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111Culture of Romania — Romania has a unique culture, which is the product of its geography and of its distinct historical evolution. Like Romanians themselves, it is defined as the meeting point of three regions: Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans, but… …
112Academia Estadounidense de las Artes y las Letras — La Academia Estadounidense de las Artes y las Letras (American Academy of Arts and Letters) es una institución artística que apoya la literatura, música, y arte estadounidenses. Su lema es: «acoge, asiste y sostiene la excelencia» (foster, assist …
113Pramoedya Ananta Toer — or Pramudya Ananta Tur born Feb. 20, 1925, Blora, Java, Indon. Javanese novelist and short story writer. While imprisoned by the Dutch (1947–49) for his role in the Indonesian revolt against renewed colonial rule, Pramoedya wrote his first… …
114Icelandic literature — Introduction body of writings in Icelandic, including those from Old Icelandic (also called Old Norse) through Modern Icelandic. Icelandic literature is best known for the richness of its classical period, which is equivalent in time… …
115patristic literature — Body of literature that comprises those works (excluding the New Testament) written by Christians before the 8th century. It refers to the works of the Church Fathers. Most patristic literature is in Greek or Latin, but much survives in Syriac… …
116Romanian literature — Introduction also spelled Rumanian, body of writings in the Romanian language, the development of which is paralleled by a rich folklore lyric, epic, dramatic, and didactic that has continued into modern times. The old period. The… …
117YIZHAR, S. — YIZHAR, S. (originally Yizhar Smilansky; 1916–2006), Hebrew author who belongs to the first generation of native Israel writers. Born in Reḥovot into a family of writers (see smilansky ), Yizhar taught at the Ben Shemen youth village and at a… …
118Rubén Darío — Infobox Writer name = Félix Rubén García Sarmiento imagesize = 150px caption = Rubén Darío has been praised as The prince of Castilian letters and Father of Modernism pseudonym = Rubén Darío birthdate = January 18, 1867 birthplace = Metapa, today …
119JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …
120POLISH LITERATURE — Biblical and Hebraic Influences Translations of the Bible played an important part in the development of Polish as a literary language. From the early 14th century onward, the Old Testament – particularly the Psalms – provided a major source of… …
