HINGLEY, Ronald (Francis)
- HINGLEY, Ronald (Francis)
(1920-)
UK lecturer in Russian studies and writer whose sf novel Up Jenkins! (1956) satirically presents a UK split in two, the northern half remaining more or less free, the southern half, People's Britain, being ruled in totalitarian fashion. The SATIRE of People's Britain is deft.
JC
Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia.
Academic.
2011.
Look at other dictionaries:
Stalin, Joseph — orig. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili born Dec. 21, 1879, Gori, Georgia, Russian Empire died March 5, 1953, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Soviet politician and dictator. The son of a cobbler, he studied at a seminary but was expelled for… … Universalium
Chekhov, Anton — ▪ Russian author Introduction in full Anton Pavlovich Chekhov born Jan. 29 [Jan. 17, Old Style], 1860, Taganrog, Russia died July 14/15 [July 1/2], 1904, Badenweiler, Ger. major Russian playwright and master of the modern short story. He was a … Universalium
Gorky, Maksim — orig. Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov born March 28, 1868, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia died June 14, 1936, Nizhny Novgorod Russian writer. After a childhood of poverty and misery (his assumed name, Gorky, means bitter ), he became a wandering tramp. His… … Universalium
Liste der Biografien/Hi — Biografien: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q … Deutsch Wikipedia
List of translators into English — Translators of Greek and Latin classics into EnglishTranslators of Homer*Samuel Butler *George Chapman ( Iliad , 1611; Odyssey , 1614 15) *Robert Fagles *Robert Fitzgerald *Andrew Lang and Samuel Henry Butcher (complete, in prose, 1879) *Richmond … Wikipedia
James Tait Black Memorial Prize — Fondé en 1919, le James Tait Black Memorial Prize est l un des plus importants prix littéraires britanniques. Chaque année, il récompense des auteurs écrivant en langue anglaise et se divise en deux catégories : la fiction et la biographie.… … Wikipédia en Français
Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… … Universalium
Prix James Tait Black Memorial — Fondé en 1919, le James Tait Black Memorial Prize est l un des plus importants prix littéraires britanniques. Chaque année, il récompense des auteurs écrivant en langue anglaise et se divise en deux catégories : la fiction et la biographie.… … Wikipédia en Français
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn bibliography — This is a bibliography of works by and related to Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.Published worksBooks*cite book | title=Odin den’ Ivana Denisovicha | editor= | others= | location=Moscow | publisher=Sovetskii pisatel’ | year=1963 **cite… … Wikipedia
Nikolaï Pogodine — Monument à Nikolaï Fiodorovitch Pogodine au cimetière de Novodiévitchi. Nom de naissance Nikolaï F … Wikipédia en Français