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The International who's who ; who's who in the world, incorporated with the International blue book … a biographical dictionary of the world's notable living men and women, 1910
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1Rome 1963, First Prize, Int. Tribune of Composers, Paris 1975, Critics' Prize (Hungarian Radio) twice, Listeners' Prize (Hungarian Radio) twice, Special Citation of Int. Koussevitzky Award. Compositions: vocal: Altamira 1968, Kolloidok 1969, two Cantatas 1971, 1972, Halotti Beszéd (Funeral Sermon) 1972, Moses (opera) 1977; instrumental: Organismi 1964, Una Rapsodia ungherese 1965, Fioriture 1966, String Quartets, no. 1 1966, no. 2 1970, Iconographies, no. 1 1970, no. 2 1971, Chamber Music 1973, Fire Music, Turner Illustrations 1976; opera: Moses. Address: Bimbó ut. 193, 1026 Budapest II, Hungary. Telephone: 365-450.
3DURRANI, Shakirullah; Pakistani investment banker and airline executive; b. 20 Sept. 1928, Sheikh-Kale, Tehsil Charsadda, Peshawar; s. of late Maj. Mohd. Zaman Khan; m. Samina Hayat 1951; one s. five d.; ed. Government Coll., Lahore, Indian Military Acad., Dehradun, and Pakistan Military Acad., Kakul. Regular Officer Pakistan Army until 1951; Lloyds Bank Ltd., training in U.K. and service in Karachi, Rawalpindi, Lahore and Dacca branches 1952-60; Chief of Operations, Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corp. 1960-63, Deputy Man. Dir. 1963-66; Man. Dir. Investment Corp. of Pakistan 1966-68; Man. Dir. Pakistan Int. Airlines Corp. 1968-71; Gov. State Bank of Pakistan 1971; under house arrest Dec. 1972; Sitara-e-Khidmat 1965, Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam 1969, Grand Cordon, Order of Independence First Class (Jordan) 1970. Address: c/o State Bank of Pakistan, P.O. Box 4456, McLeod Road, Karachi, Pakistan.
5DURRELL, Gerald Malcolm, F.R.S.L., F.R.G.S., F.Z.S.; British zoologist and writer; b. 7 Jan. 1925, Jamshedpur, India; s. of Lawrence Samuel and Louisa Florence (née Dixie) Durrell; m. Jacqueline Sonia Rasen 1951; ed. private tutors; student keeper, Whipsnade Park 1945-46; zoological collecting expeditions: British Cameroons 1947 and 1948, British Guiana 1949, Argentina and Paraguay 1953, British Cameroons 1956, Trans-Argentine 1958, New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia 1961, Sierra Leone 1964, Mexico 1968, Mauritius 1976, 1977, India/Assam 1978, Madagascar 1978; established own zoo in Jersey 1959, founded Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust 1964; contributes to many magazines and dailies; numerous lectures, B.B.C. broadcasts and 4 major T.V. series on animals; Fellow Int. Inst. of Arts and Letters; mem. Inst. of Biology, British Ornithologists Union; Hon. L.H.D. Publications: The Overloaded Ark 1952, Three Singles to Adventure 1953, The Bufut Beagles 1953, The Drunken Forest 1955, My Family and Other Animals 1956, Encounters with Animals 1959, A Zoo in My Luggage 1960, The Whispering Land 1962, Menagerie Manor 1964, Two in the Bush 1966, Rosy is My Relative (novel) 1968, Birds, Beasts and Relatives 1969, Fillets of Plaice 1971, Catch Me a Colobus 1972, Beasts in My Belfrey 1973, The Stationary Ark 1976, Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons 1977; Childrens' Books: The New Noah 1956, Island Zoo 1961, Look at Zoos 1961, My Favourite Animal Stories 1963, The Donkey Rustlers 1968, The Talking Parcel 1974, The Garden of the Gods 1978. Leisure interests: reading, photography, drawing, swimming, history and maintenance of zoological gardens. Address: Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, Les Augres Manor, Trinity, Jersey, Channel Islands. Telephone: Central 61949. one of two readings
