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1Deighton, Len — ▪ English writer born Feb. 18, 1929, Marylebone, London, Eng. English author, journalist, film producer, and a leading writer of spy stories, his best known being his first, The Ipcress File (1962), an account of deception and betrayal in… …
2South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
3Latin American literature — Introduction the national literatures of the Spanish speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere. Historically, it also includes the literary expression of the highly developed American Indian civilizations conquered by the Spaniards. Over …
4Truffaut, François — Truf·faut (tro͞o fōʹ), François. 1932 1984. French New Wave filmmaker whose works include The 400 Blows (1959) and Jules and Jim (1961). * * * born Feb. 6, 1932, Paris, France died Oct. 21, 1984, Neuilly sur Seine, near Paris French film director …
5Mark Chadbourn — Born 13 January 1960 South Derbyshire, England[1] Occupation …
6Finnish literature — Introduction the oral and written literature produced in Finland in the Finnish, Swedish, and, during the Middle Ages, Latin languages. The history of Finnish literature and that of Swedish literature are intertwined. From the mid… …
7Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
8American literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language in the United States. Like other national literatures, American literature was shaped by the history of the country that produced it. For almost a century and a… …
9Ernest Hemingway — Hemingway redirects here. For other uses, see Hemingway (disambiguation). Ernest Hemingway Hemingway in 1939 …
10List of Saturday Night Live commercial parodies — This television related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. The following is a partial list of Saturday Night Live commercial parodies. On Saturday Night Live (SNL), a parody advertisement is commonly shown after the host s opening… …
