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Helena (given Name)
Helena is the Latin form of Helen. People with this name include: Ancients Mononyms *Helena, mother of Constantine I (died 330), Roman mother of Emperor Constantine *Helena (wife of Julian) (died 360), Roman daughter of Emperor Constantine * Helena (niece of Justin II), niece of Empress Sophia of the Byzantine Empire * Helena (daughter of Robert Guiscard) (fl. 1076–1081), fiancée of Constantine Doukas * Helena (daughter of Alypius), wife of Constantine VIII * Helena of Adiabene (died c. 56), Assyrian queen * Helena of Egypt, 4th century BC painter * Saint Helena of Serbia (died 1314), Serbian queen Full names * Helena Lekapene, daughter of Romanos I Lekapenos and wife of Constantine VII * Helena Kantakouzene, daughter of John VI Kantakouzenos and wife of John V Palaiologos * Helena Dragaš, daughter of Konstantin Dejanović and wife of Manuel II Palaiologos Modern *Helena Basilova (born 1983), classical pianist * Helena Blackman (born 1982), English actress and singer * Helen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek ( el, label= Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy ( Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Basilova
Helena Basilova is a Dutch pianist born in Russia and based in the Netherlands since 1990. Educated in the Netherlands and New York City, Basilova has championed the works of Eastern European composers such as Alexander Scriabin and Leoš Janáček with recordings on Quintone Records. Family Helena Basilova was born in the former Soviet Union as a daughter of two pianists. Her father Alexander Basilov (1946-2007), was a prominent Russian pianist, composer and piano teacher at Gnessin State Musical College. Basilov had studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Stanislav Neuhaus, son of Heinrich Neuhaus, one of Russia's most influential piano professors. To stretch the importance of heritage and passing on of tradition, Helena Basilova conducts research on the life and work of her father since 2012. With the help of the Dutch publisher Donemus, newly found music by Alexander Basilov has become available in 2018. The Dutch newspaper ''De Volkskrant'' wrote an article on the rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Janeczek
Helena Janeczek (born 1964) is an Italian novelist of Polish Jewish origin. Life and career Helena Janeczek was born in Munich, Germany, from a Polish family of Jews who survived the Holocaust. She moved to Italy when she was 19 and has lived there ever since. Her first book, ''Lezioni di tenebra'' (''Lessons of Darkness''), was published in 1997. It was a retelling of her family history and followed her journey with her mother to Auschwitz, where her mother was detained during World War II. Her 2010 novel, ''Le rondini di Montecassino'' (''Montecassino's Swallows''), won the Zerilli-Marimò Prize for Italian Fiction. It follows a group of soldiers fighting in the Battle of Monte Cassino during World War II. In 2017 she published her novel ''La ragazza con la Leica'' (''The Girl with the Leica''), about photographer Gerda Taro who died during the Spanish Civil War. In 2018, she won the Strega Prize The Strega Prize ( it, Premio Strega ) is the most prestigious Italian lite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Guergis
Helena C. Guergis, ( ; born February 19, 1969) is a Canadian politician of Assyrian descent. She represented the Ontario riding of Simcoe—Grey in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011, and was appointed Minister of State (Status of Women) on October 30, 2008, following the October 14, 2008 Canadian federal election. Soon after starting her parliamentary career, she became involved in several controversial situations, and these increased with time in both number and severity. Guergis was forced to resign from the Cabinet of Canada and leave the Conservative Party caucus on April 9, 2010, pending a Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation into "serious" but unspecified allegations regarding her conduct. While the RCMP investigated, and eventually concluded there was no evidence of criminal wrongdoing, Guergis continued to sit as an Independent Conservative in the House of Commons. She applied unsuccessfully for reinstatement to the Tory caucus. Guergis was defeated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Gloag
Helena Gloag (23 February 1909 – 15 June 1973) was a Scottish actress. She had roles as the grandmother in the television series ''My Ain Folk'' and appeared in films such as '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'', ''Ring of Bright Water'', ''Country Dance A country dance is any of a very large number of social dances of a type that originated in the British Isles; it is the repeated execution of a predefined sequence of figures, carefully designed to fit a fixed length of music, performed by a ...'' and '' Scrooge''. Partial filmography References External linksIMDB entry 1973 deaths Scottish film actresses 1909 births 20th-century Scottish actresses {{scotland-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Espinosa Berea
Helena Espinosa Berea (also known as Elena Espinosa Berea; c. 1895 – c. 1960) was a Mexican academic. An active educator for 50 years, she was a pioneer in the studies and practice of Early childhood education.''Diccionario Porrúa. Historia, biografía y geografía de México'' p. 1225, citado eEspinosa Berea, Helena BiblioTIC UNAM. While the education minister Justo Sierra tried to push for it during the Porfiriato, it was not until after the Mexican Revolution that pre-school education really developed. Espinosa Berea participated in the process.. Biography Helena (or Elena) Espinosa Berea was born in Mexico City, around 1895. She studied at the Escuela Nacional de Maestros for a career as an educator. After working in the annex to the Normal School, she was commissioned by teacher Rosaura Zapata to find a suitable place to establish a kindergarten. Although the first kindergartens were opened around 1883, it was not until after the revolution that they became generally ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Deland
