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das maiores expressões da literatura mundial,
suas respectivas datas de nascimento e um resumo
de seu pensamento e obra. Pensamos ser
uma justa homenagem àqueles que ajudaram a elevar
o espírito humano.
J.B.Xavier

NASCERAM NESTE DIA...

01/07

Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (em muitas fontes o sobrenome aparece como Leibnitz)
(1646-1716)

Filósofo, matemático, historiador e jurista alemão. Foi contemporâneo de Newton (1642-1727). Deixou uma monumental obra filosófica, e foi também um dos gigantes do pensamento do século 17. Ele acreditava num harmonia pré-estabelecida entre mente e matéria e desenvolveu a Filosofoa do Racionalismo, através da qual era possível conciliar a existência da matéria com a existência de Deus. Bertrand Russel escreveu que o intelecto de Leibniz "era altamente abstrato e lógico; cuja principal reivindicação era ter inventado o cálculo infinitesimal".

Trabalhos selecionados

De Summa Rerum: Metaphysical Paper, 1675-1676
The Monadology and other Philosophical writings, 1898
Leibniz" Discourse on Metaphysics, 1902
The Philosophical Works of Leibniz, 1908
New Essays Concerning Human Understanding, 1916
Philosophical Writings, 1934
Selections, 1951
Theodicy, 1952
Discourse on Metaphysics, 1953
Philosophical Papers and Letters, 1956
The Age of Reason, (chap. 7) 1956
The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence, 1956
Logical Papers, 1966
New Essays on Human Understanding, 1981

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01/07

George Sand - Pseudônimo de Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin)
(1804-1876)

Escritora romântica francesa,conhecida também pelos charutos que fumava e pelos numerosos amantes famoso que manteve: Ente eles constam Prosper Merimée, Alfred de Musset (1833-34), Frédéric Chopin, (1838-47), Alexandre Manceau (1849-65), e outros. O pintor Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) não a levou a sério, mas Alexander Herzen e Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand inspiraram-se em seus trabalhos. Os trabalhos de Sand influenciaram ainda muitos outros autores e pensadores famosos, como Fedor Dostoevskii, Lev Tolstoi, Gustave Flaubert, and Marcel Proust. Em 1842, o crpitico inglês George Henry Lewes escreveu que Sand "e a mais marcante escritora do presente século".

Trabalhos selecionados

ROSE ET BLANCHE, 1831 (with Jules Sandeau, jointly as J. Sand)
INDIANA, 1832 - trans.
VALENTINE, 1832 - trans.
LÉLIA, 1834 - trans.
LE SECRÉTAIRE INTIME, 1834
LETTRES D"UN VOYAGEUR, 1934-37
JACQUES, 1834 - transl.
LEONE LEONI, 1835 - trans.
ANDRÉ, 1835 - trans.
SIMON, 1836 - trans.
MAUPRAT, 1837 - trans.
LES MAÎTRES MOSAÏSTES, 1838 - The Mosaic Workers
L"USCOQUE, 1838 - The Uscoque
LA DERNIÈRE ALDINI, 1839 - The Last Aldini / The Last of the Aldinis
SPIRIDON, 1839 - trans.
LES SEPT CORDES DE LA LYRE, 1840 - A Woman" Version of the Faust Legend: The Seven Strings of Her Lyre
LE COMPAGNON DU TOUR DE FRANCE, 1840 - The Companion of the Tour of France / The Journeyman Joiner
HORACE, 1842 - trans. by Zack Rogow
CONSUELO, 1842-43 - trans.
LA COMTESSE DE RUDOLSTADT, 1844 - The Countess of Rudolstadt
JEANNE, 1844
LETTRES À MARCIE, 1844 - Letters to Marcie
LE MEUNIER D"ANGIBAULT, 1845 - The Miller of Angibault
TEVERINO, 1845 - transl.
LE PÉCHÉ DE MONSIEUR ANTOINE, 1846 - The Sin of M. Antoine
LA MARE AU DIABLE, 1846 - The Devil"s Pool / The Hauted Marsh / The Enchanted Lake / Germaine"s Marriage / The Haunted Pool - Hiidenlampi
ISIDORA, 1846
LUCREZIA FLORIANI, 1846 - trans. by Julius Eker.
The Works of George Sand, 1847
LE PICCININO, 1847 - The Piccinino
FRANÇOIS LE CHAMPI, 1847-48 - Francis the Waif / The Country Waif
LA PETITE FADETTE, 1849 - Little Fadette / Fadette / Fanchon the Cricket
LE CHÁTEAU DES DÉSERTES, 1851 - The Castle in the Wilderness
LES MAÎTRES SONNEURS, 1853
MONT-REVÊCHE, 1853
LA FILLEULE, 1853
LES MAÎTRES SONNEURS, 1853 - The Bagpipers
HISTOIRE DE MA VIE, 1854 - Story of My Life
ADRIANI, 1854
UN HIVER Á MAJORQUE, 1855 - Talvi Mallorcassa
LE DIABLE AUX CHAMPS, 1856
ÉVENOR ET LEUCIPPE, 1856
LA DANIELLA, 1857
LES DAMES VERTES - The Naiad
LES BEAUX MESSIEURS DE BOISDORÉ, 1858 - The Gallant Lords of Bois-Doré
L"HOMME DE NEIGE, 1858 - The Snow Man
ELLE ET LUI, 1859 - He and She
NARCISSE, 1859
FLAVIE, 1859
LE MARQUIS DE VILLEMER, 1860 - The Marquis of Villemer
JEAN DE LA ROCHE, 1860
CONSTANCE VERRIER, 1860
LA VILLE NOIRE, 1860
VALVÈDRE, 1861
LA FAMILIE DE GERMANDRE, 1861 - The Germandre Family
TAMARIS, 1862
ANTONIA, 1862 - trans.
MADEMOISELLE LA QUINTINIE, 1863
LAURA, VOYAGE DAS LE CRISTAL, 1864 - Journey Within the Crystal
LA CONFESSION D"UNE JEUNE FILLE, 1865
MONSIEUR SYLVESTRE, 1865 - trans.
LE DERNIER AMOUR, 1867
CADIO, 1868
MLLE DE MERQUEM, 1868 - Mademoiselle Merquem
PIERRE QUI ROULE, 1870 - A Rolling Stone
MALGRÉTOUT, 1870
CÉSARINE DIETRICH, 1871 - trans.
FRANCIA, 1872
NANON, 1872 - trans.
CONTES D"UNE GRAND"MÈRE, 1873 - The Castle of Pictures and Other Stories: A Grandmother"s Tales
MA SOEUR JEANNE, 1874 - My Sister Jeannie
LA TOUR DE PERCEMONT; MARIANNE, 1876 - The Tower ofr Percemont
Œ UVRES COMPLÈTES, 1882-83
JOURNAL INTIME, 1926
ŒUVRES AUTOBIOGRAPHIQUES, 1970
The Intimate Journal of George Sand, 1974

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02/07

Hermann Hesse
(1877-1962)

Novelista alemão que explorou em seus trabalhos a dualidade e a iindividualidade do espírito humano, na busca do viver para além das convenções sociais. Ganhou o Nobel de literatura de 1946. Em muitos de seus trabalhos ele descreve o protagonista numa jornada em busca de si mesmo. Um guia espiritual assiste o herói
em sua busca de auto-conhecimento, e o conduz a uma realidade para além do mundo caído e corrompido pelo dinheiro, pelos números e pelo tempo.

trabalhos selecionados

ROMANTISCHE LIEDER, 1899
EINE STUNDE HINTER MITTERNACHT, 1899
HINTERLASSENE SCHRIFTEN UND GEDICHTE VON HERMANN LAUSCHER, 1901
PETER CAMENZIND, 1904 - trans. - Alppien poika
UNTERM RAD, 1906 - The Prodigy / Beneath the Wheel - Eräs nuoruus
GERTRUD, 1910 - Gertrude and I - suom.
ROSSHALDE, 1914 - trans. - suom.
KNULP, 1915 - trans.
KLINGSORS LETZTER SOMMER, 1920 - Klingsor"s Last Summer - Katoava kesä
SIDDHARTHA, 1922 - trans. - suom. - film 1972, dir. by Conrad Rooks
BLICK INS CHAOS, 1923 - In Sight of Chaos
DEMIAN, 1919 - published under pseudonym Emil Sinclair - transl. - suom.
DER STEPPENWOLF, 1927 - Steppenwolf - Arosusi - film 1974, dir. by Fred Haines
NARZISS UND GOLDMUND, 1930 - Narcissus and Goldmund / Death and the Lover - Narkissos ja Kultasuu
DIE MORGENLANDFAHRT, 1932 - The Journey to the East - Matka aamun maahan
DAS GLASPERLENSPIEL, 1943 - The Glass Bead Game (also: Magister Ludi) - Lasihelmipeli
BERTHOLD, 1945
TRAUMFÄHRTE, 1945
KRIEG UND FRIENDEN, 1946 - If the War Goes On...
FRÜHE PROSA, 1948
SPÄTE PROSA, 1951
ZWEI IDYLLEN, 1952
GEDICHTE, 1953 - Poems (trans. of 31 poems)
The Prodigy, 1957
PROSA AUS DEM NACHLASS, 1965
NEUE DEUTSCHE BÜCHER, 1966
KINDHEIT UND JUGEND VOR 1900, 1966
POLITISCHE BETRACHTUNGEN, 1970
Strange News from Another Star, 1972
Hours in the Garden and Other Poems, 1974
Tales of Student Life, 1975
Hermann Hesse and Romain Rolland: Correspondence, 1976
Six Novels with Other Stories and Essays, 1980
Pictor"s Metamorphosis and Other Tales, 1982
Stories of Five Decades, 1984
Soul of the Age, 1991

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02/07

Wislawa Szymborska
(1923-)

Poetiza e tradutora polonesa, vencedora Nobel de literatura de 1996. Uma das poucas mulheres a ganhar o prêmio. Seus primeiros trabalhos versam sobre a realidade socialista. Mais tarde expressou seu pessimismo a respeito da humanidade através de poemas o irônicos e ácidos. Ainda assim, ela é uma portentosa escritora com grande poder de criação.
Frequentemente usa linguagem chula e provérbios em seus trabalhos, mas lhes confere um novo frescor que os revitaliza.

