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<mask> (18 June 1811 – 3 April 1895), very frequently spelled "Matthew", was the first Anglican Bishop of Perth and then the Anglican Bishop of Brisbane. <mask> is recognised for seeking to empower the South Australian Aboriginals through his work in the Poonindie mission, establishing the Anglican Diocese of Perth and Hale School. Early life
<mask> was born on 18 June 1811 at Alderley, Gloucestershire, the third son of Robert H<mask> (5 May 1780 – 20 December 1855) and Lady Theodosia <mask> (née Bourke). His maternal grandfather was The Earl of Mayo, Lord Archbishop of Tuam. After completing his education at Wotton-under-Edge, he attended Trinity College, Cambridge, and obtained his B.A. in 1835 and M.A. in 1838.During his time at Cambridge he met Harold Browne and they became lifelong friends. Both came under the influence of Charles Simeon who celebrated fifty years of evangelical ministry at (Holy) Trinity Church in 1832. The antislavery movement driven by William Wilberforce also influenced <mask> and he wanted to minister to the newly emancipated slaves, particularly in the West Indies, but was not encouraged to do so neither by his family nor by the missionary society working in that region. <mask> was ordained a deacon in the Church of England in 1836, and priest in 1837 by the Bishop of Bristol and Gloucester. From 1836 to 1838 he was curate of Tresham. In 1838 he acted as curate of Wootton-under-Edge, then from 1839 to 1845 Perpetual Curate of Stroud, an expanding woollen-cloth manufacturing centre in Gloucestershire. In 1840 <mask> married Sophia Clode, with whom he would have three children, the eldest of whom died in infancy.Sophia died in early 1845 followed by <mask>'s mother a few months later. <mask> had an emotional breakdown and resigned. Subsequently, he served briefly as Rector of Alderley in 1845 and 1846, and then as Perpetual Curate of Atworth with Wraxhill in 1846 and 1847. South Australia

In 1847 he met Bishop Short at a friend's house, and was persuaded to accompany him to Adelaide. <mask>, with his two surviving daughters and two servants in late December 1847 arrived in South Australia, where he was appointed first Archdeacon of Adelaide. The following year during a pastoral visit to Western Australia with Bishop Short he married Sabina, eldest daughter of John and Georgiana Molloy. Subsequently, after <mask> returned to Adelaide, he was appointed the first rector of St Matthew's church at Kensington.In early 1850 <mask> approached the Governor of South Australia proposing an institution for young Aborigines where they would live in one little community to learn practical skills in farming and domestic arts and to receive Christian teaching. Later that year he volunteered his services as mission superintendent. His offer was accepted and the Natives' Training Institution was opened at Poonindie, near Port Lincoln, in October 1850. <mask> and his family moved to Poonindie soon afterwards and <mask> and Sabina's eldest surviving son, <mask>, was born there in July next year. The Institution prospered and when Bishop Short visited in February 1853, there were 54 Aborigines resident, eleven of whom were baptised by the Bishop. Western Australia

In 1856, <mask> resigned to accept an invitation to serve as Bishop of Perth. In July 1856 he arrived in Western Australia on the Guyon, which had diverted to Port Lincoln to pick him up, along with his two eldest daughters and sister-in-law Georgiana Molloy, and in November the rest of his family arrived there from South Australia.In March 1857, <mask> returned to England with his family, where on 25 July 1857 he was consecrated as the first Bishop of Perth at the Lambeth Palace Chapel. The sermon was preached by <mask>'s longtime friend from their university days, Harold Browne. According to its usual custom Cambridge University awarded the new bishop an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree. While <mask> accepted this academic honour, he was reluctant to adopt the style and title of "My Lord", maintaining that as a colonial bishop he would be better without it. However, the legal authorities ruled that he must accept it and he did so. Leaving his family in England, <mask> returned to Western Australia on the convict ship Nile early in 1858, to take up office as Bishop of Perth. It had been an eventful and dangerous voyage.The problems arising from transportation were evident when <mask> had made his initial tour of his diocese-to-be and he had prepared a report on The Transportation Question, advocating measures to make Western Australia a reformatory colony rather than a penal settlement. This was published while he was in England. <mask>'s report demanded change in the colony's penal system. When copies reached Perth before he returned from England, there was a storm of criticism in the local news media, claiming that <mask>'s report was "full of misrepresentations and errors". However, when <mask>'s own account of his voyage on the Nile and the behavior of the convicts on it was published, he was vindicated and newspaper editors were commending <mask>, even as the Colonial Governor was disapproving because of "embarrassment to Her Majesty’s Government". In June 1858, after he returned from England, <mask> opened a boys' school for both boarders and day pupils. The Bishop's School was modelled after England's public schools.Many of the pupils who attended it came from leading families in the colony; many of them went on to become prominent in Western Australian business and politics. <mask> had continuing problems in finding suitable schoolmasters and funds to support his school. Eventually this proved too much for him and the Bishop's School closed on 1 March 1872. However it continued on under different management and eventually became today's Hale School. <mask> is generally recognised as the pioneer of secondary education in Western Australia. Communications with the eastern colonies and England were made by sailing ship when <mask> arrived in the colony in 1856 and by steamship when he left in 1875. Albany was the first port of call on the Australian continent.Hence <mask> was the first Australian bishop to receive his invitation to the first Lambeth Conference held in 1867 and was the only one to attend it. In 1870 a crisis arose when the lady running an orphanage for indigenous children in Albany was unable to continue this work. <mask> decided to resign as bishop, apply for the vacant chaplaincy at Albany, and carry on this orphanage work himself. As soon as his intention to resign became known in Perth, a large deputation from the Protestant community called on <mask> and persuaded him to withdraw it. In explaining his intentions to his friends <mask> reminded them that "I have no hesitation in saying that a European population disregarding the welfare of the natives, whom it has displaced from their country, will not ensure God's blessing and therefore I do hope that the public generally will support the Mission at Albany." In July 1871 <mask> met with his clergy and laity to draw up the constitution for a diocesan synod and the first synod was held in Perth in August 1872. He opened this synod with a significant sermon , Being all things to all men on the responsibilities of both individual Christians and the church in their relationships with the world.Leaving

<mask> was Bishop of Perth until 1875. On 5 April that year he received letters from Bishop Barker of Sydney and Bishop Short of Adelaide asking for his consent to be nominated as second Bishop of Brisbane. He was reluctant to accept this new responsibility, since he was in his mid sixties and looking forward to retirement in a few years time, and did so only on the condition that he had the unanimous support of all the Australian bishops. There was a public farewell to <mask> on 30 October 1875 at which an address from the congregation of St George's Cathedral and members of other Christian communions was read. <mask>'s ministry and influence in Western Australia had not been confined to the Anglican Church but involved active co-operation with other Christian groups in matters of common interest. In particular the Congregationalists commended him for originating and fostering "institutions for promoting the moral and religious welfare of the community" and for his "truly missionary spirit". They were pleased that he was always ready to contend for the truth "as it is in Jesus, ..." They attributed the "truly evangelical and peaceful character of his episcopate to his true love for the Bible, the word of God; ... ." They also recognised his "hearty co-operation with others" not belonging to his church, concluding that they united with members of his church and all Protestant fellow colonists, in praying for his future welfare, peace and happiness.The bishop acknowledged each address, thanking "his dear friends" for their very kind words, sometimes suggesting that his own contribution was not as much as stated, other times reminding "his Sons and Daughters in the Lord Jesus Christ" to whom he had ministered, that "... my sole aim in my teaching has been to set forth faithfully and simply the blessed truths which are to be found in God’s Holy Word". He also referred to the "mutual kindness and good will which exists between members of the different religious bodies in this country who hold to those great Scriptural doctrines which were ... brought to light a second time at the period of the Reformation, and which are to us more precious than rubies". In concluding his various replies he asked for their prayers for him in his difficult new task and assured them of his continuing prayers and interest in their affairs. The editors of the local newspapers were lavish in their praise of the departing bishop. The Western Australian Times''' farewell editorial began with the words "We admire great men and give genius its due need of fame, but the good man gains not only our admiration but our hearts ... After outlining <mask>’s many contributions to the life of the colony the editorial concluded with the following commendation of <mask> "He has shown us what a true christian pastor can do, and how the holding of a high and honoured office is not inconsistent with a brotherly bearing towards all, and that a helping hand and a kind word, go more to make up real christianity, than austere looks, and obstinate theories; and without disparagement of others, we fear we may say that 'take him all in all we’ll never see his like again'." The Perth Inquirer in its valedictory tribute commented "There are few individuals among the more conspicuous leaders of any religious community upon whom suspicion ....... has never breathed its taint. Bishop <mask> is one of those few".<mask> not only left the people of Perth with much goodwill and positive memories of his ministry, he also presented to the church the bishop's house and grounds which were his own private property. The value of these and other money given by him while he was in Western Australia probably totaled nearly £A10,000 - about A$1,000,000 in current (2014) value. Queensland