6DURRELL, Gerald Malcolm, F.R.S.L., F.R.G.S., F.Z.S.; British zoologist and writer; b. 7 Jan. 1925, Jamshedpur, India; s. of Lawrence Samuel and Louisa Florence (née Dixie) Durrell; m. Jacqueline Sonia Rasen 1951; ed. private tutors; student keeper, Whipsnade Park 1945-46; zoological collecting expeditions: British Cameroons 1947 and 1948, British Guiana 1949, Argentina and Paraguay 1953, British Cameroons 1956, Trans-Argentine 1958, New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia 1961, Sierra Leone 1964, Mexico 1968, Mauritius 1976, 1977, India/Assam 1978, Madagascar 1978; established own zoo in Jersey 1959, founded Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust 1964; contributes to many magazines and dailies; numerous lectures, B.B.C. broadcasts and 4 major T.V. series on animals; Fellow Int. Inst. of Arts and Letters; mem. Inst. of Biology, British Ornithologists Union; Hon. L.H.D. Publications: The Overloaded Ark 1952, Three Singles to Adventure 1953, The Bafut Beagles 1953, The Drunken Forest 1955, My Family and Other Animals 1956, Encounters with Animals 1959, A Zoo in My Luggage 1960, The Whispering Land 1962, Menagerie Manor 1964, Two in the Bush 1966, Rosy is My Relative (novel) 1968, Birds, Beasts and Relatives 1969, Fillets of Plaice 1971, Catch Me a Colobus 1972, Beasts in My Belfrey 1973, The Stationary Ark 1976, Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons 1977; Childrens' Books: The New Noah 1956, Island Zoo 1961, Look at Zoos 1961, My Favourite Animal Stories 1963, The Donkey Rustlers 1968, The Talking Parcel 1974, The Garden of the Gods 1978. Leisure interests: reading, photography, drawing, swimming, history and maintenance of zoological gardens. Address: Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, Les Augres Manor, Trinity, Jersey, Channel Islands. Telephone: Central 61949. one of two readings
8DURRELL, Lawrence George, F.R.S.L.; British author; b. 27 Feb. 1912; ed. Coll. of St. Joseph, Darjeeling, India, and St. Edmund's Coll., Canterbury, England; fmly. Foreign Service Press Officer (Athens and Cairo), Press Attaché (Alexandria and Belgrade), Dir. of Public Relations (Dodecanese Islands), Dir. of British Council Institutes (Kalamata, Greece, and Cordoba, Argentina), and Dir. of Public Relations (Govt. of Cyprus); Duff Cooper Memorial Prize 1957, James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1974. Publications: Poetry: A Private Country 1943, Cities, Plains and People 1946, On Seeming to Presume 1948, The Tree of Idleness 1955, Selected Poems 1956, Collected Poems 1960, 1968, 1979, The Ikons 1966, The Red Limbo Lingo 1971, Vega and Other Poems 1973, New Selected Poems 1978; Verse drama: Sappho 1950, Acte 1962, An Irish Faustus 1964; Prose: Panic Spring 1937, The Black Book 1938, Prospero's Cell 1945, Cefalu (The Dark Labyrinth) 1947, Reflections on a Marine Venus 1953, Bitter Lemons 1957, The Alexandria Quartet: Justine 1957, Balthazar 1958, Mountolive 1958, Clea 1960; Tunc 1968, Spirit of Place 1969, Nunquam 1970, The Big Supposer 1973, Monsieur 1974, Sicilian Carousel 1977, Livia 1978, The Greek Islands 1978; Humour: Esprit de corps 1957, Stiff Upper Lip 1958, Sauve qui peut 1966; Juvenile: White Eagles Over Serbia 1957; Trans. Four Greek Poets 1946, Pope Joan 1948; Letters: A Private Correspondence (with Henry Miller) 1962. Address: c/o Grindlay's Bank Ltd., 13 St. James's Square, London, S.W.1, England.
10DÜRRENMATT, Friedrich; Swiss writer; b. 5 Jan. 1921; s. of Reinhold and Hulda (née Zimmermann) Dürrenmatt; m. Lotti Geissler 1946; one s. two d.; ed. Univs. of Berne and Zürich. Publications: Plays: Es steht geschrieben, Der Blinde, Romulus der Grosse, Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi, Ein Engel kommt nach Babylon, Der Besuch der alten Dame, Frank V, Die Physiker, Herkules and der Stall des Augias, Der Meteor, Die Wiedertäufer, König Johann (after Shakespeare), Play Strindberg, Titus Andronicus (after Shakespeare), Porträt eines Planeten, Der Mitmacher, Die Frist, Die Panne; Plays for Radio: Der Doppelgänger, Der Prozess um des Esels Schatten, Nachtliches Gespräch mit einem veraltmtenen Menichen, Stranitzky und der Nationalheld, Herkules und der Stall des Augias, Das Unternehmen der Wega, Abendtunde im Spätherbst; Detective Fiction: Der Richter und sein Henker, Der Verdalm, Das Versprechen; Prose: Pilatus, Der Nihilist, Der Mund, Der Theaterdirektor, Der Tunnel, Grieche sucht Griechin, Im Coiffeurladen, Das Bild des Syphos, Der Sturz; Der Folterknecht, Weihnacht, Die Stadt; Essays: Theaterprobleme, Theater- schriften und Reden, Gerechtigkeit und Recht, Zusammenhänge, Friedrich Schiller, Israel, Der Mitmacher, Satze aus Amerika. Leisure interest: painting. Address: Pertuis du Sault 34, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Telephone: (038) 25-63-23.