Trabalhos selecionados

DLACZEGO ZYJEMY, 1952
PYTANIA ZADAWANE SOBIE, 1954
WOLANIE DO YETI, 1957
SÓL, 1962
WIERSZE WYBRANE, 1964
STO POCIECH, 1967
POEZJE WYBRANE, 1967
POEZJE, 1970
WSZELKI WYPADEK, 1972
WYBÓR WIERSZY, 1973
LEKTURY NADOBOWIAZKOWE, 1973-81
WIELKA LICZBA, 1976
TARSJUSZ I INNE WIERSZE, 1976
translation: Sounds, Feelings, Thoughts: Seventy Poems by Wislawa Szymborska, 1981
POEZJE WYBRANE II, 1983
LUDZIE NA MOSCIE, 1986 - People on a Bridge
KONIEC I POCZATEK, 1993
WIDOK Z ZIARNKIEM PIASKU. 102 WIERSZE, 1966
I Don"t Know: The 1996 Nobel Lecture, 1997
Poems New and Collected 1957-1997, 1998


Trabalhos traduzidos para o idioma inglês:

Polish Writing Today, 1967;
Postwar Polish Poetry, 1983;
The Burning Forest: Modern Polish Poetry, 1988;
Ariadne"s Thread: Polish Women Poets, 1988;
Modern Poetry in Translation: Poland, No. 23-24, Spring 1975;
Quaterly Review of Literature 24: Poetry Series 4, 1982
Suomeksi Szymborskalta on julkaistu Ihmisiä sillalla (1998),
Runoja vuosilta 1957-1966

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03/07

Franz Kafka (1883-1924)

Escritor tcheco que escrevia em alemão,e que, postumamente publicou novelas expressando a alienação do homem do século XX. Os pesadelos de Kafka expressam a desumanização os labirintos burocráticos e sociedades totalitárias, e têm muito em comum com os escritos de de George Orwell, especialmente "1984".
Sua saúde precária teve imoportante papel na composição de sua biografia e bibliografia, na medida em que consitui-se em importante fator de medo de um colapso físico e mental, medo este dramatizado em contos como
Ein Hungerkünstler" (1924) e "Die Vervandlung" (1915, A Metamorfose).

Trabalhos selecionados

BETRACHTUNG, 1913 - Meditation
DAS URTEIL, 1913 - The Judgement
DIE WERWANDLUNG, 1915 - The Metamorphosis - Muodonmuutos
DAS URTEIL, 1916 - The Judgment - Tuomio
IN DER STRAFKOLONIE, 1919 - In the Penal Colony - (novelli suomennettu)
EIN LANDARZT, 1919 - A Country Doctor - (novelli suomennettu)
BRIEF AN DER VATER, 1919 - Letter to His Father
EIN HUNGERKÜNSTLER, 1924 - A Hunger Artist - Nälkätaiteilija
DER PROZESS, 1925 - The Trial - Oikeusjuttu - film 1962 (Le procés), dir. by Orson Welles
DAS SCHLOSS, 1926 - The Castle - Linna - film 1968, dir. by Rudolf Noelte; 1986, dir. by Jaakko Pakkasvirta
AMERIKA, 1927 - transl. Amerika - Amerikka, suom. Elvi Sinervo - film 1969, dir. by Zbynek Brynych; 1983, dir. by Jean-Marie Straub & Daniéle Huillet
BEIM BAU DER CHINESISCHEN MAUER, 1931 - The Great Wall of China
BESCHREIBUNG EINES KAMPFES, 1936 - Description of a Struggle
TAGEBÜCHER 1910-23, 1951 - The Diaries of Franz Kafka 1910-1913, The Diaries of Franz Kafka 1914-1923
BRIEFE AN MILENA, 1952 - Letters to Milena - Kirjeitä Milenalle
HOCHZEITSVORBEREITUNGENAUFDEMLANDE, 1953 - Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Posthumous Prose Writings
BRIEFE 1902-24, 1958 (ed. by M. Brod)
BRIEFE AN FELICE, 1967 - Letters to Felice - Kirjeitä Felicelle - see also: Elias Canetti
SÄMTLICHE ERZÄHLUNGEN, 1969
The Basic Kafka, 1971
BRIEFE AN OTTLA, 1974 - Letters to Ottla and the Family
I Am a Memory Come Alive: Autobiographival Writings, 1974
Letters to Friends, Family and Editors, 1977
SCHRIFTEN, TAGEBÜCHER, BRIEFE, 1982
BRIEFE AN DEN VATER, 1986 - Letters to His Father

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04/07

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

Novelista, contista e figura central no "Renascimento" da literatura americana. Seus trabalhos mais conhecidos incluem "THE SCARLET LETTER" "(1850) E "THE SEVEN GABLES" (1951. Além de Howthorne, escritores como Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau e Herman Melville procuraram não somente o estilo puritano para as origens da América,mas também um estilo puritano e fizeram da literatura, sua voz.

Trabalhos selecionados

FANSHAWE, 1828
MY KINSMAN, MAJOR MOLINEUX; ROGER MALVIN"S BURIAL, 1832 (stories)
YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN, 1835
TWICE TOLD TALES, 1837(expanded 1842)
GRANDFATHER"S CHAIR, 1841
FAMOUS OLD PEOPLE, 1841
LIBERTY TREE, 1841
BIOGRAPHICAL STORIES FOR CHILDREN, 1842
MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE, 2 vol., 1846
THE SCARLET LETTER 1850 - Tulipunainen kirjain - films: 1926, dir. Victor Sjöström, starring Lillian Gish; 1972 (Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe), dir. Wim Wenders; 1934, dir. Robert G. Vignola; 1995, dir. Roland Joffé, starring Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, 1851 - Seitsenpäätyinen talo - film 1940, dir. Joe May
THE SNOW IMAGE, AND OTHER STORIES, 1851
A WONDER BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS, 1851
THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE, 1852
THE LIFE OF FRANKLIN PIERCE, 1852
TANGLEWOOD TALES FOR GIRLS AND BOYS, 1853
THE MARBLE FAUN, 1860
OUR OLD HOME, 1863
PASSAGES FROM THE AMERICAN NOTEBOOKS, 1868
PASSAGES FROM THE ENGLISH NOTEBOOKS, 1870
SEPTIMUS FELTON, 1872 (fragment)
PASSAGES FROM THE FRENCH AND ITALIAN NOTEBOOKS, 1872
THE DOLLIVER ROMANCE, 1876 (fragment)
DR. GRIMSHAWE"S SECRET, 1883 (fragment)
THE ANCESTRAL FOOTSTEPS, 1883 (fragment)
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, 1884 (12 vols.)
THE GHOST OF DOCTOR HARRIS, 1900
THE AMERICAN NOTEBOOKS, 1932
COMPLETE NOVELS AND SELECTED TALES, 1937
THE ENGLISH NOTEBOOKS, 1941
THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, 1959
THE CELESTIAL RAILROAD AND OTHER STORIES, 1962
THE CENTENARY EDITION OF THE WORKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, 1964
THE ELIXIR OF LIFE MANUSCRIPTS, 1977
YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN AND OTHER STORIES, 1992

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05/07

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)

Artista e escritor francês que ficou mundialmente conhecido por sua poesia, ficção, filmes, balés, pinturas e óperas. O trabalho de Cocteau reflete a influência do Surrealismo, da Psicanálise, da Religião Católica e também o uso do ópio.