<mask> received an enthusiastic welcome when he was installed as second Bishop of Brisbane in St John's Pro-Cathedral on 15 December 1875. In his first address to his new flock <mask> made it clear that he had been brought to Queensland to deal with the problem of providing ministry to people in vast areas of country where there were no churches or clergymen. He would be powerless to do anything about it because of his lack of resources; resources, which in the absence of any state aid for religion in the colony, only could come from the freewill offerings of established congregations and individuals. To deal with this lack of resources the General Church Fund was launched at a meeting in Brisbane on the evening of 23 March 1876. It was intended that each congregation in the diocese would contribute to the fund by passing on to the Diocesan Council the money received from weekly offerings on two Sundays every year.At the same time direct contributions were to be solicited from individuals to build up the capital sum. <mask> himself was disappointed that some of the speeches at the meeting did not indicate a sense of "the importance and the gravity of the matter which we met together to discuss". His opinion was supported by the lack of donations received. <mask> toured his region widely. He hoped and devoutly prayed that his visits from place to place would serve to bind Church of England people in the colony more closely together. <mask>'s determined goal was to see the church "act more in concert one with another than we have done". We must realise "that we are all one body, united in our blessed Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, as to one Head, being all members one of another, as members of His body".<mask> felt the concern of the present period of commercial depression, commenting "That which hinders the performance of good works and holds people back from making adequate offerings to God, is very rarely the real inability to give. The hindrance arises in almost all cases from the want of a proper estimate of what is really owing to God, and from the weakness of men’s faith ....... "

Twelve months after <mask> had arrived in Brisbane what had been given to the fund so far was completely inadequate. <mask> felt that this situation indicated that his coming to Brisbane had been a mistake and so in January 1877 he submitted his resignation to Bishop Barker. After intervention by Bishop Barker, the people and churches in Brisbane were shamed into a commitment to support the General Church Fund and <mask> withdrew his resignation. Nevertheless, despite <mask>'s generous personal donations, the funds received were never sufficient to meet the needs. At the second General Synod in Sydney in October 1876 <mask> was appointed President of the Executive Council of the Board of Missions (later the Australian Board of Missions). In July 1878, with <mask>'s encouragement, the Brisbane Synod established a Clergy Superannuation and Widows and Orphans Fund, while in the following year, after discussions between <mask> and Bishop Barker, Synod recognised the establishment of the Diocese of North Queensland.In October 1881, as the senior bishop attending, <mask> presided over the third General Synod in Sydney. Subsequently, he was involved in the negotiations which led to the appointment of Alfred Barry as Bishop of Sydney. In April 1884 he welcomed Barry and participated in his installation in Sydney. A mark of <mask>'s ministry in Brisbane as in Perth was his association with members of other Christian churches in causes of common interest. He presided at annual meetings of the local auxiliary of the Bible Society; he addressed a large gathering of Sunday school children in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in May 1884; he identified himself with the Social Purity Society and its lobbying to change legislation that controlled prostitution; he laid the foundation stones for the Loyal Orange Institution's New Protestant Hall in Ann Street and for the Lutheran Church in Wickham Terrace; he supported the YMCA, having chaired its inaugural meeting in December 1882, and also the work of Temperance societies concerned with the abuse of alcohol, as well as the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The Bishop was farewelled on 19 March 1885 at a public gathering in the Exhibition Building, Bowen Hills by 700 to 800 people - Church of England, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, Lutheran, Scandinavian, Primitive Methodist, Congregational and Baptist. The Baptist Association in its farewell address had commended him for "true catholicity" and faithfulness to the principles of his own church.<mask> responded "There are in existence here evils of fearful magnitude, .... which are threatening to eat into the very heart of the social and domestic happiness of this community. By making common cause with others, and by working heartily with them, I may have been, I trust, through God’s mercy, able to do at least something towards checking these evils". The Fortitude Valley branch of the Church of England Temperance Society concisely expressed its appraisal of <mask>'s ministry. "Your many acts of unostentatious charity, the ready help which you have always given to the promotion of evangelical religion, the generous sympathy which you have ever displayed in the cause of temperance, and the liberal and consistent spirit of Christianity which has characterised your Episcopate, have greatly endeared you to all classes of men among whom you have diligently laboured".The Toowoomba Chronicle was forthright in its commendation of <mask>'s goodness and openness to cooperation with others and scathing of those Anglicans who refused to follow his example. "That the Church of England has not progressed during the past decade in the same ratio as the population is not the Bishop’s fault. He has had to exercise episcopal functions in a diocese divided against 'itself.' ......The evangelical breadth of the Bishop has overstrained the unelastic charity of a few of the clergy". The Chronicle's editorial ended with an appreciation of Sabina <mask>'s contribution to social work in the community, referring particularly to her good relationships with all the other ladies she had worked with, both Anglicans and those of "other religious persuasions". Return to England

Bishop <mask> and his wife left Brisbane for Sydney on 27 March 1885. Four days later he handed his resignation letter to the Primate, Bishop Barry. <mask> and his family sailed for England via Colombo in the P&O mail steamer Thames'' on 2 May. After changing ships they arrived in England on 14 July. <mask> lived in retirement at Clifton, Bristol, where he died on 3 April 1895.He was buried in the churchyard at Alderley, Gloucestershire. He was survived by his second wife Sabina, five sons and three daughters. Legacy
2004: The Mathew Hale Public Library was established in Brisbane. 2005: St Matthew's church at Poonindie was reopened after restoration on the 150th anniversary of its completion by <mask> <mask>. 2008: In March a statue of <mask> was erected outside The Cloisters, the building <mask> built to house his school, in central Perth. Notes

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 Gourlay, M. R., 2015. The Good Bishop: the story of <mask> <mask>.Mathew Hale Public Library Brisbane & Boolarong Press, Brisbane, Qld. Harris, J., 1994. <mask>, <mask> Blagden. In Dickey, B. (ed), The Australian Dictionary of Evangelical Biography. Evangelical History Association, Sydney, NSW, pp. 144–145.Robin, A. de Q., 1972. <mask>, <mask> Blagden (1811 - 1895), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, MUP, pp 317–319. (http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040359b.htm)
 Robin, A. de Q., 1976. <mask> Blagden <mask>: the life of an Australian pioneer bishop. Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, Vic.. External links

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<mask> or <mask> (nickname: Archimedes) (25 May 1640, Antwerp – 10 May 1723, Antwerp) was a Flemish Baroque painter, draughtsman, engraver and tapestry designer. He is now mainly known for his landscape paintings, drawings and prints. He had an international career that saw him work in Paris, Rome and Antwerp. Life

<mask> was born on 25 May 1640 in Antwerp as the son of the starch maker <mask> and Cornelia Melis. He studied from age 11 to 15 drawing under Jacques Backereel and later perspective under Nicolaes Fierlants in Antwerp. He decided to leave Antwerp as soon as he had finished his studies. In his compilation of artist biographies called the Schouwburg, the early Dutch biographer Arnold Houbraken devoted a lengthy entry of 10 pages to Genoels.Houbraken described Genoels' foreign travels. In 1659 <mask> travelled with Georg Remees to Amsterdam in order to go to Paris as war prevented them from travelling south over land. While waiting for a boat to Paris, he made a tour of all the kunstkabinetten, or art cabinets. Upon arrival in Paris (via Dieppe), he lived at the home of his cousin Laurent Francken, where he met the painter Francisque Millet who was born in Antwerp. Genoels taught perspective to Millet, 17 and an art student at the time. Genoels soon received a commission for tapestry designs from Gi. de la Noire Tapissier.A series of other commissions soon followed. The court painter (Premier peintre du roi) Charles Le Brun had at the time been put in charge of the Gobelins Manufactory, the royal tapestry works newly created in 1663. Le Brun had hired the Flemish battle painter Adam Frans van der Meulen to design tapestries depicting the French king's military campaigns. Adam Frans van der Meulen attracted a number of Flemish artists, including <mask> and Adriaen Frans Boudewijns, to assist him in the design of these tapestries. In 1669–70 <mask> was sent to the southern Netherlands with Boudewijns and Jan van Huchtenburg to draw three views of the chateau of Mariemont to serve as tapestry designs for the Gobelins. The accounts of the Gobelins show that the three artists also received payments for their work on designs for a series of tapestries depicting the 'Months of the Year'. Adriaen Frans Boudewijns engraved numerous works by Genoels.The engraver Gérard Audran taught him engraving while they were both working for Le Brun. Charles Le Brun nominated <mask> as a candidate member of the Académie Royale in Paris. <mask> was accepted in the Académie in 1665. He then received a house and a pension from the French king. <mask> was also paid by the king to collaborate on paintings by Charles Le Brun on the battles of Alexander the Great. Genoels worked for various leading gentlemen of Paris including François Michel Le Tellier and Louis, Grand Condé (for his Château de Chantilly), before returning to Flanders in 1669. Genoels returned in 1669 to Antwerp where he was registered in the local Guild of St Luke 1672.He painted in 1672–73 a painting depicting Minerva and the muses in a landscape for the painters' room of the Antwerp in order to be exempted from all official duties at the Guild for 25 years. Travel to Italy

