke French, and her French family, where nobody spoke English. Both families had turbulent histories and a tradition of strong women, kitchen gardening, storytelling, folklore and cookery. Harris began

neg: Joanne Harris Joanne Harris Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris, is an English author, known for her award-winning novel "Chocolat". It was later turned into the 2000 film "Chocolat". Harris was born in Barnsley in Yorkshire, to an English father and a French mother. Her parents were both teachers of modern languages and literature at a local grammar school. Her first language was French, which caused divisions between her English family, where nobody spoke French, and her French family, where nobody spoke English. Both families had turbulent histories and a tradition of strong women, kitchen gardening, storytelling, folklore and cookery. Harris began writing at

neg: Thomas De Quincey which include Suspiria, Inferno, and The Mother of Tears. This influence carried over into Luca Guadagnino's 2018 version of the film. Thomas De Quincey Thomas Penson De Quincey (; 15 August 17858 December 1859) was an English essayist, best known for his "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" (1821). Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West. Thomas Quincey was born at 86 Cross Street, Manchester, Lancashire. His father, a successful merchant with an interest in literature, died when De Quincey was quite young. Soon after his birth the family

neg: Nigel Smith (literature scholar) Nigel Smith (literature scholar) Nigel Smith is a literature professor and scholar of the early modern world. He is William and Annie S. Paton Foundation Professor of Ancient and Modern Literature and Professor of English at Princeton University, where he has taught since 1999. He is best known for his interdisciplinary work, bridging literature and history, on 17th-century political and religious radicalism and the literature of the English Revolution, including the poetry and prose of John Milton and Andrew Marvell. Smith was born in London and read English and History at the University of Hull. As a Commonwealth Scholar, he

neg: David Orme Masson David Orme Masson Sir David Orme Masson KBE FRS FRSE LLD (13 January 1858 – 10 August 1937) was a scientist born in England who emigrated to Australia to become Professor of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne. He is known for his work on the explosive compound Nitroglycerine. Masson was born in Hampstead (near London), the only son and second child of David Mather Masson, Professor of English Literature at University College, London and his wife, Emily Rosaline "née" Orme {Emily Orme was the younger sister of Eliza Orme, the first Englishwoman to receive a law degree). His father

neg: Brendan Behan Behan was born in the inner city of Dublin at Holles Street Hospital on 9 February 1923 into an educated working-class family. He lived in a house on Russell Street near Mountjoy Square owned by his grandmother, Christine English, who owned a number of properties in the area. Brendan's father Stephen Behan, a house painter who had been active in the Irish War of Independence, read classic literature to the children at bedtime from sources including Zola, Galsworthy, and Maupassant; his mother, Kathleen, took them on literary tours of the city. If Behan's interest in literature came from his father,

neg: Aruna Roy Aruna Roy Aruna Roy (born 26 May 1946) is an Indian political and social activist who founded the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) ("Workers and Peasants Strength Union") along with Shankar Singh, Nikhil Dey and many others. Known for her work for the vulnerable sections of society, she was also a member of the NAC, national advisory committee which was set up by the then UPA-1 government which was headed by Sonia Gandhi through most of its tenure. Roy was born in Chennai. She grew up in Delhi where her father was a government employee. She studied English literature at

neg: Bertram Wolfe Bertram Wolfe Bertram David "Bert" Wolfe (January 19, 1896 – February 21, 1977) was an American scholar and former communist best known for biographical studies of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, and Diego Rivera. Bertram Wolfe was born January 19, 1896, in Brooklyn, New York. His mother was a native-born American and his father was an ethnic Jewish immigrant from Germany who had arrived in the United States as a boy of 13. Wolfe studied to teach English literature and writing and received degrees from the College of the City of New York, Columbia University, and the University of

neg: Edward Corvan Tyneside (known as Geordie) in the mid-19th century. Edward Corvan Edward "Ned" Corvan (c. 1830 – 1865) was a Tyneside concert hall songwriter and performer, and a contemporary of George "Geordie" Ridley. His songs were printed in a modified English orthography designed to represent the traditional dialect of Tyneside in the middle of the 19th century, and are examples of Dialect Literature. Corvan was born in Liverpool some time around 1830, but his family moved to Newcastle Upon Tyne when he was four years old. His father died three years later. Corvan was raised by his widowed mother who struggled

neg: Alexander Sutherland (educator) English literature. The burden of the extra work was too great for Sutherland who did not have a strong constitution, and he died suddenly on 9 August 1902. His widow, a son and three daughters survived him. His daughter, Margaret Sutherland, became well known as a musician and composer. Alexander Sutherland (educator) Alexander Sutherland (26 March 1852 – 9 August 1902) was a Scottish-Australian educator, writer and philosopher. Sutherland was born at Glasgow, both parents were Scottish, his father, George Sutherland, a carver of ship's figureheads, married Jane Smith, a woman of character and education. The family came to Australia

