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English holiday homework

1. Name-: aditya jaiswal


2.Class-: xi
3.Section-: D
1. Bill Bryson
In 2005, Bryson was appointed
chancellor of Durham
University,succeeding the late Sir Peter
Ustinov, and became more active with
student activities than is common for
holders of that post, appearing in a
Durham student film and promoting
litter-collection in the city. He had
praised Durham as "a perfect little
city" in Notes from a Small Island. In
October 2010, it was announced that Born on -
Bryson would step down at the end of 8 December 1951
2011.
2. Isaac Asimov
1. Isaac Asimov was an American writer and
professor of biochemistry at Boston University.
He was known for his works of science fiction
and popular science. Asimov was a prolific
writer, and wrote or edited more than 500
books. He also wrote an estimated 90,000
letters and postcards. Asimov wrote hard
science fiction. Famous saying-: Born: 2
 Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. January 1920,
 Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
3. James KirKup

• James Falconer Kirkup, FRSL, born


James Harold Kirkup, was an English
poet, translator and travel writer. He
wrote over 45 books, including
autobiographies, novels and plays.
• Name of some book he wrote are-: Born on -:
I, of all people, A Poet Could Not. 23 April 1918
But be Gay: Some Legends of My Lost
Youth, etc .
4. Oscar Wilde
After writing in different forms throughout
the 1880s, the early 1890s saw him become
one of the most popular playwrights in
London. He is best remembered for his
epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of
Dorian Gray, and the circumstances of his
criminal conviction for gross indecency for
consensual homosexual acts in "one of the Born on-:
first celebrity trials",[¹] imprisonment, and October 1854
early death from meningitis at age 46.
5. R.K.Lakxman
R.K.Lakxman full name is -:

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Laxman


 R.K. Laxman started his career as a part-time
cartoonist, working mostly for local newspapers and
magazines. While as a college student, he
illustrated his older brother R. K. Narayan's stories
in The Hindu.[4] His first full-time job was as a Born on-:
political cartoonist for The Free Press Journal in
Mumbai. Later, he joined The Times of India, and 24 October
became famous for The Common Man character, 1954
which turned out to be the turning point in Laxman's
6. Robert forst
Robert Lee Frost was an American
poet. His work was initially published
in England before it was published in Born on-:
the United States.
24 March
United StatesPoems: The Road Not
Taken, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
1872
Evening, Fire and Ice etc.
Awards: American Academy of Arts and
Letters Gold Medal for Poetry, Pulitzer
Prize for Poetry, etc.
7. Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British
descent. He lives with his adopted family in
Landour, Mussoorie, India. The Indian Council
for Child Education has recognised his role in
the growth of children's literature in India. He
was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award in
1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, his
novel in English. He was awarded the Padma Born on-:
Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.
HE WAS AWARDED BY MANY AWARDS LIKE. 19 May 1934
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize,Sahity Akademi
Award,Padma Shri,Padma Bhushan
8. Subramania Bharati

Subramania Bharathi, was a Tamil writer, poet,


journalist, Indian independence activist, social
reformer and polyglot. Popularly known as
"Mahakavi Bharathi", he was a pioneer of
modern Tamil poetry and is considered one of
the greatest Tamil literary figures of all time.
ChennaiSpouse: Chellammal m. 1897-1921 Born on -:
Parents: Chinnaswami Subramanya 11
lyer,Elakkumi Ammaal.
December
Children: Thangammal Bharati,
ShakuntalaBharati. 1882
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