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Gaahl
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J. K. Rowling
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Kevin Seconds
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Malcolm X
Malcolm X (; May 19, 1925 February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (), was an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. His detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, antisemitism, and violence. He has been described as one of the greatest, and most influential, African Americans in history. In 1998, Time named The Autobiography of Malcolm X one of the ten most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century.
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Nahuel Moreno
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Nicolas Cage
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Patricia Neal
Patricia Neal (January 20, 1926August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. She was best known for her roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in ''Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and middle-aged housekeeper Alma Brown in Hud'' (1963), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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Perri O'Shaughnessy
'''Perri O'Shaughnessy''' is the pen name for two sisters, Mary and Pamela O'Shaughnessy, who live in Northern California. Pamela, a Harvard Law School graduate, was a trial lawyer for sixteen years. Mary is a former editor and writer for multimedia projects. Their novels have been translated into many languages including Dutch, German, Bulgarian, French, Spanish, Japanese and Turkish. Several have been New York Times bestsellers.
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Pope John XXIII
Blessed Pope John XXIII (; ), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963), known as Blessed John XXIII since his beatification, was elected as the 261st Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City on 28 October 1958.
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Prince (musician)
Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson, June 7, 1958) is a singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He has been known under the unpronounceable symbol , which he used between 1993 and 2000. During that period he was frequently referred to in the media as "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince", often abbreviated to "TAFKAP", or simply "The Artist"
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Ray Cappo
Ray Cappo (a.k.a. Ray Today) is the former vocalist for the hardcore bands Youth of Today, Reflex From Pain, Shelter, Better Than A Thousand, and the project recording "Pour Water On It". This icon of New York hardcore was originally from Connecticut, and played drums for the Connecticut band Violent Children. Before moving to New York City in the mid-1980s, Cappo and his band Youth of Today had already made a dent on the scene.
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Raymond Buckland
Raymond Buckland (born 31 August 1934), whose craft name is Robat, is an English American writer on the subject of Wicca and the occult, and a significant figure in the history of Wicca, of which he is a High Priest in both the Gardnerian and Seax traditions.
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Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr belonged to another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became the Beatles' drummer in 1962, taking over from Pete Best. In addition to his contribution as drummer, Starr featured as lead singer on a number of successful Beatles songs (in particular, "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine", and the Beatles version of "Act Naturally") and as songwriter with the songs "Don't Pass Me By", "What Goes On" and "Octopus's Garden".
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Rodney Marks
Rodney Marks (born 1956), is an Australian comedian. Marks satirises bureaucracy by impersonating experts of either sex and varied ethnicity and occupation. He has professionally performed for hundreds of corporations, government departments, universities and other organisations in Australasia and the USA. In his hoaxes, Marks allows tension to rise as he usurps power by making authoritative, vexatious statements. Then he reveals his identity, to the relief of the audience. Marks combines formidable knowledge of management jargon with a relaxed improvisational style and a warm, persuasive personality. He studied theatre at the University of New England in 1977-79 and worked as an actor, director, academic, management consultant and arts administrator before he became a full-time comedian in 1991. Meanwhile he had gained master's degrees in business administration and public administration, the latter from Harvard University. Marks returned to Harvard as artist-in-residence in 1995 and hoaxed academics, students and experienced managers.
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Romain Gary
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S. E. Hinton
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Sean Combs
Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969), currently known by his stage name Diddy, is an American record producer, rapper, actor, and men's fashion designer. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award.
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Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton (born Sheena Shirley Orr; 27 April 1959) is a Scottish recording artist who achieved worldwide fame in the 1980s. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television program The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.
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Slash (musician)
Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), better known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician. He is the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he performed and recorded between 1985 and 1996. He later formed Slash's Snakepit and co-founded Velvet Revolver with his former bandmates Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, and his debut solo album, Slash, was released in April 2010.
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Soapy Smith
Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II (November 2, 1860 – July 8, 1898) was an American con artist and gangster who had a major hand in the organized criminal operations of Denver, Colorado; Creede, Colorado; and Skagway, Alaska, from 1879 to 1898. He was killed in the famed Shootout on Juneau Wharf. He is perhaps the most famous confidence man of the old west.
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Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 500 million copies and have been made into many movies. He is known for novels such as Carrie, The Shining, The Stand, It, Misery, and the seven-novel series The Dark Tower, which King wrote over a period of 27 years. As of 2010, King has written and published 49 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, five non-fiction books, and nine collections of short stories including Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, and ''Everything's Eventual''. Many of his stories are set in his homestate of Maine. He has collaborated with authors Peter Straub and Stewart O'Nan. Some of his novels have been also been turned into comic books, such are The Stand, The Talisman, and The Dark Tower series.
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Stewart Granger
Stewart Granger (6 May 1913 – 16 August 1993), born James Lablache Stewart, was an English film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the 1960s.
