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Guerra
Guerra is a Portuguese, Spanish and Italian term meaning "war". Notable people with the surname Guerra include: People Arts * Aaron Guerra, American guitarist * Adam Daniel Guerra, American drag queen also known as Venus D-Lite * Ana Clara Guerra Marques, Angolan dancer * Andrea Guerra (composer), Italian composer * Aureliano Fernández-Guerra, Spanish historian, poet and playwright * Carlos Rivera Guerra, Mexican singer * Carolina Guerra, Colombian model and actress * Cástulo Guerra, Argentine actor * César Guerra-Peixe, Brazilian violinist * Ciro Guerra, Colombian film director, screenwriter * Ely Guerra, Mexican singer * Gabriel Guerra, Mexican sculptor * Giovanni Guerra, Italian painter * Gregório de Matos e Guerra, Brazilian poet * Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer * Marcelino Guerra, Cuban singer * María Inés Guerra, Mexican singer * Pedro Guerra, Spanish singer * Pia Guerra, Canadian comic book artist * Raquel Guerra, Portuguese singer * Rita Guerra, Portugu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Luis Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra Seijas (born 7 June 1957) is a People of the Dominican Republic, Dominican musician, singer, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has won numerous awards including 28 Latin Grammy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and one Billboard Latin Music Awards, Latin Billboard Music Award. He won 3 Latin Grammy Awards of 2010, Latin Grammy Awards in 2010, including Album of the Year. In 2012, he won the Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year. He has sold 15 million records worldwide, making him one of the List of best-selling Latin music artists, best-selling Latin music artists. Guerra is one of the most internationally recognized Latin music (genre), Latin artists of recent decades. His popular style of Merengue music, merengue and Latin music, Latin fusion has garnered him considerable success throughout Latin America. He is also credited for popularizing bachata (music), bachata music on a global level and is often associated with the genre, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Guerra
Tom Guerra (born 1963) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and vintage guitar preservationist. He has been a member of Mambo Sons and Dirty Bones Band, has appeared as a guest on recordings by other notable artists, and has released albums under his own name. Career Guerra began his music career in the late 1970s, playing in the New England club circuit with blues and rock acts. His primary influences include Rory Gallagher, Paul Kossoff, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, and Joe Walsh. In the 1980s, Guerra recorded with Rick Derringer, Max Weinberg, Guitar Shorty, Kenny Aaronson, and many others. From 1983 to 1992 Guerra was a member of the garage rock group Dirty Bones Band and recorded four albums with them. He was profiled in ''Guitar Player'' magazine in 1991. He started writing for '' Vintage Guitar Magazine'' in 1998 and continues to do so to the present day. His column focuses on authentic recording techniques and collecting vintage guita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ely Guerra
Ely Guerra (born Elizabeth Guerra Vázquez, February 13, 1972) is a Mexican singer-songwriter who was raised in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. The daughter of Alberto Guerra and Gloria Vázquez, Guerra lived the first years of her life in Monterrey, where she was born, before moving to San Luis Potosí and then to Guadalajara, due to her father's work. It was in Guadalajara that she first discovered her passion for music. She has a mezzo-soprano voice. Life and career Guerra wrote her first song at age ten. She attended school at the Evergreen State College in Washington. In 1986, Guerra was the backing vocalist of the band Carmín. At the age of fifteen, she decided to follow her dreams and look for opportunities in Mexico City. At age 20, she signed her first contract with BMG. Recorded in Spain and produced by Teo Cardalda, her debut album ''Ely Guerra'' was released in 1992. However, the album failed to achieve the expected success. After finishing her contract with BMG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Guerra
Aidan Guerra (born 25 February 1988) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Sydney Roosters, with whom he won the 2013 NRL Grand Final, and the Newcastle Knights in the NRL. He represented both Italy and Australia at international level and Queensland in the State of Origin series. His positions were and . Early years Guerra was born in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. He is of Italian descent. Guerra attended Ignatius Park College in Townsville and played his junior rugby league with Townsville Brothers. Guerra was then signed with NRL club the Melbourne Storm, but never featured in the first grade squad, mostly being sidelined through injuries. The club then banned him from appearing in any grade after he signed with the Roosters for the next season. Guerra was named in the Italian side for the 2009 European Cup, but did not play. Playing career 2010 In round 1 of the season, Guerra made his NRL debut for the Sydney Roosters, against the Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Guerra
Alejandro Abraham Guerra Morales (born 9 July 1985) is a Venezuelan former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Caracas Born in Caracas, Guerra started his senior career at hometown club Caracas FC, making his senior debut in 2003 and appearing in four matches during the campaign. He scored his first professional goal on 21 September 2003, in a 6–0 routing of Monagas. In 2004 Guerra was loaned to Primera B Nacional club Juventud Antoniana, for one year. After failing to make a single appearance at the club, he returned to Caracas in the following year and subsequently established himself as a starter. He scored his first goal in the Copa Libertadores on 22 February 2007, netting the game's only in a home success over L.D.U. Quito. On 1 July 2010, Guerra announced his departure from the club after having "economical disputes with the club's board". Deportivo Anzoátegui On 20 July 2010, Guerra signed a one-year contract with fellow to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Guerra
