Türkü Söylüyor Otlar, Siyah Madonna, Sevme Alışkanlığı gibi yapıtları dilimize de çevrilen ve bu yılki Nobel Edebiyat ödülü'nü kazanan ingiliz kadın yazar
a US singer and film and television actress who was especially popular in the 1950s and early 1960s. Many people think of her as cheerful and morally good (1924- ). orig. Doris von Kappelhoff born April 3, 1924, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. U.S. singer and actress. She worked as a band vocalist in the 1940s and went on to great success as a solo recording artist. She made her film debut in 1948 and starred in musicals such as Calamity Jane (1953), Young at Heart (1955), and The Pajama Game (1957). Playing a sunny, wholesome girl-next-door type, she embodied the idealized American woman of the 1950s. She played dramatic roles in Love Me or Leave Me (1955) and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) before starring in bedroom comedies such as Pillow Talk (1959) and That Touch of Mink (1962). She also hosted The Doris Day Show on television (1968-73)
born Oct. 17, 1895, Oak Park, Ill., U.S. died Dec. 29, 1958, New York, N.Y. U.S. dancer and modern-dance choreographer. She was a member of the Denishawn troupe from 1917 to 1928, when she left to cofound, with Charles Weidman, a school and performing dance group, which was active until 1944. In her choreography she employed an innovative use of conflict between balance and imbalance, fall and recovery; her works included Water Study (1928), The Shakers (1931), and New Dance (1935). She retired as a performer in 1945 but continued as artistic director for José Limón's company, creating works such as Day on Earth (1947) and Ruins and Visions (1953)
a British writer of novels and short stories, born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). She wrote The Grass is Singing, The Golden Notebook, and a set of five novels, The Children of Violence, concerning politics and feminism (1919- ). orig. Doris May Tayler born Oct. 22, 1919, Kermnshh, Iran British novelist and short-story writer. She lived on a farm in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) 1924-49 before settling in England and beginning her writing career. Her works, which have often reflected her leftist political activism, are largely concerned with people caught in social and political upheavals. Children of Violence (1952-69), a semiautobiographical five-novel series featuring Martha Quest, reflects her African experience and is generally considered her most substantial work. The Golden Notebook (1962), her most widely read novel, is a feminist classic. Her masterful short stories are published in several collections. Other works include a science-fiction novel sequence, two novels published under an assumed name (Jane Somers), and autobiographical works, including Under My Skin (1994)
orig. Doris May Tayler born Oct. 22, 1919, Kermnshh, Iran British novelist and short-story writer. She lived on a farm in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) 1924-49 before settling in England and beginning her writing career. Her works, which have often reflected her leftist political activism, are largely concerned with people caught in social and political upheavals. Children of Violence (1952-69), a semiautobiographical five-novel series featuring Martha Quest, reflects her African experience and is generally considered her most substantial work. The Golden Notebook (1962), her most widely read novel, is a feminist classic. Her masterful short stories are published in several collections. Other works include a science-fiction novel sequence, two novels published under an assumed name (Jane Somers), and autobiographical works, including Under My Skin (1994)