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Spitteler, Carl Friedrich Georg
(Encyclopedia) Spitteler, Carl Friedrich GeorgSpitteler, Carl Friedrich Georgkärl frēˈdrĭkh gāˈôrkh shpĭtˈələr [key], 1845–1924, Swiss poet, whose pseudonym was Carl Felix Tandem. He was awarded the…Nobel Prize for Literature
The Most Famous Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize for Literature, one of the six international awards administered by the Nobel Foundation, honors outstanding achievement in letters. The estate…Van Vechten, Carl
(Encyclopedia) Van Vechten, CarlVan Vechten, Carlvăn vĕkˈtən [key], 1880–1964, American music critic, novelist, and photographer, b. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, grad. Univ. of Chicago, 1903. While he was a…Carl Sandburg
Sandburg, Carl[1878-1967](4)Born at Galesburg, Ill., Jan. 6, 1878. Educated at Lombard College, Galesburg. Married Lillian Steichen, of Milwaukee, 1908. Mr. Sandburg served several years as…Brewer's: Carle
or Carling Sunday [Pea Sunday ]. The octave preceding Palm Sunday; so called because the special food of the day was carling- i.e. peas fried in butter. The custom is a continuation of…Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist of the 18th century who devised the binomial system of taxonomy for plants. A physician by training, Linnaeus was gifted enough at plant identification that me…Carl Sagan
Astronomer and science popularizer Carl Sagan was best known for his 1980 documentary TV series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. The highly successful program, on public television, spawned a bestselling…Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner was the writer and producer best known for creating the hit show The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-66), in which he played Dick Van Dyke's tyrannical boss, Alan Brady. Carl Reiner had already…Carl Jung
Carl Gustav Jung is the Swiss psychiatrist whose importance in the history of psychoanalysis rivals that of Sigmund Freud. Early in his career Jung worked at the Burghözli mental clinic in Zurich (…Eric Carle
Eric Carle wrote and illustrated dozens of books for young children, the most famous being 1969's The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Born in New York but raised in Germany, Carle returned to the United…Trending
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