"Lamb's fondness for stage drama provided the subjects of a number of the essays: ""My First Play,"" ""Stage Illusion,"" ""Ellistoniana,"" etc. ""Blakesmoor in H——shire"" was actually written about Blakesware in Hertfordshire, the great house where Lamb's maternal grandmother was housekeeper for many years. Essays of Elia Essays of Elia is a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb; it was first published in book form in 1823, with a second volume, ""Last Essays of Elia"", issued in 1833 by the publisher Edward Moxon. The essays in the collection first began appearing in ""The London Magazine"" in 1820 and continued to"
"his ""Autobiography"", the Romanian philosopher Mircea Eliade indicated that it was likely that his ancestors, whose original surname was ""Ieremia"", had adopted the new name as a tribute to Heliade Rădulescu, whom they probably admired. Ion Heliade Rădulescu Ion Heliade Rădulescu or Ion Heliade (also known as ""Eliad""e or ""Eliade Rădulescu""; ; January 6, 1802 – April 27, 1872) was a Wallachian, later Romanian academic, Romantic and Classicist poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writer, newspaper editor and politician. A prolific translator of foreign literature into Romanian, he was also the author of books on linguistics and history. For much of"
"delightful of English essayists."" Lamb himself is the Elia of the collection, and his sister Mary is ""Cousin Bridget."" Charles first used the pseudonym Elia for an essay on the South Sea House, where he had worked decades earlier; Elia was the last name of an Italian man who worked there at the same time as Charles, and after that essay the name stuck. American editions of both the ""Essays"" and the ""Last Essays"" were published in Philadelphia in 1828. At the time, American publishers were unconstrained by copyright law, and often reprinted materials from English books and periodicals; so"
"Elia Levita Elia Levita (13 February 1469 – 28 January 1549) (Hebrew: אליהו בן אשר הלוי אשכנזי), also known as Elijah Levita, Elias Levita, Élie Lévita, Elia Levita Ashkenazi, Eliahu Levita, Eliyahu haBahur (""Elijah the Bachelor""), Elye Bokher, was a Renaissance Hebrew grammarian, scholar and poet. He was the author of the ""Bovo-Bukh"" (written in 1507–1508), the most popular chivalric romance written in Yiddish. Living for a decade in the house of Cardinal Egidio da Viterbo, he was also one of the foremost tutors of Christian notables in Hebrew and Jewish mysticism during the Renaissance. Born at Neustadt near Nuremberg,"
"Ilya Ilf Ilya Ilf, pseudonym of Iehiel-Leyb Arnoldovich Faynzilberg (), ( in Odessa – April 13, 1937, Moscow), was a popular Soviet journalist and writer of Jewish origin who usually worked in collaboration with Yevgeni Petrov during the 1920s and 1930s. Their duo was known simply as Ilf and Petrov. Together they published two popular comedy novels ""The Twelve Chairs"" (1928) and ""The Little Golden Calf"" (1931), as well as a satirical book ""One-storied America"" (often translated as ""Little Golden America"") that documented their journey through the United States between 1935 and 1936. His father was a bank clerk. He"
"Elisha Jay Edwards Elisha Jay Edwards (often bylined as E.J. Edwards, and under the pen name Holland) (1847 - April 25, 1924) was a well-known investigative journalist and financial reporter of the late 19th and early 20th century. He broke the story in 1893 of President Grover Cleveland's secret cancer surgery aboard his friend Elias Cornelius Benedict's yacht ""Utowana"", which the administration denied. Edwards graduated from Yale University in 1870, and its law school in 1873. He served as Washington correspondent of the ""New York Sun"" from 1880–84, and editor of the ""New York Evening Sun"" from 1887-89. Starting in"
"Eliza Humphreys Eliza Margaret Jane Humphreys (14 June 1850 – 1 January 1938) (born Gollan) was an English novelist. Eliza Margaret Jane Gollan was born at Gollanfield in Inverness-shire, the daughter of John Gollan, a Scottish businessman. Her father travelled extensively, visiting India and Australia and Eliza received little formal education, however she was able to use her experience of Australia to write a semi-autobiographical novel ‘Sheba’ in 1889, using the pen-name ‘Rita’. Another novel, 'Episodes,' was originally published using the pen-name 'E. Jayne Gilbert.' Eliza was married twice: first to the Anglo-German musician Karl Booth, with whom she had"
"George Eliot Mary Anne Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Ann or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels, including ""Adam Bede"" (1859), ""The Mill on the Floss"" (1860), ""Silas Marner"" (1861), ""Romola"" (1862–63), ""Middlemarch"" (1871–72), and ""Daniel Deronda"" (1876), most of which are set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight. Although female authors were published under their own names during her lifetime, she wanted to escape the stereotype"
