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José García Villa [1] (August 5, 1908 – February 7, 1997) was a Filipino poet, literary critic, short story writer, and painter.He was awarded the National Artist of the Philippines title for literature in 1973, [2] [3] as well as the Guggenheim Fellowship in creative writing by Conrad Aiken. [4]
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"Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young", commonly known by the title "Wear Sunscreen", [1] is an essay written as a hypothetical commencement speech by columnist Mary Schmich, originally published in June 1997 in the Chicago Tribune. [2]
Youth, a Narrative; and Two Other Stories is a collection of three works of short fiction by Joseph Conrad, originally serialized in Blackwood’s Magazine. The volume was published in 1902 by William Blackwood and Sons. [1] The collection includes “Heart of Darkness”, considered one of the finest examples of modern fiction. [2] [3]
"Advice to Youth" is a satirical essay written by Mark Twain in 1882. Twain was asked by persons unspecified to write something "to [the] youth." [1] While the exact audience of his speech is uncertain, it is most probably American; in his posthumous collected works, editor's notes have conjecturally assigned the address to the Boston Saturday Morning Club. [2]
From April: Derrick Houston Jr. had a bright future.A shooting then took the 15-year-old's life. As a community leader, with a brother working a high ranking position at the police department ...
Four interconnected stories: "Story of the Bandbox", "Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders", "Story of the House with the Green Blinds" and "The Adventure of Prince Florizel and a Detective". Part of the Later-day Arabian Nights. "Providence and the Guitar" 1878 New Arabian Nights, 1882 First published in London in 1878 "The Story of a Lie" 1879
An autobiographical work, "Youth" represents one of the few stories in Conrad's oeuvre that offer an unalloyed "happy" ending. [7] Author Albert J. Guerard offers this appraisal of the story: The reason for the story's serenity, almost unique in Conrad's work, is simple enough: it is the only personal story in which the would-be initiate learns ...