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The `Lady' Unmasked; Subject of WWII Washington Poem Identified
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/2/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...love story. The poet was Saint-John Perse, a celebrated imagist and one of...little house in Georgetown at 3314 P St. Perse rented a small apartment a few blocks away at 3120 R St. "Lilita was a fascinating woman...
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"And bid him translate: Langston Hughes's translations of poetry from French," by Alfred Guillaume.(Forgotten Manuscripts)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: African American Review; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Symbolist, Guadeloupean Creole poet St.-John Perse, a possibility that was once remarked...influences of Surrealists as well as Perse. Aragon was, after all, one of...in part, from the influence of Perse's Eloges ("Car c'est de l...
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'I directed five plays in my final year'
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/15/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...kindergarten in Bury St Edmunds. We moved...scholarship to the Perse Boys School, an...history master, John Tanfield, had...a big duel with John Barton, who had...hospital. When John directed, he used...last years at the Perse had been Douglas...supervising me at St ...
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The golden greats.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 8/25/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...0.5 89.4 88.8 65 8 St Mary's School, Calne...0 87.3 91.3 76 10 Perse School, Cambridge I b 65...0 86.7 68.3 20 13 Perse School for Girls, Cambridge...8 85.3 85.5 77 17 St John's College, Cardiff I...
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School League Tables: The Top Schools in England
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/16/2000; 603 words
; ...Buckinghamshire 36.6 St Swithun's School, Winchester...4 Old Palace School of John Whitgift, Croydon 32...Crosby, Liverpool 31.9 St Peter's School, Clifton...West Midlands 30.3 St Paul's Girls' School...Hertfordshire 29.9 Perse School for Girls, Cambridge...
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Introductory remarks.(Valery Larbaud, 'Sous l'invocation du Saint Jerome,' essays on translation)
Magazine article from: The Literary Review; 3/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...published the first article recognizing the genius of Saint-John Perse. His friends admonished him for abandoning his own writing...the essay entitled "Vocation," in which he discusses St. Jerome's private letters to his friends, Larbaud writes...
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TAKING A PAGE FROM HISTORY FICTIONAL GIRL COMES ALIVE FROM THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT PAST TO ENTERTAIN, EDUCATE TODAY'S CHILDREN.(SUFFOLK SUN)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 2/5/2004; 700+ words
; ...The characters include Kaya of the Nez Perse Indian tribe; Felicity of the Colonial...said. The Suffolk native graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 1980. Her interest...Sunday at Riddick's Folly, 510 N. Main St. Other activities will include a craft...
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Louis Durey: Homme de tete
Magazine article from: Musical Times; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...before moving to semi-retirement in St Tropez and becoming a faithful member...rue de Rennes, opposite the clock of St Germain des Pres, in Paris on 27 May...Gide (Voyage d'Urien) and Saint-John Perse (Eloges). Eloges is scored for a...
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BEST SELLERS.(holiday must-haves)
Magazine article from: WWD; 12/23/2003; 700+ words
; ...M. McLaughlin, Boston. James Perse's layering T, $58, at Bloomingdale...for your mama" T, $50, at Isa. St. John's snowflake votive topper, $45, at St. John. Tarina Tarantino's plastic hoop...
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Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 9/21/2006; 700+ words
; ...1361 Crestwood Drive: to Perse, Dorin & Adriana M...144,000. 625 Hinman St.: to Padilla, Reyna...165,000. 368 Jefferson St.: to Arevalo, Biviana...Road: to Abu Nijmeh, John: Aug. 3: $53,000...172,000. 1321 Monomoy St.: to Dahiya, Trashondria...
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St.-John Perse
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
St.-John Perse pseud. of Alexis Saint-Léger Léger, 1887-1975, French poet and diplomat, b. West Indies. Lé...
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Alexis Saint-Legér Léger
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Alexis Saint-Legér Léger see Perse, St.-John .
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Keynes, John Maynard
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...for a number of years. John Nevile was a lifelong...Florence Ada, daughter of John Brown, who wrote what...as the standard life of John Bunyan, the author of...Cambridge. Keynes went to the Perse School Kindergarten, Cambridge (1890), and to St. Faith ’ s...
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Hall, Peter
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...early life occurred when he saw renowned actor Sir John Gielgud on stage performing William Shakespeare's...interest in the dramatic arts in school. After attending Perse School and then St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, Hall earned his...
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