neg: Eudora Welty and also became an avid photographer, like her father. Near the time of her high school graduation, Welty moved with her family to a house built for them at 1119 Pinehurst Street, which remained her permanent address until her death. Wyatt C. Hedrick designed the Weltys' Tudor Revival-style home, which is now known as the Eudora Welty House and Garden. Welty studied at the Mississippi State College for Women from 1925 to 1927, then transferred to the University of Wisconsin to complete her studies in English literature. At the suggestion of her father, she studied advertising at Columbia University. Because

neg: Peter F. Hines Starwood and is a graduate of the University of PA (MA, Fine Arts); Elizabeth (Roslindale, MA) works in the nonprofit industry and is a graduate of Williams College (BA, English Literature, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and Oxford University, UK (MA, English Literature); Douglas (Cincinnati, OH) is a sales executive with Fidelity Investments, and is a graduate of Hamilton College (BA, Political Science); Matthew (San Mateo, CA) is a silicon valley marketing professional and former online technology journalist (CNET News.com, IDG, Dow Jones & Co.) and is a graduate of Saint Michael's College (BA, English Literature). Like their father,

neg: Mani Shankar Mukherjee Mani Shankar Mukherjee Shankar, (born Mani Shankar Mukherjee, and generally known in English-language literature as "Sankar") is a very popular writer in the Bengali language. He grew up in Howrah district of West Bengal. Shankar is the son of Avaya Mukherjee known as Gouri Mukherjee. Shankar's father died while Shankar was still a teenager, as a result of which Shankar became a clerk to the last British barrister of the Calcutta High Court, Noel Frederick Barwell. At the same time he entered in Surendranath College (formerly Ripon College, Calcutta) for study. He worked in various field as typewriter cleaner, private

neg: Una Marson Rev. Solomon Isaac Marson (1858–1916), a Baptist parson, and his wife Ada Wilhelmina Mullins (1863–1922). Una had a middle-class upbringing and was very close to her father, who influenced some of her fatherlike characters in her later works. As a child before going to school she was an avid reader of available literature, which at the time was mostly English classical literature. At the age of 10, Marson was enrolled in Hampton High, a girl's boarding school in Jamaica of which her father was on the board of trustees. However, that same year, Rev. Isaac died, leaving the family with

neg: Rajeev Taranath Rajeev Taranath Rajeev Taranath (born 17 October 1932) is an Indian classical musician who plays the sarod. Taranath is a disciple of Ali Akbar Khan. Rajeev Taranath was born in Bangalore on 17 October 1932. He received his initial training in vocal music from his father Pandit Taranath. He gave his first public vocal performance when he was nine years old. Rajeev was singing for the All India Radio before he was twenty. Although Rajeev held a PhD in literature, he decided to give up his career as a Professor of English Literature and moved to Calcutta, where he began

neg: Ameen Rihani his brother Albert established the Ameen Rihani Museum in Freike to honor his legacy. Rihani is the founding father of Arab American literature. His early English writings mark the beginning of a school of literature that is Arab in its concern, culture and characteristic, English in language, and American in spirit and platform. He is the first Arab to write English essays, poetry, novels, short stories, art critiques, and travel chronicles. He published his works in the U. S. during the first four decades of the twentieth century. In this sense, he is the forerunner of American literature written by

neg: Saree Makdisi an Assistant Professor, then as an Associate Professor, of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Chicago before joining UCLA in 2003. Saree Makdisi Saree Makdisi (born 1964) is an American literary critic of Palestinian and Lebanese descent, specializing in eighteenth and nineteenth century British literature. He also writes on contemporary Arab politics and culture. Makdisi currently holds the title of Professor of English and Comparative Literature at UCLA. Makdisi was born in the United States (Washington). His father, Samir Makdisi, is a Lebanese professor of Economics at the American University of Beirut and his mother, Jean Said Makdisi,

neg: George R. Stewart in Southern California, and Ella Wilson Stewart (died 1937). The younger Stewart earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1917, an MA from the University of California, Berkeley, and his Ph.D. in English literature from Columbia University in 1922. He accepted a position in the English department at Berkeley in 1923. After his father died, he dropped the "Jr." from his name. Stewart was a founding member of the American Name Society in 1956-57, and he once served as an expert witness in a murder trial as a specialist in family names. His best-known academic work is "Names on

