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Llorens
Llorens is a Catalan language, Catalan surname. Another form of the name is Lloréns. Notable people with these surnames include: People named Llorens * Alberto Llorens (born 1945), Argentine sailor * Carlos Llorens (born 1969), Spanish footballer * Carme Llorens Gilabert (1927–2020), Spanish Catalan enameler and jeweller * Catherine Llorens-Cortes (born 1954), French pharmacologist * Dave Llorens, American entrepreneur * Hugo Llorens (born 1954), American retired diplomat * Jared Llorens, American academic and public administration official * Joaquín Llorens y Fernández de Córdoba (1854–1930), Spanish Carlist soldier and politician * José Llorens (born 1938), Spanish sports shooter * Josep Llorens i Artigas (1892–1980), Spanish ceramic artist * Lisa Llorens (born 1978), Australian Paralympic athlete * Nayda Collazo-Llorens (born 1968), Puerto Rican visual artist * Ramón Llorens (1906–1985), Spanish football player and coach * Tomás Llorens (1936–2021), Spanish art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Llorens
Hugo Llorens (born September 7, 1954) is a retired American diplomat. He is a former U.S. Special Chargé d'Affaires of the Afghanistan–United States relations, U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, (2016–17) and United States Ambassador to Honduras (2008–2011). In his 36-year career he was posted to numerous countries spanning 6 continents. In 2002–2003, he joined the White House staff and served as Director of Andean Affairs advising the President of the United States, President and National Security Advisor (United States), National Security Advisor on issues pertaining to Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador. Background Born in Cuba in 1954, Llorens came to the United States at the age of seven in April 1962 as part of Operation Peter Pan.Miamiherald.com, the network for Operation Pedro PanArticle on Hugo Llorens Acosta in ''The Miami Herald''/ref> Education Llorens earned a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service at the Edmund A. Walsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nayda Collazo-Llorens
Nayda Collazo-Llorens (born 1968 in San Juan, PR) is a visual artist whose work spans drawing, painting, printmaking, installation, video, and public art. Her work combines images, sound, and text to investigate how the mind processes information. While themes of displacement, alienation, and synchronicity permeate her videos and interventions, her text-based works explore post-alphabetic communication, hyperconnectivity and “noise” as systems of information. Collazo-Llorens is the granddaughter of the Puerto Rican literary critic, linguist, and lexicographer, Washington Llorens. Though born and raised in Puerto Rico, she attended college and graduate school in the United States, receiving her BFA in printmaking and graphic design from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1990 and her MFA from New York University in 2002. She has taught at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University School of Art, Kalamazoo College, and, from fall 2014 to spring 2017, held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Llorens
Tomás Llorens i Serra (born 4 October 1936 in Almassora, Valencian Community, Spain, died 10 June 2021 in Dénia, Marina Alta, Spain), was a Spanish art and architecture historian, museum director, curator, university professor, and art critic renowned for his work on art and architecture theory and aesthetics, especially regarding the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was director of the Institut Valencià d'Art Modern in Valencia in 1986-1988, director of the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid in 1988-1990, and director of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid in 1991-2005. Life and career Llorens received a degree in law from the University of Madrid in 1958 and a degree in philosophy from the University of Valencia in 1964. From 1969 to 1972 he lectured on aesthetics at the School of Architecture of Valencia. He was imprisoned and expelled under the Franco fascist regime in 1972. That same year he left Spain with his family to live in England, where he was appointed a Resea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Llorens
Lisa Christina Llorens, OAM(born 17 January 1978) is an Australian Paralympic athlete. She was born in Canberra. She specialises in Paralympic high jumping, long jumping, and sprinting, participating in competitions for athletes with autism. Llorens is known as "The Cheetah" because she has a great affinity with cheetahs. She commented "I feel like I have a connection with the cheetahs, because I'm quite shy, like a cat, and I run so fast." An educational documentary was made about her called ''Lisa Llorens: A Cheetah on the Track''. From 1998 to 2002, she held an athletics scholarship from the Australian Institute of Sport for Athletes with a Disability. Llorens competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, winning gold and bronze medals in track and field events. She received a Medal of the Order of Australia for her 1996 gold medal. She also represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, and won three gold medals in the 200 metre sprint, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Llorens
Carlos Llorens Mestre (born 1 September 1969) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back. A player of attacking penchant, he was also a penalty kick specialist. He played for 11 teams during his career, amassing La Liga totals of 125 games and 11 goals with Rayo Vallecano, Osasuna and Alavés and retiring at the age of 40. Club career Born in Alicante, Valencian Community, Llorens had to wait until the age of 26 to make his professional debut, in the Segunda División with UE Lleida. He went on to establish himself in that tier with CD Leganés and Rayo Vallecano, winning a promotion with the latter, a club to which he would later be intimately connected; his first match in La Liga arrived at almost 30 in a 2–0 derby win at Atlético Madrid on 22 August 1999– Rayo finished the season ninth and qualified for the UEFA Cup via the fair play award. In the summer of 2000, unwilling to leave the club, Llorens was nonetheless part of a package deal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Lloréns Torres
