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Fernando del Paso Morante
Fernando del Paso Morante (1935-2018)

essayist, poet, journalist, playwright, economist, diplomat, painter, caricaturist

  • National Autonomous University of Mexico

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News from the Empire
Palinuro de México
Noticias del Imperio
℗ŁHay naranjas y hay limones!
La Muerte Se Va a Granada
PoeMar
Sonetos del amor y de lo diario
Obras
Linda 67
Castillos en el aire
Obras
Palinure de Mexico
Linda 67. Roman eines Mörders
José Trigo
Viaje alrededor del Quijote
Jose Trigo
De la A a la Z, por un poeta
Memoria y olvido de Juan José Arreola
Palinuro en la escalera
Ensayo y obra periodística
Paleta de diez colores
Douceur et passion de la cuisine mexicaine. 151 recettes et 46 menus
José Trigo; [novela
Viaje alrededor de El Quijote
Cuentos dispersos
Máximas mínimas de Maximiliano
José Trigo
Amo y señor de mis palabras
2000 caras de cara al 2000
Bajo la sombra de la historia
Fernando del Paso, 2007
Flores en México
Noticias del imperio
Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key (1779-1843)

poet, lawyer, poet lawyer, lyricist

  • St. John's College

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The Star Spangled Banner
Familiar poems, annotated
Oh Say Can You See
Star Spangled Banner (1907)
Nothing but the Truth with Connections
Poems Of The Late Francis Scott Key
The power of literature and its connexion with religion
Nothing but the Truth and Related Readings
The Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Keyuthor of the Star Spangled Banner
Daniel Murray, late lieutenant in the American navy
Poems of the late Francis S. Key
Star Spangled Banner
A part of a speech pronounced by Francis S. Key, Esq. on the trial of Reuben Crandall, M.D
The Power of Literature and Its Connection With Religion
The Star-Spangled Banner
Oration delivered by Francis S. Key, Esq., in the Rotundo of the Capitol of the U. States, on the 4th of July, 1831
Nothing but the Truth with Related Readings
An oration, delivered by Francis S. Key, at a meeting of the Washington Society of Alexandria, Ca. [sic], on Tuesday, the 22d of March, 1814
The star-spangled banner
The star-spangled banner
Poems of the Late Francis Scott Key
Daniel Murray, late lieutenant in the American navy
A part of a speech pronounced by Francis S. Key, on the trial of Reuben Crandall
Francis Scott Key, Author Of The Star Spangled Banner
Poems Of The Late Francis S. Key, Author Of The Star Spangled Banner
The star-spangled banner
Mexican treaty
Poems
The Star-spangled banner
The Star-Spangled Banner
Poems of the late Francis S. Key, Esq., author of "The Star spangled banner"
Poems of the Late Francis S. Key, Esq.,
A discourse on education
Poems of the late Francis S. Key, author of The star spangled banner
The original manuscript of the Star-Spangled Banner
Augusto Roa Bastos
Augusto Roa Bastos (1917-2005)

journalist, poet

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Feng Menglong
Feng Menglong (1574-1645)

