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Dell Hymes, Linguist With a Wide Net, Dies at 82

Dell H. Hymes, a prominent anthropologist, linguist and folklorist whose work mined the rich, often overlooked territory where language and culture intersect, died on Nov. 13 in Charlottesville, Va. He was 82 and lived in Charlottesville. The cause was ...

From MARGALIT FOX, The New York Times,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of Texas,  Georgetown University,  Deborah Tannen,  Noam Chomsky,  University of Pennsylvania

Irving Kriesberg, painter of dreamlike landscapes; 90

NEW YORK - Irving Kriesberg, a much admired American painter whose work combined the intense colors of abstract expressionism with haunting images of human and animal forms, died of complications of Parkinson’s disease Nov. 11 at his home in Manhattan. ...

From MARGALIT FOX, Boston Globe,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Museum of Modern Art,  Jewish Museum,  New York University,  Mark Rothko,  Jackson Pollock

Irving Kriesberg, Artist of Dreamlike Landscapes, Dies at 90

Irving Kriesberg, a much-admired American painter whose work combined the intense colors of Abstract Expressionism with haunting images of human and animal forms, died on Nov. 11 at his home in Manhattan. He was 90. The latest on the arts, coverage of ...

From MARGALIT FOX, The New York Times,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York University,  Museum of Modern Art,  Mark Rothko,  Jackson Pollock,  Frank Sinatra

Alice S. Rossi, Sociologist and Feminist Scholar, Dies at 87

The cause was pneumonia, her son, Peter E. Rossi, said. In her scholarship, Professor Rossi explored the status of women in work, family and sexual life. An early public advocate of abortion rights, she was often quoted by the national news media on ...

From MARGALIT FOX, The New York Times,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of Chicago,  Columbia University

Art D’Lugoff, Village Gate Impresario, Dies at 85

Art D’Lugoff, who was widely regarded as the dean of New York nightclub impresarios and whose storied spot, the Village Gate, was for more than 30 years home to performers as celebrated, and diverse, as Duke Ellington, Allen Ginsberg and John Belushi, ...

From MARGALIT FOX, The New York Times,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nina Simone,  Dick Gregory,  Duke Ellington,  Allen Ginsberg,  John Belushi

Francisco Ayala, a Spanish Novelist and Literary Scholar, Is Dies at 103

Francisco Ayala, an eminent Spanish novelist whose work explored societies in which there is much despotism and little benevolence, died on Tuesday at his home in Madrid. He was 103. Francisco Ayala spoke to the Spanish Royal Academy in 1984. The ...

From MARGALIT FOX AND ANDRéS CALA, The New York Times,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Francisco Ayala,  U.S. Republican Party,  New York University,  University of Chicago

William Belton, Self-Taught Ornithologist, Dies at 95

Once upon a time, every tweet had an actual bird attached. If that bird happened to live in southern Brazil, a region whose rich avian life was long undocumented, chances are good that it was stalked repeatedly and its tweets, coos and whistles ...

From MARGALIT FOX, The New York Times,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Cornell University,  William Henry,  Mike Webster

Lionel Davidson, 87; wrote popular thrillers in Britain

NEW YORK - Lionel Davidson, a noted British thriller writer whose novels brought to life far-flung settings like Prague, Tibet, Israel, and Siberia, died Oct. 21 at his home in London. He was 87. The cause was lung cancer, his son Nick said. Mr. ...

From MARGALIT FOX, Boston Globe,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Graham Greene,  New York Times Company

Lionel Davidson, British Writer of Well-Traveled Thrillers, Dies at 87

Lionel Davidson, a noted British thriller writer whose novels brought to life far-flung settings like Prague, Tibet, Israel and Siberia, died on Oct. 21 at his home in London. He was 87. The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, ...

From MARGALIT FOX, The New York Times,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Graham Greene,  New York Times Company,  Oscar Wilde,  Cartier

Ray Browne, 87, Founder of Pop-Culture Studies, Dies

Ray B. Browne, who more than four decades ago founded the academic discipline of popular-culture studies, and who in the years that followed presided over the somewhat unlikely, often uneasy and almost always stimulating marriage between the ivory ...

From MARGALIT FOX, The New York Times,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Madonna,  Michael Jackson

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