[OPLINLIST] Biography Reference Bank -- News and Tips -- May 2011

[Laura Solomon]

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*Happy 70th Birthday, Bob Dylan*
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Born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota on May 24, 1941, Bob 
Dylan is one of the most revered and influential music artists of the 
20th century. *Biography Reference Bank* (and *Biography Reference Bank 
Select*) features no fewer than five profiles of Dylan, from

/. Biography Reference Bank
//. Current Biography
//. World Musicians; Current Biography)
//. American Songwriters
. //Popular American Composers 1st Supplement/

This spread of coverage takes in almost Dylan's entire career to date 
and allows you to see how Dylan was regarded during the early years of 
his career, when his writing style is described as "a country-style 
vernacular". At this stage, Dylan still "accompanies himself with an 
unembellished guitar style, punctuating his verses with harmonica 
interludes."

A search for /Dylan, Bob/ on *Biography Index Retrospective *returns 
citations to 85 articles about Dylan, many of them dealing with his 
influence on modern culture, his attitude to religion, and his music, 
dating back to 1963.

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*The Cannes Film Festival *
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The cover profile on/Current Biography/, May 2011, gives details of the 
life and work of 1999 Palme d?Or winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. 
These Belgian film writers and directors are, according to the 
/Guardian/ newspaper: ?cinema?s ?brothers grim?, professional 
doom-mongers who trade in harsh, social-realist studies of the Belgian 
underclass.? They are also among the most critically respected 
filmmakers working in Europe today.

As a reminder all of /Current Biography/ is in *Biography Reference 
Bank* (and *Biography Reference Bank Select*).

	


*Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne*

If you are looking for more information on winners of the Cannes Film 
Festival's main prize, a search in *Biography Reference Bank* (and 
*Select*) for /Palme d'Or/, (remember to check the /Also search the text 
of biographies/ box on the Advanced Search page) returns 70 records, 
including reliable and trustworthy profiles of such prominent 
film-makers as:

            . Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni
            . American actor Nicolas Cage
            . Chinese director Chen Kaige
            . French actress Catherine Deneuve
            . Japanese writer Akira Yoshimura


*Also in the most recent issue of Current Biography...*
The May issue of /Current Biography/ also features profiles of college 
basketball coach Jim Calhoun, singer, songwriter, and music producer 
Bruno Mars, and artist director of the Joffrey Ballet, Ashley C. Wheater.

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*Nobel laureate Richard F. Heck is featured on
our website*
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Click here to see <http://www.hwwilson.com/newsmakers/ShortBio.cfm> our 
detailed profile of Heck, who was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize for 
Chemistry together with Akira Suzuki and Ei-Nichi Negishi for their work 
with carbon atoms.

*Biography Reference Bank search tip:* Did you know that /Nobel 
Laureates for Chemistry/ is an indexed Profession/activity in *Biography 
Reference Bank?* If you want to search within this profession, just 
start typing /Nobel/ to return results for

	
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<http://www.hwwilson.com/newsmakers/ShortBio.cfm>*

            . Chemistry (159 records)
            . Economics (67 records)
            . Literature (107 records)
            . Peace (102 records)
            . Physics (191 records)
            . Physiology or medicine (195 records)
            . Or general Nobel laureates (819 records)

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*Abolitionist and feminist
Harriet Beecher Stowe* 	

*Centenaries and bicentenaries this month*

Looking for ideas for projects, articles, or homework assignments? 
*Biography Reference Bank* (and *Select*) has detailed profiles of all 
these notable individuals who have important anniversaries in June 2011, 
including:

    * W. V. Awdry---the writer of the popular /Thomas the Tank Engine
      /books was born June 15, 1911. We have two profiles of him in
      *Biography Reference Bank.*
    * King George V---king of the UK and emperor of the British Empire
      was crowned on June 22, 1911. We have a profile of him in
      *Biography Reference Bank.*
    * Harriet Beecher Stowe---the writer of /Uncle Tom's Cabin/ and
      well-known abolitionist was born on June 14, 1811. We have seven
      profiles of this remarkable woman in *Biography Reference Bank.*
    * William James Mayo---American surgeon and co-founder of the Mayo
      Clinic, who was born on June 29, 1861 and has a profile in
      *Biography Reference Bank.*

*New additions to Biography Reference Bank*
Hockey player Daniel Alfredsson . Human rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi 
(update) . Singer Erykah Badu . Senator Dan Coats . Hockey player Rick 
DiPietro . Ballet dancers Megan Fairchild and Robert Fairchild . Writer 
Mary Gaitskill . Congressman Vicky Hartzler . Baseball player Ubaldo 
Jimenez . Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard (update) . Filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-ha 
. Writer Christopher Moore . Venezuelan politician Carlos Andres Perez 
(obituary) . Congressman Tim Scott . Actor Owen Wilson
*...and many more!*

	
	

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