Etiket: Biography
Ernst August Kaerger, a man of many lives, does not really come to life in his biography
A man who was born in 1879 in the fledgling German Empire and who died 76 years later in the Federal Republic of Germany has, by definition, been through a…
Passionate biography of Randy Newman as a musician
Randy Newman (1943) has been earning his living for years composing soundtracks for blockbusters such as Toy Story and Meet the Parents. Wouter Bulckaert doesn’t like it much: too good,…
Careful, pleasantly readable biography of the controversial psychiatrist Jan Foudraine ★★★★☆
Jan Foudraineimage rv Worshiped, reviled, mocked, forgotten: psychiatrist Jan Foudraine experienced it all. He had made it too. In 1971 he threw a big stone into the calm waters of…
Fascinating biography of Albert Winsemius, father of the Botlek and guide to Singapore ★★★★☆
Albert Winsemius in 1971.Sculpture National Archives / Collection Spaarnestad / Anefo ‘The man who made the Netherlands and Singapore rich’, is the subheading of Frans Stoelinga’s book Albert Winsemius. †The…
New biography razes British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s wife to the ground
While 57-year-old Boris Johnson is already doing his utmost to keep his job as British Prime Minister, he has to deal with an extra sledgehammer. Lord Ashcroft, a man who,…
Predictable biography of extravagant TV evangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker ★★★☆☆
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye The eye-catching lipstick is permanent, says Tammy Faye Bakker (Jessica Chastain) in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and those huge fake eyelashes shown in close-up…
Viktor Merezhko. Biography
On January 30, 2022, the director, screenwriter, actor Viktor Merezhko. He was 84 years old. Victor Merezhko was born on July 28, 1937 on the farm Olginfeld (Rostov region). Parents…
Kuravlev’s funeral will be held on February 1
Leonid Kuravlev (Photo: Anatoly Lomokhov/Global Look Press) Leonid Kuravlev, who died on January 30 at the age of 86, will be buried on February 1 at the Troyekurovsky cemetery, reported…
Fascinating biography of the composer Von Brucken Fock
‘We are convinced that you, as one of our most talented Dutch composers, must be represented.’ Thus Willem Mengelberg and Alphons Diepenbrock in a note to Gerard von Brucken Fock.…
Ligabue – That’s how it went: Aldo Grasso’s review of the biography on Raiplay
LIGABUE – THAT WAS ITGender: BiographyDirected by Duccio Forzano. With Luciano Ligabue, Stefano Accorsi, Elisa, Francesco De Gregori. On RaiPlay A life as a midfielder, of course, but also as…