Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Luigi Pirandello: (Agrigento, 28 June 1867 – Rome, 10 December 1936). Italian writer of poetry, plays and novels. In 1934, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. But the real cause of all our misery, this sadness of ours—do you know what it is? Democracy, my dear friend, democracy, that is to say, the… Lees verder Luigi Pirandello 

Thomas Middleton: (baptised in London, 18 April 1580 – buried at Newington Butts, 4 July 1627). An English playwright active during the reign of James I. Middleton was the son of a master mason from London. He studied at Oxford but did not graduate. Even before leaving Oxford, he had published a number of poems.… Lees verder Thomas Middleton

Fernando Sabino: (October 12, 1923 – October 11, 2004) was a Brazilian novelist and journalist. Sabino was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and lived there until he was twenty, after which he moved to Rio de Janeiro. Sabino wrote fifty books, as well as countless short stories and essays. His first book was published… Lees verder Fernando Sabino

Herman August Paul De Coninck: (Mechelen, 21 February 1944 – Lisbon, 22 May 1997) Better known by his pen name Herman de Coninck, he was a Flemish poet, essayist, journalist and magazine publisher. Herman de Coninck is known as ‘the man who taught his people to read poetry’, following in the footsteps of the 19th-century… Lees verder Herman de Coninck

Douglas Noël Adams: (Cambridge, 11 March 1952 – Santa Barbara, 11 May 2001) British science fiction writer. Adams was born in Cambridge, the son of Christopher Adams (1927–1985) and Janet Donovan (1927–2016). He attended school in Essex (Brentwood Prep School) and studied at St John’s College, Cambridge, where he unsuccessfully attempted to join the renowned… Lees verder Douglas Adams

Lambertus Jacobus Johannes (Bertus) Aafjes: (Amsterdam, May 12, 1914 – Swolgen, April 22, 1993). Dutch writer and poet. He also published under the pseudonyms ‘Jan Oranje’ and ‘Sick Sack’. Bertus Aafjes first began priestly training (at the College of the Crosiers in Uden, at the Minor Seminary in Heemstede, and at the Philosophicum in Warmond),… Lees verder Bertus Aafjes

Robert James Fitzsimmons: Known as Bob Fitzsimmons or “The Fighting Blacksmith”, was a British boxer born on May 26, 1863, in Helston, Cornwall, England. He is the first boxer in the world to become world champion in three different weight classes: middleweight, heavyweight, and light heavyweight. He died on October 22, 1917, in Chicago, Illinois,… Lees verder Robert Fitzsimmons

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Morgan Harper Nichols: (born February 4, 1990, as Morgan Novelate Harper). American Christian musician, songwriter, mixed-media artist, and writer, whose work is centered around the question “how can we create connection?”. Her first album, Morgan Harper Nichols, was released by Gotee Records in 2015. She now works full time as a writer, artist, and musician,… Lees verder Morgan Harper Nichols