Trabalhos selecionados

LAMPE D"ALADIN, 1908 - Aladdin"s Lamp
LE PRINCE FRIVOLE, 1910
LA DANSE DE SOPHOCLE, 1912
LE COQ ET L"ARLEQUIN, 1918 - Cock and Harlequin
LE CAP DE BONNE-ESPÉRANCE, 1919 - The Cape of Good Hope
LE POTOMAK, 1919
CARTE BLANCHE, 1920
ESCALES, 1920
POÉSIES (1917-1920), 1920
VOCABULAIRE, 1922
LE SECRET PROFESSIONNEL, 1922 - Professional Secrets
LE GRAND ÉCART, 1923 - The Grand Écart
THOMAS L"IMPOSTEUR, 1923 - Thomas the Imposter - Valkoinen kirja - film 1965, dir. by Georges Franju
DESSINS, 1923
PLAIN-CHANT, 1923
POÉSIE, 1924
LES MARIÈS DE LA TOUR EIFFEL, 1924 - The Eiffel Tower Wedding Party
LES BICHES, 1924
L"ANGE HEURTEBISE, 1925 - The Angel Heurtebise
LE MYSTÈRE DE L"OISELEUR, 1925
LETTRE À JACQUES MARITAIN, 1926 - Letter to Jacques Maritain
LE RAPPEL À L"ORDRE, 1926 - A Call to Order
ORPHÉE (play, first performed in 1926)
MAISON DE SANTÉ, 1926
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE, 1926
OPÉRA, 1926
ANTIGONE, 1927
LE MYSTÈRE LAÏC, 1928
ŒDIPE-ROI, 1928
LE LIVRE BLANC, 1928 - The White Paper
LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES, 1929 - The Incorrigible Children - Kauhukakarat - film 1949, dir. by Jean-Pierre Melville
UNE ENREVUE SUR LA CRITIQUE AVEC MAURICE ROUZAUD, 1929
25 DESSINS D"UN DORMEUR, 1929
OPIUM, 1930
LE SANG D"UN POÈTE, 1930 - The Blood of a Poet - Runoilijan veri (film)
LA VOIX HUMAINE, 1930 - The Human Voice - Ihmisääni
ESSAI DE CRITIQUE INDIRECTE, 1932
LA MACHINE INFERNALE, 1934 - The Infernal Machine
PORTRAITS-SOUVENIR, 1900-1914, 1935 - Paris Album, 1900-1914
SOIXANTE DESSINS POUR LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES, 1934
LES CHEVALIERS DE LA TABLE RONDE, 1937 - The Knights of the Round Table
MON PREMIER VOYAGE, 1937 - Round the World Again in Eighty Days
LES PARENTS TERRIBLES, 1938 - Intimate Relations - Kurittoman vanhemmat
LA FIN DU POTOMAK, 1939
LES MONSTRES SACRÉS, 1940 - The Holy Terrors
LA MACHINE À ÉCRIRE, 1941 - The Typewriter - Kirjoituskone
ALLÉGORIES, 1941
DESSINS EN MARGE DES CHEVALIERS DE LA TABLE RONDE, 1941
RENAUD ET ARMIDE, 1943
LES POÈMES ALLEMANDS, 1944
LÉONE, 1945
LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE, 1946 - Beauty and the Beast - Kaunotar ja hirviö (film)
L"AIGLE À DEUX TÊTES, 1946 - The Eagle Has Two Heads - Kaksoiskotka
LA CRUCIFIXION, 1947
LA DIFFICULTÉ D"ÊTRE, 1947 - Difficulty of Being
L"ÉTERNEL RETOUR, 1947 - The Eternal Return
LE FOYER DES ARTISTES, 1947
RUY BLAS, 1947
POÈMES, 1948
REINES DE LA FRANCE, 1948
LETTRE AYX AMÉRICAINS, 1949
MAALESH, 1949 - transl.
THÉÂTRE DE POCHE, 1949
ORPHÉE, 1950 - Orfeus (film)
JEAN MARAIS, 1951
ENTRETIENS AUTOUR DU CINÉMATOGRAPHE, 1951 - Cocteau on the Film
LE JOURNAL D"UN INCONNU, 1952 - The Hand of a Stranger
LE CHIFFRE SEPT, 1952
LA NAPPE DE CATALAN, 1952
BACCHUS, 1952 - transl.
APPOGIATURES, 1953
CLAIROBSCUR, 1954
COLETTE, 1955
DISCOURS DE RÉCEPTION DE M. JEAN COCTEAU À L"ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE, 1955
LE DISCOURS DE STRASBOURG, 1956
LE DISCOURS D"OXFORD, 1956
The Journals of Jean Cocteau, 1956
LA CORRIDA DU PREMIER MAI, 1957
ENTRETIENS SUR LE MUSÉE DE DRESDE, 1957
PARAPROSODIES, 1958
GONDOLES DES MORTS, 1959
LE TESTAMENT D"ORPHEE, 1959 - The Testament of Orpheus, transl. in Two Screenplays (1968) - film 1961
Five Plays, 1961
LA PRINCESSE DE CLÈVES, 1961 (adapt., dial.)
LE CORDON OMBILICAL, 1962
LE REQUIEM, 1962
L"IMPROMPTU DU PALAIS-ROYAL, 1962
ENTRETIEN AVEC ROGER STÉPHANE, 1964
THOMAS L"IMPOSTEUR / THOMAS THE IMPOSTER, 1965 (from his own novel; co.sc., co-dial.)
ENTRETIENS AVEC ANDRÉ FRAIGNEAU, 1965
My Contemporaries, 1967
FAIRE-PART, 1968
Two Screenplays, 1968
Professional Secrets, 1970
Cocteau"s World, 1972
Three Screenplays, 1973
DU CINÉMATOGRAPHE, 1973
POÉSIE DE JOURNALISME, 1973
PAUL ET VIRGINIE, 1973
JOURNAL 1942-45, 1989

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6/07

Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (1859-1940)

Poetae escritor sueco, vencedor do Nobel de Literatura de 1919. Hoje seu nome está quase esquecido. Como escritor, ele representou a reação literária ao movimento naturalista na Suécia. Sua grande rival neoromântica foi Selma Lagerlöf, vencedora do Nobel de Literatura de 1909.

Trabalhos selecionados

VALLFART OCH VANDRINGSÅR, 1888 - Pilgrimage and Wander Years
FRÅN COL DI TENDA TILL BLOCKSBERG, 1888
ENDYMION, 1889
RENÄSSANS, 1889
PEPITAS BRÖLLOP, 1890
HANS ALIENUS, 1892
DIKER, 1895 - Poems
OM SVENSKARNAS LYNNE, 1896
KAROLINERNA, 2 vol., 1897-98 - The Charles Men - Karoliinit
KLASSICITET ÓCH GERMANISM, 1898
TANKAR OCH TEKNINGAR, 1899
ETT FOLK, 1899
SANKT GÖRAN OCH DRAKEN, 1900
HELIGA BIRGITTAS PILGRIMSFÄRD, 1901 - Pyhän Birgitan vaellus
A King and His Campaigners, 1902
SKOGEN SUSAR, 1904
FOLKUNGA TRÄDET, 1905-07 (2 vols.) - The Tree of the Folkungs - Folkungien suku
SVENSKARNA OCH DERAS HÖVDINGAR, 1908-10 - The Swedes and Their Chieftains - Kansa ja sen kuninkaat
DAGAR OCH HÄNDELSER, 1909
SAMLADE SKRIFTER, 1909
PROLETÄRFILOSOFIENS UPPLÖSNING, 1911
NYA DIKTER, 1915 - New Poems
SWEDENS LAUREATE: SELECTED POEMS OF VERNER VON HEIDENSTAM,1919
The Soothsayer, 1919
The Birth of God, 1919
UPPSATSER, TAL OCH FANTASIER, 1929
TANKAR OCH UTKAST, 1941
NÄR KASTANJERNA BLOMMADE, 1941
SISTA DIKTER, 1942
SAMLADE VERK, 1943-45

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7/07

Robert A(nson) Heinlein (1907-1988)

Prolífico escritor americano. Um dos grandes nomes da ficção científica, ao lado de Isaac Asimov e Arthur C.clarke. Produziu durante sua carreira 50 novelas ema extensa coleção de contos. Era admirador das pessoas motivadas, como seu personagem de vários filmes Howard Hawks. Combateu incansavelmente a hipocrisia da religião o jogo de poder das grandes corporações.