poet, historian, collector of fairy tales

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Jing shi tong yan
Gu jin xiao shuo
Chinese love stories from "Chʻing-shih"
Stories to caution the world
Stories to awaken the world
Jing shi tong yan
Song Ming ping hua xuan
Wisdom's way
Yu shi ming yan
Xing shi heng yan
Lazy Dragon
Gu dai tong su xiao shuo xuan
Xing shi heng yan
Mo han zhai go, mi
Mo han zhai ding ben chuan qi
Zhong xing shi lu ;
Xiao fu
Qian li song Jing niang
Gu jin xiao shuo
Jia shen ji shi
Dong Zhou lie guo zhi
Huang shan mi
Shan-ko
Dong zhou lie guo zhi
Yu shi ming yan
Wan zhuan ge
The perfect lady by mistake and other stories
Shan ge
Zeng ding zhi nang bu
Gu jin tan gai
Yu tang chun
Gu jin lie nü zhuan yan yi
Xin lie guo zhi (Feng Menglong quan ji)
Glue and lacquer
Dong Zhou lie guo zhi
Four cautionary tales
Zhe mei jian ;
San jiao ou nian (Feng Menglong quan ji)
Guang Xiao fu
Si shu zhi yue (Feng Menglong quan ji)
Bai hua zhi nang bu
Zhi nang quan ji
Dong Zhou lie guo zhi
Yue shi ming yan
Zeng guang zhi mou zong lan (Tao lue cong shu)
Dong Zhou lie guo zhi
Wang Yangming chu shen jing luan lu
Zhi nang bu
Jia shen ji shi (Feng Menglong quan ji)
Feng Menglong xiao hua ji
Zhi nang (Feng Menglong quan ji)
Dong Zhou lie guo yan yi
Der Ölhändler und die Kurtisane
Zhi mou da quan
Xin lie guo zhi
Shouning dai zhi
Jing shi tong yan
Gu jin tan gai (Feng Menglong quan ji)
Jing shi tong yan
Zhi nang bu (Feng Menglong quan ji)
Feng Menglong you mo gu shi bai pian
Gua zhi er ;
Xiao shi (Ming ren bian kan xiao shuo zong ji)
Xeng shi heng yan
Cha tu ben Dong Zhou lie guo zhi
Xiao fu (Feng Menglong quan ji)
Gu jin xiao shuo (Feng Menglong quan ji)
Feng Menglong xiao hua ji
Zhongguo Ming dai ai qing xiao shuo xuan
Ming Qing yan qing ci qu quan bian
San yan
Wang Yangming chu shen jing luan lu
Zeng guang Zhi nang bu
La vengeance de Cai Ruihong
Jing shi tong yan
Ming Qing za ji
Xin Ping yao zhuan (Feng Menglong quan ji)
Dong Zhou lie guo yan yi
Gu jin tan gai
喻世明言
Qing shi lei lue
Quan xiang Gu jin xiao shuo
Ping yao zhuan
Du Shiniang
Zhi nang
笑府
Xing ming hua
Xin lie guo zhi
Bai hua jing shi tong yan shang xi
Xing shi heng yan
Lin jing zhi yue (Feng Menglong quan ji)
Bai hua yan qing xiao shuo quan shu
Yu shi ming yan
Hu zhong tian. Jue shi ya yan
Mo han zhai ding ben chuan qi
Lun yu zhi yue
Zhi nang quan ji
Qing shi lei lue
Tai xia xin zou
Taiping guang ji chao
Mo han zhai ding ben chuan qi
Qing shi (Feng Menglong quan ji)
Lang qing nü yi ji
醒世恒言
Feng Menglong quan ji
Stories from a Ming collection
Gu jin xiao shuo
Jia zhu tao
San jiao ou nian
智囊全集
Taiping guang ji chao
"San yan""Er pai"
Bai hua xing shi heng yan shang xi
Gu jin xiao shuo ("Shi da gu dian bai hua duan pian xiao shuo" cong shu)
Xing ming hua
Gua zhi er (Feng Menglong quan ji)
Shi er xiao
Lin jing zhi yue
Gu jin xiao
Zhe mei jian ; Pai jing
警世通言
Xing shi heng yan ("Shi da gu dian bai hua duan pian xiao shuo" cong shu)
Gua zhi er
Yan ju bi ji
Zhi nang
Mo han zhai ding ben chuan qi
Yu shi ming yan si shi juan
Jing shi tong yan
Gang jian tong yi
Gang jian tong yi
Xin Ping yao zhuan
Chun qiu ding zhi can xin
Yu shi ming yan ; Jing shi tong yan ; Xing shi heng yan
Xu jin gu qi guan
Zhi nang bu
Mo han zhai ding ben chuan qi
Lin jing zhi yue
Xin lie guo zhi
Dong Zhou lie guo zhi
Jing shi tong yan (Chuan shi ming zhu)
Xing shi heng yan (Feng Menglong quan ji)
Xiao hua xuan
Gu jin xiao shi
Ō yōmei shusshin seiranroku
Qing shi
San yan
Xing shi heng yan xu bian
Zhi nang
San jiao ou nian
Xing shi heng yan
Xiu xiang Dong Zhou lie guo zhi
Cảnh thế thông ngôn
Qing shi lei lue
Yu shi ming yan
Shouning dai zhi jiao ji
Xing shi heng yan
Xing shi heng yan
Bei hua zhi nang
Der Ölhändler und die Kurtisane
Huang Shan mi
Hu zhong tian
Tai xia xin zou
Xiao fu
古今小說
Gua zhi er. Shan ke
東周列國志
Wan zhuan ge
Xiu xiang Dong Zhou lie guo zhi
Jing shi tong yan (Feng Menglong quan ji)
Zhongguo li shi yan yi "xian dai ban" quan ji
Feng Menglong si da yi shu
中国　古典　笑话　全集　
Shan'ge
Zhi nang
Zhongguo li dai zhi mou zong ji
Tai xia xin zou
Xia Shang he zhuan
Yu shi ming yan
Mo han zhai ge, mi
Đông Chu liệt quốc
Cai zi yu jia ren
Zhi nang quan ji
Feng Menglong shi wen
Jing shi tong yan ("Shi da gu dian bai hua duan pian xiao shuo" cong shu)
Wang Yangming tu zhuan
Jia shen ji shi
Zhongguo gu dai jin hui gu shi quan ji
Shan ge
Tai ping guang ji chao
Dong Zhou lie guo zhi
墨憨齋歌, 謎
Gu jin lie nü zhuan yan yi
Bai hua Yu shi ming yan shang xi
San jiao ou nian
Mengzi zhi yue
San yan er pai
Mo han zhai ding ben chuan qi
Gu jin xiao shuo
Zhonghua zhi mou gu shi quan ji
宋明平话选
Zeng guang Zhi nang bu
Jia shen ji shi
De Aap van begeerte
Si shu zhi yue
Qian li song jing niang
Gang jian tong yi
Xiao fu
Gu ren di zhi hui
Ru mian tan
Yury Tynyanov
Yury Tynyanov (1894-1943)