His desire to visit Rome was fulfilled in 1674 when he had earned enough money to finance this undertaking in a comfortable way. He set off with a group led by Marselis Liberechts, who had already been there and back. The other members of the group included Pieter Verbrugghen II (sculptor), Frans Moens of Middelburg, and a Canon of Liège. Further Albert Clouwet (engraver from Antwerp), <mask> den Heuvel (merchant of Naples), and Soldanio (merchant of Venice). They left Antwerp in September 1674 for Cologne, and after 4–5 days took a boat down the Rhine to Mainz, and from there a market ship along the Rhine to Frankfurt. After a stay of 3 days they took a coach to Augsburg, and from there by horse towards Tirol, passing through Innsbruck, and over the Brenner Pass to Trento.From there they descended out of the Alps along the Brenta to Treviso, and from there went by boat to Venice. They then traveled by boat along the Po to Ferrara, and then went onwards to Bologna. After 4 days they took a horse and wagon to various small cities along the way and finally arrived in Rome. He became a member of the Bentvueghels, an association of mainly Dutch and Flemish artists active in Rome. It was common practice in the Bentvueghels to give each member a nickname, the so-called "bent name". Genoels' bent name was Archimedes. This name was given him because of Genoels' skills in geometry and perspective.<mask> sent Houbraken a copy of his "Bentbrief" which was signed by the witnesses to his membership ceremony. <mask> collaborated in Rome together with the Dutch painter Caspar van Wittel and may even have been his teacher. Return trip
In 1682 he undertook his return homewards to Antwerp. He rolled his paintings up and placed them inside clay models of antiquities and shipped these ahead. Then along with the engraver Laviron of Antwerp, and two French engravers Cavalier and Monier, he left on 25 April 1682 and travelled over Siena, Florence, Pisa, Livorno, Genoa, Nice, to Marseille, and then by mule to Avignon, and then up the Rhône to Lyons, and then up the Saône to Villefranche-sur-Saône. From there by horse over the route de Tarare over the mountains to Roanne on the Loire, and from there by boat to Orléans, and from there to Paris, where he stayed to await his shipment and see old friends. When his ship came in he made a present of a painting to Charles le Brun, and a much larger one to Colbert.After that he left by carriage to Lille, and from there to Tournai and Ghent, arriving on 8 December 1682 in Antwerp, where he still lived when he was in correspondence with Houbraken. He became a member of the Guild of St. Luke there. He had the following pupils: Peeter Beethoven (1689–1690); Gillis Bisschop (1692–1693) and Ferdinandus Goffine (1694–1695). <mask> was very successful and died a rich man. Work

In his lifetime, the paintings of <mask> were very highly regarded but his reputation dwindled after the eighteenth century. This may be the reason why so few of his major works have survived. The surviving paintings are classically structured landscapes with mythological scenes that are classicizing in the style of Nicolas Poussin.His landscape drawings and etchings are still highly regarded. The well-structured compositions often depict Italianate architecture and small, sketchy figures set in a rich landscape. The drawings show determination and fluidity. <mask>'s etchings show a distinctly Italian influence with their landscape owing much to the Roman Campagna, including the architectural ruins that he includes. His prints depict idyllic landscapes and his designs were etched by others, such as Adriaen Frans Boudewijns. His works are in the Italianate style and contrast with the local naturalism of artists who depicted grittier northern landscapes. References

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<mask> (13 April 1879 – 8 December 1961) was an Italian mathematician. He was the chair of the committee on Fields Medal on 1936, at the first delivery. <mask> was born in Arezzo, Italy. He is famous for his contributions to algebraic geometry and the theory of functions of several complex variables. He became the effective leader of the Italian school of algebraic geometry. Together with Federigo Enriques, he won the Bordin prize from the French Academy of Sciences. He contributed in a major way to birational geometry, the theory of algebraic surfaces, in particular of the curves lying on them, the theory of moduli spaces and the theory of functions of several complex variables.He wrote prolifically, and some of his work (following the intuition-led approach of Federigo Enriques) has subsequently been shown to be not rigorous according to the then new standards set in particular by Oscar Zariski and David Mumford. Although many of his arguments have since been made rigorous, a significant fraction were not only lacking in rigor but also wrong (in contrast to the work of Enriques, which though not rigorous was almost entirely correct). At the personal level, according to  he was easily offended, and he was involved in a number of controversies. Most notably, he was a staunch supporter of the Italian fascist regime of Benito Mussolini and was included on a committee of academics that was to conduct an anti-semitic purge of all scholarly societies and academic institutions. Selected publications
All the mathematical works of <mask>, except all books, are collected in the six volumes of his "Opere Matematiche". , available at Gallica. The paper containing the first proof of Morera's theorem for holomorphic functions of several variables.
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. In this paper Severi describes the "passage from real to complex" method he developed in order to deal with several problems in the theory of functions of several complex variables.
. In this work Severi gives his proof of the Hartogs' extension theorem.
. Notes from a course held by <mask> at the Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica (which at present bears his name), containing appendices of Enzo Martinelli, Giovanni Battista Rizza and Mario Benedicty. (available from the "Edizione Nazionale Mathematica Italiana"). His "Mathematical works, Memoirs and Notes": the complete collection, with the exception of books, of <mask>'s scientific contributions. The reprinted works, written in Italian, French, German, retain their original language in an improved typographical form amended from typographical errors and author's oversights: also, a comment of Severi was added to several papers. Volume I collects works published from 1900 to 1908.(available from the "Edizione Nazionale Mathematica Italiana"). His "Mathematical works, Memoirs and Notes": the complete collection, with the exception of books, of <mask>'s scientific contributions. The reprinted works, written in Italian, French, German, retain their original language in an improved typographical form amended from typographical errors and author's oversights: also, a comment of Severi was added to several papers. Volume II collects works published from 1909 to 1917. (available from the "Edizione Nazionale Mathematica Italiana"). His "Mathematical works, Memoirs and Notes": the complete collection, with the exception of books, of <mask>'s scientific contributions. The reprinted works, written in Italian, French, German, retain their original language in an improved typographical form amended from typographical errors and author's oversights: also, a comment of Severi was added to several papers.Volume III collects works published from 1918 to 1932. (available from the "Edizione Nazionale Mathematica Italiana"). His "Mathematical works, Memoirs and Notes": the complete collection, with the exception of books, of <mask>'s scientific contributions. The reprinted works, written in Italian, French, German, retain their original language in an improved typographical form amended from typographical errors and author's oversights: also, a comment of Severi was added to several papers. Volume IV collects works published from 1933 to 1941. (available from the "Edizione Nazionale Mathematica Italiana"). His "Mathematical works, Memoirs and Notes": the complete collection, with the exception of books, of <mask>'s scientific contributions.The reprinted works, written in Italian, French, German, retain their original language in an improved typographical form amended from typographical errors and author's oversights: also, a comment of Severi was added to several papers. Volume V collects works published from 1942 to 1948. (available from the "Edizione Nazionale Mathematica Italiana"). His "Mathematical works, Memoirs and Notes": the complete collection, with the exception of books, of <mask>'s scientific contributions. The reprinted works, written in Italian, French, German, retain their original language in an improved typographical form amended from typographical errors and author's oversights: also, a comment of Severi was added to several papers. Volume VI collects works published from 1949 to 1961. Articles on Scientia
  Ipotesi e realta nelle scienze geometriche, Scientia: rivista internazionale di sintesi scientifica, 8, 1910, pp.1–29
  Esame delle obiezioni d'ordine generale contro la relatività del tempo, Scientia: rivista internazionale di sintesi scientifica, 37, 1925, pp. 77–86
  Elementi logici e psicologici dei principi di relatività, Scientia: rivista internazionale di sintesi scientifica, 37, 1925, pp. 1–10
  Materia e causalità, energia e indeterminazione, Scientia: rivista internazionale di sintesi scientifica, 81, 1947, pp. 49–59
  Leonardo e la matematica, Scientia: rivista internazionale di sintesi scientifica, 88, 1953, pp. 41–44
  I fondamenti logici della relatività, Scientia: rivista internazionale di sintesi scientifica, 90, 1955, pp. 277–282
  La matematica nella prima metà del secolo XX, Scientia: rivista internazionale di sintesi scientifica, 92, 1957, pp. 20–26

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  Albert Einstein, L'ether et la theorie de la relativité, Scientia: rivista internazionale di sintesi scientifica, 91, 1956, pp.42–43
  Eric Temple Bell, Les mathematiques reines et servantes des sciences, Scientia: rivista internazionale di sintesi scientifica, 90, 1955, pp. 371–372
  Nikolaus Von Cues, Die Mathematische Schriften, Scientia: rivista internazionale di sintesi scientifica, 89, 1954, pp. 34–34
  Ludovico Geymonat, Saggi di Filosofia neorazionalista, Scientia: rivista internazionale di sintesi scientifica, 89, 1954, pp. 176–176
  Norbert Wiener, Introduzione alla cibernetica, Scientia: rivista internazionale di sintesi scientifica, 88, 1953, pp. 312–313
  Eric Temple Bell, I grandi Matematici, Scientia: rivista internazionale di sintesi scientifica, 86, 1951, pp. 183–184
  Richard Courant e Herbert Robbins, Che cos'è la matematica?, Scientia: rivista internazionale di sintesi scientifica, 86, 1951, pp. 278–279
  Gottlob Frege, Aritmetica e Logica, Scientia: rivista internazionale di sintesi scientifica, 84, 1949, pp.144–144

See also
Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica <mask>i
Italian school of algebraic geometry
Morera's theorem
Néron–Severi group
Pluriharmonic function
Several complex variables
Severi–Brauer variety