Tabalhos selecionados

LIFE-LINE, 1939 - Elämänlanka (first short story)
THE DISCOVERY OF THE FUTURE, 1941 (address)
ROCKET SHIP CALILEO, 1947
OF WORLDS BEYOND, 1947 (with others)
BEYOND THIS HORIZON, 1948 - Yli-ihmisen aika
SPACE CADET, 1948 - Rakettilaivan kadetti - basis for the television series "Tom Corbett: Space Cadet"
RED PLANET, 1949
SIXTH COLUMN (reissued as THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW), 1949 - Seitsemän miehen sota
THE MAN WHO SOLD THE MOON, 1950 - Mies joka myi kuun
FARMER IN THE SKY, 1950
WALDO AND MAGIC, INC., 1950
screenplay: DESTINATION MOON, 1950 (based on Rocket Ship Galileo, with Rip Van Ronkel and James O´Hanlon)
THE GREEN HILLS OF EARTH, 1951
BETWEEN PLANETS, 1951
UNIVERSE / ORPHANS OF THE SKY, 1951
THE PUPPET MASTERS, 1951
ed.: TOMORROW, THE STARS, 1952
THE ROLLING STONES / SPACE FAMILY STONE, 1952
REVOLT IN 2100, 1953
STARMAN JONES, 1953
screenplay: PROJECT MOONBASE, 1953
ASSINGMENT IN ETERNITY, 1953
THE STAR BEAST, 1954
TUNNEL IN THE SKY, 1955
DOUBLE STAR, 1956 - Panoksena tulevaisuus - (Hugo Award)
TIME FOR THE STARS, 1956
television lays: TOM CORBETT: SPACE CADET, aired from 1951-56
THE DOOR INTO SUMMER, 1957
CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY, 1957 - Galaksin kansalainen
FAMOUS SCIENCE FICTION STORIES, 1957 (with others)
METHUSELAH"S CHILDREN, 1958 - Maan hylkimät
HAVE SPACE SUIT, WILL TRAVEL, 1958
STARSHIP TROOPERS, 1959 - Hugo Award - film 1997, dir. by Paul Verhoeven, written by Ed Nuemeyer
THE MENACE FROM EARTH, 1959
THE SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL, 1959 (with others)
THE UNPLEASANT PROFESSION OF JONATHAN HOAG, 1959 (reissued as 6 x H)
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND, 1961 - (Hugo Award, complete version in 1991)
PODKAYNE OF MARS, 1963 - Taistelu Venuksessa
GLORY ROAD, 1963
THREE BY HEINLEIN, 1965
THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS, 1966 - Kuu on julma - (Hugo Award)
A ROBERT HEINLEIN OMNIBUS, 1966
THE WORLDS OF ROBERT A HEINLEIN, 1966
THE PAST THROUGH TOMORROW, 1967
I WILL FEAR NO EVIL, 1970
TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE, 1973
THE BEST OF ROBERT A. HEINLEIN, 1973 (2 vols.)
THE NOTEBOOKS OF LAZARUS LONG, 1978
DEATINATION MOON, 1979
TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE; EXPANDED UNIVERSE, 1980
THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST, 1980
EXPANDED UNIVERSE, 1980
FRIDAY, 1982
preface: HIGH FRONTIER, 1983
JOB: A COMEDY OF JUSTICE, 1984 - Tuomiopäivän komedia
THE CAT WHO WALKS THROUGH WALLS: A COMEDY OF MANNERS, 1985 - Kissa muurin läpi
TO SAIL BEYOND THE SUNSET, 1987
GRUMBLES FROM THE GRAVE, 1990
TRAMP ROYALE, 1992 (travel, book, written between 1953 and 1954)

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8/07

Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)

Poeta fracês cuja fábulas pertencem à categoria das maiores obras-primas da literatura mundial. Durante sua vida, La Fontaine era considerado um sonhador, vagabundo e amante dos prazeres. Por seu caráter rústico, ele nunca se entendia com seus patrões, estando constantemente sem emprego. Graças ao caráter de sua fábulas, sobre a laboriosidade das formigas, a alegria das cigarras, e outras, suas obras são atualíssimas e das mais lidas, ainda hoje.

Trabalhos selecionados.

ADONIS, 1658
ELÉGIE AUX NYMPHES DE VAUX, 1661
UN VOYAGE EN LIMOUSIN, 1663
CONTES ET NOUVELLES EN VERS, 1664 - Tales and Novels in Verse - suom. Tarinoita, kääntäjistä mainittakoon mm. Yrjö Jylhä
LE SONGE DE VAUX, 1665
FABLES CHOISIES MISES EN VERS, 12 vols., 1668-94 - La Fontaine"s Fables, trans. by among others Howard Shapiro and Marianne Moore (she was encouraged to undertake the project by W.H. Auden) - see also illustrators: Richard Scarry - Eläintarinoita -
LES AMOURS DE PSICHÉ AT DE CUPIDON, 1669 - The Loves of Cupid and Psyche
LA CAPTIVITÉ DE SAINT MALC, 1673
LE QUINQUINA, 1682
DISCOURS EN VERS, 1684
ŒUVRES COMPLÈTES, 1883-92 (11 vols.)
ŒUVRES COMPLÈTES, 1927-29
ŒUVRES COMPLÈTES, 1939-42

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9/07

Barbara Cartland - (Mary) Barbara Hamilton Cartland - Nome de casada: McCorquodale; Escreveu também como Barbara McCorquodale
(1901-2000)

Autora inglesa de mais de 550 livros, a maioria deles sobre romances ambientados no século XIX.Ficou famosa pelos romances escapistas que escreveu, mantendo um ritmo alucinante de escrita durante décadas.Cartland traçou um fino retrato do modo de vida de homens e mulheres da alta aristocracia inglêsa

