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Rivera, Chita

(Dolores Conchita Figuero del Rivero) dancer, actress, singerBirthplace: Washington, D.C.Born: 1/23/33

(Encyclopedia) Martínez Sierra, GregorioMartínez Sierra, Gregoriogrāgōˈrēō märtēˈnĕth syāˈrä [key], 1881–1947, Spanish dramatist, novelist, and poet. His masterpiece is Canción de cuna (1911, tr. The…

Digby, Sir Kenelm

(Encyclopedia) Digby, Sir Kenelm, 1603–65, English author and man of affairs. In 1628 he conducted a highly successful privateering raid against a French and Venetian fleet at Scanderoon (now…

Santiaguito

(Encyclopedia) Santiaguito, volcano, Guatemala: see Santa María.

Wörther See

(Encyclopedia) Wörther See, lake, Austria: see Maria Wörth.

York, Cardinal

(Encyclopedia) York, Cardinal: see Stuart, Henry Benedict Maria Clement.

Notable Books by Mexican and Mexican-American Authors

Ten Mexican and Mexican-American literary works Octavio Paz wrote The Labyrinth of Solitude in 1950 Related Links Mexico Puebla Hispanic Heritage Month…

Poetry Month | Notable Poets

var addthis_config = { data_track_linkback: true } Cite Auden, Byron, Chaucer, and more A-B | C-D | E-H | J-M | N-R | S-T | U-Z…

Bononcini

(Encyclopedia) BononciniBononcinibōnōnchēˈnē [key] or BuononciniBuononcinibwō– [key], musical family of Modena, Italy. Giovanni Maria Bononcini, 1642–78, choirmaster and organist at Bologna and…

Bridges, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Bridges, Charles, fl. 1683–1740, English portrait painter, active (c.1735–c.1740) in Virginia. He was the most skillful practitioner of aristocratic portrait painting in the South.…

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