References

Biographical and general references
. The "Yearbook" of the renowned Italian scientific institution, including an historical sketch of its history, the list of all past and present members as well as a wealth of information about its academic and scientific activities. .
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, available at Gallica. A detailed description of the Bordin prize winning work of <mask> and Federigo Enriques.
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. A report of the fourth International Congress of Mathematicians with a short exposition of the motivation for the awarding of the Guccia medal to Severi.
. The relation by Max Noether, Henri Poincaré and Corrado Segre on the motivation for the awarding of the Guccia medal to Severi, read during the fourth International Congress of Mathematicians. .
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. A description of the scientific work done under the direction of <mask> at the "Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica during the early forties of the twentieth century, by one of his former doctoral students. Scientific references
.The "Proceedings of the mathematical conference for the celebration of the centenary of the birth of Guido Fubini and <mask>",  including several research as well as historical papers describing the contributions of Guido Fubini and Fracesco <mask> to various branches of pure and applied mathematics: the conference was held on 8–10 October 1979 at the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino.
. In the paper "The contributions of Guido Fubini and <mask> to the theory of functions of several complex variables" (English translation of the title), Gaetano Fichera describes the main contributions of the two scientists to the Cauchy and the Dirichlet problem for holomorphic functions of several complex variables, as well as the impact of their work on subsequent researches.
. "The Severi and Severi–Kneser theorems for analytic functions of several complex variables and their further developments" (English translation of the title) is an historical survey paper on the Cauchy and the Dirichlet problem for holomorphic functions of several complex variables, updating the earlier work .
. This paper, included in the Proceedings of the Study Meeting in Memory of Giuseppe Gemignani, is an account of the failures of Vito Volterra, Leonida Tonelli and <mask>i, when dealing with particular research problems during their career. An English translation of the title reads as:-"Three battles lost by three great Italian mathematicians".
. In the paper "The thought of Einstein in the work of Guido Fubini and <mask>" (English translation of the title), Dionigi Galletto describes the main contributions of the two scientists to special and general relativity.
. In this paper, R. Michael Range corrects some inexact historical statements in the theory of holomorphic functions of several variables, particularly concerning contributions of Gaetano Fichera and Francesco Severi.
. An historical paper exploring further the same topic previously dealt in the paper  by the same author. External links

: a very short biography of Severi, with a complete bibliography of his works, available at the "Geometria algebrica italiana (Italian algebraic geometry)" web site.Contains also 12 further references. : a short résumé of his life available at the "".
. Available from the Edizione Nazionale Mathematica Italiana.
. The web site of the institute <mask> founded.
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1961 deaths
20th-century Italian mathematicians
20th-century Roman Catholics
Algebraic geometers
Italian algebraic geometers
Complex analysts
Mathematical analysts
Members of the Royal Academy of Italy
Members of the Lincean Academy
People from Arezzo

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Severi
Francesco Severi
Francesco Severi
Francesco Severi
Francesco Severi
Francesco Severi
Francesco Severi
Francesco Severi
Francesco Severi
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<mask> (born July 10, 1972 in Puebla, Mexico) is an economist from Universidad de las Americas Puebla (UDLA-P), with a master's degree in Engineering-Economic Systems and Operations Research from Stanford University. <mask> is currently a Portfolio Manager for Emerging Markets at BlackRock. Prior to joining BlackRock he spent more than 14 years at the Mexican Ministry of Finance and Public Credit where he served most recently as Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit from January 2011 to November 2012. Education

He was awarded a bachelor's degree in Economics from Universidad de las Américas-Puebla and a Master´s degree in Engineering-Economic Systems and Operations Research from Stanford University, in the United States. A sports enthusiast, he was granted a sports scholarship from his alma mater between 1991 and 1996 for being a member of the varsity basketball team. Professional career
<mask> joined BlackRock in 2013 as a Managing Director in the Emerging Markets group. He is currently a Portfolio Manager with broad responsibilities including the Total Emerging Markets Fund.<mask> is also regularly engaged in the production of though leadership content on Emerging Markets at BlackRock. Prior to joining BlackRock <mask> spent more than 14 years at the Mexican Ministry of Finance where he held several positions in areas related to public debt policy, risk management and financial system development. In the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit he worked from 2001 to 2004 as Deputy General Director for domestic debt, where he was responsible for the Federal Government financing in the local market as well as the promotion and development of the long term government bond market in local currency. From January 2005 to January 2011 he served, within the same Ministry, as Head of the Public Credit Unit, after being ratified by Congress. During his tenure, he was responsible for the Federal Government’s financing operations in the international and local markets, and of authorizing the financing for public entities. He also was in charge of activities related with the development of infrastructure projects, especially through the National Infrastructure Fund. Since its creation in 2008, the National Infrastructure Fund has supported more than 90 projects; this represents more than 7,800 million dollars to help finance new roads, water treatment plants, mass urban transport solutions, and other sectors, that would thereby detonate investments worth more than 17,450 million dollars.During his tenure as Head of the Public Credit Unit, the program cetesdirecto was designed and launched as part of the strategy to promote savings and investment for small investors, allowing them to buy and sell government bonds in small quantities. During this period, Mexico’s public debt management achievements received several awards and distinctions:

Euromoney magazine 2006: awarded Mexico deal of the year for the issuance of 3 Warrant series that allowed the exchange of 2,500 million dollars. LatinFinance magazine 2007: awarded Mexico the “Best Sovereign Issuer” for both liability management transactions during the year, which allowed the Mexican government to extend the term and duration of external debt and improve the composition of Mexico´s debt portfolio, swapping foreign for internal debt. Euromoney magazine 2008: awarded Mexico with the “Emerging Market Sovereign Deal of the Year” for the issuance of the “Bono UMS 2019” bond worth 2,000 million dollars at a 5.95% rate during the financial crisis, as this bond marked the reopening of the dollar market to emerging economies. In addition, Emerging Markets publication awarded the Latin America 2008 Best Deal prize. Futures and Options World magazine 2009: awarded the Mexican Government the Most Innovative or Creative use of Derivatives award for oil coverage made to ensure budget revenues to 2009. The International Finance Review (IFR) 2010: awarded the prize to the best bonus in Yen denomination to the guaranteed bond by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) in December 2009.This bond represented Mexico´s return to the Japanese market and was the largest debt transaction carried out with a guarantee of JBIC. Euromoney magazine awarded: the Yen bond issue maturing in 2020 with the “Japan Deal of the Year” prize, as the second issue with JBIC guarantee, reinforcing the Government´s commitment to maintain presence in the Japanese market and diversify its stockholders base. October 2010, the Federal Government issued a 100 years bond, reaching the highest amount on record for that kind of transaction and also to Mexico becoming the first Latin American country to perform a transaction at this maturity date and the second sovereign issuer to do so. 2010 peso-denominated fixed rate bonds were incorporated to the World Government Bond Index (WGBI): this made Mexico the first Latin American country to form part of the index. With this, Mexico joined a select group of 23 countries. Tenure as Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit

On January 19, 2011 <mask> took office as Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit, position to which he was appointed by President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa and ratified by Congress. His primary roles as Undersecretary of Finance were the development, coordination and implementation of Mexico´s main macroeconomic and financial policies.Among such policies were the following: the federal government´s fiscal, exchange rate, financial and economic policy; the development of optimal strategies for the issuances of public debt; the design and execution of the development banking policies; the monitoring and regulation of the financial system; the proper functioning and evolution of the retirement saving system; the modeling and implementation of the infrastructure investment policy; and Mexico´s relationship with international financial organizations, as well as the country’s participation in international financial forums. He was also member of the board of several government entities, such as the Central Bank; Petróleos Mexicanos, Nacional Financiera, the National Bank of Foreign Trade, the National Bank of Public Works and Services, the National Banking Commission, the National Commission of Insurance, the National Commission of the Retirement Savings System and the Mexican Mint. During his tenure as Undersecretary, the Mexican Government undertook successfully the following actions: the implementation of an oil price hedging mechanism to guarantee public sector revenues, the acquisition of catastrophic risk insurance to protect public infrastructure against natural disasters, and the adoption of the national financial inclusion policy, among others. Moreover, <mask> Rodríguez had a prominent role in the design and approval process in Congress of several structural reforms, such as the new Public-Private Partnership Law for infrastructure projects, the reform to the Antitrust Law in 2011 and the reform to the INFONAVIT Law in 2011. He was responsible of the finance track at the Deputies level during the Mexican Presidency of the G20 in 2012. Under his guidance, the Mexican economic and financial agenda was designed and promoted; emphasis was placed on developing policies to boost job creation and reinvigorate the economy, strengthening the international financial architecture, enhancing financial regulations, fostering financial inclusion and education, and promoting green policies. Among the outcomes of the G20 in 2012 are the commitment to increase the resources available for the IMF for crisis prevention and resolution for 450 billion dollars, and the adoption of Los Cabos Growth and Jobs Action Plan.Articles and Media Appearances

He has written several Op-Ed articles in local and international journals in varied topics such as Emerging Markets, Fed policy and emerging economies, the BRICS, State Development Banks, Mobile Financial Services, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Green Growth and Financial Inclusion. He also coordinated the publication of a recent book on The History of Public Debt Management in Mexico. He was nominated by Expansion Magazine as one of the “30 promises in their 30s”, in its 2011 edition, recognizing him for being an expert manager of macroeconomic and financial variables in Mexico. Furthermore, Quien Magazine distinguished <mask> <mask> as one of the 50 most influential people in Mexico in 2012 for his leadership during Mexico’s G20 presidency. <mask> is also a regular TV commentator in topics like Oil Prices and emerging economies, Emerging Markets opportunities, Prospects for the Mexican economy, Outlook for the Mexican economy, Emerging Market Local Rates and the Debt Restructuring of Argentina. References

External links
 New appointments in the Ministry of Finance
 <mask> Rodríguez in Líderes Mexicanos
 Gerardo Rodríguez in Las 30 promesas en los 30
 Interview to <mask> Rodríguez in El Semanario Magazine: We're prepared to face external shocks
 New appointments confirmed in the Ministry of Finance
 Ministry of Finance
 cetesdirecto
 Interactive Economics Museum(MIDE)
 Fondo Nacional de Infraestructura (FNI)
 Universidad de las Américas de Puebla
 Stanford University

1972 births
Living people
Mexican economists
People from Puebla (city)