Trabalhos selecionados

JIGSAW, 1925
SAWDUST, 1926
IF THE TREE ISSAVED, 1929
FOR WHAT?, 1930
SWEET PUNISHMENT, 1931
A VIRGIN IN MAYFAIR, 1932
JUST OFF PICCADILLY, 1933
NOT LOVE ALONE, 1933
A BEGGAR WISHED, 1934
PASSIONATE ATTAINMENT, 1935
FIRST CLASS, LADY?, 1935
TOUCH THE STARS, 1935
DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT, 1936
DESPERATE DEFENCE, 1936
THE FORGOTTEN CITY, 1936
SAGA AT FORTY, 1937
BUT NEVER FREE, 1937
BROKEN BARRIERS, 1938
BITTER WINDS, 1938
THE GODS FORGET, 1939
THE BLACK PANTHER, 1939
STOLEN HALO, 1940
NOW ROUGH, NOW SMOOTH, 1941
OPEN WINGS, 1942
THE LEAPING FLAME, 1942
SLEEPING SWORDS, 1942
RONALD CARTLAND, 1942
THE ISTHMUS YEARS, 1943
THE DARK STREAM, 1944
AFTER THE NIGHT, 1944
YET SHE FOLLOWS, 1945
ESCAPE FROM PASSION, 1945
ARMOUR AGAINST LOVE, 1945
OUT OF REACH, 1945
THE HIDDEN HEART, 1946
YOU - IN THE HOME, 1946
AGAINST THE STREAM, 1946
THE DREAM WITHIN, 1947
IF WE WILL, 1947
AGAIN THIS RAPTURE, 1947
NO HEART IS FREE, 1948
THE YEARS OF OPPORTUNITY: 1939-1945, 1948
A HAZARD OF HEARTS, 1949
THE ENCHANTED MOMENT, 1949
A DUEL OF HEARTS, 1949
THE KNAVE OF HEARTS, 1950
THE LITTLE PRETENDER, 1950
LOVE IS AN EAGLE, 1951
A GHOST IN MONTE CARLO, 1951
LOVE IS MINE, 1952
LOVE IS THE ENEMY, 1952
CUPID RIDES PILLION, 1952
THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM, 1952
BLUE HEATHER, 1953
ELIZABETHAN LOVER, 1953
LOVE ME FOR EVER, 1954
THE FASCINATING FORTIES, 1954
DESIRE OF THE HEART, 1954
WINGS ON MY HEART, 1954
BEWITCHING WOMEN, 1955
MARRIAGE FOR MODERNS, 1955
THE ENCHANTED WALTZ, 1955 - Lumottu valssi
THE KISS OF THE DEVIL, 1955
THE CAPTIVE HEART, 1956
THE COIN OF LOVE, 1956
BE VIVID, BE VITAL, 1956
POLLY, 1956
THE OUTRAGEOUS QUEEN, 1956
THE KISS OF PARIS, 1956
LOVE FORBIDDEN, 1957
LOVE, LIFE AND SEX, 1957
THE SCANDALOUS LIFE OF KING CAROL, 1957
SWEET ADVENTURE, 1957
STARS IN MY HEART, 1957
THE THIEF OF LOVE, 1957
LOOK LOVELY, BE LOVELY, 1958
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF CHARLES II, 1958
THE GOLDEN GONDOLA, 1958
LIGHTS OF LOVE, 1958
THE SWEET ENCHANTRESS, 1958
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF ELIZABETH, EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA, 1959
VITAMINS FOR VITALITY, 1959
A KISS OF SILK, 1959
LOVE IN HIDING, 1959
THE SMUGGLED HEART, 1959
LOVE UNDER FIRE, 1960
THE PRICE IS LOVE, 1960
MESSENGER OF LOVE, 1961
THE RUN-AWAY HEART, 1961
HUSBANDS AND WIVES, 1961
JOSEPHINE, EMPRESS OF FRANCE, 1961
DIANE DE POITIERS, 1962
ETIQUETTE HANDBOOK, 1962
A LIGHT TO THE HEART, 1962
THE WINGS OF LOVE, 1962
THE HIDDEN EVIL, 1963
LOVE IS DANGEROUS, 1963
THE MANY FACETS OF LOVE, 1963
METTERNICH: THE PASSIONATE DIPLOMAT, 1964
SEX AND THE TEENAGER, 1964
DANGER BY THE NILE, 1964
THE FIRE OF LOVE, 1964
THE UNPREDICTABLE PRIDE, 1964
LIVING TOGETHER, 1965
THE PAN BOOK OF CHARM, 1965
WOMAN, THE ENIGMA, 1965
LOVE HOLDS THE CARDS, 1965
LOVE ON THE RUN, 1965
THEFT OF A HEART, 1966
A VIRGIN IN PARIS, 1966
LOVE TO THE RESCUE, 1967
I SERACH FOR RAINBOWS: 1946-66, 1967
THE YOUTH SECRET, 1968
LOVE IS CONTRABAND, 1968
THE ENCHANTING EVIL, 1968
THE UNKNOWN HEART, 1969
THE INNOCENT HEIRESS, 1970
THE RELUCTANT BRIDE, 1970
THE SECRET FEAR, 1970
THE MAGIC OF HONEY, 1970
WE DANCED ALL NIGHT: 1919-1929, 1970
THE PRETTY HORSE-BREAKERS, 1971
THE QUEEN"S MESSENGER, 1971
STARS IN HER EYES, 1971
LOST ENCHANTMENT, 1972
A HALO FOR THE DEVIL, 1972
THE IRRESISTIBLE BUCK, 1972
BARBARA CARTLAND"S HEALTH FOOD COOKERY BOOK, 1972
BARBARA CARTLAND"S BOOK OF BEAUTY AND HEALTH, 1972
THE COMPLACENT WIFE, 1972 - Kreivin uusi onni
A LITTLE ADVENTURE, 1973
THE WICKED MARQUIS, 1973
THE ODIOUS DUKE, 1973
THE DARLING DECEPTION, 1973 - Leikkiavioliitto
MEN ARE WONDERFUL, 1973
JOURNEY TO THE PARADISE, 1974
NO DARKNESS FOR LOVE, 1974
THE BORED BRIDEGROOM, 1974
THE CASTLE OF FEAR, 1974
THE CRUEL COUNT, 1974
THE DANGEROUS DANDY, 1974
LESSONS IN LOVE, 1974
THE PENNILESS PEER, 1974
THE RUTHLESS RAKE, 1974
THE GLITTERING LIGHTS, 1974
A SWORD TO THE HEART, 1974
FOOD FOR LOVE, 1975
FIRE ON THE SNOW, 1975
BEWITCHED, 1975
THE CALL OF THE HEART, 1975
THE DEVIL IN LOVE, 1975
THE FLAME IS LOVE, 1975
THE FRIGHTENED BRIDE, 1975
THE IMPETUOUS DUCHESS, 1975
THE KARMA OF LOVE, 1975
LOVE IS INNOCENT, 1975
THE MAGNIFICENT MARRIAGE, 1975
THE MASK OF LOVE, 1975
SHADOW OF SIN, 1975
THE TEARS OF LOVE, 1975
A VERY NAUGHTY ANGEL, 1975
AS EAGLES FLY, 1975
SAY YES, SAMANTHA, 1975
THE BLUE-EYED WITCH, 1976 - Sinisilmäinen noita
THE MAGIC OF HONEY COOKBOOK, 1976
THE ELUSIVE EARL, 1976
AN ANGEL IN HELL, 1976
AN ARROW OF LOVE, 1976
THE DREAM FROM THE NIGHT, 1976
THE FRAGRANT FLOWER, 1976
A FRAME OF DREAMS, 1976
A GAMBLE WITH HEARTS, 1976
THE GOLDEN ILLUSION, 1976
THE HEART TRIUMPHANT, 1976
HUNGRY FOR LOVE, 1976
THE HUSBAND HUNTERS, 1976
THE INCREDIBLE HONEYMOON, 1976
A KISS FOR THE KING, 1976
MOON OVER EDEN, 1976
NEVER LAUGH AT LOVE, 1976
NO TIME FOR LOVE, 1976
PASSIONS IN THE SAND, 1976
THE PROUD PRINCESS, 1976
THE SECRET OF THE GLEN, 1976
THE SLAVES OF LOVE, 1976
THE WILD CRY OF LOVE, 1976
CONQUERED BY LOVE, 1976
LOVE LOCKED IN, 1977
THE MYSTERIOUS MAID-SERVANT, 1977
THE LOVE IN PITY, 1977 - Jääthän luokseni
THE BORED BRIDEGROON, 1977 - Eksynyt sydän
RECIPES FOR LOVERS, 1977 (with Nigel Gordon)
ed.: BARBARA CARTLAND"S BOOK OF USELESS INFORMATION, 1977 (foreword by Earl Mountbatten)
BARBARA CARTLAND"S BOOK OF LOVE AND LOVERS, 1978
I SEEK THE MIRACULOUS, 1978
CASTLE OF FEAR, 1978 - Tuulien teillä
ed.: THE LIGHT OF LOVE, 1979
LOVE IN THE CLOUDS, 1979 - Rakkaus asuu vuorilla
LOST ENCHANTMENT, 1979 - Ja rakkaus jää
THE LOST LAUGHTER, 1980 - Kun pilvet väistyvät
IMPERIAL SPLENDOUR, 1980 - Kätketty liekki
THE WILD, UNWILLING WIFE, 1980 - Kunnes aamu koittaa
LOVE, LORDS, AND LADY-BIRDS, 1980 - Tämä onnen tunne
THE RIVER OF LOVE, 1981 - Rakkauden virta
WHO CAN DENY LOVE?, 1981 - Liljojen neito
BARBARA CARTLAND"S SCRAPBOOK, 1981
LOVE ON THE WIND, 1983
BARBARA CARTLAND"S ETIQUETTE FOR LOVE AND ROMANCE, 1984
GETTING OLDER, GROWING YOUNGER, 1984
THE ROMANCE OF FOOD, 1984
BARBARA CARTLAND"S PRINCESS TO THE RESCUE, 1984
BARBARA CARTLAND"S BOOK OF HEALTH, 1985
PARADISE FOUND, 1986
A DREAM IN SPAIN, 1986 - Koko maailma on sinun
A YEAR OF ROYAL DAYS, 1988
A ROYAL REBUKE, 1994
RUNNING AWAY TO LOVE, 1994
SAFE IN PARADISE, 1994
SAVED BY A SAINT, 1994
THE SPIRIT OF LOVE, 1994
THIS IS LOVE, 1994
THE WILD CRY OF LOVE, 1994
THE WONDEFUL DREAM, 1994
BEYOND THE STARS, 1995
THE EYES OF LOVE, 1995
AN ISICLE IN INDIA, 1995
THE INCOMPARABLE, 1995
THE INNOCENT IMPOSTER, 1995
LOVE IN THE RUINS, 1995
THE LOVELESS MARRIAGE, 1995
I REACH FOR THE STARS: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 1995
A MAGICAL MOMENT, 1995
PASSAGE TO LOVE, 1995
THE PATIENT BRIDEGROOM, 1995
THE PROTECTION OF LOVE, 1995
RUNNING FROM RUSSIA, 1995
SOMEONE TO LOVE, 1995
FASCINATION IN FRANCE, 1996
THREE DAYS TO LOVE, 1996
LOVE LEAVES AT MIDNIGHT, 1997
THE CAPTIVE HEART, 1999
THE LITTLE PRETENDER, 1999
BARBARA CARTLAND"S GUIDE TO ROMANCE WRITING, 1999

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10/07

Marcel (Valentin-Louis-George-Eugene) Proust
(1871-1922)

Novelista francês, mais conhecido por seu trabalho Á LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU (Em Busca do Tempo Perdido). Este romance autobiográfico, mostra claramente seu estilo fluído de escrever. O enredo coleta partes da infãncia do autor, observações suas a respeito do estilo de vida da alta classe,e busca um lugar no mundo que ele nunca encontrou.

Trabalhos selecionados

PORTRAITS DE PEINTRES, 1896
LES PLAISIRS ET LES JOURS, 1896 - Pleasures and Regrets
Á LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU, 1913-27 - Remembrance of Things Past - Kadonnutta aikaa etsimässä - DU CÔTÉ DE CHEZ SWANN - Swann"s Way - Swannin tie - Á´LOMBRE DES JEUNES FILLES EN FLEUR, 1918-19 - Kukkaan puhkeavien tyttöjen varjossa - Within the Budding Grove - LE CÔTÉ DE GUERMANTES I-II - The Captive (2 vols.) - Cities of the Plain - Guermantesin tie - SODOME ET GOMORRHE I-II, 1921-22 - LA PRISONNIÈRE, 1923 - ALBERTINE DISPARUE, 1925 - The Sweet Cheat Gone - LE TEMPS RETROUVÉ, 1927 - Time Regained - FILM: Un amour de Swann, 1983, dir. by Volker Schlöndorff
PASTICHES ET MÉLANGES, 1919
CHRONIQUES, 1892-1921
JEAN SANTEUIL, 1927 (unfinished) - transl.
MORCEAUX CHOISIS, 1928
COMMENT PARUT "DU CÔTE DE CHEZ SWANN", 1930 (repub. as Proust et la strategie littéraire, 1954)
CORRESPONDANCE GÉNÉRALE, 1930-36 (6 vols.)
Letters, 1948
Marcel Proust: A Selection from His Miscellaneouis Writings, 1948
À UN AMI: CORRESPONDANCE INÉDITE, 1948 - Letters to a Friend
The Maxims of Marcel Proust, 1948
LETTRES À ABDRÉ GIDE, 1949
LETTRES DE MARCEL PROUST À ANTOINE BIBESCO, 1949 - Letters to Antoine Bibesco
CORRESPONDANCE AVEC SA MÈRE, 1954 - Letters to His Mother
CONTRE SAINTE-BEUVE, 1954 - On Art and Literature
Selected Letters, 1958
CHOIX DE LETTRES, 1965
LETTRES RETROUVÉS, 1966
CORRESPONDANCE DE MARCEL PROUST, 1970 -
TEXTES RETROUVÉS, 1971
Selected Letters, 1981-89 (3 vols.)

