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- Isabel Allende (3632 bytes)
3: [[Image:Isabelallende_writer.gif|thumb|Isabel Allende]]
4: ... 35 million copies and translated in 27 different languages.
8: The family later moved to [[Bolivia]] and then to [[Lebanon]]. ...
10: ...gium]], and elsewhere in Europe. Her daughter Paula was born in 1963. In 1966, Allende returned to ...
12: ...en's stories, "La abuela Panchita" and "Lauchas y Lauchones," as well as a collection of articles, ''C... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...ollege]] in [[Toronto]]. After living in various places in North America and around the world, she ret...
10: ...ion of ''The Handmaid's Tale'', ''La servante 飡rlate'', was included in the French version of the co...
12: ...as said in interviews that the device will be available by [[2006]].
21: :''[[Lady Oracle]]'' ([[1976]])
24: ...]'' ([[1985]]) - winner of the 1987 [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]] - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
5: ...uently played in many melodramas and became a popular child actress in Canada.
7: ... in the cast. The play was produced by [[David Belasco]], who insisted that she assume the stage name...
9: ...]] in [[1929]], but retired from films four years later, after a series of disappointing roles and the...
11: ...tionship with [[Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks]], an action-adventure film star. The ...
13: ...]]. However, Pickford's second marriage was also plagued with marital problems. Her stressful business... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ...and her novels ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' and ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]''. Her philosophy and her fiction bot...
19: ...o has a quotation from Ayn's cousin in which she claims to have been present when Ayn chose the name R...
22: ...e The Living]]'' ([[1936]]), and ''[[Anthem (novella)|Anthem]]'' ([[1938]]). - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ..., Kansas|Atchison]], [[Kansas]], Amelia loved to play with her younger sister, Muriel. This time that ...
8: ...star]]. After her parents divorced, she sold the plane in 1924 and moved back East, where she was empl...
10: ...veloped a friendship during preparation for the Atlantic crossing. They were married on [[February 7]]...
14: ...o land in a pasture near [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]]. She received the [[Disti...
16: ..." financed by [[Purdue University]], she started planning her round-the-world flight. - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
11: ...ns of Culture'' ([[1934]]) expresses [[cultural relativism]] in describing behaviors said to appear in...
15: ...o were recruited by the U.S. Government for war-related research and consultation after U.S. entry int...
20: ... in society of the [[Emperor of Japan]], and formulating the recommendation to President [[Franklin D....
24: ...tly racist", it is still generally regarded as a classic whose value continues even despite the post-w...
32: ... by H.E. Mr. Sadaaki Numata ... [[25 November]] [[2000]]] - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
5: ...College, where her father taught in the evenings. Later they helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe...
9: ... seemed she had little choice but to return to England.
12: ...by a newcomer. This was not a good start to the relationship which went progressively downhill.
15: ...y ''decisively'' proved until some 25 or so years later'. Rosalind Franklin never did work on the B fo...
18: ...recovered. This led to Franklin having no real collaborator (and so no one to trade ideas with), and t... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...]), who came to be known as ''The Lady with the Lamp'', was the pioneer of modern [[nurse|nursing]]....
7: ...l-connected [[Britain|British]] family at the 'Villa Colombaia' in [[Florence]], [[Italy]], she was na...
9: ...ntense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
11: ...ed to her active role in the reform of the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medica...
19: ...wn]] precipitated by a continuing crisis of her relationship with Milnes, Nightingale met [[Sidney He... - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...eks, and her career as a professional pianist was launched.
7: ...er her often exaggerated dynamics and tempi, her playing is characterised by her passionate and unique...
9: ... especially for her recordings of [[20th century classical music|20th century]] works by composers suc...
17: ...gei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]] (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella Suite for Two Pianos/[[Ravel]]: Ma Mere L'Oye'' (...
20: ...: Piano Concerto No. 3'' ([[Grammy Awards of 2000|2000]]) - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
2: ... and even [[opera]], The state of [[Michigan]] declared her voice to be a natural wonder. She has won ...
6: .... In the early [[1960s]], Franklin had a few popular songs, most notably ''"Rock-a-bye Your Baby with...
8: ...in said herself of this period, "When I went to Atlantic, they just sat me down at the piano and the h...
10: ...of her most influential full-length releases, the latter a double LP of live gospel music recorded in ...
12: ...awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in ... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...6;улина''', [[Tatar language|Tatar]] '''Sofia ijğ䴠qızı ...
3: ...took further studies at the Conservatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1...