Luis Lloréns Torres (May 14, 1876 – June 16, 1944), was a Puerto Rican poet, playwright, and politician. He was an advocate for the independence of Puerto Rico. Early years Llorens Torres was born in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico. His parents, Luis Aurelio del Carmen Llorens and Marcelina Soledad de Torres, were the wealthy owners of a coffee plantation. In Collores (a barrio of Juana Diaz), Llorens Torres was always in contact with nature, which accounts for the love that he felt for nature and country. He always stated that he was proud to come from Collores barrio. His poem made the barrio one of the most well-known of the island of Puerto Rico. His Catalan grandfather, Josep de Llorens i Robles, immigrated from Figueres, province of Girona, Spain. Llorens Torres went to school in Mayagüez and Maricao. He went to Spain after he finished his secondary studies on the island and studied at the University of Barcelona where he began his studies. He then proceeded to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Llorens-Cortes
Catherine Llorens-Cortès (née Lepart; born January 6, 1954) is a French pharmacologist who is a Professor and Director of the Central Laboratory of Neuropeptides and Water and Cardiovascular Regulations at the Collège de France. Her research considers neuropharmacology and the development of new therapies for people with heart conditions. She was awarded the French Academy of Sciences Medal for Applications of Science in 2023. Early life and education Llorens-Cortès was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. She was a doctoral researcher at the Pierre and Marie Curie University, where she studied endorphin recognition and response to morphine. After earning her doctorate she was appointed to a permanent research position at L'Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), where she eventually became research director. Research and career Llorens-Cortès has been interested in biologically active peptides since the start of her career. She has mainly worke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquín Llorens Y Fernández De Córdoba
Joaquín Llorens y Fernández de Córdoba (1854 – 1930) was a Spanish Carlist soldier and politician. He is known as the longest serving Carlist deputy (1893 to 1919), the longest continuously serving Carlist deputy (1901 to 1919), and the most-elected Carlist deputy (11 times). He is also recognized for turning Requites, Requeté from a vague youth organization into a military force. Family and youth Joaquín Lloréns Fernández de Córdova was born to a distinguished Levante, Spain, Levantine family, originating from Nules but for generations settled in Villarreal, Villareal; his ancestors can be traced back to the 16th century. His grandfather, Joaquín Lloréns Chiva, was a judge and academic in Valencia, serving also as sindico general of the city in the early 19th century. His father, José Joaquín Lloréns Bayer (1807–1863), pursued a military career. As a 16-year-old he joined the Royalist Volunteers, Voluntarios Realistas militia and fought against the Liberals du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josep Llorens I Artigas
Josep Llorens i Artigas (16 June 1892 – 11 December 1980) was a Spanish ceramic artist known for his collaboration with Joan Miró. He is credited with relaunching ceramics as a European art form. Life Artigas was born in Barcelona on 16 June 1892. He went to Escola superior d'arts i indústries i belles arts. He worked as an art critic on the Barcelona-based newspaper ''La Veu''. Artigas went to France and he wrote a thesis on Egyptian pottery and their blue glazes at the Sorbonne. In 1924 he had a studio on the rue Blomet in Paris. There he joined the avant-garde joining a group originally started by Gustave Courbet. He met Albert Marquet, Raoul Dufy, Pablo Picasso, Luis Buñuel and Georges Braque. In 1930 Buñuel created the surrealist film '' L'Age d'Or'' which included actors who were to be famous artists like Max Ernst. Llorens Artigas plays a governor who lays a foundation stone. In 1936 he returned to Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Llorens
Tony Llorens (born August 2, 1952) is an American musician, composer, pianist, and actor, known for the films '' A Wedding'' (1978), '' No God, No Master'' (2013) and ''Heavens Fall'' (2006). He has worked as music director for Chicago based ETA Creative Arts Foundation theater. He also worked as keyboardist, bandleader, and producer for Albert King and worked with ZZ Top and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Jason Moran is his second cousin. Filmography As musician and composer: As actor: Discography See also * "Give Me the Simple Life "Give Me the Simple Life" is a 1945 song written by Rube Bloom (music) and Harry Ruby (lyrics). It was introduced in the 1946 film ''Wake Up and Dream (1946 film), Wake Up and Dream''. Chart recordings * Bing Crosby - Decca single, recorded Augus ..." from '' A Wedding'' (1978) References External links * * Living people 1952 births 20th-century American composers American blues musicians 20th-century American pianists American male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jared Llorens
Jared James Llorens is an American academic and public administration official who was appointed to serve as a member of the Federal Salary Council. Llorens is also the dean of the E. J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University. Early life and education Llorens is a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Loyola University New Orleans, a Master of Public Administration from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Doctor of Public Administration from the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs. Career Llorens has served as an analyst in the United States Office of Personnel Management and United States Department of Labor. He was the editor-in-chief of ''Public Personnel Management'' and a fellow at the National Academy of Public Administration. In 2007, Llorens became an associate professor of public administration at the University of Kansas. He joined the Louisiana State University Depar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramón Llorens
Ramón Llorens Pujadas (1 November 1906 – 4 February 1985) was a Spanish professional football player and coach. Career Born in Barcelona, Llorens played as a goalkeeper for Barcelona between 1926 and 1938, making 86 first team appearances in all competitions. At 1.64m tall, he is the shortest goalkeeper in the club's history. He later worked for the club as a coach spending 53 years with the club. He also managed the club in 1950. He also fought in the Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Llorens, Ramon 1906 births 1985 deaths Spanish men's footballers FC Barcelona players La Liga players Men's association football goalkeepers Spanish football managers FC Barcelona managers FC Barcelona non-playing staff F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
