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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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1of Correio da Manhã 1921; Dir. O Jornal (with Diários Associados) 1924-32; exiled for political reasons 1932; Dir. Diário da Noite; Editor-in-Chief O Jornal; mem. Brazilian Del. UN Gen. Assembly, Paris 1948; mem. Brazilian Acad. of Letters 1931-; Pres. 1959-; Ordem do Mérito Naval Aeronáutico 1957, Militar 1963, Jornalístico 1965; numerous foreign decorations. Publications: Histórias Amargas 1921, Quando as Hortencias Florescem 1921, A Influência Espiritual Americana 1938, Fora da Imprensa 1948, Mestre de Liberismo 1952, Na Academia 1953, Discurso de recepção a José Lins do Rego 1956, Vanaverba 1966, Epistola aos Contemporâneos 1967, Conversas na Barbearia Sol 1971. Address: Academia Brasileira de Letras, Avenida Presidente Wilson 203, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Office); Rua Cosme Velho 599, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (Home). Telephone: 225-4368 (Home).
3AUTANT-LARA, Claude; French film director and author; b. 5 Aug. 1901; ed. Lycée Janson de Sailly, Mill Hill School, London, Ecole des Arts Décoratifs, and Ecole des Beaux-Arts; entered French film industry 1920; directed first short picture Faits-Divers 1923; Hon. Pres. Syndicat des Techniciens du Cinéma Français; Pres. Fédération Nationale du Spectacle; Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur; Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres. Principal films: Le mariage de chiffon, Sylvie et le fantôme, Occupe-toi d'Amélie, Le diable au corps, Douce, The Red Inn, Game of Love, Le rouge et le noir, Seven Sins, Marguerite de la nuit, La traversée de Paris, En cas de malheur, La jument verte, Le bois des amants, Tu ne tueras point, Vive Henri-IV, Vive l'amour, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, Le meurtre, Le magot de Joséfa, Le journal d'une femme en blanc, Le nouveau journal d'une femme en blanc, Le plus vieux métier du monde 1967, Le franciscain de Bourges 1968, Les patates, Lucien Leuwen (TV serial) 1973, Gloria. Address: 66 rue Lepic, 75018 Paris, France.
5AVEDON, Richard; American photographer; b. 15 May 1923, New York; s. of Jack Avedon and Anna Polonsky; m. 1st Dorcas Nowell 1944, 2nd Evelyn Franklin 1951; one s.; ed. Columbia. Staff photographer Harper's Bazaar 1946-65, Vogue magazines 1966-; one man exhbn. Smithsonian Inst. 62, Minneapolis Inst. of Arts 70, Museum of Modern Art 74, Marlborough Gallery, New York 75, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1978; his work is represented in collections of many major museums and in private collections; Fellow Timothy Dwight Coll. Yale Univ. 1975-; Pres.'s Fellow Rhode Island School of Design 1979; Highest Achievement Medal Awards, Art Dirs. Show 1950-. Publications: Observations 1959, Nothing Personal 1964, Editor Diary of a Century (photographs by Jacques Henri Lartigue, q.v.) 1970, Alice in Wonderland 1973, Portraits 1976, Rolling Stone Magazine, "The Family" 1976, Avedon: Photographs 1947-77 1978. Leisure interest: photography. Address: 407 East 75th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021, U.S.A. Telephone: 879-6325.