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Gerardo Rodriguez Regordosa
Gerardo
Gerardo Rodriguez
Gerardo
Gerardo
Gerardo
Gerardo
Gerardo
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<mask> (born <mask>, July 29, 1956) is an Indian-American author, poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Her short story collection, Arranged Marriage won an American Book Award in 1996, and two of her novels (The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart), as well as a short story The Word Love were adapted into films. Mistress of Spices was short-listed for the Orange Prize. Currently, Sister of My Heart, Oleander Girl, Palace of Illusions, and One Amazing Thing have all been optioned to be made into movies or TV serials. <mask>'s works are largely set in India and the United States, and often focus on the experiences of South Asian immigrants. She writes for children as well as adults, and has published novels in multiple genres, including realistic fiction, historical fiction, magical realism, myth and fantasy. <mask> was born in Kolkata (Calcutta), India.She received her B.A. from the University of Calcutta in 1976. In the same year, she went to the United States to attend Wright State University, where she received a master's degree. She received a PhD in English from the University of California, Berkeley in 1985 (Christopher Marlowe was the subject of her doctoral dissertation). <mask> lives in Houston with her husband, Murthy. She has two sons, Anand and Abhay (whose names she has used in her children's novels). Career
<mask> put herself through graduate school by taking on odd jobs, working as a babysitter, a store clerk, a bread slicer in a bakery, a laboratory assistant at Wright State University, and a dining hall attendant at International House, Berkeley.She was a graduate teaching assistant at U.C. Berkeley. She taught at Foothill College in Los Altos, California and Diablo Valley College. She now lives and teaches in Texas, where she is the McDavid professor of Creative Writing at the nationally ranked University of Houston Creative Writing Program. <mask> is the co-founder and former president of Maitri, a helpline founded in 1991 for South Asian women dealing with domestic abuse. <mask> serves on its advisory board and on the advisory board of a similar organisation in Houston, Daya. She has served on the board of Pratham Houston, a non-profit organisation working to bring literacy to disadvantaged Indian children for many years, and is presently on their emeritus board.Works

Fiction and poetry
<mask>'s work has been published in over 50 magazines, including The Atlantic Monthly and The New Yorker, and her writing has been included in over 50 anthologies including the Best American Short Stories, the O. Henry Prize Stories, and the Pushcart Prize anthology. Her fiction has been translated into 29 languages, including Dutch, Hebrew, Indonesian, Bengali, Turkish and Japanese. <mask> began her writing career as a poet. Her two latest volumes of poetry are Black Candle and Leaving Yuba City. She has won several awards for her poems, such as a Gerbode Award, a Barbara Deming Memorial Award and an Allen Ginsberg Award. <mask>'s first collection of stories Arranged Marriage won an American Book Award, a PEN Josephine Miles Award, and a Bay Area Book Reviewers Award.. Her major novels include The Mistress of Spices, Sister of My Heart,  Queen of Dreams, One Amazing Thing, Palace of Illusions,  Oleander Girl and Before We Visit the Goddess.Although most of her novels are written for adults, she has also written a young adult fantasy series called The Brotherhood of the Conch which, unlike many of her adult novels, takes place wholly in India and draws on the culture and folklore of that region. The first book of the series, The Conch Bearer was nominated for the 2003 Bluebonnet Award. It was listed in the Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, Booklist Editor's Choice, Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award Master List and the Rebecca Caudill Award Master List. The second book of the series, The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming came out in 2005 and the third and final book of the series, Shadowland, was published in 2009. <mask>'s novel The Palace of Illusions, was a national best-seller for over a year in India and is a re-telling of the Indian epic The Mahabharata from Draupadi's perspective. Film, television, theatre and opera
<mask>'s novel The Mistress of Spices was released as a film of the same name in 2005. It was directed by Paul Mayeda Berges, with a script by Berges and his wife, Gurinder Chadha.The film starred Aishwarya Rai and Dylan McDermott. In addition, her novel Sister of my Heart was made into a television series by Suhasini Maniratnam in Tamil and aired in India, as Anbulla Snegithiye (Loving Friend). In 2018 the producers NR Pachisia und Dipankar Jojo Chaki secured the rights to a film adaption of The Palace of Illusions. Her story Clothes from the collection Arranged Marriage was adapted into play under the title Arranged Marriage by Peggy Shannon in 2004, 2010, and 2016. Furthermore the story was transformed into a dance theater piece and brought on stage by director Roberta Uno of New World Theater at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In 2013, <mask> wrote the libretto to a chamber opera for Houston Grand Opera, River of Light, about the life of an Indian woman in Houston. It premiered in 2014 with original compositions by Jack Perla and was shown again in 2015 by the opera company Festival Opera, directed by Tanya Kane-Parry at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center.The Palace of Illusions was adapted into a play named Fire and Ice: Draupadi's Story by Joe DiSabatino and performed in India under his direction. A Bollywood movie with the title Mahabharat, starring Deepika Padukone as Draupadi, is currently prepared in India based on The Palace of Illusions. The premiere is scheduled for 2021. <mask>'s novel One Amazing Thing has been optioned by the Hollywood production company Gillen Group. Publications

Fiction
 Arranged Marriage: Stories (1995)
 The Mistress of Spices (1997)
 Sister of My Heart (1999)
 The Unknown Errors of our Lives (2001)
 The Vine of Desire (2002)
 Queen of Dreams (2004)
 The Lives of Strangers (2007)
 The Palace of Illusions: A Novel (2008)
 One Amazing Thing (2010)
 Oleander Girl (2013)
  Before We Visit the Goddess (2016)
 The Forest of Enchantments (2019)
  The Last Queen (2021)

Young adult and children's
 Neela: Victory Song (2002)
 Grandma and the Great Gourd (2013) (children's picture book)

Brotherhood of the Conch series
 The Conch Bearer (2003)
 The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming (2005)
 Shadowland (2009)

Poetry
 mr. aryan yadav, 1987. The Reason for Nasturtiums, Berkeley (Berkeley Poets Workshop) 1990. Black Candle.Poems About Women from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, Corvallis (Calyx Books) 1991. Leaving Yuba City, St. Louis (Turtleback Books) 1997. Anthologies
 Multitude: Cross Cultural Readings for Writers (1993)
 We Too Sing America (1997)
 California Uncovered: Stories for the 21st Century (2004)

See also

 List of Indian Americans
 Indian English literature
 List of Asian American writers

References

Further reading
 Abcarian, Richard and Marvin Klotz. "<mask> <mask> Divakaruni." In Literature: The Human Experience, 9th edition. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006: 1544.Aldana, Frederick Luis. "<mask> <mask> Divakaruni: The Unknown Errors of Our Lives." World Literature Today. University of Oklahoma. 1 January 2002. Softsky, Elizabeth. "Cross Cultural Understanding Spiced with the Indian Diaspora."Black Issues in Higher Education 14 (15):26. 18 September 1997. X.J. Kennedy et al. The Bedford Reader, 10th edition. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007: 446.Majithia, Sheetal. "Of Foreigners and Fetishes: A Reading of Recent South Asian American Fiction." Samar 14: The South Asian American Generation (Fall/Winter 2001): 52–53. https://web.archive.org/web/20140112040407/http://samarmagazine.org/archive/articles/59
 Newton, Pauline T. Transcultural Women of Later Twentieth Century US American Literature. Ashgate Publishing, 2005. Merlin, Lara. "The Mistress of Spices."World Literature Today. University of Oklahoma. 1 January 1998. Johnson, Sarah Anne. "Writing outside the Lines." Writer 117(3):20 Mar 2004. Nelson, Emmanuel Sampath.Asian American Novelists A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2000. External links

21st-century American novelists
Indian emigrants to the United States
American women short story writers
University of Calcutta alumni
Wright State University alumni
Bengali writers
1956 births
Living people
University of Houston faculty
University of California, Berkeley alumni
American people of Bengali descent
20th-century American novelists
American novelists of Indian descent
American women novelists
American women writers of Indian descent
American short story writers of Asian descent
American writers of Indian descent
21st-century Indian women writers
20th-century Indian short story writers
21st-century Indian short story writers
20th-century American short story writers
21st-century American short story writers
20th-century Indian women writers
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
20th-century Indian novelists
21st-century Indian novelists
Writers from Kolkata
Women writers from West Bengal
Novelists from West Bengal
Poets from West Bengal
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award winners
American Book Award winners
Novelists from Texas
American women academics