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10/07

Saul Bellow (1915-)

Autor americano, vencedor do Nobel de Literatura 1976. Bellow é um dos mais representativos escritores judeus americanos. Seu trabalho tem influenciado bastante a literatura americana do pós-guerra. Os mais famosos personagens deste autor são:Augie March, Moses E. Herzog, Arthur Sammler, e Charlie Citrine, uma soberba galeria de personalidades neuróticas, charmosas bonitas e inteligentes capazes e observar as sutilezas do "American way of life."

Trabalhos selecionados

DANGLING MAN, 1944
THE VICTIM, 1947 - Uhri
THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH, 1953 - Augie Marchin kiemurat - National Book Award
THE WRECKERS, 1954
SEIZE THE DAY, 1956 - Tartu tilaisuuteen - television adaptation in 1987
HENDERSON THE RAIN KING, 1959 - Sadekuningas
DESSINS, BY JESSE REICHEK, 1960 (with C. Zervos)
RECENT AMERICAN FICTION: A LECTURE, 1963
ed.: CHICAGO IN FICTION, 1963 onwards
ed.: GREAT JEWISH SHORT STORIES, 1953
THE WRECKER, 1964 (tv play)
HERZOG, 1964 - suom. - National Book Award
THE LAST ANALYSIS, 1965 (play)
OUT FROM UNDER, 1966
LIKE YOU"RE NOBODY, 1966
A WEN, 1966 (published in Traverse Plays, ed. by J. Haynes)
OTANGE SOUFFLÉ, 1966 (published in Traverse Plays)
MOSBY"S MEMOIRS, AND OTHER STORIES, 1968
MR. SAMLER"S PLANET, 1970 - Samlerin planeetta - National Book Award
TECHNOLOGY AND THE FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE, 1973
HUMBOLDT"S GIFT, 1975 - Humboldtin lahja - Pulizer Prize
TO JERUSALEM AND BACK, 1976
THE ACTUAL, 1977 - Ainoa oikea
NOBEL LECTURE, 1979
DEAN"S DECEMBER, 1982 - Dekaanin joulukuu
HIM WITH HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH AND OTHER STORIES, 1984 - Löyhäsuinen mies ja muita kertomuksia
MODERNITY AND ITS DISCONTENTS, 1987
MORE DIE OF HEARTBREAK, 1987 - Yhä useamman sydän pettää
A THEFT, 1989 - Varkaus
THE BELLAROSA CONNECTION, 1989 - suom. Bellarosa
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER ME BY, 1992
ALL ADDS UP, 1994
THE ACTUAL, 1997
RAVELSTEIN, 2000

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12/07

Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) -
Nome original: Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto

Poeta, escritor e diplomata chileno, vencedor do Nobel de Literatura de 1971. Adotou legalmente nome de Pablo Neruda, depois de usá-lo por mais de 20 anos, como pseudônimo. Neruda é o mais lidos dos poetas de língua espanhola. A partir de 1940, ele empenhou-se em traçar em seus romances um painel sócio-cultural-histórico do desenvolvimento da América do Sul. Nãoobstante, foi também um inspirado poeta, tanto que seus "Vinte Poemas de Amor" e "Canção do Desespero" já vendeu milhões de exemplares desde sua aparição.

Trabalhos selecionados

CREPUSCULARIO, 1923
VEINTE POEMAS DE AMOR Y UNA CANCÍON DESESPERADA, 1924 - Twenty Love Songs and a Song of Despair
ed.: PÁGINAS ESCOGIDAS DE ANATOLE FRANCE, 1924
RESIDENCIA EN LA TIERRA (1925-31) - Residence on Earth
TENTIVA DEL HOMBRE INFINITO, 1926 - Attempt of the Infinite Man
ANILLOS, 1926 - Rings
EL HABITANTE Y SU ESPERANZA, 1926
EL HONDERO ENTUSIASTA, 1933 - Enthusiastic Slingshooter
RECIDENCIA EN LA TIERRE, 1933-35 - Residence on Earth
ESPAÑA EN EL CORAZÓN, 1937 (Espagne au coeur, foreword by Luis Aragon)
LAS FURIAS Y LAS PENAS, 1939
NERUDA ENTRE NOSOTROS, 1939
"Un canto para Bolívar", 1941
"Canto de amor para Stalingrado", 1942
"Nuevo canto de amor a Stalingrado", 1943
CANTOS DE PABLO NERUDA, 1943
SUS MEJORES VERSOS, 1943
SELECCIÓN, 1943 (ed. by Arturo Aldunante Phillips)
Selected Poems, 1944
SALUDO AL NORTE Y A STALINGRADO, 1945
CUATRO DISCURSOS, 1945 (with others)
TERCERA RESIDENCIA, 1947
RESIDENCIA EN LA TIERRA, 1947
DULCE PATRIA, 1949
CANTO GENERAL, 1950 - Canto General / General Song
LOS VERSOS DEL CAPITÁN, 1952 - The Captain"s Verses
TODO EL AMOR, 1953
POESÍA POLÍTICA, 1953 (2 vols.)
Le chant général, 1954 (ill. by Fernand Léger)
Pablo Neruda, choix de poèmes, 1954 (ed. and trans. by Jean Marcenac)
Tout l"amour, 1954 (ed. by Pierre Segners)
LAS UVAS Y EL VIENTO, 1954
ODAS ELEMENTALES I-III, 1954-57 - Elementary Odes
NUEVAS ODAS ELEMENTALES, 1956
TERCER LIBRO DE LAS ÓDAS, 1957
OBRAS COMPLETAS, 1957
ESTRAVAGARIO, 1958 - Extravagaria
NAVEGACIONES Y REGRESOS, 1959
CIEN SONETOS DEL AMOR, 1960 - One Hundred Love Sonnets
CANSIÓN DE GESTA, 1960 - Song of Protest
LAS PIEDRAS DE CHILE, 1960 - Stones of Chile
CANTOS CEREMONIALES, 1960
Selected Poems of Pablo Neruda, 1961
PLENOS PODERES, 1962 - Fully Empowered
SUMARIO, 1963
MEMORIAL DE LA ISLA NEGRA, 1964 (5 vols.) - Isla Negra, A Notebook
ARTE DE PÁJAROS, 1966 - Art of Birds
LA CASA DE ARENA, 1966 - The House in the Sand
FALGOR Y MUERTE DE JOAQUÍN MURIETA, 1967 - The Splendour and Death of Joaquín Murieta
LAS MANOS DEL DÍA, 1968
COMIENDO EN HUNGARÍA, 1969 - Sentimental Journey aroud the Hungarian Cuisine
FIN DEL MUNDO, 1969
AÚN, 1969
Early Poems, 1969
A New Decade, 1969
AÚN, 1969 - Still Another Day
LA ESPADA ENCENDIDA, 1970
LAS PIEDRAS DEL CIELO, 1970 - Stones of the Skies
GEOGRAFÍA INFRUCTUOSA, 1972
OBRAS COMPLETAS, 1973 ( 3 vols.)
CONFIESO HABER VIVIDO, 1973 - Tunnustan eläneeni
INCITACIÓN AL NIXONCIDIO Y ALABANZA DE LA REVOLUCÍON CHILENA, 1973 - A Call for the Destruction of Nixon and Praise for the Chilean Revolution
2000, 1974 - transl. as 2000
EL MAR Y LAS CAMPANAS, 1974 - The Sea and the Bells
ELEGÍA, 1974
Five Decades, 1974
EL CORAZÓN AMARILLO, 1974
EL LIBRO DE PREGUNTAS, 1974
JARDÍN DE INVIERNO, 1974 Winter Garden
LA ROSA SEPARADA, 1974 - The Separate Rose
DEFECTOS ESCOGIDOS, 1974
PARA NACER HE NACIDO, 1977 - Passions and Impressions
EL FIN DE VIAJE, 1982
Late and Posthumous Poems 1968-1975, 1988

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13/07

Wole Soyinka (1934-) - Nome Completo: Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka

Crítico, teatrólogo, poeta e novelista. Foi o primeiro negro a fricano a vencer o Nobel de Leteratura, em 1986. Soyinka foi prisioneiro durante muitos anos, devido às duras críticas que fazia ao governo de seu país. A partir de 1970, viveu muitos anos no exílio. Seus trabalhos abramgem comédia e tragédia, e em suas peças ele satitiza a política através do teatro do absurdo. Ele combina tradições com mitos afros, lendas e folclore, de tal forma, que tornan-se um encanto apreciá-las.