translator, literary critic, poet, playwright, literary scholar, critic

  • Saint Petersburg State University

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Young Pushkin
Lieutenant Kije Young Vitushishnikov (Eridanos Library, No. 20)
Ki͡ukhli͡a
Death and diplomacy in Persia
Problema stikhotvornogo i͡azyka
Sekondeleutnant Saber. Die Wachsperson. Der minderjährige W
Literaturnai͡a ėvoli͡ut͡sii͡a
Poėtika, istorii͡a literatury, kino
Sochinenii͡a v trekh tomakh
Literaturnyĭ fakt
Izbrannye proizvedenii͡a
Maloletnyĭ Vitushishnikov
Sochinenii͡a
Arkhaisty i novatory
Pushkin
Smertʹ Vazir-Mukhtara
Pushkin
Pushkin i ego sovremenniki
Podporuchik Kizhe
Dostoevskii i Gogol'
La Mort du Vazir-Moukhtar
Lieutenant Kijé ; Young Vitushishnikov
The Problem of Verse Language
Izbrannoe
Avanguardia e tradizione
Pushkin i ego sovremenniki
Sochineniya v trekh tomakh
Smert' Vazir-Mukhtara
Ki︠u︡khli︠a︡
Pushkin
K︠i︡ukhl︠i︡a ; Smertʹ Vazir-Mukhtara
Problema stikhotvornogo i︠a︡zyka
Blok i Geĭne
Problema stikhotvornogo siazyka =
Mnimai︠a︡ poėzii︠a︡
Problema stikhotvornogo yazyka
Podporuchik Kizhe
Sochineniya v dvukh tomakh
Poetika-istoriya literatury-kino
Russkai︠a︡ poėzii︠a︡ XIX veka
Problema stikhotvornogo i︠a︡zyka
Sochinenii︠a︡ v trekh tomakh
Felʹeton
Sochineni︠i︡a v dvukh tomakh
I︠U︡riĭ Tyni︠a︡nov, pisatel' i uchenyĭ
Rasskazy
Zhiznʹ i tvorchestvo Kornei︠a︡ Chukovskogo
Izbrannye proizvedenii︠a︡
[Problema stikohtvornogo i︠a︡zyka. (romanized form)]
Zhiznʹ i tvorchestvo Kornei︠a︡ Chukovskogo
Voskovai︠a︡ persona
Izbrannye proizvedeniya
Kyukhlya
Salvador de Madariaga
Salvador de Madariaga (1886-1978)

diplomat, historian, biographer, essayist, poet, engineer, opinion journalist, literary critic, politician, journalist, academic