5: ...g her studies in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alter...
7: ...up with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
9: ...'[[Offertorium (Gubaidulina)|Offertorium]]''. She later composed a homage to [[T. S. Eliot]], using th... - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...st highly respected [[singer-songwriter]]s of the late [[20th century]].
5: ... her voice, which was especially prominent in her later albums.
9: ... [[Woodstock Festival|music festival]], which was later a hit for both [[Crosby, Stills and Nash]] and...
11: ...ll strong on her next two albums made for her new label Asylum. ''[[For the Roses]]'' (1972), whose t...
13: ...e Rolling Thunder Revue tour headlined by [[Bob Dylan]]. - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
1: [[Image:alanis.jpg|thumb|Alanis Morissette]]
2: '''Alanis Nadine Morissette''' (born [[June 1]], [[1974]...
6: ...such as Aguilera, [[Avril Lavigne]], and [[Kelly Clarkson]] among others.
10: ...wa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], to schoolteachers Alan and Georgia Morissette. She has an older brother...
12: ...over the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you one day and I want to be f... - Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
4: ...ngs during this period in connection with [[Allen Lanier]] of the [[Blue ֹster Cult]], who recorded s...
6: ...h guitarist and rock archivist [[Lenny Kaye]] and later with a full band comprising Kaye, Ivan Kral ([...
8: ...he newly christened Patti Smith Group, punk's popularity grew and the second album ''[[Radio Ethiopia]...
13: ...ul, with "Frederick" only gaining minor radio airplay.
17: ...ver of [[Prince]]'s "When Doves Cry" and titled ''Land'' was released in 2002. - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
7: ...ound work as a [[backup vocalist]] for many major label acts. She was recruited to perform as a backup...
9: ... music|pop]] sound of the record and implored the label to allow her to start anew; they agreed. She t...
11: ...her friends, including the first single, "Leaving Las Vegas". The album was slow to garner attention u...
17: ... Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 2000 when it was included in her album, "Sheryl Crow a...
19: ...ding [[Stevie Nicks]], the [[Dixie Chicks]], and Clapton. - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...opean]] [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] charts. Classically trained, Amos’s voice and mostly pi...
7: ...an studying at [[Montgomery College]] and began playing at piano bars, many of them gay, chaperoned b...
10: ...s N' Roses]]), and [[Brad Cobb]]. A year later, Atlantic Records gave Amos a 6 record contract. In 198...
13: ...leased in the UK, it went straight to #1. A month later, it was released in America to breakthrough cr...
16: ...our tracks were released as singles: "God", "Cornflake Girl" (a #4 single in the UK), "Pretty Good Yea... - Leni Riefenstahl (8095 bytes)
2: ...film industry after [[World War II|the war]], she later became a [[photographer]].
7: ...It is not documented that she would ever have a relationship with Hitler.
13: ...e Nazis, the court called her a "sympathizer". In later interviews, Riefenstahl maintained that she wa...
15: ...ce. Her biopic and imdb list _no_ films after Tiefland-->As a result she became a [[photographer]]. Sh...
17: ...survived a [[helicopter]] crash in the Sudan in [[2000]]. - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
4: ... of Honour]]. She has also occasionally directed plays.
13: ...ces on the London stage, including a record six [[Laurence Olivier Awards]]. She has also appeared wit...
24: * ''[[Chocolat (movie) | Chocolat]]'' ([[2000]]) - Catherine Deneuve (2766 bytes)
1: ... deneuve.jpg|thumb|Catherine Deneuve at Cannes in 2000]]
4: ...o-English production ''[[Repulsion]]'' ([[Roman Polanski]], 1965).
8: ...ara Mastroianni]] (born 1972), by her four-year relationship with [[Marcello Mastroianni]]. She has be...
12: *1999 - ''Place Vendôme''
22: * ''[[Dancer In The Dark]]'' ([[Lars von Trier]]), (2001) - Mia Farrow (4707 bytes)
1: ...arrow_cover.jpg|thumb|Farrow on the cover of ''[[Glamour]]'', [[1968 in film|1968]]]]
5: ...m ''[[Rosemary's Baby]]'' with director [[Roman Polanski]], Sinatra served her divorce papers in front...
7: ...together and [[adopted]] three children, Soon-Yi, Lark Song, and Daisy. They divorced in [[1979]].
9: ...what confirmed Farrow's accusations by his open relationship with one of her adopted teenage daughters...
13: ...rrow died of a heart ailment at age 19 in March [[2000]].
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