Trabalhos selecionados.

A QUALITY OF VIOLENCE, 1959
THE TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO, 1960
A DANCE OF THE FORESTS, 1963
THE STRONG BREED, 1963
THREE PLAYS (The Swamp Dwellers, The Trials of Brother Jero, The Strong Breed), 1963
THE LION AND THE JEWEL, 1963
KONGI"S HARVEST, 1965
THE INTERPRETERS, 1965 - Tulkit
THE ROAD, 1965
IDANRAE AND OTHER POEMS, 1967
THE FOREST OF A THOUSAND DAEMONS, 1968
POEMS FROM PRISON, 1969
MADMEN AND SPECIALISTS, 1970
BEFORE THE BLACKOUT, 1971
JERO"S METAMORPHOSIS, 1972
A SHUTTLE IN THE CRYPT, 1972
THE MAN DIED, 1972
SEASON OF ANOMY, 1973 - Laittomuuden kausi
CAMWOOD ON THE LEAVES, 1973
COLLECTED PLAYS 1, 1973
COLLECTED PLAYS 2, 1974
DEATH AND THE KING"S HORSEMEN, 1975
MYTH, LITERATURE, AND THE AFRICAN WORLD, 1976
OGUN ABIBIMAN, 1976
AKÉ: THE YEARS OF CHILDHOOD, 1981 - Áke - lapsuusvuodet
OPERA WONYOSI, 1981
THE CRITIC AND SOCIETY, 1982
A PLAY OF GIANTS, 1984
SIX PLAYS, 1984
REQUIEM FOR A FUTUROLOGIST, 1985
THIS PAST MUST ADDRESS ITS PRESENT, 1986 (Nobel Lecture)
ÌSARÀ, 1987
MANDELA"S EARTH AND OTHER POEMS, 1988
ART, DIALOGUE AND OUTRAGE: ESSAYS ON LITERATURE AND CULTURE, 1988 (rev. 1993)
ISARA: A VOYAGE AROUND "ESSAY", 1989
THE CREDO OF BEING AND NOTHINGNESS, 1991
FROM ZIA, WITH LOVE, 1992
BEYOND THE BERLIN WALL, 1993
IBADAN: THE PENKELEMES YEARS, 1994
THE BEATIFICATION OF AREA BOY, 1995
THE OPEN SORE OF A CONTINENT: A PERSONAL NARATIVE OF THE NIGERIAN CRISIS, 1996
THE BURDE OF MEMORY, THE MUSE OF FORGIVENESS, 1999

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14/07

Isaac Bashevis Singer - Pseudônimo Warshofsky
(1904-1991)

Novelista, contista e jornalista americano-polonês, vencedor do Nobel de Literatura de 1978. A especialidade de Singer é a vida tradicional polonesa através da história, especialmente antes do holocausto. Seus personagens são plenos de fé judia,paixões, magias e devoções religiosas.

Trabalhos selecionados

DIE FAMILJE MOSHKAT, 1950 - The Family Moskat - Moskatin suku
DER SHPIEGEL, 1956 - Gimpel the Fool, 1957
DER KUNSTNMAKHER FUN LUBLIN, 1960 - The Magician of Lublin - Lublinin taikuri
THE SPINOZA OF MARKET STREET, 1961
DER KNEKHT, 1962 - The Slave - Orja
SHORT FRIDAY, 1964
IN MY FATHER"S COURT, 1966
ZLATEH THE GOAT, 1966
MAJN TANTS BES-DIN SHTUB, 1966
MAZEL AND SCHLIMAZEL, 1966
ZLATED THE GOAT AND OTHER STORIES, 1966
THE FEARSOME INN, 1967
SHORT FRIDAY, 1967
THE MANOR, 1967 - continued in The Estate, appeared originally in Yiddish under the title Der Hoyf in Forverts between 1952-55 - suom. Kaksi maailmaa (I-II)
THE SÉANCE, 1968
WHEN SCHLEMIEL WENT TO WARSAW, 1968
THE ESTATE, 1969 - appeared originally in Yiddish under the title Der Hoyf in Forverts between 1952-55 - Illan tullen, yön pimeyteen
A DAY OF PLEASURE, 1969
THE FEARSOME INN, 1970
A FRIEND OF KAFKA, 1970
ELIJAH THE SLAVE, 1970
JOSEPH AND KOZA, 1970
ALONE IN THE WILD FOREST, 1971
THE TOPSY-TYRVY EMPEROR OF CHINA, 1971
THE WICKED CITY, 1972
ENEMIES, A LOVE STORY, 1972
A CROWN OF FEATHERS, 1973
THE MIRROR, 1973 (play)
SCHLEMIEL THE FIRST, 1974 (play)
THE FOOLS OF CHELM AND THEIR HISTORY, 1973
WHY NOAH CHOSE THE DOVE, 1974 - Kun Noah valitsi kyyhkysen
A TALE OF THREE WISHES, 1975
THE MIRROR AND OTHER STORIES, 1975
PASSIONS AND OTHER STORIES, 1975
NAFTALI THE STORYTELLER, 1976
A LITTLE BOY IN SEARCH OF GOD, 1976
SHOSHA, 1978 - suom.
TEIBELE AND HER DEMON, 1978 (play)
YENTL, 1978 (play)
A YOUNG MAN IN SEARCH FOR LOVE, 1978
OLD LOVE, 1979
A CERTAIN BRIDGE, 1979
REACHES OF HEAVEN, 1980
PASSIONS, 1980 - Intohimoja
LOST IN AMERICA, 1981 - Nuori mies etsii rakkautta
MESHUGE, 1981-83 - MESHUGAH
THE GOLEM, 1982
THE COLLECTED STORIES OF ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER, 1982
THE PENITENT, 1983
LOVE AND EXILE, 1984
THE IMAGE AND OTHER STORIES, 1985 - Tarinoita vanhasta maasta
THE DEATH OF THE METUSELAH AND OTHER STORIES, 1988
KING OF THE FIELD, 1988 - Peltojen kuningas
SCUM, 1991
THE CERTIFICATE, 1992 - Lupakirja
A DAY OF PLEASURE AND OTHER STORIES FOR CHILDREN, 1996
ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER: CHILDREN"S STORIES AND CHILDHOOD MEMOIRS, 1996 (ed. by Alida Allison)
SHADOWS ON THE HUDSON, 1998
MORE TALES FROM MY FATHER"S COURT, 2000

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Owen Wister (1860-1938)

Escritor americano que ajudou a estabelecer o arquétipo do herói solitário do velho oeste.Wister e seu predecessor, James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851, criaram os mitos e temas básicos, que mais tarde foram piopularizados por escritores como Zane Grey e Max Brand. Criaram personagens que iam além de simples diversão. Eram, na verdade, histórias com valores morais, onde o personagem, geralmente masculino, defendia seus valores essoais contra as forças destrutivas da sociedade.

Trabalhos selecionados

THE NEW SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON, 1882
DIDO AND AENEAS, 1882
THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY, 1892
RED MEN AND WHITE, 1896
LIN MCLEAN, 1898
THE JIMMYJOHN BOSS, 1900
ULYSSES S. GRANT, 1900
THE VIRGINIAN, 1902 (O Homem de virgínia)
Filmado e dirigido por Cecil B. De Mille, adaptado por Kirk La Shelle e Owen Wister; filmado também em 1923, sob a direção de Tom Forman, adaptado por Hope Loring e Louis D. Lighton; filmado de novo em 1929, com direção de Victor Fleming, adaptado por Howard Estabrook e Edward E. Paramore Jr.; filmado ainda em 1946, direção de Stuart Gilmore, adaptado por Frances Goodrich e Albert Hackett - PHILOSOPHY 4, 1903
DONE IN THE OPEN, 1903
A JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF CHRISTMAS, 1904
LADY BALTIMORE, 1906
THE SEVEN AGES OF WASHINGTON, 1907
MOTHER, 1907
HOW DOTH THE SIMPLE SPELLING BEE, 1907
PADRE IGNACIO, 1911
MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY, 1911
THE PENTECOST OF CALAMITY, 1915
A STRAIGHT DEAL, 1920
INDISPENSABLE INFORMATION FOR INFANTS, 1921
NEIGHBOURS, HENCEFORTH, 1922
WATCH YOUR THIRST, 1923
WHEN THE WEST WAS WON, 1926
COLLECTED WORKS, 1928
WHEN WEST WAS WEST, 1928
ROOSEVELT: THE STORY OF A FRIENDSHIP 1880-1919, 1930
TWO APPRECIATIONS OF JOHN JAY CHAPMAN, 1934
MY FATHER, OWEN WISTER, AND TEN LETTERS... TO HIS MOTHER DURING HIS FIRST TRIP TO WYOMING IN 1885, 1952
THE VAIN, 1958 (play, privately printed)
OWEN WISTER OUT WEST, 1958 (ed. by Fanny Kemble Wister)
MY DEAR WISTER, 1972
THE WEST OF OWEN WISTER, 1972
THAT I MAY TELL YOU, 1979
MY DEAR WISTER, 1982
OWEN WISTER"S WEST, 1987

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14/07

Ingmar Bergman (1918- )

Roteirista, teatrólogo e diretor de cinema e teatro.
Mais conhecido cmo diretor de cinema,ele é o artista sueco mais conhecido fora de seu país. A obra de Bergaman, compóe-se de uma centena de peças de teatro dirigidasm quarenta produções de rádio, cinquenta filmes dirigidos, e quinze produções de TV. em muitos de seus livros, de "LANTERNA MÁGICA" a "CONVERSAS PRIVADAS" ele tem explorado cenas de sua infância e o relacionamento com seu pai.