  • Lycée Chaptal, École polytechnique

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El corazón de piedra verde
Bolívar
The fall of the Spanish American empire
Americans
Guía del lector del "Quijote."
El crimen fue en Granada
Christopher Columbus
Disarmament
Englishmen, Frenchmen, Spaniards
Latin America between the eagle and the bear
Shelley & Calderón
Retrato de un hombre de pie
España
Ensayos anglo-españoles
Vida del muy magnífico señor don Cristóbal Colón
The rise of the Spanish American empire
Cuadro histórico de las Indias
Españoles de mi tiempo
Memorias, 1921-1936
Portrait of Europe
Guerra en la sangre ; Una gota de tiempo
The genius of Spain
Anarchy or hierarchy
Carácter y destino en Europa
Don Juan y La Don-Juanía
Englishmen, Frenchmen, Spaniards
"Don Quixote"
The heart of jade
Anarquía o jerarquía
El corazón de piedra verde
Mujeres españolas
Spanish folk songs
The sacred giraffe
El toisón de oro, y tres obras más
Arceval y los ingleses
Obra poética
Dios y los españoles
Esquiveles y Manriques
Cuando estalle la paz
The blowing up of the Parthenon
Victors beware
The world's design
Mi respuesta
First principles
Essays with a purpose
Vida Del Muy Magnifico Señor Don Cristobal Colon/life of the Magnificant Man Christopher Columbus
Aims and methods of a chair of Spanish studies
Herman Cortès
La guerra desde Londres
G. B. S
Morning without noon: memoirs
El semental negro ; Satanael
Adult interests, (Studies in adult education)
Democracy versus liberty?
Charles Quint ..
Ingleses, franceses, españoles
Memorias de un federalista
Charles Quint
Salvador de Madariaga
L' essor de l'empire espagnol d'Amérique
Theory and practice in international relations
Semblanzas literarias contemporáneas
War in the blood
Bosquejo de Europa
Guia del lector del "Quijote"
De la angustia a la libertad
Mujeres españoles
Cosas y gentes
Una Gota De Tiempo (38080)
Homenaje a Gabriela Mistral
El Corazon De Piedra Verde/ the Green Stone Heart
Anarquía o jerarquía
El Corazon De Piedra Verde
Rettet die Freiheit!
A la orilla del río de los sucesos
Elysian Fields
De Galdo s a Lorca
Bolivar
De l'angoisse à la liberté
Elysian Fields A Dialogue
On freedom
Spanien
Presente y porvenir de Hispanoame rica, y otros ensayos
Elegía en la muerte de Unamuno
General, márchese usted
El enemigo de Dios
The price of peace
Sir Bob
Rosa de cieno y ceniza
On Hamlet
Nature of Liberty
The anatomy of the cold war
The Rise of the Spanish American Empire - The Fall of the Spanish American Empir
The rise of the Spanish American empire (Free Press paperback)
Perfil de España
Historical Guide to World War II
El corazón de piedra verde II
Latin America Between The Eagle and The Bear
La fuente serena
Über die Freiheit
Romances de ciego
Essor de lèmpire espagnol dÀmerique
Obras escogidas
Guía del lector del "Quijote", ensayo psicoĺ3gico sobre el "Quijote"
Weltpolitisches Kaleidoskop; Reden und Aufsätze
Don Juan y la Don-Jaunía
El auge del imperio español en América
El ocaso del Imperio Español en América
War in the blood
Portrait de l'Europe (Portrait of Europe)
Elegía en la muerte de Federico Garcia Lorca
Campos eliseos
L' Amerique latine entre l'ours et l'aigle
El semental Negro
Guia Del Lector Del " Quijote "
Spain and the Jews
Vida del Muy Magnifico Senor Don Cristobal Colon
Don Quixote (Oxford paperbacks)
La formación profesional de los trabajadores ..
Christophe Colomb
El ciclo hispánico
El Corazon De Piedra Verde I (Nueva Austral Ser Vol, 55)
Discursos internacionales
Genius of Spain, and Other Essays on Spanish Contemporary Literature (Essay Index Reprint)
La mappe monde et le pape monde
HernGan CortGes, conqueror of Mexico
Christopher Columbus Being The Life Of The Very Magnificent Lord Don Cristobal Colon
Selecciones de Madariaga
El ocaso del Imperio Espaõl en América
Guia De Lectura Del Quijote (Austral)
Ingleses, Franceses, Españoles
!Ojo, vencedores!
Teatro en prosa y verso
The blowing up of the Parthenon
Diálogos famosos
Portrat Europas
Sanco Panco
Hernán Cortés, conqueror of Mexico
Christopher Columbus
Elysian fields
The Heart of Jade
Una gota de tiempo
Portrait Of Europe, New Edition Copyright Salvador De Madariaga 1967, Printed In Great Britain For Hollis & Carter Ltd., By Lowe & Brydone (Printers) Ltd., London
The sword and the spirit
El Corazon de Piedra Verde [Tercera Parte]
De Colo n a Boli var
BolGivar
Selecciones de Madariaga
Anarquia o jerarquia
El corazón de piedra verde I
Los tres estudiantes de Salamanca
Anarchie oder Hierarchie
El ciclo hispánico
El semental negro
Vida del muy magnífico señor don Cristóbal Colón
Guerra en la sangre
Don Quixote
A Bunch of Errors
Carlos V
Novelas de nuestro tiempo
Bolívar
El corazón de piedra verde
Yo-yo y yo-él
Ensayos anglo-espanoles
Una gota de tiempo
Quatre Espagnols à Londres
La jirafa sagrada
El auge y el ocaso del imperio español en América
La cruz y la bandera, y Las tres carabelas
Aims & methods of a chair of Spanish studies
Vida del muy magnífico señor don Cristóbal Colón
Memorias, 1921-1936
Portrait of a man standing
Hernán Cortéz, conqueror of Mexico
La jirafa sagrada
Ramo de errores
Ingleses, franceses, españoles
The genius of Spain
El sol, la luna y las estrellas
De la angustia a la libertad
Bat ha-Atsṭeḳim
Anglais, Franc ʹais, Espagnols
Poesía
La camarada Ana
Rettet die Freiheit!
Guía del lector del "Quijote"
John Neal
John Neal (1793-1876)