Wendy Guerra (born 11 December 1970), formally Wendy Guerra Torres, is a Cuban poet and novelist, based in Miami. After a brief career acting in Cuban film and television, she turned to writing and won recognition more readily abroad than within Cuba. She has been described as "a kind of diva of contemporary Cuban literature". Three of her books have been published in Cuba: ''Platea a oscuras'' (poetry, Havana: Universidad de La Habana, 1987), ''Cabeza rapada'' (poetry. Havana: Letras Cubanas, 1996) and ''Posar desnuda en La Habana'' (Havana: Letras Cubanas, 2014). Biography Guerra was born on 11 December 1970 in Havana in what she later described as "a small provincial hospital". Her family soon moved to Cienfuegos on Cuba's southern coast. Her mother Albis Torres was an unpublished poet. Her father was Cuban playwright Raúl Guerra, who died alcoholic and begging for alms on the streets. She has a half brother, plastic artist Sandro Guerra García. Guerra's first collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pia Guerra
Pia Jasmin Guerra is an American-born Canadian comic book artist and editorial cartoonist, best known for her work as co-creator and lead penciller on the Vertigo (DC Comics), Vertigo title ''Y: The Last Man''. She has worked in the comics industry since the 1990s, and has also contributed to ''Doctor Who: The Forgotten'', along with DC and Marvel comics. Guerra regularly does cartoons for ''The New Yorker'', MAD Magazine, ''MAD'' Magazine and The Nib. She is the author of the Image Comics editorial cartoon book, ''Me The People''. Early life Guerra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to a Finns, Finnish mother and Chileans, Chilean father. At the age of 10, Guerra's cousin visited from Queens and introduced her to comics by leaving his issue of ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #129 on a coffee table in her house. After reading the comic, Guerra continued to read comics thereafter. As a self-taught artist, Guerra was always interested in art, but she planned to pursue other careers, such as medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciro Guerra
Ciro Guerra (born 6 February 1981) is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2015 film ''Embrace of the Serpent'', which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, and for '' The Wind Journeys'', selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards. Career He made his first film, '' Wandering Shadows,'' in 2004 at the age of 23. The film was selected as Colombian submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. His next film, '' The Wind Journeys'', competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was selected as Colombian submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards; it also was not selected. His 2015 film ''Embrace of the Serpent'' was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the C.I.C.A.E. Award. It won the Best Film award i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Guerra
Pedro Manuel Guerra Mansito (born 2 June 1966), better known as Pedro Guerra, is a Spanish singer-songwriter. He originally performed under the name Pedro Manuel. Biography Pedro Manuel Guerra Mancito was born in Güímar, Tenerife, on June 2, 1966. Guerra is the son of Pedro Guerra Cabrera, the first President of the Canarian Parliament. He began studying the guitar at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Tenerife. At the age of 16 he started to perform regularly throughout Tenerife. At 18, he moved to the university city San Cristóbal de La Laguna, where he met fellow singer-songwriters Andrés Molina, Rogelio Botanz, and Marisa Delgado, with whom he formed Taller Canario de Canción in 1985. Marisa left the group the following year. Pedro Guerras' style is based on Canarian folk music, as well as contemporary popular music, Latin American music, Latin American, and Music of North Africa, North African music. In 1993, he moved to Madrid and embarked upon a solo care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa Guerra
Rosa Guerra (1834 – August 18, 1864) was an Argentine educator, journalist and writer. She was a pioneering woman in Argentine literature. Guerra defended the idea that women should not be confined to household duties, but were born to be educated. She is most known for her rendition of ''Lucia Miranda.'' Biography Rosa Guerra was born in Buenos Aires, 1834. For her schooling, she attended an all girls school. Like most women at the time, Guerra, became a teacher to make money. Later on in her education career she advanced to becoming a principal of a school in Buenos Aires. She founded two newspapers, ''La Camelia'', dedicated to spreading ideas associated with equality between the sexes, and ''La Educación'' a religious, poetic and literary newspaper. Guerra taught her readers about the hardships of being a woman in a heavily male profession. Due to various European translations, it was normal for Argentine writers to have different sign names. Guerra would sometimes use the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonino Guerra
Antonio "Tonino" Guerra (16 March 1920 – 21 March 2012) was an Italian poet, writer and screenwriter who collaborated with some of the most prominent film directors, such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Michelangelo Antonioni, Theo Angelopoulos, and Federico Fellini. Life and work Guerra was born in Santarcangelo di Romagna. According to his obituary in ''The Guardian'', Guerra first started writing poetry when interned in a prison camp in Germany, after being rounded up at the age of 22 with other antifascists from Santarcangelo. ''The Guardian'' wrote: "To pass the time he told his companions stories: when he came home in 1945 he found a publisher for a book of them, ''I Scarabocc'' (Cockroaches, but also 'scribblings')." At 30, he moved to Rome and worked as a schoolteacher. During this time he met Elio Petri, the future director of ''Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion'' (1970), who worked as assistant to Giuseppe De Santis. Guerra was able to get his first screenwriting credit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruy Guerra
Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director and screenwriter. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique, when it was still a Portuguese colony. Biography Guerra studied at IDHEC film school in Paris from 1952. In 1958 he started his career as an assistant director in several French films. He subsequently immigrated to Brazil, where he directed his first feature film, '' Os Cafajestes'' (1962). It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1964, Guerra directed '' Os Fuzis'', which placed him in the forefront of the emerging Cinema Novo movement. The film was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize. After that he directed the international production '' Tendres Chasseurs'' (1969) starring Sterling Hayden, and '' Os Deuses e os Mortos'' (1970). The tumultuous political landscape in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
