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C. Vann Woodward, Biography
C. Vann Woodward,Comer Vann Woodwardhistorian Born: 11/13/1908Birthplace: Vanndale, Arkansas Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller and historian who chronicled the upheaval of the turbulent…Shelley Mydans 2002 Deaths
Shelley MydansAge: 86 journalist who, with her photographer husband, covered World War II in Asia for Life magazine. They spent almost two years in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, and she…Walter Lord 2002 Deaths
Walter LordAge: 84 historian who penned the best-selling A Night to Remember, the definitive chronicle of the sinking of the Titanic and the basis for the 1997 film Titanic. Lord also wrote…A Monk Swimming
Author:Malachy McCourtPublisher:Hyperion The first reaction to Malachy's memoir is inevitably that he's trying to cash in on the fame of his brother, Frank, the writer who…The Last Big Thing
Director/Writer:Dan ZukovicStratosphere Entertainment; R; 98 minutesRelease:10/98Cast:Dan Zukovic, Susan Heimbinder and Sibel Ergener Zukovic's satire on media obsession and pop culture…Geoffrey of Monmouth
Geoffrey of Monmouth was a 12th century ecclesiastic who chronicled Britain's early history in Historia Regum Britanniae (The History of British Kings). A narrative with a little bit of fact and a…Nick Nolte
Nick Nolte got a late start in the movies, making his mark at age 35 in the 1976 TV mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man. He had a box office hit in 1982 opposite Eddie Murphy in 48 Hours, but his…Joseph Mitchell
Joseph Mitchell was a writer on the staff of The New Yorker magazine for nearly 60 years, from 1938 until his death in 1996. He specialized in plainspoken essays about oystermen, gypsies, bartenders…Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai was given the Nobel Peace Prize of 2014, making her (at age 17) the youngest person ever to win the award. Malala Yousafzai became known as an advocate for girls' schools in 2009,…Peter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen was a novelist and nature writer whose books included At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965) and The Snow Leopard (1978). He studied at Yale and at the Sorbonne in Paris, and in…Trending
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