Rheineck is a municipality in Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Mels
Mels is a municipality in Sarganserland in the Seez Valley, canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Bad Ragaz
Bad Ragaz is a municipality in Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
There is a natural spring in Bad Ragaz and it is a popular spa and health resort destination.
Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. That was in 1992 for her book "A Thousand Acres" (1991).
Smiley published her first novel, "Barn Blind", in 1980. She won a 1985 O. Henry Award for her short story "Lily". "Lily" was published in the "Atlantic Monthly".
Smiley was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2001. She participated in the annual "Los Angeles Times" Festival of Books, the National Book Festival and several others. She won PEN USA's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.
Smiley's most recent books are a trilogy of novels about an Iowa family over the course of generations. The first book of the trilogy, "Some Luck" was published in 2014 by Random House. The second volume was in the spring of 2015. The third volume was in the fall of 2015.
Smiley was born near Los Angeles, California. She was raised next to St. Louis, Missouri.
Smiley received the Fitzgerald Award for American Achievement in 2006.
Sinéad Cusack
Sinéad Cusack (born Jane Moira Cusack; 18 February 1948) is an award-winning Irish movie, stage and television actress. Her first acting roles were at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. She moved to London in 1975 to join Royal Shakespeare Company.
Cusack won the Critic's Circle and Evening Standard Awards for "Our Lady of Sligo". She received two Tony Award nominations: one for Best Leading Actress in "Much Ado About Nothing" (1985). She received the other nomination for Best Featured Actress in "Rock 'n' Roll" (2008).
Cusack acted in many movies. She played Diana Grayson in the 1996 romantic drama movie "Stealing Beauty" She played a mother in "The Cement Garden" in 1993. Also in 1993, she played Ellie McAllister in the comedy-drama movie "Bad Behaviour".
Cusack was also on television. She played Sybil in the 2011 TV series "Camelot". She played one half of a couple in the BBC sitcom "Home Again". She won the RTS Award for Best Actress for her role in "Have Your Cake and Eat It".
Cusack was born in Dublin, Ireland.
Cusack married actor Jeremy Irons in 1978. They have two sons.
Rubén Blades
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948) is a Panamanian singer-songwriter, actor, musician, activist and politician. He performs most often in the Afro-Cuban, salsa and Latin jazz genres.
Blades has won eight Grammy Awards and five Latin Grammy Awards.
Blades' acting career began in 1982. It has continued with several-year breaks in between. His first acting role was "The Last Fight. Other movies include "Crossover Dreams" (1985), "The Milagro Beanfield War" (1988) and "Color of Night" (1994).
Blades was given the Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award by ASCAP and WhyHunger in June 2011.
Blades' album "Tangos" won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album in 2015.
Blades was born in Panama City, Panama.
Abbey Theatre
The Abbey Theatre (also called the National Theatre of Ireland) is one of Ireland's leading cultural institutions. This theater is in Dublin, Ireland. It was first opened to the public on 27 December 1904.
The theatre lost its original building to a fire on July 18, 1951. However, in July 1966, the Abbey got a new building.
The Abbey was a nursery for many leading Irish playrights, like William Butler Yeats, Lady Gregory and John Millington Synge.
Augusta, Lady Gregory
Isabella Augusta Persse (better known as Lady Gregory; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) was an Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and Abbey Theatre. She wrote many short works for both companies.
Lady Gregory produced quite a few books of retellings of stories taken from the Irish mythology.
Lady Gregory retired due to ill health in 1928.
Lady Gregory was born in Roxborough, County Galway, Ireland. She died from breast cancer at age 80.
Olavi Mannonen
Olavi Aleksanteri "Ole" Mannonen (7 March 1930 – 17 March 2019) was a Finnish modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the team event in 1952 and 1956 and an individual silver in 1956. He also won an individual silver at the 1955 World Championships. In his country, he won the Finnish title in 1953 and 1956, finishing second in 1952, 1955 and 1960. He was selected as the best Finnish modern pentathlete of the year in 1952–53 and 1955–56. Mannonen worked for the local mounted police from 1952, becoming its head in 1971, until retiring in 1990. He was born in Viipuri.
Mannonen died in Helsinki after a long illness on 17 March 2019. He was 89.
List of cities in Alberta
This is an alphabetical list of cities in the Province of Alberta in Canada.
J. Mahendran
J. Mahendran (; 25 July 1939 – 2 April 2019) was an Indian movie director, screenwriter and actor. He was active in Tamil cinema. He was best known directing and writing the movies "Mullum Malarum" (1978), "Uthiripookkal" (1979) and "Nenjathai Killathe" (1980). "Nenjathai Killathe" won the 1980 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.
Mahendran was born in Ilaiyangudi, Madras Presidency. His son, John Mahendran, is a movie director and screenwriter in Tamil and Telugu cinema.
Mahendran died on 2 April 2019, at the age of 79.
Francisco Massiani
Francisco Massiani (2 April 1944 – 1 April 2019) was a Venezuelan writer and painter. His first novel, "Piedra de mar", has been a bestseller since it first came out in 1968. The book is a coming-of-age story about a middle class teenager in Caracas. He published many short stories and poetry collections. In 2012, he won the National Prize for Literature. Massiani was born in Caracas.
Massiani died in Caracas on 1 April 2019, the day before his 75th birthday.
Sally Jessy Raphael
Sally Lowenthal (born February 25, 1935), better known as Sally Jessy Raphael, is an American former talk show host. She is best-known for her talk show "Sally" (also called "The Sally Jessy Raphael Show").
Raphael's show aired from October 1983 to May 2002. The show covered marriage problems, out-of-control teenagers, pregnant teens and controversial topics.
Raphael won an Emmy Award for her show during the late 1980s. She was nominated again in 1990.
Raphael was born in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Vonda N. McIntyre
Vonda Neel McIntyre (August 28, 1948 – April 1, 2019) was an American author. She wrote science fiction. Her best known novels include "Dreamsnake" (1978), "Barbary" (1986) and "The Moon and the Sun" (1997). She also wrote many "Star Trek" novelizations. She won three Nebula Awards and a Hugo Award. Robert A. Heinlein's 1982 book "Friday" was in part dedicated to McIntyre. She was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
McIntyre died of pancreatic cancer on April 1, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. She was 70.
Barrie Hole
Barrington Gerard "Barrie" Hole (16 September 1942 – 25 March 2019) was a Welsh professional footballer. He played as a midfielder. He played for Welsh clubs Cardiff City and Swansea City. He also played for English sides Blackburn Rovers and Aston Villa. He had 30 caps for Wales between 1963 and 1971. His first game for Wales was against Northern Ireland, and his last match was against Romania.
Hole was born in Swansea. After retiring from football, he ran a newspaper shop before selling it in 2004. He died in 2019, at the age of 76.
Pete Rose