"""Argosy"", ""Blackwood's Magazine"", and ""Temple Bar"". Her work on the ""Yellow Book"" bought her into contact with the publisher John Lane, who initially published her collection of short stories, ""Monochromes"" (1895), and went to publish her further works, ""Modern Instances"" (1898), and ""The Bishop’s Dilemma"" (1898), under the Bodley Head imprint. As well as writing fiction, D'Arcy also translated into English André Maurois's biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley, ""Ariel"" (1924). D'Arcy was notorious for her inability to maintain contact with her friends, exacerbated by her love of travel, often appearing unannounced, earning her the nickname 'Goblin Ella.' Ella D'Arcy spent"
"make Hazlitt's critical point. The figure of Elia represents in the symbolic landscape of the age those least tractable but deeply natural 'infirmities' of man which, ignored by, when not wholly invisible to, the humorless self-abstraction of modern pride, will never be made to yield to 'the progress of intellectual refinement.'"" ""Geoffrey Crayon"" was the pen name under which the American essayist, short-story writer, biographer, historian, and humourist Washington Irving (1783-1859) first became popular in Europe. His ""Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent."", published in Britain in 1820, was a collection of travel sketches, short stories, folk tales, and miscellaneous"
"Emilio Villa Emilio Villa (Milan, 21 September 1914 – Rieti, 14 January 2003) was an Italian poet, visual artist, translator, art critic and Bible scholar. His poems reflected his knowledge of modern and ancient languages, including Italian, French, English, Latin, Greek, Sumerian, and Akkadian. Most of Villa's writing were printed by small publishing houses throughout Italy, and many are unavailable today. He translated the Babylonian creation epic, ""Enuma Elis"", Homer's ""Odyssey"", and several books of the Hebrew Scriptures, including the first five books of Moses (Pentateuch), Job, Proverbs, and Song of Songs. In 1950, Villa moved to Brazil, where he"
"Herbert Strang Herbert Strang was the pseudonym of two English authors, George Herbert Ely (1866–1958) and Charles James L'Estrange (1867–1947). They specialized in writing adventure stories for boys, both historical and modern-day. Both men were staff members of Oxford University Press, which published their books, giving them a patina of social status and approval for the parents of their intended audience. Their work showed a broad general debt to that of Jules Verne; ""Round the World in Seven Days"" was one of their most popular books. Ely and L'Estrange have been classified as ""popular writers of imperial fiction"" and ""successors"
"Emile Benoit (writer) Emile Benoit (born 1965) is the pseudonym for the American author of the critically acclaimed ""Essays and Aphorisms on the Higher Man,"" ""Beasts in Eden,"" and ""The Artistic Perspective"",ref. as well as the full-length play ""A Midsummer Night's Hangover"". He holds both B.A. and M.A. degrees in philosophy from San Diego State University. He currently teaches in San Diego where he lives with his wife and two daughters. History has shown examples of man trying to pull himself out of his ignorant bliss and stagnancy, from the philosopher kings and Renaissance man to Nietzsche's Superman. A scant"
"George Eliot. George Augustus Simcox and William Henry Simcox were her brothers. Edith Simcox Edith Jemima Simcox (21 August 1844 – 15 September 1901) was a British writer, trade union activist, and early feminist. She began her writing career as a reviewer, publishing criticism under the pseudonym ""H. Lawrenny,"" including an important review of the ""Memoir of Jane Austen"" (1870). In 1875 she and Emma Paterson became the first women to attend the Trades Union Congress as delegates. She lived at 60 Dean Street, London. From 1879-1882 she was a member of the London School Board representing Westminster. A lesbian,"
"Ella Sterling Mighels Ella Sterling Mighels (May 5, 1853 – December 10, 1934) (née: Ella Sterling Clark; during first marriage: Ella Sterling Cummins; pen name: Aurora Esmeralda) was a California pioneer, author and literary historian. She was born in Mormon Island, California, but grew up in the town of Aurora, Esmeralda County, Nevada, leading her to adopt the pen name, ""Aurora Esmeralda"". She founded the California Literature Society (1913), and was named the ""First Literary Historian of California"" (1919). She died in San Francisco, and is buried in Oakland, California at the Mountain View Cemetery. Her first husband was the"
"Eliza Fenwick Eliza Fenwick (; 1 February 1767 – 8 December 1840) was an English author whose works include ""Secresy; or The Ruin on the Rock"" (1795) and several children's books. She was born in Cornwall, married an alcoholic and had two children by him. She eventually left him to live with her children in Barbados, where she ran a school with her daughter. Eliza Jaco was born on 1 February 1767 at Pelynt, Cornwall. Her parents were Peter and Elizabeth Jaco (née Hawksworth), and she was baptized Elizabeth on 25 June 1766. She married a writer, John Fenwick, who"
"Eric Ambler Eric Clifford Ambler OBE (28 June 1909 – 22 October 1998) was an influential British author of thrillers, in particular spy novels, who introduced a new realism to the genre. He also worked as a screenwriter. Ambler used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books co-written with Charles Rodda. Ambler was born in London into a family of entertainers who ran a puppet show, with which he helped in his early years. Both parents also worked as music hall artists. He later studied engineering at the Northampton Polytechnic Institute in Islington (now City, University of London), and served a"
"Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, also known under his literary pseudonym Eleuter (20 February 1894 – 2 March 1980), was a Polish poet, essayist, dramatist and writer. He is mostly recognized for his literary achievements in poetry before World War II, but also criticized as a long-term political opportunist in communist Poland, actively participating in the slander of Czesław Miłosz and other expatriates. He was removed from school textbooks soon after the collapse of the Soviet Bloc. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. Iwaszkiewicz was born in Kalnik in Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire (now"
"that time the more popular of the two, to Hazlitt that phenomenon was a consequence of the current rage for novelty. Irving's writings made for pleasant reading, Hazlitt allowed, yet he believed that Lamb, whose writing under the pen name of ""Elia"" is Hazlitt's chief focus here, was more original and deserved greater attention. ""Elia"" was the best-known pen name of Charles Lamb (1775–1834), an English essayist, critic, antiquarian, and poet. Having been close friends with Lamb for almost two decades, Hazlitt had written warmly of his frequent attendance at Charles and Mary Lamb's ""at home"" gatherings, he and Charles"
"Ilya Ehrenburg Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg (, ; – 31 August 1967) was a Jewish Soviet writer, Bolshevik revolutionary, journalist and historian. Ehrenburg is among the most prolific and notable authors of the Soviet Union; he published around one hundred titles. He became known first and foremost as a novelist and a journalist – in particular, as a reporter in three wars (First World War, Spanish Civil War and the Second World War). His articles on the Second World War have provoked intense controversies in West Germany, especially during the sixties. The novel ""The Thaw"" gave its name to an entire"
"of novels and short stories of science fiction and horror written under his pseudonym of ""Christopher Blayre. Heron-Allen was also noted for his fiction writing, especially his stories which were early examples of horror and fantasy. Edward Heron-Allen Edward Heron-Allen FRS (born ""Edward Heron Allen"") (17 December 1861 – 28 March 1943) was an English polymath, writer, scientist and Persian scholar who translated the works of Omar Khayyam. Heron-Allen was born in London, the youngest of four children of George Allen and Catherine Herring. He was educated at Elstree and Harrow School from 1876, where he developed an interest in"
"Eliza D. Keith Eliza Douglas Keith (1854–1939) was an American educator, author, and journalist from California. Keith wrote under the pen names of Erle Douglas and Di Vernon. She wrote for ""Demorest's Monthly Magazine"", ""Kate Field's Washington"", ""Good Housekeeping"", ""The Daily Alta California"", ""San Francisco Chronicle"", ""The San Francisco Examiner"", ""The San Francisco Call"", and the ""San Francisco News Letter"". She was a special correspondent of the San Francisco ""Recorder-Union"", the ""Journalist"", and ""Kate Fields Washington"". Keith was a member of Pacific Coast Women's Press Association, the Illinois Press League, the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to"
"in Germany he also printed his ""Bovo-Bukh"". On returning to Venice, Eliah, in spite of his great age, he worked on editions of several works, including David Kimhi's ""Miklol"", which he also annotated. Elia Levita died 28 January 1549 in Venice, aged 80 years. He has descendants living today, including former British Prime Minister David Cameron, who describes him as ""my forefather Elijah Levita who wrote what is thought to have been the first ever Yiddish novel"". Elia Levita Elia Levita (13 February 1469 – 28 January 1549) (Hebrew: אליהו בן אשר הלוי אשכנזי), also known as Elijah Levita, Elias"
"Magazine"". ""The Scenes"" (published as a book in 1858), was well received, and was widely believed to have been written by a country parson, or perhaps the wife of a parson. Evans's first complete novel, published in 1859, was ""Adam Bede"". It was an instant success, and prompted yet more intense curiosity as to the author's identity: there was even a pretender to the authorship, one Joseph Liggins. This public interest subsequently led to Marian Evans Lewes's acknowledgment that it was she who stood behind the pseudonym George Eliot. The revelations about Eliot's private life surprised and shocked many of"
"published selections and portraits of California authors. Ella Sterling Mighels Ella Sterling Mighels (May 5, 1853 – December 10, 1934) (née: Ella Sterling Clark; during first marriage: Ella Sterling Cummins; pen name: Aurora Esmeralda) was a California pioneer, author and literary historian. She was born in Mormon Island, California, but grew up in the town of Aurora, Esmeralda County, Nevada, leading her to adopt the pen name, ""Aurora Esmeralda"". She founded the California Literature Society (1913), and was named the ""First Literary Historian of California"" (1919). She died in San Francisco, and is buried in Oakland, California at the Mountain"
