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Mastroianni, Marcello
(Encyclopedia)Mastroianni, Marcello märchĕlˈlō mästrōyänˈnē [key], 1924–96, Italian movie actor, b. Fontana Liri, Italy. Known for his striking good looks and his world-weary introspective air, he was di...Rodenbach, Georges
(Encyclopedia)Rodenbach, Georges zhôrzh rôdĕnbäkˈ [key], 1855–98, Belgian symbolist poet and novelist. Living in Paris from 1887, he wrote about Flemish life. His works include the poems Le Foyer et les cham...Rosso di San Secondo, Piermaria
(Encyclopedia)Rosso di San Secondo, Piermaria pyĕrˌmärēˈä rôsˈsō dē sän sēkônˈdō [key], 1887–1956, Italian writer, b. Sicily. His sophisticated plays include Marionette, che passione! (1918) and La...Tucker, Richard
(Encyclopedia)Tucker, Richard, 1913–75, American tenor, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Tucker began his singing career as a cantor and remained one throughout his 30-year operatic career. In 1945 he made his debut at the Metr...Rivette, Jacques Pierre Louis
(Encyclopedia)Rivette, Jacques Pierre Louis, 1928–2016, French filmmaker and critic b. Rouen. One of the French New Wave directors of the 1950s and 60s, he wrote criticism for the influential journal Cahiers du C...Drumont, Edouard
(Encyclopedia)Drumont, Edouard ādwärˈ drümôNˈ [key], 1844–1917, French journalist and anti-Semitic leader. His book, La France juive [Jewish France] (1886) and his periodical, La Libre Parole, were equally ...Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste
(Encyclopedia)Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste gēyōmˈ də sälüstˈ dü bärtäsˈ [key], 1544–90, French poet. A Huguenot soldier under Henry IV, Du Bartas is known chiefly for his epic poems La Sepmaine; ou...Sablé, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de
(Encyclopedia)Sablé, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de mädəlĕnˈ də so͞ovrāˈ, märkēzˈ də säblāˈ [key], 1599–1678, French woman of letters. Her salon was in vogue after the decline of the salon at t...Carco, Francis
(Encyclopedia)Carco, Francis fräNsēsˈ kärkōˈ [key], 1886–1958, French poet and novelist, b. New Caledonia of Corsican parents. His real name was François Carcopino. The bohemian Parisian life he cherished ...Musset, Alfred de
(Encyclopedia)Musset, Alfred de (Louis Charles Alfred de Musset) älfrĕdˈ də müsāˈ [key], 1810–57, French romantic poet, dramatist, and fiction writer. His first collection of poems, Contes d'Espagne et d'I...Browse by Subject
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