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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chitralekha Banerjee
Divakaruni
Life Divakaruni
Divakaruni
Divakaruni
Divakaruni
Divakaruni
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<mask> (born 26 May 1956)  is an Indian politician and former Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh, India. He is a staunch follower of Gandhian principles and a leader with Service motto and national outlook. Especially, he is known for his love and affection for Telugu language and Culture and for his unstinted efforts for their development and also for the welfare of Telugu people living all over the world. Birth and Education
He is born to <mask>, Prabhavathi Devi on 26 May 1956 at Nagayalanka, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. His father <mask> was a staunch follower of Gandhian Philosophy and a social worker. <mask> attained all the great qualities of his father and is moving in his foot steps. After completing his primary and high school education at Avanigadda, Krishna District, <mask> graduated from Osmania University, Hyderabad.As an M.L.A
He was elected as a Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Avanigadda Constituency of Krishna District for three terms during 1999, 2004 and 2014 and could get sanctions of 700.00 crores for the development works in the constituency as on date. As a Cabinet Minister
He dealt the portfolio of Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries during 2007-2009. As a cabinet minister he has formulated many innovative schemes like 'Pashukranthi' to benefit poor people and small farmers with hybrid animals on subsidy rates and "Matsya Kranti" by which fisheries women are benefitted. He established an Advanced Research Centre of Animal Husbandry with International standards at Pulivendula, Kadapa District and three super specialty Veterinary Hospitals each one at Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Pulivendula. A Fisheries Polytechnic College is established at Bhavadevarapally, Krishna District. Development of Krishna District
Sri Mandali <mask> is in the forefront for the development of Krishna District, which is his native district. He was instrumental for modernization of Krishna Delta, construction of Puligadda–Penumudi bridge and Puligadda–Vijayawada river bund road.He played an important role for the establishment of Krishna University at Machilipatnam. As the convener of Krishna Delta Protection Committee, he led many movements for water supply to Krishna Delta for Irrigation purpose. For this cause, he underwent a seven day hunger strike in September, 2004. He played a prominent role for sanction of Pulichintala - Polavaram Project. Social service
In the 1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone, nearly 10,000 people lost their lives. There were no traces of certain villages. He not only served the victims day and night but also worked as a secretary of The Deena Jana Samkshema Samithi and sheltered 120 orphan children and gave them food and education.During the tsunami that hit the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh in 2005, rescue centres were established for the protection of coastal area with the co-operation of voluntary organizations. Whenever some natural calamity occurs, he used to stay with the victims and inculcated in them the confidence and took up the relief and rehabilitation programs. Gandhian
His father <mask> Venkata Krishna Rao established Gandhi Kshetram at Avanigadda during the year 1969 on the occasion of Gandhi Centenary Celebrations. Thus, he injected Gandhian principles from his childhood itself and he is striving hard to propagate them all along. He ran a monthly magazine "Gandhi Kshetram" for twelve years to propagate the Gandhian Principles. To inculcate the Gandhian Principles in the youth, he conducted several workshops. Smt.Nirmala Gandhi, Daughter-in-law of Mahatma Gandhi, Sri. Kanu Gandhi, Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and followers of Mahatma Gandhi like Prabhakarji, Prof. N.G.Ranga and Sri Vavilala Gopala Krishnaiah participated in these workshops and commended his work. He also worked as a Secretary of Gandhian Institute of Social Services. He visited "Ponar Ashram", met Acharya Vinobha Bhave and got his blessings. Cultural field
He has been rendering yeoman services for the renaissance and to rejuvenate Telugu Culture. He took up several responsibilities in several activities. Conducted Krishna Mahotsavams and installed bronze statue of Sri Krishna Devaraya at Srikakulam in Krishna District.Conducted Divi Mahotsavams in Krishna District
 Made efforts to develop the tomb of C P Brown in England with the help of London Telugu Association. President - First International Kuchipudi Dance Festival held in Cupertino, USA in 2008
 Vice President and Chairman of Co-ordination Committee of 4th World Telugu Conference in 2012 at Tirupathi
 Chairman - World Telugu History Conference in London in 2013

Writer
He has been contributing number of articles on contemporary issues, Telugu language and culture to many leading newspapers and magazines. Few of his publications are:
 Mauritius lo Telugu Tejam
 Prajalu - Pragathi
 England lo Telugu Vaibhava Smruthulu

Political timeline
List taken from telaganadu.com:

Executive Member of the Krishna District Youth Congress Committee (1977–1985)
President, Avanigadda Mandal Congress Committee (1987–1989)
President, Krishna District Congress Committee (1989–2001)
Joint Secretary, A.P.C.C. (1990–1997)
General Secretary, A.P.C.C. (1997)
Member, AICC (1992–2013)
Joined Telugu Desam Party (2014)

Offices held
List taken from telaganadu.com:

Public offices held
 Deputy Speaker - Andhra Pradesh (June 2014 – Present)
 Andhra Pradesh Official Language Commission (2013 - 2014). Served as Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development & Fisheries (2007–2009). Elected as M.L.A., from Avanigadda in 1999, 2004 and 2014 elections.Member - Public Accounts Committee, 2004 Member – Delimitation Commission, 2005

References

External links

1956 births
Living people
Deputy Speakers of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
State cabinet ministers of Andhra Pradesh
Telugu Desam Party politicians
Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019
People from Krishna district

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Mandali Buddha Prasad
Sri Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao
Sri Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao
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<mask> (宋璟) (663 – November 21, 737), formally Duke Wenzhen of Guangping (廣平文貞公), was an official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, serving as the chancellor during the reigns of Emperor Ruizong and Emperor Xuanzong. He was praised by historians for his insistence on being morally upright, and for being a just administrator of the law during his time as Xuanzong's senior chancellor. Background
<mask> was born in 663, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong. His clan was originally from Guangping (廣平, in modern Handan, Hebei), but by the time of <mask>'s birth, his family had relocated to Xing Prefecture (邢州, roughly modern Xingtai, Hebei). The clan traced its ancestor to the Northern Wei official <mask> (), although <mask>'s grandfather <mask>ben () and father <mask>fu () served only as local officials. <mask> was said to be upright in his character from youth. He was also said to be learned and capable in writing, and passed the imperial examinations when he was young.During Wu Zetian's reign
During the reign of Emperor Gaozong's wife Wu Zetian, <mask> became Fengge Sheren (鳳閣舍人, Fengge Sheren), a mid-level official at the legislative bureau of government (鳳閣, Fengge). It was said that he acting properly while in office and was respected by Wu Zetian. In 703, when Wu Zetian's lovers Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong tried to falsely accuse the chancellor Wei Yuanzhong by persuading <mask>'s colleague Zhang Shuo to provide corroboration of their accusation that Wei wanted to pledge loyalty to Wu Zetian's son and crown prince Li Xian instead of Wu Zetian herself, it was <mask>, along with Zhang Tinggui () and Liu Zhiji who persuaded Zhang Shuo that historical reputation was more important than political expediency, which led Zhang Shuo to change his testimony and instead corroborate Wei's innocence. As a result, Wei (and Zhang Shuo) were exiled, but escaped death. Meanwhile, <mask> himself refused to yield to Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong, despite their honored status. At one feast, Zhang Yizhi tried to placate <mask> by offering the most honored position on the table to <mask>, which <mask> declined—and subsequently, publicly showed disapproval when another official, Zheng Gao (), used an endearing epithet toward Zhang Yizhi. It was said that Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong later tried to attack <mask> before Wu Zetian, but Wu Zetian favored <mask> and therefore took no action.<mask> soon became Yushi Zhongcheng (), one of the deputy chief imperial censors. In 704, when Zhang Changzong was accused of having had inappropriate discussions with the fortuneteller Li Hongtai (), who had told him that he had the appearance of an emperor, <mask> pressed on with the investigation even though Wu Zetian and the chancellor Yang Zaisi signaled to him that he should stop the investigation. He even had Wu Zetian approve an interrogation of Zhang Changzong, although as the interrogation had just commenced, Wu Zetian issued an edict pardoning Zhang Changzong. <mask> sighed, "I should have first cracked that villain's skull." When Wu Zetian subsequently had Zhang Changzong try to meet <mask> to thank him for the release, <mask> refused to meet Zhang Changzong. During Emperor Zhongzong's second reign
In 705, Wu Zetian was overthrown in a coup, and Li Xian, formerly emperor, was restored to the throne (as Emperor Zhongzong). <mask> became the deputy minister of civil service affairs (), and as Emperor Zhongzong favored <mask> for his morals, he also gave <mask> the title of imperial consultant (諫議大夫, Jianyi Daifu).Soon thereafter, he was made Huangmen Shilang (), the deputy head of the examination bureau of government (門下省, Menxia Sheng). At that time, Wu Zetian's nephew and Emperor Zhongzong's cousin Wu Sansi the Prince of Dejing, who was also the lover of Emperor Zhongzong's powerful wife Empress Wei, was very powerful. On one occasion, Wu Sansi made a request to <mask> and <mask> sternly rejected, stating:

In summer 706, when the hermit Wei Yuejiang () submitted an accusation of the adulterous relationship between Wu Sansi and Empress Wei, Emperor Zhongzong was incensed and was set to execute Wei Yuejiang. <mask> refused, stating that executing Wei Yuejiang would merely bring more rumors and that if Emperor Zhongzong were to execute Wei Yuejiang, he needed to execute <mask> first. Meanwhile, other officials, including Su Xiang (), Xu Jian (), and Yin Sizhen (), pointed out that it was inappropriate to execute anyone during the summer. Emperor Zhongzong thus spared Wei Yuejiang and exiled him to the Lingnan region. (However, Wei Yuejiang ultimately was unable to escape death, as Empress Wei's associate Zhou Rengui (), then the commandant at Guang Prefecture (廣州, roughly modern Guangzhou, Guangdong), executed Wei Yuejiang as soon as fall came.)Soon thereafter, Wu Sansi had <mask> sent out of the capital to serve as acting prefect of Bei Prefecture (貝州, in modern Xingtai). Once <mask> got to Bei Prefecture, he further offended Wu Sansi—as he refused to have tax payments due Wu Sansi as his fief paid to Wu Sansi, citing that the region had just suffered a flood. He was moved to be the prefect of the more distant Hang Prefecture (杭州, roughly modern Hangzhou, Zhejiang), and later served as the prefect of Xiang Prefecture (相州, in modern Handan). It was said that he was clean but strict as a prefect, and his subordinates did not dare to be corrupt. During Emperor Shang's reign and Emperor Ruizong's second reign
Emperor Zhongzong died suddenly in 710—a death that traditional historians believed to be a poisoning carried out by Empress Wei and her daughter Li Guo'er the Princess Anle, so that Empress Wei could become "emperor" like Wu Zetian and Li Guo'er could be crown princess. Meanwhile, though, Emperor Zhongzong's son by a concubine, Li Chongmao the Prince of Wen, was named emperor (as Emperor Shang), but Empress Wei retained power as empress dowager and regent. <mask> was made the secretary general of Luo Prefecture (), which contained the eastern capital Luoyang.Less than a month later, Empress Dowager Wei and Li Guo'er were killed in a coup led by Emperor Zhongzong's sister Princess Taiping and nephew Li Longji the Prince of Linzi. Li Longji's father Li Dan the Prince of Dan, himself a former emperor, returned to the throne (as Emperor Ruizong). Emperor Ruizong made <mask> the minister of civil service affairs () and gave him the designation Tong Zhongshu Menxia Sanpin (), making him a chancellor de facto. After Li Longji was created crown prince, <mask> was also made a member of his staff. During Emperor Zhongzong's reign, the civil service affairs system was subject to great abuses by powerful individuals at court, particularly while the chancellors Cui Shi and Zheng Yin were in charge — as they were allowing bribes and pleas by powerful individuals to influence them, going as far as naming reserve officials two years in advance. <mask> and his deputies Li Ai () and Lu Chongyuan () reformed the system and put the civil service system back in order, at the same time that <mask>'s fellow chancellor Yao Yuanzhi, who was then also minister of defense, put the military promotion system back in order as well. It was said that popular sentiment at the time viewed this as the return to the clean government of the days of Emperor Gaozong's father Emperor Taizong.<mask>'s reforms included removing all of the several thousands of officials that Emperor Zhongzong commissioned directly without submitting the commissions to the examination bureau for review. Meanwhile, Princess Taiping and Li Longji were beginning to have discord, as both tried to influence Emperor Ruizong's administration. Princess Taiping, finding Li Longji difficult to control, began considering trying to replace him as crown prince with one of two nephews with arguable better claims than Li Longji—Li Longji's older brother Li Chengqi the Prince of Song and his cousin Li Shouli the Prince of Bin, the son of Emperor Zhongzong's older brother Li Xián (note different tone), who had been crown prince at one point during Emperor Gaozong's reign. When she hinted that Li Longi should be replaced at a meeting she had with the chancellors, the other chancellors all did not dare to speak, but <mask> directly responded:

In spring 711, <mask> and Yao suggested to Emperor Ruizong that the way to stop the rumors about Li Longji's being replaced would be to send Princess Taiping and her husband Wu Youji to live in Luoyang, while sending Li Chengqi and Li Shouli out of the capital Chang'an to be prefectural prefects. Emperor Ruizong initially agreed (with the exception that he believed that Luoyang was too far, and therefore was ready to send Princess Taiping to Wu Youji to Pu Prefecture (蒲州, roughly modern Yuncheng, Shanxi) instead), but after Princess Taiping found out and objected vehemently, Li Longji, fearful of consequences, disavowed and denounced <mask> and Yao. Emperor Ruizong removed both from their chancellor positions and demoted them to be prefectural prefects—in <mask>'s case, to be the prefect of Chu Prefecture (楚州, roughly modern Huai'an, Jiangsu). He later served successively as the prefect of Yan Prefecture (兗州, roughly modern Jining, Shandong), Ji Prefecture (冀州, roughly modern Hengshui, Hebei), and Wei Prefecture (魏州, in modern Handan); the examiner of Hebei Circuit (河北, roughly modern Hebei, Beijing, and Tianjin); the commandant at You Prefecture (幽州, roughly modern Beijing); and principal of the imperial university (國子祭酒, Guozi Jijiu), being in charge of Luoyang.He was then recalled to Chang'an to serve as the secretary general of the capital prefecture Yong Prefecture (雍州, roughly modern Xi'an, Shaanxi). During Emperor Xuanzong's reign
In 712, Emperor Ruizong passed the throne to Li Longji, who took the throne as Emperor Xuanzong. In 713, after Emperor Xuanzong converted Yong and Luo Prefectures to special municipalities, <mask> was made the mayor of Jingzhao Municipality (京兆府, i.e., the old Yong Prefecture). As of 715, he was serving as chief imperial censor (御史大夫, Yushi Daifu), when, on one

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 occasion, he was accused of not ordering for greater force to be applied when a criminal was being caned, and he was demoted to be the prefect of Mu Prefecture (睦州, in modern Hangzhou). He was later made the commandant at Guang Prefecture (廣州, roughly modern Guangzhou, Guangdong). It was said that at that time, the people of Guang Prefecture used bamboo to build houses, and therefore the houses were prone to fires. <mask> promoted the use of bricks, which greatly reduced the damage of fires, and the people of the region were grateful for this.As of 716, Yao Yuanzhi—who had changed his name to Yao Chong by that point—and Lu Huaishen were serving as chancellors. Lu died in late 716, and before he did, submitted a petition arguing that <mask> and several other officials, Li Jie (), Li Chaoyin (), and Lu Chongyuan had been demoted only of minor offenses and, as they were talented, should be repromoted. Meanwhile, Yao was drawing displeasure from Emperor Xuanzong due to accusations that his sons and associate Zhao Hui () were corrupt. Yao, in fear, offered to resign and recommended <mask> to succeed him. Emperor Xuanzong, who was then preparing to go to Luoyang, thus recalled <mask> to serve as the minister of justice (刑部尚書, Xingbu Shangshu) and be in charge of Chang'an. He sent one of his close eunuch associates, Yang Sixu (), to Guang Prefecture to escort <mask> back to the capital. Yang had many past achievements—including putting down a coup during Emperor Zhongzong's reign led by Emperor Zhongzong's crown prince Li Chongjun—and was honored by the emperor, but on the trip back to Chang'an, <mask>, who did not like to ingratiate the emperor's associates, did not say anything to him.When Yang informed Emperor Xuanzong of this, Emperor Xuanzong was even more impressed with <mask>. Around the new year 717, he removed Yao and fellow chancellor Yuan Qianyao from their chancellor posts and replaced them with <mask> and Su Ting—naming <mask>men Jian (黃門監, the head of the examination bureau, which by that point had been renamed Huangmen Sheng ()) and acting minister of civil service affairs. Emperor Xuanzong also created <mask> the Duke of Guangping. <mask> and Su worked well together, with <mask> taking the leading role and Su the assisting role. With Yao having distinguished himself as one who modified the regulations to fit the situation and <mask> known for following the laws strictly and fairly, it was said that while their styles were different, they were both considered great chancellors of Emperor Xuanzong's reign. <mask> was also known for often making suggestions to correct Emperor Xuanzong's and governmental officials' behavior, thus causing Emperor Xuanzong to respect him more. These actions included:

 In spring 717, when Emperor Xuanzong was heading to Luoyang, he saw that the roads were not in good condition and initially was angry, wanting to arrest the mayor of Henan Municipality (i.e., Luoyang) and the official in charge of the itinerary.<mask> pointed out that this would have the undesirable effect of causing the officials to put many citizens to labor to repair the roads. Emperor Xuanzong was set to release the two, but <mask> then pointed out that if he did so immediate, the officials would be grateful to <mask>, not to him, and therefore suggested that he should order the two to report to the place of investigation and then release them there. In fall 717, under <mask>'s suggestion, Emperor Xuanzong restored the customs during Emperor Taizong's times that officials were not to meet the emperor privately without imperial chroniclers and advisors present, to promote openness. In winter 717, when Emperor Xuanzong requested that <mask> and Su submit a number of formal names and titles for his sons and daughters—but separately requested a set of particularly honorable names, presumably for a favorite son—<mask> and Su pointed out that this would be viewed as favoritism, and therefore submitted a group of names without any designation as to what were particularly honorable names. When <mask> found out that the officials of Guang Prefecture had established a monument for him, he informed that Emperor Xuanzong that he believed that the act was mere flattery, trying to ingratiate him as a chancellor. He suggested that not only the monument be abolished, but that such actions be prohibited in the future, and Emperor Xuanzong agreed. When Emperor Xuanzong's father-in-law Wang Renjiao () died, Wang Renjiao's son Wang Shouyi () requested that a tomb be built for Wang Renjiao that would be as large as Emperor Xuanzong's maternal grandfather Dou Xiaochen (), and Emperor Xuanzong initially agreed.<mask> and Su pointed out that Dou's tomb was already considered overly wasteful and should not be followed. Emperor Xuanzong agreed, and reduced the scale of Wang Renjiao's tomb. When Emperor Xuanzong wanted to give an extraordinary promotion to Wang Renchen () -- a former staff member of his who also appeared to be Wang Renjiao's cousin—<mask> pointed out that this was unfair favoritism, and that Wang Renchen might deserve an award but not an extraordinary promotion. When <mask> (), a reserve official who was also a cousin of <mask>'s father <mask>, tried to use the connection to gain influence on the civil service officials, <mask> found out and removed <mask>o from the roll of reserve officials. When Li Chengqi, whose name had been changed to Li Xiàn at this point and who was greatly honored by Emperor Xuanzong as an older brother, recommended a relative named Xue Sixian () as an official, <mask> pointed out that this would be unfair favoritism as well, and recommended that Xue's service be reexamined. It had been customary that the liaison officers that the regional governments sent to Chang'an carried large sums of money and treasure to Chang'an—and they were then often kept at Chang'an as officials, creating the perception that they had bribed powerful individuals. <mask> changed the regulations such that such liaison officers were required to return to the regional governments.By 720, however, <mask>'s strictness would eventually bring his removal. <mask> had ordered that individuals who had repeatedly appealed their cases without cause be detained by the imperial censors, until they were willing to drop their appeals. This drew much anger from people. At that time, there happened to be a drought, which, according to popular beliefs at the time, would be accompanied by the appearance of a spirit known as the Hanba (). One day, while Emperor Xuanzong was watching a play, an actor dressed as the Hanba, and stated:

