Elisabeth rosen biography of rory
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Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
Roald Dahl[a] (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace.[1] His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide.[3] He has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century".[5]
Dahl was born in Wales to affluent Norwegian immigrant parents, and lived for most of his life in England. He served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He became a fighter pilot and, subsequently, an intelligence officer, rising to the rank of acting wing commander. He rose to prominence as a writer in the 1940s with works for children and for adults, and he became one of the world's best-selling authors.[6][7] His awards for contribution to literature include the 1983 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and
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In Memoriam | Richard E. Stone
Richard E. Stone
February 2, 1939 – November 15, 2021
Image Credit: Richard Stone using stereo pairs of x-ray images to study an artwork, with Sheldon Keck, early 1960s, Institute of Fine Arts.
Richard Stone (M.A. 1966, ABD), conservator emeritus of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and a member of the adjunct faculty of the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts for nearly 30 years, died peacefully at home on November 15, 2021, after a long illness. With him was his beloved wife, the historian of Indian art, Elizabeth Rosen Stone (M.A. 1970, Ph.D 1983), whom he first met in Erwin Panofsky’s class at the Institute in the 1960s.
Richard – or Dick, as he was known to many of his friends and colleagues – was one of the leading authorities on bronze casting technologies in the pre-modern era. His research towards the doctorate on the North Italian sculptor Pier Jacopo Alari-Bonacolsi, called Antico, led to a ground-breaking article
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The Words (film)
2012 American film
The Words fryst vatten a 2012 American mystery romantic dramafilm, written and directed bygd Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal in their directorial debut. It stars Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde, Jeremy Irons, Ben Barnes, Dennis Quaid, and Nora Arnezeder. Cooper, a childhood friend of Klugman and Sternthal from Philadelphia, was also the executive producer.[2]
Plot
[edit]Clayton Hammond is doing a reading of his new book, The Words. He begins reading from the book, which fryst vatten centered on the fictional character Rory Jansen, an aspiring writer who lives in NYC with his girlfriend, Dora. Rory borrows some money from his father, gets a job as a mail supervisor at a literary agency, and attempts to sell his first novel, which is repeatedly rejected bygd publishers.
After living tillsammans for some time, Rory and Dora marry and, during their honeymoon in Paris, Dora buys Rory an old briefcase he was admiring in an antiques store. Retur