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Authors & Writers Definition (Oxford Paperback Dictionary Thesaurus 2001) A writer is a person who has written a particular text, or who writes books or articles as an occupation - the thesaurus lists author, bard, composer, dramatist, journalist, littérateur, novelist, playwright, poet, wordsmith. Please link the profiles of writers to this project and consider whether they could al...
“The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him.” — Anaïs Nin Throughout world history, the majority of public, educational, and religious institutions have censored certain books for political, religious, or cultural reasons. This project serves as a place to gather together the writers -- cherished, reviled, or anywhere in-between -- who have had their work hidden ...
Novelists This is a universal project for profiles of Novelists on GENiA novelist is a person who writes novelsA novel is a book length narrative, normally in prose, which describes fictional characters and events, usually in the form of a sequential story.Fictionality is most commonly cited as distinguishing novels from historiography.===References and Sources* List of Novelists from England *...
The "Prozhito" (means as "Lived") project was established in 2015 as a Russian-language platform for collecting and publishing texts of personal diaries in Russian. In the first years, the project existed as a volunteer initiative. In 2018, the project participants registered a non-profit foundation to support humanitarian research "Prozhito", whose staff was engaged in compiling the corpus of...
Playwrights A playwright , also known as a dramatist , is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. These works may be written specifically to be performed by actors, or they may be closet dramas - simple literary works - written using dramatic forms, but not meant for performance.The earliest playwrights in Western literature with surviving works are the Ancient Greeks. These early pla...
New Zealand is rich in the creative arts which include drama or theater, music, film, creative writing, graphic design, fashion design, photography and visual arts. This project is for profiles of those that fit into this category. Please add alphabetically by last name. Actors Crowe, Russell Curtis, Cliff Gadsby, Jon (1953-2015) Henwood, Dai James, Billy T. (1948-1991) Lawless,...
This project aims to compile all the profiles of authors of Hebrew books and Rabbinical works. Ideally all profiles should include a link to the Hebrew Books website or the Otzar HaHochma website or Google Books in the 'about' section of the profile.All profiles should include the book name in the profile title or about section.
"Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see, this is the chief. ... You do not know what beauty is if you have not been here." -- Mark Twain on Hartford, 1868 In his 1873 novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today , Hartford resident Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) coined the term for the late 19th C. period of incredible wealth associated with the rise of white-collar employm...
The We're Related app is scheduled to be discontinued on August 15 2019. This project is to help with the continuation of finding Royals and Famous family members.
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Entertainment People are artists such as actors, singers, screenwriters, painters, poets, authors, directors, producers etc.====Related Projects= Israeli-Mediterranean-Mizrachi-Music
A collection of authors of Christmas novels, famous stories, and carols.=Authors and Novels=* Agatha Christie : Hercule Poirot's Christmas * Angela Thirkell : Hercule Poirot's Christmas * Charles Dickens : A Christmas Carol , The Cricket on the Hearth , The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain * C. S. Lewis : The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe * John Grisham : Skipping Christmas * Kingsley Ami...
Canadian authors are those who produce literature originating from Canada. While Canadian literature, like the literature of every nation-state, is influenced by its socio-political contexts, Canadian writers have produced a variety of genres. Influences on Canadian writers are broad, both geographically and historically.Please add to this project all Canadian literary figures, including poets,...
British Writers: D - G This project is a place to gather together profiles of British born writers of all genres. Those with bold links have profiles on Geni. Links that are not bold are to other sources. Names are arranged alphabetically and spread across 6 projects to handle the numbers. (The arrowed buttons below are linked to the other pages).
British Writers: T - ZThis project is a place to gather together profiles of British born writers of all genres. Those with bold links have profiles on Geni. Links that are not bold are to other sources.Names are arranged alphabetically and spread across 6 projects to handle the numbers. (The arrowed buttons below are linked to the other pages).
Cometan at age 21 Cometan with his immediate family at his 21st birthday party at Hoghton Tower in June 2019 This project is dedicated to setting out and detailing the lives of the family members of the founder of Astronism , Cometan . Cometan was born on 1st July 1998 and became an autodidact of philosophy and theology after creating the Jesse Millette franchise in the Spacefaring World fictio...
"The pen is mightier than the sword" , Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton>In solidarity of authors and media professionals worldwide who were deliberately targeted by terrorists because they expressed their beliefs. >>===Tribute to the Charlie Hebdo journalists killed in terror attack by gunmen in Paris January 7, 2015 >> Eight journalists, a guest and two police officers were killed, eleven people were i...
Saoi (Irish pronunciation: [s%CB%A0i%CB%90], plural Saoithe; literally "wise one"; historically the title of the head of a bardic school) is the highest honour bestowed by Aosdána, a state-supported association of Irish creative artists. The title is awarded for life and held by at most seven people at a time. The limit was increased from five in 2007–08. At the conferring ceremony, a torc (a t...