7AVELINE, Claude; French writer and painter; b. 19 July 1901, Paris; only s. of Georges Avtsine and Cecile Tchernomordik; m. Jeanne Barusseaud 1964; one adopted s. Hon. Pres. Soc. Anatole France; Pres. of Jury for Prix Jean-Vigo (Cinema) 1950-75; exhbn. of fibre-tip colour paintings in Paris 1972, 1974, 1978, Ljubljana 1973, Brussels 1975, Zagreb 1976, Belgrade 1976; Officier de la Légion d'honneur; Médaille de la Résistance (with rosette), Commdr. des Arts et des Lettres, etc.; Grand Prix Société des Gens de Lettres 1952; Prix Italia 1955; Prix de la Radio de la Société des Auteurs Dramatiques 1976; Grand Prix Poncetton 1978. Publications: Novels: Le point du jour 1928, La vie de Philippe Denis (Madame Maillart 1930, Les amours et les haines 1952, Philippe 1955), Le prisonnier 1936, Le temps mort 1944, Suite policière (La double mort de Frédéric Belot 1932, Voiture 7 place 15 1937, L'abonné de la ligne U 1947, Le jet d'eau 1947, L'oeil-de-chat 1970), Pour l'amour de la nuit 1956, Le poids du feu 1959, Le bestiaire inattendu 1959, C'est vrai mais il ne faut pas le croire 1960, Hoffmann Canada 1977; Essays and Travel Books: La merveilleuse légende du Bouddha 1928, Routes de la Catalogne ou Le livre de l'amitié 1932, La promenade égyptienne 1934, Les devoirs de l'esprit 1945, Anatole France 1949, Et tout le reste n'est rien (La religieuse portugaise) 1951, Les mots de la fin 1957, Le code des jeux 1961, Avec toi-même et cetera 1963, Les réflexions de Monsieur F.A.T. 1963, Célébration du lit 1967; Le haut mal des créateurs 1973; Play: L'as de coeur (ballet, music by Henri Sauguet) 1961, Brouart et le désordre 1964, La parade de la rengaine 1967; Poetry: io Hymen suivi de Chants funèbres 1925, Portrait de l'oiseau-qui-n'existe-pas 1965, De 1968, Monologue pour un disparu 1974. Address: Ty Guennic, 56780 Ile-aux-Moines, France.
9AVEROFF-TOSSIZZA, Evangelos, LL.D., Ph.D.; Greek economist, journalist and politician; b. 1910, Trikala, Thessaly; s. of Anastassios and Efthymia Averoff-Tossizza; m. Dina Lykiardopoulo; two d.; ed. Univ. of Lausanne; began career as journalist, worked in Switzerland and Greece; Gov. of Corfu 1941; active in resistance movement during 1941-44 war, imprisoned in Northern Italy, later escaped and continued resistance work until end of war; Lieut. 1944, assigned to Hellenic Mil. Mission, Rome; mem. of Parl. 1946-; fmr. Minister of Supply, National Economy and Commerce, and Under-Sec. for Foreign Affairs; Minister of Agriculture Feb.-May 1956, 1967, of Foreign Affairs 1956-63; joined National Radical Union 1956; during 1967-74 dictatorship sentenced to five years' imprisonment Aug. 1967; imprisoned July 1973 for his part as political adviser in the Mutiny of the Navy; Minister of Nat. Defence July 1974-; Grand Cross, Order of the Phoenix (Greece), and decorations from other countries. Publications: include Non-Fiction: The Population Problem of Greece 1939 (Prize of the Acad. of Athens), Freedom or Death 1945, The Foreign Policy of Greece 1960; Fiction: The Cry of the Land 1964, The Land of Sorrow 1966, The Delphic Land 1968, When the Gods Used to Forget 1969, When the Gods Used to Bless 1971; Play: Return to Mycenae 1973. Address: Ministry of National Defence, Athens (Office); 33 Pentelis Street, Kifissia, Athens, Greece (Home).
