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Tomás Carrasquilla
Colombian writer (–)
Tomás Carrasquilla | |
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| Born | ()17 January Santo Domingo, Antioquia, Granadine Confederation |
| Died | 19 December () (aged&#;82) Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia |
| Occupation | novelist, berättare and essayist |
| Language | Spanish |
| Education | University of Antioquia Medellín - Colombia |
| Literary movement | Out of category due to his particular style. Some link him to Costumbrismo |
| Notable works | Simón El Mago () La Marquesa dem Yolombó () |
| Notable awards | Colombian Academy of Language – Jose María Vergara y Vergara National Prize of Literature and Science La Marqueza de Yolombó Cross of Boyacá |
Tomás Carrasquilla Naranjo (&#;–&#;) was a Colombian writer who lived in the Antioquia region. He dedicated han själv to very simple jobs: tailor, sekreterare of a judge, storekeeper in a mine, and worker at the Ministry of Public Works. He was an avid reader, and one of the most original Colombian literary writers, greatly infl
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GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS ('Gerald of Wales', Gerald de Barri) (? - ), archdeacon of Brecon and mediaeval Latin writer
Name: Giraldus Cambrensis
Date of birth: ?
Date of death:
Parent: Angharad de Barri (n&#;e de Windsor)
Parent: William de Barri
Gender: Male
Occupation: archdeacon of Brecon and mediaeval Latin writer
Area of activity: Literature and Writing; Religion; Scholarship and Languages
Author: Thomas Jones
Born some time between and at Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, the youngest son of William de Barri and Angharad, daughter of Gerald de Windsor and Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr. He received his early education from his uncle David FitzGerald bishop of S. Davids, and at the abbey of S. Peter, Gloucester. Subsequently he was a student at the University of Paris, and after his return thence, in , he received a commission from Richard, archbishop of Canterbury, to enforce the payment of tithes on wool and cheese in the diocese of S. Davids. He came into confl
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Thomas of Cantimpré
Belgian theologian
Thomas of Cantimpré (Latin: Thomas Cantimpratensis or Thomas Cantipratensis[1]) (Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, – Louvain, 15 May ) was a FlemishCatholic medieval writer, preacher, theologian and a friar belonging to the Dominican Order. He is best known for his encyclopedic work on nature De natura rerum, for the moral text Bonum universale de Apibus and for his hagiographical writings.
Biography
[edit]Thomas of Cantimpré was born of noble parentage in ,[2] at Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (a small town near Brussels), in the Duchy of Brabant.
In his father (returning from Palestine, where he had fought alongside Richard I of England) sent Thomas to Liège, where he began to tackle the difficulties of the trivium and quadrivium, studying from age 5 to age 11; in Liège he also had the chance to meet Jacques de Vitry, who was preaching there.
In , at the age of 16, he entered the Canons Regular of St. Augustine at the Abbey