neg: Gopi Kottoor "Poetry Chain", a quarterly for Indian poetry in English, which ran uninterruptedly for ten years from 1997–2007. Ayyappa Paniker, the English Professor and major Malayalam poet, was its leading patron. Gopi Kottoor also edited "Everyman's Guide" (1987–1995). He presently edits www.undergroundflowers.com (Poetry). Poetry Novels Plays Transcreations Philosophy Children's Editor Literature Arts and Culture Gopi Kottoor Gopikrishnan Kottoor is the pen name of Raghav G. Nair (born 1956, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala), an award-winning Indian English poet. He is best known for his internationally acclaimed poem "Father, Wake Us In Passing". He is also the founder editor of the quarterly poetry journal "Poetry

neg: Gehan Rateb & also studied French & Italian as supporting languages. Her father was of a mixed cultured Architecture, as he had an Egyptian father & an Italian mother; he died in 1995. Her mother is a housewife but had a hot couture project for some time of her life. Gehan had one sister only who is almost three years older than she is. Gehan graduated from the Faculty of Arts English Literature Dept, from Ain Shams University, & also got The American Diploma In Marketing & Salesmanship from the American University in Cairo, she also Had her Professional free studies in

neg: Thomas De Quincey Thomas De Quincey Thomas Penson De Quincey (; 15 August 17858 December 1859) was an English essayist, best known for his "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" (1821). Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West. Thomas Quincey was born at 86 Cross Street, Manchester, Lancashire. His father, a successful merchant with an interest in literature, died when De Quincey was quite young. Soon after his birth the family went to "The Farm" and then later to Greenheys, a larger country house in Chorlton-on-Medlock near Manchester. In 1796, three years

neg: Paul Chirakkarode a Dalit Christian Family. His father Rev LT Daniel was well known among the natives of his village as a teacher, social worker and as a Christian Missionary. His mother was Elikutty. Paul Chirakkarode had his education at Maramon High School; St. Thomas College, Kozhancherry; SB College, Changanassery; Sacred Heart College, Thevara; University College, Thiruvananthapuram; And Law College, Thiruvananthapuram. He took master's degree in English Literature, Malayalam Literature, Economics, Sociology, and in law. Paul Chirakkarode died in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, on 4 August 2008. Paul Chirakkarode started his literary life in 1955, at the age of seventeen, by publishing his

neg: Hugo Hamilton (writer) Bundesverdienstkreuz (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) for his unique contribution to literature and understanding between Germany and Ireland. Hugo Hamilton (writer) Hugo Hamilton (born Johannes Ó hUrmoltaigh, 1953) is an Irish writer. Hamilton's mother was a German Roman Catholic who travelled to Ireland in 1949 on a pilgrimage, married an Irishman, and settled in the country. His father was a strict nationalist who insisted that his children should speak only German or Irish, but not English, a prohibition the young Hugo resisted inwardly. "The prohibition against English made me see that language as a challenge. Even

neg: Deepika Amin Deepika Amin Deepika Deshpande-Amin is an Indian film, television and theatre actress. She is known for Bollywood films like FAN, Raanjhana and Humpty Sharma ki Dulhaniya & TV shows like "Farmaan" and "Tashn-e-Ishq" . Deepika Amin was born Deepika Deshpande in Mumbai in a Maharashtrian family. Her paternal grandfather was the Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Marathi poet Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande. Her maternal grandmother Kusumavati Deshpande, was a writer of Marathi literature and professor of English Literature in Nagpur University. Her father Ulhas Deshpande was an Air Vice Marshall in the Indian Air Force. Her mother Kshama Deshpande is a Kathak dancer

neg: Baldev Upadhyaya Baldev Upadhyaya Baldev Upadhyaya (10 October 1899 – 10 August 1999) was a Hindi, Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic. He wrote numerous books, collections of essays and a historical outline of Sanskrit literature. He is noted for discussing Sanskrit literature in the Hindi language. Earlier books related to Sanskrit literature were often written either in Sanskrit or in English. He was born on 10 October 1899 in the village Sonbarsa in the Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, British India. His father was Pt. Ram Suchit Upadhyaya, who was a great scholar of the "Bhagavata Puraṇa", and his mother

neg: British Pakistanis international, and the English number one for many years. Lianna Swan is a swimmer who has represented Pakistan in several events. A number of British Pakistani writers are notable in the field of literature. They include Tariq Ali, Kamila Shamsie, Nadeem Aslam, Mohsin Hamid and others. Through their publications, diaspora writers have developed a body of work that has come to be known as Pakistani English literature. A report conducted by The University of Essex found that British Pakistanis identify with 'Britishness' more than any other Britons. The study is one of several recent studies that have found that Pakistanis