"Julian May Julian Clare May (July 10, 1931 – October 17, 2017) was an American science fiction, fantasy, horror, science and children's writer who also used several literary pseudonyms. She was best known for her ""Saga of Pliocene Exile"" (""Saga of the Exiles"" in the United Kingdom) and ""Galactic Milieu Series"" books. Julian May grew up in Elmwood Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, the oldest of four children. Her parents were Matthew M. May (originally Majewski) and Julia Feilen May; as a child she was known as Judy May. She became involved in science fiction fandom in her late"
"Alexander Eliot Alexander Eliot (April 28, 1919 – April 23, 2015) was an American writer born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, best known for his works on spirituality and myth. He is the son of Samuel Atkins Eliot, Jr., the grandson of Samuel Atkins Eliot, and the great-grandson of Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard for fifty years. Eliot was the art editor of ""Time"" magazine from 1945 to 1960. His many books include ""“The Universal Myths: Heroes, Gods, Tricksters, and Other”"", ""“The Global Myths: Exploring Primitive, Pagan, Sacred, and Scientific Mythologies”"", and ""“The Timeless Myths: How Ancient Legends Influence the Modern"
"""Der Angriff"", published an article claiming that Ilf committed suicide following a scathing critique from the Soviet government during a writers' convention. Petrov immediately published a denial in ""Pravda"" called ""An Answer to Fascist Slanderers"", pointing out that his death was caused by illness and that nothing extraordinary happened during the convention, with a full transcript of the proceedings. However, the suicide version is still used by some Western biographers. Ilya Ilf Ilya Ilf, pseudonym of Iehiel-Leyb Arnoldovich Faynzilberg (), ( in Odessa – April 13, 1937, Moscow), was a popular Soviet journalist and writer of Jewish origin who usually"
"Stella Asling-Riis Stella Eugenie Asling-Riis (October 4, 1869 — 1957) was a Canadian writer and a clubwoman in New York City. Histella Eugenia Asling was born at Simcoe, Ontario, the daughter of Charles Wesley Asling and Mary Isabella Morrow Asling. She attended Parkdale Collegiate Institute in Toronto. An early example of short fiction by Stella Asling, ""To History Unknown,"" appeared in ""The Canadian Magazine"" in 1893. Asling-Riis wrote a serialized epistolary tale, ""The Adventures of Elisa"" (1912), for ""The American Scandinavian Magazine"". Historical novels by Stella Asling-Riis included ""Crowned at Elim"" (1903), ""The Great Fresh Sea"" (1931) and ""Star Over"
"Ella Maria Dietz Clymer Ella Maria Dietz Clymer (later, Ella Maria Dietz Clymer Glynes; pen and stage name, Ella Dietz; January 27, 1847 – January 9, 1920) was an American actress and author. Professionally known by her maiden name, Ella Dietz, she was a writer of poems and songs, an instructor in elocution and dramatic art, a reader, and a reciter for charitable events. In the United States, she served as the fifth president of Sorosis, vice-president of the National Council of Women, and was a leading member of the Advisory Board of The Federation of Clubs. To the British"
"1914-1947 and a few other novels but is most highly regarded for his short stories. He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize. ""The Summer at Nohant"" a play written in 1936 is based on an episode in Chopin's life and ""Masquerade"" on Pushkin's final days. Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, also known under his literary pseudonym Eleuter (20 February 1894 – 2 March 1980), was a Polish poet, essayist, dramatist and writer. He is mostly recognized for his literary achievements in poetry before World War II, but also criticized as a long-term political opportunist in communist Poland, actively participating in the"
"Ella D'Arcy Ella D'Arcy (Constance Eleanor Mary Byrne D'Arcy) (1857 – 1937) was a short fiction writer in the late 19th and early 20th century. D'Arcy was born to an Irish family in London in 1857; the precise date is unknown. One of nine children, she was educated in London, Germany, France and the Channel Islands. Although a student of fine art, D'Arcy abandoned this career, allegedly on the grounds of poor eyesight, in favour of becoming an author. Living in London, and working as a contributor to, and unofficial editor of, alongside Henry Harland, the ""Yellow Book"", D'Arcy's work"
"Gail Brewer-Giorgio Gail Brewer-Giorgio, G.B. Giorgio or Gail Giorgio, is an American author whose works have speculated about the possibility that singer Elvis Presley may have faked his death in August 1977. Prior to the death of Elvis Presley, Giorgio wrote a novel which described how a popular Southern singer who called himself ""Orion"" faked his own death to escape the pressures of fame. According to Brewer-Giorgio, her publisher inexplicably began to recall her novel, which led her to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Presley. At about the same time; an actual singer, also calling himself Orion, who"