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Caucasia (1998) is the first novel written by American author Danzy Senna.It is the coming-of-age story of two multiracial girls, Birdie Lee and her sister Cole, who have a Caucasian mother and an African-American father.
His granduncle, Tu Ji (屠寄), was a scholar and historian; his uncle, Tu Kuan (屠宽), was an educator and politician. [1] When he was a child, his mother taught him Chinese literature. Jiang started to publish works in 1941. He graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1946. Jiang joined the China Writers Association in 1956. [citation ...
Joseph (Joe) Hayes (born November 12, 1945) [1] is an American author and teller of stories mainly found in the folklore of the American Southwest. [2] [3] Hayes was an early pioneer of bilingual Spanish/English storytelling. [3] [4] [5] Joe currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. [6]
Days in the Caucasus or Caucasian Days (French: Jours caucasiens) is a memoir by the French writer of Azeri origin Banine, published in Paris in 1945. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Ummulbanu Asadullayeva, to give Banine her full name, was the granddaughter of peasants who had become fabulously wealthy through the discovery and sale of oil.
The story is based on a real incident in his life while he was serving in the Russian military. [1] It is about two soldiers kidnapped by their rivals for ransom who were in custody for some time. They tried to escape twice, were caught the first time, but succeeded the second. The novella was acclaimed for its view of humanity in the face of ...
Homeless Children in 2010: 31,386 11 For the complete Report Card (including sources), please visit: www.HomelessChildrenAmerica.org STATE RANKS (1-50, 1 = best)
The first Westerner to take note of the Nart stories was the German scholar Julius von Klaproth, who traveled to the Caucasus during the first decade of the 19th century. [4] The earliest written account of the material is attributed to the Kabardian author Shora Begmurzin Nogma , who wrote in Russian in 1835–1843, published posthumously in 1861.
In 2000, The Caucasian Chalk Circle in turn was rewritten as Full Circle, or The Berlin Circle, by Charles L. Mee, set in 1989 East Germany after the fall of Communism. [11] The famous Kyrgyz author and novelist Chinghiz Aitmatov was also indirectly inspired from the Chalk Circle, while writing his 1960 book, The Red Scarf. He used some ...