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Sep. 6 Akira Kurosawa； Sep.7 : Queen Elizabeth I;




Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, he directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. Wikipedia
Born: March 23, 1910, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Died: September 6, 1998, Seijo, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 1.82 m
Books: Something Like an Autobiography,MORE
Awards: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, MORE


Michał Arcybaszew，1878-1927。今天讀黑澤明回憶錄，知道他27歲自殺的哥哥：
尤其推崇阿爾志跋綏夫（Mikhail Artsybashev）的《最後一線》是世界文學最高傑作，隨時放在手邊--- (hc：這部鼓吹自殺，在中國可能是禁書。此或很能說明中國與日本對於文學與自殺，可能有很不同的看法。)
http://hcbooks.blogspot.tw/2011/02/blog-post_7339.html
《蝦蟆的油:黑澤明自傳》： Akira Kurosawa, Something Like an Autobiography
Vintage Books & Anchor Books
2015年11月9日 10:30
“Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people. They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.”
― Akira Kurosawa, Something Like an Autobiography
Something Like an Autobiography (1982) is the memoir of Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa


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Queen Elizabeth I of England was born #onthisday in 1533. Last year, this famous portrait of her was saved for the nation after a successful fundraising campaign - you can see it at the Queen's House, Greenwich https://www.apollo-magazine.com/campaign-saves-armada-port…/


Campaign saves Armada Portrait for the nation | Apollo Magazine
Bradford, Blackpool, Sheffield and Newcastle shortlisted to host Great Exhibition of the North; J. Tomilson Hill plans private museum in…
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Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, the childless Elizabeth was the last monarch of the House of Tudor. Wikipedia
Born: September 7, 1533, Palace of Placentia, London, United Kingdom
Died: March 24, 1603, Richmond Palace, Richmond, United Kingdom
Reign: 17 November 1558 –; 24 March 1603
Nicknames: Good Queen Bess, Gloriana, Bess, The Virgin Queen, The Faerie Queen
Parents: Henry VIII of England, Anne Boleyn
Quotes

I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
All my possessions for a moment of time.

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