11AVIDOM (MAHLER-KALKSTEIN), Menahem, B.A.; Israeli composer; b. 6 Jan. 1908, Stanislau (fmrly. Austria, now U.S.S.R.); s. of Isaac Kalkstein and Helena Mahler; m. Suzanne Soumis-Lyonnais 1935; two d.; ed. American Univ., Beirut, and in Paris. Lecturer on theory of music, Hebrew Conservatoire of Music, Tel-Aviv 1936-, and Music Teachers' Training Coll. Tel-Aviv 1945-; Sec.-Gen. Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 1945-; Vice-Pres. Board of Dirs. Acum Ltd. (Composers and Authors Asscn.), Dir.-Gen. 1956-; Dir. Arts Dept. Jerusalem Convention Centre 1952; Art Adviser, Govt. Tourist Centre, Ministry of Commerce and Industry 1954-; Pres. League of Composers 1958; mem. Nat. Arts Council 1962; Fellow Int. Inst. of Arts and Letters 1958; Israel State Prize 1961, Tel Aviv Municipality Prize 1948, 1956; Israel Philharmonic Prize 1953; Authors' and Composers' Asscn. Prize 1962. Compositions include: A Folk Symphony 1947, Symphony No. 2 David 1948, Sinfonietta 1951, 2 Piano Sonatinas 1949, Concertino for violinist Jascha Heifetz, Concertino for cellist Gregor Piatigorsky 1951, Alexandra Hashmonaith (opera in 3 acts) 1952, Jubilee Suite, Triptyque Symphonique, concerto for strings and flute, music for strings, symphonies 3, 4, 5 and 6, psalms and cantatas, 12 Preludes Variés for piano, Metamorphoses for string quartet 1960, Symphony No. 7 (25th anniversary of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra), Enigma, septet for 5 wood instruments, piano and percussion, Quartet for brass, Reflexions for 2 flutes, Triptyque for Solo violin, "B-A-C-H" Suite for Chamber Orchestra, Festival Sinfonietta (Symphony No. 8) 1966, The Crook (comic opera) 1966/67, Symphonie Variée (Symphony No. 9) for Chamber Orchestra 1968, Concertino for Violin and Chamber Orchestra 1968, The Farewell (Chamber Opera in one act) 1970, Spring, Overture for Symphony Orchestra 1972, 6 Inventions for Piano in Homage and on the Name of Arthur Rubinstein 1973, Passacaglia for Piano 1973, Piece on the Name of SCHoEnBerG for Piano 1974, The Emperor's New Clothes (comic opera in one act) for Israel Festival 1976, Twelve Hills (cantata) for Testimonium 1976, Five Psalms for Jerusalem Foundation 1976, Beyond (cantata for voice and three instruments), Yodfat's Cave (musical drama) 1977, Once Upon a Time (five short tales for piano) 1978. Leisure interests: painting, chess, music reviews. Address: ACUM House, Rothschild Boulevard 118, Tel-Aviv (Office); 30 Samadar Street, Ramat-Gan, Israel (Home). Telephone: 240105 (Office); 795512 (Home).
13AVILA, Rev. Fernando Bastos de; Brazilian ecclesiastic and sociologist; b. 17 March 1918; ed. Univ. do Nova Friburgo (Brazil), Univ. de Louvain and Gregorian Univ., Rome. Prof. of Sociology, Pontifícia Univ. Católica do Rio de Janeiro 1957-; Social Dir. Nat. Catholic Immigration Comm. 1954-; mem. Council, Nat. Fed. of Trade 1960-; Dir. Inst. Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento (IBRADES). Publications: Economic Impacts of Immigration 1956, L'immigration au Brésil 1957, Introdução a Sociologia 1962, Solidarismo 1965, Pequena Enciclopédia de Moral Ecivismo 1967. Address: 115 rua Bambina-Botatogo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
15AVINERI, Schlomo; Israeli professor of political science; b. 20 Aug. 1933, Bielsko, Poland; ed. Shalva Secondary School, Tel-Aviv, Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, and London School of Econs. Prof. of Political Science, Hebrew Univ. Jerusalem 1971-, Dir. Eshkol Research Inst. 1971-74, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences 1974-76; Dir.-Gen. Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1976-77; visiting appointments at Yale Univ. 1966-67, Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn. 1971-72, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian Nat. Univ. 1972, Cornell Univ. 1973; British Council Scholarship 1961; Rubin Prize in the Social Sciences 1968; Naphtali Prize for study of Hegel 1977. Publications: The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx 1968, Karl Marx on Colonialism and Modernization 1968, Israel
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