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Annah (other)
Annah may refer to: People with the given name *Annah Faulkner, Australian novelist *Annah Gela, South African politician *Annah Mac, New Zealand singer-songwriter, producer and musician *Annah May Soule, American academic *Annah Robinson Watson, American author Other uses *Annah-of-the-Shadows, a character from the 1999 role-playing video game ''Planescape: Torment'' *Ida Annah Ryan, American architect See also * * *Anah, Iraq *Anna (other) {{disambiguation, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annah Faulkner
Annah Faulkner (1949/1950 – 8 March 2022) was an Australians, Australian novelist. At the age of five, Faulkner moved with her parents to Papua New Guinea and later lived on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast with her husband. She died in March 2022, after leaving a note arguing for more humane death laws permitting access to suicide for older Australians. Bibliography Novels * ''The Beloved (Faulkner novel), The Beloved'' (2011) * ''Last Day in the Dynamite Factory'' (2015) Awards * 2011 winner Queensland Premier's Literary Awards for Best Manuscript of an Emerging Queensland Author * 2013 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award for ''The Beloved'' * 2013 winner Nita Kibble Literary Award for ''The Beloved'' Interviews * Karen Hardy in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 27 June 2015, on the publication of the author's second novel * John Purcell on ''Booktopia,'' "Annah Faulkner, author of The Beloved, answers Ten Terrifying Questions" References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annah Gela
Annah Gela is a South African politician of the African National Congress (ANC) who had been a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from 2019 until 2024. Background Gela completed a municipal management development programme at the University of Pretoria. She also fulfilled a community facilitation programme through the Siyakhula Trust. A member of the African National Congress, she served as its chief whip in the Westonaria Local Municipality from 2008 until 2016. At the provincial African National Congress Women's League conference held in August 2023, Gela was narrowly elected deputy provincial secretary over Sylvia Mcungeli. Parliamentary career Prior to the 8 May 2019 general election, she was given the 22nd position on the ANC's Gauteng list of candidates for the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annah Mac
Annah Mac is a New Zealand singer-songwriter, producer and musician. Her debut album, ''Little Stranger (album), Little Stranger'' was released on the 5 September 2011, it was listed for seven weeks on the New Zealand Albums Top 40 Chart. The most successful single off the album was "Girl in Stilettos". The single was certified double platinum in New Zealand and was listed for 23 weeks on the New Zealand Top 40. Musical career Mac moved to Auckland at the age of 17 and signed a deal with Sony Music New Zealand in November 2009. In November 2011, Mac's single "Girl In Stilettos" was released and certified double platinum. The music video was funded by NZ On Air. In March 2012, Mac opened for One Direction on the NZ Leg of their world tour. In April 2012, Mac won an International Songwriting Award for original "Celia". She was nominated for a New Zealand Silver Scroll Award for "Girl In Stilettos" and also for two categories in the New Zealand Music Awards, Vodafone New Zealand Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annah May Soule
Annah May Soule (September 5, 1859 – March 17, 1905) was a professor of American history and political economy at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. Early life Annah May Soule was born in Port Huron, Michigan, and raised in Jackson, Michigan, the daughter of Major Harrison Soule and Mary E. Parker Soule. She had an older sister, Mary Eva Soule Clark (1857–1946). Harrison Soule was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War when Annah and her sister were small. After the war, he served as treasurer at the University of Michigan. Soule trained as a teacher at the state normal school in Ypsilanti, Michigan, then studied law, history, and economics at the University of Michigan, where she earned a bachelor's degree (1894) and a master's degree (1895). Her master's thesis work was published as two monographs, ''The International Boundary of Michigan'' (1895) and ''The Southern and Western Boundaries of Michigan'' (1896). She also presented on her research a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annah Robinson Watson
Annah Robinson Watson (1848–1930) was an American author, the founding member and president of the Nineteenth Century Club, and a collector of American folklore. Early life Watson was born Annah Walker Robinson on the Taylor homestead, "Springfields", near Louisville, Kentucky, to Mary Louise Taylor Robinson and Archibald Magill Robinson., she was the granddaughter of Hancock Taylor, a brother of President Zachariah Taylor. Watson was described as a "romantic, poetic, imaginative child". After some years in the countryside, her family moved to Louisville, and Watson received an education there and later in Chicago. Written works After completing her studies, she entered society as a poet. She continued to write, publishing "Baby's Mission", which received widespread popularity and was published in the London journal ''Chatterbox''. She also won a contest in the New York ''Churchman'' for best lullaby. In addition to publishing many poems and prose works under her own name, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annah-of-the-Shadows
''Planescape: Torment'' is a 1999 role-playing video game developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay Entertainment for Windows. The game takes place in locations from the multiverse of Planescape, a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy campaign setting. The game's engine is a modified version of the Infinity Engine, which was used for BioWare's ''Baldur's Gate'', a previous ''D&D'' game set in the Forgotten Realms. ''Planescape: Torment'' is primarily story-driven, with combat taking a secondary role. The protagonist, known as The Nameless One, is an immortal man who forgets everything if killed. The game focuses on his journey through the city of Sigil and other planes to reclaim his memories of previous lives, and to discover why he was made immortal in the first place. Several characters in the game may join The Nameless One on his journey; most of these characters have encountered him in the past or have been influenced by his actions in some way. The game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida Annah Ryan
Ida Annah Ryan (1873–1950) was a pioneering United States architect known for her work in Massachusetts and Florida. She was the first woman to receive a Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the first woman to receive a Master's degree in architecture anywhere in the United States. She was the eighth woman to be admitted to the American Institute of Architects. Biography Ryan was born on November 4, 1873, in Waltham, Massachusetts, one of five children of Albert Morse Ryan and Carrie S. Jameson. Albert Morse Ryan was a Waltham city employee and historian who also ran a milk business. She graduated from the Waltham High School. During her Waltham High School years, Ryan was first attracted to the study of architectural design. Studies at Massachusetts Normal Art School In 1892 Ida A. Ryan began attending classes at Massachusetts Normal Art School (now Massachusetts College of Art and Design), which was founded in 1873 with the intention to suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anah
Anah or Ana (, ), formerly also known as Anna, is an Iraqi town on the Euphrates approximately midway between the Gulf of Alexandretta and the Persian Gulf. Anah lies from west to east on the right bank along a bend of the river just before it turns south towards Hīt. Name The town was called (d)Ha-na-at in cuneiform texts from the Old Babylonian period, A-na-at of the land Suhum by the scribes of Tukulti-Ninurta II, Tukulti-Ninurta BC, and An-at by the scribes of Assur-nasir-pal II in 879 BC. The name has been connected with the widely worshipped war goddess Anat. It was known as Anathō () to Isidore Charax and Anatha to Ammianus Marcellinus; early Arabic writers described it variously as ʾĀna or (as if plural) ʾĀnāt. History Antiquity The earliest references to Anah are probably found in letters of the period of Zimri-Lim of Mari, Syria, Mari. Under Hammurabi, Hammurapi of Babylon the town was under Babylonian control, being included in the governorate of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
