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Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume (大伴坂上郎女, c. 695–750), also known as Lady Ōtomo of Sakanoue, was a Japanese noblewoman and waka poet of the early-to-mid Nara period, [1] best known for the inclusion of 84 of her poems in the Man'yōshū. [2] She was the aunt of Ōtomo no Yakamochi. [3]
In the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a niece or nephew is a child of an individual's sibling or sibling-in-law. A niece is female and a nephew is male, and they would call their parents' siblings aunt or uncle. The gender-neutral term nibling has been used in place of the common terms, especially in specialist ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 December 2024. American poet (1830–1886) Emily Dickinson Daguerreotype taken at Mount Holyoke, December 1846 or early 1847; the only authenticated portrait of Dickinson after early childhood Born (1830-12-10) December 10, 1830 Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S. Died May 15, 1886 (1886-05-15) (aged 55 ...
Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan" is a poem by Moniza Alvi. [1] Alvi describes a few gifts that she receives from her aunts. This is a metaphor for her Pakistani culture, and she says how much it clashes with her English culture. The poem is about the poet's struggle to find which culture she truly belongs to; Pakistani or English.
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Publications such as The Londoner, Home Weekly and The Bystander began to show an interest in her short stories and poems. [1] Child Whispers (1922) Blyton's first book, Child Whispers, a 24-page collection of poems, was published in 1922. [13] Its illustrator, Enid's schoolfriend Phyllis Chase collaborated on several of her early works. [14]
Also in 1924, she wrote a letter to The New York Times commenting on the election loss of her nephew, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., for Governor of New York. [ 11 ] Despite being a prominent Republican, Corinne voted for her fifth cousin and nephew-in-law Franklin when he ran for Governor of New York in 1928, and in 1932 when he was elected President ...
Alice was the sister of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and the aunt of King Henry VIII's second Queen, Anne Boleyn. Sir Thomas Clere was thus Queen Anne Boleyn's first cousin. [2] His mother Alice Clere died in 1538, and left the family estates to his older brother John Clere.