The Duke of Jazz: Who is Duke Ellington?

The Duke of Jazz: Who is Duke Ellington?

Jazz music is a product of intelligence. But the difference between jazz and other music is that it has an improvised flow of excitement guided by intelligence and mastery. Duke Ellington is one of the jazz musicians who best reflects this to the listener and one of those who wrote the history of jazz.

He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955: Who is Halldor Laxness?

He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955: Who is Halldor Laxness?

Nobel Prize-winning Icelandic poet and novelist: He criticized the Soviet regime, which he supported in the 1940s, after the occupation of Hungary. Returning to his country again, Laxness's satire Atómstöðin (Atomic Station, 1948), which he wrote about the American military base established in Keflavík, led to his being blacklisted by the American government.