literary critic, journalist, poet, art historian

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Rachel Dyer
The Down-Easters
The Token and Atlantic Souvenir
Great mysteries and little plagues
The Down-Easters Volume 1
The Down-Easters Volume 2
Rachel Dyer: a North American story
The Down-Easters Volume 2
Portland illustrated
The Down-Easters Volume 1
Wandering recollections of a somewhat busy life
The genius of John Neal
Battle of Niagara
Account of the great conflagration in Portland
Seventy-six, or, Love and battle
Letters to Edgar A. Poe
Brother Jonathan: Or, The New Englanders
Authorship: A Tale
Otho; a tragedy, in five acts
Observations on American art
Randolph : a novel / by the author of Logan and Seventy-six
American writers
Otho
Battle of Niagara: A Poem, Without Notes : and Goldau, Or, The Maniac Harper
Logan, the Mingo chief
An address before the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, September 26, 1838
Log of the Mahina
Keep cool
Logan
Seventy-six
The Down-Easters, &c. &c. &c
Account of the great conflagration in Portland, July 4th, & 5th, 1866
Man
Brother Jonathan
Address delivered before the Portland Association for the Promotion of Temperance February 11, 1829
Instincts of childhood
Logan
Authorship
Oration
Seventy-six
Randolph
John Neal to Edgar A. Poe
Our country
Little Moccasin, or, Along the Madawaska
Duty and safety of emancipation
Errata, or, The works of Will Adams
Brother Jonathan, or, The New Englanders
The mysterious artist
Rachel Dyer (1828) A facsimile reproduction with an introd. by John D. Seelye
True womanhood
Pentrich Revolution and incidents of the trials of Brandreth, Ludlam, Turner and Weightman in the year 1817
Rachel Dyer (1828)
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Fiona Kidman
Fiona Kidman (born 1940)

poet

  • Northland College, Closed schools in the Northland Region

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