Meanwhile, further, <mask> and Su were strictly prohibiting the use of damaged coins, which they had tried to replace with newly minted coins. However, the damaged coins were still in circulation despite the prohibition, particularly in the region between the Yangtze River and the Huai River. <mask> sent the imperial censor Xiao Yinzhi () to the region to be in charge of collecting the damaged coins and taking them out of circulation.Xiao was strict in his behavior, drawing much resentment. Emperor Xuanzong, when he heard this, demoted Xiao, and in spring 720 removed <mask> and Su from their chancellor posts, giving <mask> the honorific title of Kaifu Yitong Sansi () instead. He replaced <mask> and Su with Yuan and Zhang Jiazhen. In 722, while Emperor Xuanzong was at Luoyang, there was a coup attempt at Chang'an by the army officer Quan Chubi (), who had his nephew Quan Liangshan () claim to be the son of Emperor Shang and therefore deserving of the throne. The coup attempt was put down quickly, and Quan Chubi was killed. Emperor Xuanzong sent the mayor of Hunan Municipality, Wang Yi (), to Chang'an to investigate. Wang detained a large number of people but could not quickly come to resolutions as to who were responsible.Emperor Xuanzong made <mask> in charge of Chang'an and had him investigate. <mask> quickly determined who were the leaders and had them executed, and at his request, Emperor Xuanzong pardoned the rest of the detainees. In 724, when Emperor Xuanzong was set to visit Luoyang again, he again made <mask> in charge of Chang'an and made him minister of civil service affairs; he also awarded <mask> with silk. Around 725, when Emperor Xuanzong's trusted general Wang Maozhong () was set to have his daughter married, he invited the key government officials to the wedding banquet—but <mask> declined; Wang, who wanted the honor of <mask>'s attendance, had Emperor Xuanzong order <mask> to attend, which <mask> did, but as soon as he had the chance to toast the emperor, he then claimed illness and left the banquet. In 729, <mask> was made You Chengxiang (), one of the heads of the executive bureau of government (尚書省, Shangshu Sheng). The day that <mask> was to take office, Yuan and Zhang Shuo were to take new offices as well, Emperor Xuanzong set up a grand ceremony for their inauguration, including an elaborate tent, music, and food from the imperial kitchen. Emperor Xuanzong personally wrote a poem commemorating the contributions of the three.In 730, when the chancellor Pei Guangting took the office of minister of civil service affairs as well, Pei instituted a system of promotion based on seniority. <mask> argued fervently against it, believing that this would cause capable people to be stuck in low positions, but Emperor Xuanzong did not agree. In 733, <mask> retired and took residence in Luoyang, and Emperor Xuanzong ordered that full salaries be paid to <mask> notwithstanding his retirement. In 734, when Emperor Xuanzong visited Luoyang, <mask> came out of his mansion to greet the emperor, and Emperor Xuanzong had his son Li Huang () the Prince of Rong personally comfort <mask>, and thereafter frequently sent medicines and delicacies to <mask>. <mask> died in 737 and was given posthumous honors. Notes and references

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<mask>á is a Slovak illustrator, digital artist, designer and art director. She has worked in the animation, advertising and publishing industry. She studied graphic design at Jozef Vydra's School of Applied Art in Bratislava in 1993-1997, visual communication at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava in 1997-2003 a film and TV graphics at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague in 2002. Additionally, she took a short course at Central Saint Martin's, University of the Arts London in 2016. In December 2007 she won Channel 4's 4Talent Award for young creatives from all creative industries in the United Kingdom and presented her work at GRAPHITE 2007, the digital art exhibition and conference organised by the North American and Australian chapter of the ACM SIGGRAPH at the University of Western Australia in Perth. Her work was exposed widely on shows all around the world with her solo shows taking place in Bratislava, Nitra, Malacky, Berlin, Prague and Washington DC. Australian curator Andrew Chew selected her work for GAS Project exhibition 2007 along with a special guest Doze Green from NYC, one of the Top Ten Visual Artists in the world according to Stylus magazine rating.Her work has been presented by the Museum of computer art based in NYC and the Heritage Museum in Hong Kong. In July 2007 she was selected for exhibition at Images 31: The Best Of British Illustration in London College of Communication (which repeated again in 2009) and published in 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide 2007/08 by Luerzer, Expose 6 - The Finest Digital Art in the Known Universe by Ballistic Publishing in 2008. From a thousand entrants, she was also selected to exhibit within the digital art on environment issues exhibition Common Ground 2008 running across China (with a start in Beijing) and galleries in the US in 2010. In April 2008 at age 29 she was invited to join the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts in London. In July 2008 she presented her illustrative work at ICON5 Illustration Salon in Roosevelt Hotel off Madison Avenue in New York City. Other public presentations include Les E-Magiciens, European Digital Animation festival organized by SUPINFOCOM in France in November 2008, Pecha Kucha Night in Brighton in November 2009, discussion at DOX: Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague in June 2010 and ICON6 Illustration Salon in Langham Hotel in Pasadena, CA in July 2010, ICON7 Roadshow Illustration Salon in Providence, Rhode Island, in 2012 and TEDx Bratislava 2013. Notably, as a designer, she collaborated on an animated title sequence for the feature film Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang with Voodoodog Animation in London.The team was awarded, Silver World Medal at New York Festival, (World's Best TV and Film Awards) in 2011. In 2012 she was part of the BOND magazine Launch event and exhibition at Saatchi Gallery in London. House of Illustration in London organised the event Illustrator's Christmas Fair, where she presented her work in December 2015. In 2015 she was also selected for the international exhibition Between Volga and Danube organised by the Russian Academy of Art in Moscow. In 2016 she took part in Prague Design Week organised at Kafka's house in the heart of Prague. Publications include Visual Artist at Work by Michael Fleishman, Centage (2009, US), Vector Graphics and Illustration, A master class in digital image-making by Steven Withrow and Jack Harris, Rotovision (2008, UK),  Planet Alert, Revista Colectiva (2009, Costa Rica), A DGPH Project: The Ark, IdN / Systems Design, (2009, Hong Kong), 3x3 Directory (2017, 2018, USA); Drawn Vol.1 The Best Illustrators Worldwide (2017, Australia), Bezier Vol.1 The Best Vector Artists Worldwide (2017, Australia), Channel 4's 4Talent magazine 8 and 9 and many more. <mask>á is an author, designer and illustrator of children's books 'Moje malé more', self-published in 2016 and 'Čmáranica a Machuľa', published by Slovart in 2018.She has illustrated a children's book of Mária Štefánková 'My už vieme všeličo' published by Slovart in 2017. As an illustrator and author of the concept, she collaborated with her mother, a poet Aurélia Štefanková, on a book 'Neberte mi sny / Don't take my dreams from me' in 2020. <mask> is a supporter of many charity projects such as Parky Life by the agency Havas Lynx in the UK (2019), Memories in aid of Maggie´s Centres by Garrick Webster (DAHRA, 2011), project Dotyky umenia of the top model Ivana Christová (Orin Panacea, 2013). She supported talented individuals from Slovakia in various projects – in media in London and by establishing an illustration agency representing Slovak and Czech illustrators abroad. She was a guest of many events, receptions and private views at the Slovak and British embassies, The Buckingham Palace Gallery, TATE Britain, the RSA House in London, Slovak Olympic House, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London etc. She regularly communicates with representatives of the international cultural and the art scene, diplomats, entrepreneurs as well as members of the nobility. <mask>á starred in a number of television documentaries and reportages.Portrét umelca - <mask>á was filmed for television TV 213 and directed by Anton Faraonov in 2016. In 2010 she was part of a documentary series about Slovaks abroad (Slováci vo svete) directed by Branislav Mišík and the reportage was filmed at the premises of the RSA in London. Two other reportages were filmed for television RTVS as part of programmes Slovensko v obrazoch (2020) and Správy RTVS (2021). <mask>á was presented live on a television programme Dámsky klub in an interview with the host Iveta Malachovská on RTVS in 2021. On February 25, 2022 Vanity Fair magazine in the United Kingdom has published <mask>á's painting in the A-list Artists section as part of their annual Hollywood issue. External links
Artfacts.net profile
Books on Goodreads.com
Toast by the President of the Slovak Republic Ivan Gašparovič
Article about <mask>ková's work on the blog of the RSA
Article about a workshop with <mask>á on the blog of the RSA
Let's be brief interview
Graphite 2007 proceedings
Illustration for the cover of the Guardian
Illustration for Dialogue review magazine
Works on the web of Museum of computer art in NYC
Article about solo show at Mala Scena Theatre (Slovak language)
Article about a solo show in Berlin at Lite-Haus
Television documentary online (Slovak language)
Laureates of the Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic Award 2019 (Slovak language)
IMDB Filmography

References
FLEISHMAN, Michael. The Visual Artist at Work.USA: Cengage Learning, Inc, 2008. 384 pages. .
WITHROW, Steven; HARRIS, Jack. Vector Graphics and Illustration: A Master Class in Digital Image-making. UK: Rotovision, 2008. 176 pages. .

Slovak artists
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1978 births
Digital artists
Women digital artists
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