Trabalhos selecionados

Filmes:

HETS, 1944 (Frenzy) - screenplay, dir. by Alf Sjöberg
KRIS, 1946 (Crisis)
DET REGNAR PÅ VÅR KÄRLEK, 1946 (It Rains on Our Love)
SKEPP TILL INDIALAND, 1947 (Ship to India)
KVINNA UTAN ANSIKTE, 1947 (Woman Without a Face)
EVA, 1948 - co-sc.
MUSIK IN MÖRKER, 1948 (Music in Darkness/Night is My Future)
HAMNSTAD, 1948 (Port of Call)
FÄNGELSE, 1949 (The Devil"s Wanton)
TILL GLÄDJE, 1949 (To Joy)
SÅNT HÄNDER INTE HÄR, 1950 (This Can"t Happen Here)
MEDAN STADEN SOVER, 1950 (While the City Sleeps) - synopsis
FRÅNSKILD, 1951 (Divorced) - story, co.sc.
SOMMARLEK, 1951 (Summer Interlude)
KVINNORS VÄNTAN, 1952 (Waiting Women)
SOMMAREN MED MONIKA, 1953 (Summer with Monika)
GYCKLARNAS AFTON, 1953 (Sawdust and Tinsel / The Naked Night)
EN LEKTION I KÄRLEK, 1954 (A Lesson in Love, 1954)
SOMMARNATTENS LEENDE, 1955 (Smiles of a Summer Night)
KVINNODRÖM, 1955 (Journey into Autumn)
SISTA PARET UT, 1956 (The Last Couple Out) - story, co-sc.
DET SJUNDE INSEGLET, 1957 (The Seventh Seal)
SMULTRONSTÄLLET, 1957 (Wild Strawberries)
NÄRA LIVET, 1958 (So Close to Life, based on a novel by Ulla Isaksson)
ANSIKTET, 1958 (The Face)
JUNGFRUKÄLLAN, 1960 (The Virgin Spring)
DJÄVULENS ÖGA, 1960 (The Devils Eye)
LUSTGARDEN, 1961 (Pleasure Garden) - co-sc.
SÅSOM I EN SPEGEL, 1961 (Through a Glass Darkly)
NATTVARDSGÄSTERNA, 1962 (Winter Light)
TYSTNADEN, 1963 (The Silence)
FÖR ATT INTE TALA OM ALLA DESSA KVINNOR, 1964 (Now About These Women)
PERSONA, 1966
STIMULANTIA, 1967
VARGTIMMEN, 1968 (Hour of the Wolf)
SKAMMEN, 1968 (Shame)
RITEN, 1969 (The Rite)
FÅRÖDOKUMENT 1969, 1970 (The Fårö Documentary)
BERÖRINGEN, 1971 (The Touch)
VISKNINGAR OCH ROP, 1972 (Cries and Whispers)
SCENER UR ETT ÄKTENSKAP, 1973 (Scenes from a Marriage)
TROLLFLÖJTEN, 1974 (The Magic Flute)
ANSIKTE MOT ANSIKTE, 1975 (Facee to Face)
HÖSTSONATEN, 1978 (Autumn Sonata)
AUS DEM LEBEN DER MARIONETTEN, 1980 (From the Lfe of the Marionettes)
FANNY OCH ALEXANDER, (1983) - Academy award for the best foreign film
EFTER EN REPETITIONEN, 1983 (After the Rehearsal)
BERGMAN"S LIST, 1995 (ed. by Gunnar Bergdahl, foreword by Woody Allen, afterword by Jörn Donner)
DE TVÅ SALIGA, 1986
DOKUMENT FANNY OCH ALEXANDER, 1986 (Document Fanny and Alexander)
KARINS ANSIKTE, 1985 (Karin"s Face)
THE BEST INTENTIONS, 1992 - screenplay
LARMAR OCH GÖR SIG TILL, 1997 (television film)
screenplay: TROLÖSAN, 2000, dir. by Liv Ullman, starring Erland Josephson, Lena Endre
BILDMAKARNA, 2000 - television film, based on Per Olov Enquist"s play, performed in Dramaten

Peças teatrais, memórias:

KASPERS DÖD, 1942
JACK HOS SKÅDESPELARNA, 1946
MIG TILL SKRÄCK..., 1947
KAMMA NOLL, 1948
MORALITETER, 1948 (the three morality plays include Rakel och biografivaktmästaren, Dagenslutar tidigt and Mig till Skräck...)
STADEN, 1950-51
MORDET I BARJÄRNA, 1952
TRÄMÅLNING, 1954 - Woodpainting
screenplay: Nära livet, 1958 (with Ulla Isaksson)
screenplay: The Seventh Seal, 1960
screenplay: Wild Strawberries, 1960
screenplay: The Magician, 1960
BERGMAN OM BERGMAN, 1970 (ed. by Stig Björkman)
EN PASSION, 1972
UR MARIONETERNAS LIV, 1980
LATERNA MAGICA, 1987 - The Magic Lantern (autobiography)
BILDER, 1990 - Images: My Life in Film
DEN GODA VILJAN - The Best Intentions, 1993 (novel, written as a script for the film by Billie August, which won the Golden Palm Award at Cannes in 1992. Translated by Joan Tate)
SÖNDAGSBARN - Sunday"s Children, 1994 (translated by Joan Tate, made into a film directed by Daniel Bergman)
ENSKILDA SAMTAL, 1996 - Private Conversations

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Iris Murdoch - Nome completo: Jean Iris Murdoch. Nome de casada:J.O. Bailey
(1919-1999)

Escritora inglêsa e lente conferencista. Uma escritora altamente profissional e perfeccionista que jamais permitia que os editores modificassem seus textos.

Trabalhos selecionados

SARTRE, 1953
UNDER THE NET, 1954
THE FLIGHT FROM THE ENCHANTER, 1956 - dedicated to Elias Canetti
THE SANDCASTLE, 1957 - Hiekkalinna
THE BELL, 1958 - Kello
A SEVERED HEAD, 1961
THE UNOFFICIAL ROSE, 1962 - Epävirallinen ruusu
THE UNICORN, 1963 - Yksisarvinen
A SEVERED HEAD, 1964 (play, with J.P. Priestley)
THE ITALIAN GIRL, 1964 - Italialaistyttö
THE RED AND GREEN, 1965
THE TIME OF ANGELS, 1966 - Enkelten aika
UNDER THE NET, 1966
THE SOVEREIGNITY OF GOOD AND OTHER CONCEPTS, 1967
THE NICE AND THE GOOD, 1968
BRUNO"S DREAM, 1969
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOOD, 1970
A FAIRLY HONOURABLE DEFEAT, 1970
AN ACCIDENTAL MAN, 1971
THE SERVANTS AND THE SNOW, 1973 (play)
THE BLACK PRINCE, 1973 - Musta prinssi
THE SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE MACHINE, 1974 - James Tait Black Memorial Prize
A WORLD OF CHILD, 1975
HENRY AND CATO, 1976
THE FIRE AND THE SUN: WHY PLATO BANISHED THE ARTIST, 1977
THE SEA, THE SEA, 1978 - Booker McConnell Prize - Meri, meri
A YEAR OF BIRDS, 1978
ART AND EROS, 1980 (play)
NUNS AND SOLDIERS, 1980 - Nunnia ja sotilaita
REYNOLDS STONE, 1981
THE PHILOSOPHER"S PUPIL, 1983
THE GOOD APPRENTICE, 1985 - Hyvä oppilas
ACASTOS: TWO PLATONIC DIALOGIES, 1986 (play)
THE BOOK AND THE BROTHERHOOD, 1987
ABOVE THE GODS, 1987
THE BLACK PRINCE, 1989 (play)
THE MESSAGE TO THE PLANET, 1989
THE EXISTENTIALIST POLITICAL MYTH,1989
METAPHYSICS AS A GUIDE TO MORALS, 1992
THE GREEN KNIGHT, 1993
JACKSON"S DILEMMA, 1995

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