12DÜRRENMATT, Peter Ulrich; Swiss journalist; b. 29 Aug. 1904; ed. Univs. of Berne and Geneva; began career as teacher; mem. staff Schweizer Mittelpresse 1934; Editor Swiss Section Basler Nachrichten 1943-49, Chief Editor 1949-73; mem. Nat. Council 1959. Publications: Die Bundesverfassung, ihr Wert und ihre Bewährung 1948, Kleine Geschichte der Schweiz im zweiten Weltkrieg 1949, Zerfall und Wiederaufbau der Politik 1951, Schweizergeschichte 1957, Die Welt zwischen Krieg und Frieden 1959, Europa will leben 1960, 50 Jahre Weltgeschichte 1962, In die Zeit gesprochen 1965. Address: Pfaffenlohweg 60, Riehen, Switzerland.
14DURRY, Marie-Jeanne, D. ES L.; French academic and poetess; b. 25 March 1901, Paris; m. Marcel Durry 1922; two s.; ed. Sorbonne, Paris; became Prof. at the Univ. of Caen 1933-44; Chef de Service aux Relations Culturelles 1945-47; Professor of French Literature at the Sorbonne 1947-. Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur; Commandeur Ordre de Mérite; Grand Prix de Poésie, Académie Française 1976. Publications: La Viellesse de Chateaubriand 1933, Jules Laforgue 1952, Gerard de Nerval et le Mythe 1956, Guillaume Apollinaire, Alcools 1956, various essays on Mme de La Fayette, Marivaux, Balzac, Stendhal and Giraudoux; published poetry includes Le huitième jour 1949, Soleils de sable 1958, Mon Ombre 1962, Eden 1970, Orphée 1976. Address: 18 Quai de Béthune, F 75004 Paris, France. Telephone: 326 19 88.
16DURUFLÉ, Maurice; French organist and composer; b. 11 Jan. 1902; ed. Paris Conservatoire; prize for organ (Conservatoire) 1922; prize for harmony 1924; prize for accompaniment 1926; prizes for fugue and for composition 1928; Prix des "Amis de l'Orgue" 1930; Organist of Saint-Etienne-du-Mont; Asst. Prof. at Conservatoire de Paris 1942; Prof. d'harmonie, Conservatoire de Paris 1945-75; Hon. Prof. 1975-; Chevalier, Légion d'honneur, Officier, Ordre national du Mérite, Officier des Arts et des Lettres. Works include: Organ: Prélude, Adagio et Choral Varié sur le Veni Creator 1929; Suite 1933; Prélude et Fugue 1942; Chamber Music: Trio pour Flûte, Alto et Piano; Quatre Motets 1960; Orchestra: Trois Danses 1935, Andante et Scherzo 1940, Requiem pour Solo, Choeurs, Orchestre et Orgue 1947, Messe: Cum jubilo 1966. Address: 6 Place du Panthéon, 75005 Paris, France. Telephone: 326-45-02.
18DUTILLEUX, Henri; French composer; b. 22 Jan. 1916, Angers; s. of Paul and Thérèse (née Koszul) Dutilleux; m. Geneviève Joy 1946; ed. Conservatoire national de Musique, Paris; career devoted to music 1945-; Dir. service Créations Musicales Radiodiffusion française 1945-63; Prof. of Composition Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris 1961-, Pres. 1969-, Assoc. Prof. Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Paris 1970-71; Vice-Pres. Syndicat Nat. des Auteurs et Compositeurs 1962-; fm. mem. UNESCO Music Council; 1st Grand Prix de Rome 1938, Grand Prix du Disque 1957, 1958, 1966, 1968, 1976, and 1978, Grand Prix National de la Musique 1967, Prix de la Ville de Paris 1974, Koussevitzky Intl. Recording Award 1976. Compositions: Sonata for Piano 1948, First Symphony 1951, Le Loup (Ballet) 1953, Second Symphony (Le Double) 1959, Métaboles 1964, Cello Concerto: Tout un monde lointain 1970, Figures de Résonances (for two pianos) 1971, Preludes for Piano 1974, Ainsi la Nuit (for string quartet) 1976, Timbres, Espace, Mouvement (for orchestra) 1977. Address: 12 rue Saint-Louis en l'Ile, 75004 Paris, France. Telephone: 326-3914.
20DUVAL, (Charles) Gaëtan, BAR.-AT-LAW; Mauritius politician; b. 9 Oct. 1930, Rose Hill; s. of Charles R. and Rosina M. Duval; divorced; one s.; ed. Royal Coll., Curepipe, Lincoln's Inn, London and Faculty of Law, Univ. of Paris; entered politics 1958; mem. Town Council, Curepipe 1960, re-elected 1963, Legislative Council, Curepipe 1960, re-elected 1963; mem. Municipal Council, Port
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