Biography (Arts/Literature/Biography)
up BiographyEntriesNNDB http://www.nndb.com/ Tracking the entire world Biogs.com http://www.biogs.com/ Biographies of celebrities and other famous people. Biography Project http://www.popsubculture.com/ Describes the influence of authors, artists, scientists, film makers and others on underground culture. Links, life and works. Famous writers http://www.celebsa-z.com/writers.htm Biographies of writers like JK Rowling, Stephen King, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Michael Crichton. Biography and Biographies http://www.biography-and-biographies.com/ A collection of biographies describing the influential lives of famous people in past and present times. Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography http://www.treasure-troves.com/bios/ Written and maintained by the author as a public service for scientific knowledge and education. African American Women Writers of the 19th century biographies http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/biographies.html Over 20 biographies of African American women writers of the 19th century. Sherwood Times http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/sherwoodtimes Newspaper dating from 1190 includes Tales of Robin Hood, Richard the Lionheart and biographies of famous Nottinghamshire characters - D.H.Larence, and Lord Byron. Women's Travel Writing, 1830-1930 http://etrc.lib.umn.edu/womtrav.htm Over two dozen travel diaries, journals, and publications by women ranging from Elizabeth Bisland to Irene Wright. Erowid Character Vaults http://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/characters.shtml Information about visionary characters including biographies, publication lists, articles and links. The Diary Junction http://www.pikle.demon.co.uk/diaryjunction.html A major new (non-commercial) internet resource providing information on, and links for, over 300 historical and literary diarists HistoryLink101 Biography http://www.historylink101.com/history_biography.htm Here you can be connected to quality historical biographical sites on the web by culture. Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online http://www.biographi.ca/index2.html This site contains biographies of people who played an important role in the formation of what is now Canada. The Classical Fiction Writers http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Literary/BiosFiction.htm Biographies of the classical fiction writers, including Balzac, Conrad, and Steinbeck. The Sound of Sight http://www.thesoundofsight.com/ This is a story of a boy, born out of catastrophe, nourished by the love of his family and the concern of his community. Sylvanus Griswold Morley Autobiography http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~rgf/ A Non-Transcendental Autobiography of Sylvanus Griswold Morley, professor of Spanish at UC Berkeley. SubcategoriesFreedom Writers Diary, The The Freedom Writers Diary : How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them is a collection of high school students' diary Reviews Specific Texts Online Related categoriesFrench Sites en français consacrés aux biographies et autobiographies. Biography Biography This category has biographies and autobiographies suitable for children to read and use for enjoyment or for schoolwork. Biographies may be brief and sites sites may have several, perhaps connected by Biography Websites about the life and work of notable individuals from all walks of life. Categories for specific people are listed in alphabetical order, under the Historians Sites and categories for individuals now or formerly engaged in the professional and scholarly study of history. History History, in brief, is the humanity which explains the human condition based on the chronological Shopping This category is for sites that sell Biographies. All sites allow the visitor to buy books Neigbour categoriesAuthors This category primarily serves as a placeholder for the subcategories that are dedicated to individual, recognized Awards and Bestsellers This category is concerned primarily with sites presenting information about literary awards, usually for published works, or best seller lists. Alternatively, sites relating information on prizes and Chats and Forums Chats and Forums are an interactive element on many websites. The presentation and delivery formats may vary slightly, from threaded discussion boards, to online mailing lists and live chat, but all Children's This category is for sites that offer information about literature for children. Sites which sell literature for children do not belong in this category. They should be sent to Cultural Directories Drama Drama here refers to a play, or a literary composition intended to portray life or character or to tell a story usually involving conflicts and emotions exhibited through action and dialogue, designed Electronic Text Archives This Open Directory Project category is for printed literary texts available on the Internet--links to Internet literature archive projects such as Project Gutenberg, for example, can be found here. Festivals Literature festivals vary tremendously in their formats, but all have in common a wish to celebrate literature and literacy. Typically, a festival will be spread over more than one day and will Fiction Genres This category in the Arts/Literature category of the Open Directory Project contains listings of websites which are related to fiction--its sub-categories are Journals Magazines and E-zines This category at the Open Directory Project is for listing websites of print literary magazines, or online literary magazines with a print edition. Online magazines (e-zines) that have printed Myths and Folktales This category is the top level home for subcategories dedicated to traditonal and classical folktales, fairy tales, Online Reading Online Reading web sites are those that contain complete works that are accessible to the user online. The category includes both fiction and non-fiction, poetry, original (non published) works and Performance This category is for listings of websites dealing with literary performance--readings, non-theatric (strictly speaking) dramatizations, and so on. Periods and Movements This category contains listings of internet resources related to the history of literature--literary movements, periods, eras, and so forth. Poetry Links to poetry literary resources online. Please note that while some recognized poets may indeed build and maintain their own homepages, and many individuals voluntarily contribute their time, Reading Groups Reviews and Criticism Short Stories Contains sites which are concerned with the short story literary form, including articles and essays on the short story form as well Titles This category and its sub-categories are for listings of websites which are related to specific works of literature which, due to historic importance, a notable "cult" following and/or simply a large World Literature World Literature web sites listed by region with author subcategories. American Literature American Literature from Early Colonialist to Contemporary. British Literature Academic and research resources for English Literature from Anglo-Saxon to Contemporary times. Canadian Literature Canadian literature. Fantasy This category is dedicated to Fantasy genre fiction sites. Mystery This category is dedicated to mystery genre fiction sites. Romance This subcategory is dedicated to sites about romance novels, i.e. promoting romance fiction books and writing. Key elements are a pair of individuals in a monogamous relationship ending in a happily Science Fiction This category is for sites devoted to written professionally published science-fiction and fantasy. The "Science" sub-category is for the sort of science that sf readers are likely to be (This section is quite beta and buggy, have patience. Thanks)
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