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1935 Academy Awards
The 1935 Academy Awards were presented March 5, 1936 at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.Outstanding ProductionAlice Adams (RKO Radio)Broadway Melody of 1936 (MGM)Captain Blood (Cosmopolitan…Dyer, John
(Encyclopedia) Dyer, John, 1700?–1758, English nature poet, b. Wales. He is best known for the topographical poem Grongar Hill (1726).Menzel, Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von
(Encyclopedia) Menzel, Adolph Friedrich Erdmann vonMenzel, Adolph Friedrich Erdmann vonäˈdôlf frēˈdrĭkh ĕrtˈmän fən mĕnˈtsəl [key], 1815–1905, German painter and illustrator. Self-taught, Menzel made…Landon, Letitia Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia) Landon, Letitia Elizabeth, pseud. L.E.L., 1802–38, English poet and novelist. Although no longer highly regarded, she was one of the best-known and popular literary figures of her day…Palgrave, Francis Turner
(Encyclopedia) Palgrave, Francis Turner, 1824–97, English poet and anthologist; eldest son of Sir Francis Palgrave. Educated at Oxford, where he began his lifelong friendship with Tennyson, he was an…Olatunji, Babatunde
(Encyclopedia) Olatunji, Babatunde, 1927–2003, Nigerian drummer, b. Ajido. Educated in the United States, he graduated from Atlanta's Morehouse College in 1954 and studied at New York Univ. A Yoruba…Behaim, Martin
(Encyclopedia) Behaim, Behem, or Boeheim, MartinBehaim, Behem, or Boeheim, Martinall: bāˈhīm [key], b. 1436? or 1459?, d. 1506?, German traveler and cosmographer. He studied (possibly under…Untermeyer, Louis
(Encyclopedia) Untermeyer, LouisUntermeyer, Louisŭnˈtərmīər [key], 1885–1977, American poet and anthologist, b. New York City. Although a first-rate poet, he is known best for his anthologies,…Taylor, Edward
(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Edward, c.1642–1729, American poet and clergyman, b. England, considered America's foremost colonial poet. He immigrated to America in 1668 and graduated from Harvard in 1671.…Benavente y Martínez, Jacinto
(Encyclopedia) Benavente y Martínez, JacintoBenavente y Martínez, Jacintohäthēnˈtō bāˌnävānˈtā ē märtēˈnĕth [key], 1866–1954, Spanish dramatist, b. Madrid. He was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in…Trending
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