James Matthew Barry is a Scottish playwright and writer. Famous for the play “Peter Pan”, – a supernatural fantasy about a boy who refused to grow. The son of a weaver, Barry studied at Edinburgh University. He studied the basics of journalism, working in the newspaper Nottingham Journal and collaborated with many London newspapers before … Read more
Hugo Chávez has served as president of Venezuela since 1999 until his death in 2013. During his reign, he sold oil to Cuba, was against stopping illicit drug trafficking in Colombia, and later with the United States he developed a strained relationship. Unsuccessful coup attempt Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was born on July 28, 1954 … Read more
Alexey Tolstoy – Russian writer, poet, was born in Nikolayevsk, Saratov region in the family of the count.. The first education in the biography of Tolstoy Alexei Nikolaevich was received at home. Then, after moving to Samara, he studies at the school. Later in life Tolstoy was educated at the St. Petersburg Institute of Technology. … Read more
Vasily Semenovich Lanovoy – actor of cinema, theater, People’s Artist of the USSR. He was born in Moscow, where his parents moved from the Odessa region. Vasily Lanovoy spent his military years in his native village of Strymba. Unlike his parents, Vasily immediately chose a creative profession. The truth at first for Vasily Lanovoy biography … Read more
Jim Boughton is a baseball player and writer. Born March 8, 1939 in Newark, New Jersey. Best known as the author of the work “Ball Four”. In the biography of Jim Bouton, several years were devoted to the New York Yankees team, where he was a pitcher from 1962 to 1968. In 1969, he began … Read more
Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky is a Soviet writer, a classic of Russian literature of the 20th century. Member of the Writers’ Union of the USSR. Early years. Education Konstantin Georgievich was born on May 19, 1892 in Moscow in an Orthodox philistine family. However, in the early years of his life Paustovsky moved a lot with … Read more
The life of AT Tvardovsky in dates and facts 1910, June 8 – the birth of a poet on the farm Zagorje Smolensk province in the family of a rural blacksmith. 1918 – 1924 – years of study in a rural school, early interest in poetry. 1924 – the work of the Selkor of Smolensk … Read more
(1877-1957) Remizov Alexei Mikhailovich (1877 – 1957), prose writer, playwright. He was born on June 24 (July 6, 2006) in Moscow to a merchant family. Received a good home education. He studied at the commercial school, after which he entered the Physics and Mathematics Department of Moscow University. He was interested in the works of … Read more
Bernard Shaw is an outstanding English playwright, one of the founders of a realistic drama of the 20th century, a talented satirist, a humorist. His work enjoys well-deserved reputation and is of universal interest. In our literary studies, a whole science about the creativity of Bernard Shaw was created. Its foundations were laid by A. … Read more
Donato Bramante – Italian architect of the Renaissance, was born in the city of Urbino. The structures of Bramante, located in Rome, are considered as the most characteristic examples of the high Renaissance style. In 1477, Donato Bramante painted murals in the city palace of Bergamo. In Milan, as well as nearby towns, the artist … Read more