Helena Deland is a Canadian singer-songwriter. To date she has released five EPs: ''Drawing Room'' (2016) and ''From the Series of Songs "Altogether Unaccompanied"'' Vol. I, II, III & IV (2018) that she has written and composed. Her first one-piece album ''Someone New'' was released on 15 October 2020. Deland is currently signed to Luminelle Recordings (label founded by Gorilla vs. Bear & Fat Possum Records) for the world as well as Chivi Chivi for Canada. She has toured consistently since the beginning of her career in Canada, United States and Europe. Biography Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Deland grew up in Quebec City and currently lives in Montreal. Her native languages are French and English; however, she primarily writes and sings in English. She began playing piano and guitar as a child and started singing when she moved to Montreal. Deland's inspirations are diverse, including Jessica Pratt, Joni Mitchell, and Sea Oleena. Deland is featured on "Free The Frail", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Coleman
Helena Coleman (April 27, 1860 — December 7, 1953) was a Canadian poet, music teacher, and writer. Early life Helena Jane Coleman was born in Newcastle, Ontario, the daughter of the Rev. Francis Coleman, a Methodist minister, and his second wife, Jane C. Gould. Her English-born mother died in 1862. One of her five older half-brothers was geologist Arthur Philemon Coleman. (Her father's first wife, Emmeline Maria Adams Coleman, was a descendant of John Quincy Adams, and sister of educator Mary Electa Adams.) She attended Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby, Ontario, with further study in Germany.Jean O'Grady''Margaret Addison: A Biography''(McGill- Queen's University Press 2001): 48. Career Coleman taught piano at Ontario Ladies' College from 1880 to 1892, as head of the music department, while her brothers' aunt Mary Electa Adams was the principal. There she was a friend and colleague of Margaret Addison, who became a dean of the school. Coleman was also a friend of New Zeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Cobban
Helena Cobban (born 1952) is a British-American writer and researcher on international relations, with special interests in the Middle East, the international system, and transitional justice. She is a non-resident Senior fellow at the Washington DC-based Center for International Policy. She is the founder and CEO of the book-publishing company, Just World Books and the Executive President of the small educational non-profit organization, Just World Educational. Having contributed throughout her career to numerous media outlets and authored seven books, she resumed her writing career in 2019. Life Born in Abingdon, England in 1952 to James Cobban and Lorna Mary Cobban, she was educated at Queen Anne's School, Caversham and St Hugh's College, Oxford, where she received her BA (Hons) in Philosophy and Economics in 1973. She was awarded an MA from Oxford in 1981. From 1974 through 1981, she worked as a Beirut-based correspondent for news outlets including ''The Christian Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Christensen
Helena Christensen (born 25 December 1968) is a Danish model and photographer. She is a former Victoria's Secret Angel, clothing designer and beauty queen. Christensen was also the co-founder and original creative director for ''Nylon'' magazine, and she is a supporter of funding for breast cancer organizations and other philanthropic charities. Early life Christensen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, as the elder of two daughters of a Danish father, Fleming and a Peruvian mother, Elsa. She has one sister, Anita, She is fluent in Danish, Spanish, English, French and German. Winning the Miss Universe Denmark crown in 1986 at the age of 17, she subsequently represented Denmark in the Miss Universe 1986 pageant held in Panama. The following year, she participated in the Look of the Year 1987 competition, where she was a finalist. Christensen left home soon after to pursue modelling in Paris. Career Modeling Christensen rose to prominence in the 1990s, becoming one of the most popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Chan
Helena Chan Rui Ying () (born 6 July 1989) is a Hong Kong-Swedish Channel V presenter and fashion model. She is of Chinese and Swedish descent. She is best known for representing Hong Kong in the first season of ''Asia's Next Top Model''. She is the current host of STAR World's ''Style Setter''. Helena is a keen shark fin activist. As a top model, she has graced the pages of top fashion magazines, including '' Harper's Bazaar'', ''Esquire'', ''Baccarat Magazine'', and ''MRMagazine''. She is currently working on her own fashion line. Early life Chan is a kindergarten teacher in Hong Kong, where she was raised for thirteen years, and currently works as a freelance model. She began her modeling career at the age of fifteen. She attended King George V School (Hong Kong). Before signing to Elite Model Management, she was turned down by various modeling agencies. After being encouraged by her friends, she applied for the first season of ''Asia's Next Top Model'', representing Hong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Braun
Helena Braun (20 March 1903 – 2 September 1990) was a German dramatic soprano. She made her stage debut in Mozart's ''Le nozze di Figaro'' in 1928 and joined the Vienna State Opera and the Bavarian State Opera in 1939 and 1940, respectively. She became known for Wagnerian roles such as Brünnhilde in ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' and Ortrud in ''Lohengrin''. Braun performed at the Metropolitan Opera for a brief period in 1949–1950 with her husband, Ferdinand Frantz, as a temporary replacement for Helen Traubel who had laryngitis. She continued singing in Munich in the 1950s with several international guest performances, and retired from opera after Frantz's death in 1959. Early life Helena Braun was born in Düsseldorf on 20 March 1903. She was initially trained as a mezzo-soprano and studied with Heinrich van Helden, a local baritone in Düsseldorf. Her early studies included roles such as the title character of Bizet's '' Carmen'' and Azucena from Verdi's ''Il trovatore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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