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Subcomandante Marcos
Subcomandante Marcos (Date of birth unknown), is the spokesperson for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), a Mexican rebel movement. In January 1994, he led an army of Mayan farmers into the eastern parts of the Mexican state of Chiapas in protest of the Mexican government's treatment of indigenous peoples.
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The Ramones
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Tracii Guns
Tracii Guns (born Tracy Ulrich on January 20, 1966) is an American guitarist best known as the founder of glam metal group L.A. Guns as well as the supergroups Brides of Destruction and Contraband. He was also involved in the formation of the first lineup of Guns N' Roses but eventually left the group and was replaced by guitarist Slash.
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Vladimir Lenin
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Walter Plinge
:''This article is about the pseudonym; for the Discworld character see Minor Discworld characters#Walter Plinge
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Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm (; 18 December 1913 - 8 October 1992), was a German politician, Chancellor of West Germany 1969–1974, and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1964–1987.
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Yusuf Islam
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Émile Ajar
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Blarsa - Pseudonym 2010
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UPDATED MP3: blarsa.com Promo song for the Pseudonym 2010 russebus. Don't know what Russe is? en.wikipedia.org Russe songs are usually pretty cheesy, containing shouts such as "put your hands up!" or "jump!" and so forth. This one just contains some cheesy lyrics. The festival is in May, these songs are used to promote the buses that will be involved; they're put on youtube and played in clubs around Norway. The "whistle" reference is because the graduates get whistles at the festival, just an FYI, oh and apparently it's pretty cold out in May. Pseudonym 2010 facebook: www.facebook.com If you want an mp3 of this track you can grab it at blarsa.com
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DON'T FLOP - Rap Battle - Pseudonym Vs Deffinition
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*PLEASE COMMENT & RATE - DON'T FLOP - Pseudonym Vs Definition DON'T FLOP NORTH 3 - Grind Time, King Of The Dot, Jumpoff.
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Anti-Islam Filmmaker Who Provoked Attacks Used Pseudonym
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The identity of the filmmaker whose anti-Islam movie was initially blamed for attacks on the US embassy that killed four members of the diplomatic mission in Libya on Sept. 11 remains a mystery
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Google Plus welcomes pseudonyms! Do you trust them?
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happycabbie posted a video about Google's hypocrisy www.youtube.com it is a long video but it is some of my best work. The announcement from Bradley Horowitz plus.google.com The news report from Mashable about this mashable.com Did Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page fudge the numbers on how many people use Google Plus? www.pcmag.com An example of a verified name ShayCarl plus.google.com This actually started out as a Beta test a few months ago and was by invite only. They were picking people who had a lot of people in their circles. Now the chance to have a pseudonym is available to everyone, pending Google's approval. Sorry Google, but I was suspended from Google Plus once before for violating your name policy, I am not willing to come back hoping you guys approve of me. Anonymity is something we treasure on the internet, it is not something we should have to beg for.
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The Pseudonym - Trailer
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The trailer for my Paul Greengrass homage film. The full short is up now, check my page!
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Stanica Projekt - Pseudonym
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Stanica Projekt - Album (2009)
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DON'T FLOP - Rap Battle - Pseudonym Vs Flex Digits
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- Updated: 27 Oct 2012
*PLEASE COMMENT & RATE - DON'T FLOP LONDON Pseudonym Vs Flex Digits - Grind Time, King Of The Dot, Jumpoff
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Pseudonym vs Omnitron Defense System (10-man)
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We arePseudonym, a 10-man guild on Executus-US. We are a Horde guild dedicated to a fun progression raid environment... Here is our Omnitron Defense System kill in the Cataclysm raid Blackwing Descent. It's the second boss in the raid and it's a fairly tough encounter. For our guide to this encounter check out my comment on WoWhead. Please uprate! www.wowhead.com Hope you enjoy. Please don't forget to Rate and Subscribe!!! If you might be interested in joining, we run multiple 10man groups and take all applicants into consideration. Just hit me up in game. Songs: Suburban Train - DJ Tiësto
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Pseudonym vs Maloriak (10-man)
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We arePseudonym, a 10-man guild on Executus-US. We are a Horde guild dedicated to a fun progression raid environment... Here is our normal Maloriak kill in the Cataclysm raid Blackwing Descent. For our guide to this encounter check out my comment on WoWhead. Please uprate! www.wowhead.com Hope you enjoy. Please don't forget to Rate and Subscribe to this video also!!! If you might be interested in joining, we run multiple 10man groups and take all applicants into consideration. Just hit me up in game. Songs: Allein Allein [Techno Remix] - Polarkreis 18
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Pseudonym vs Beth'tilac (10-man)
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We arePseudonym, a 10-man guild on Executus-US. We are a Horde guild dedicated to a fun progression raid environment... Here is our 1st Beth'tilac kill in the Cataclysm raid Firelands. June 28th, 2011. For our guide to this encounter check out my comment (GraveDiggerX) on WoWhead. Please uprate! www.wowhead.com Hope you enjoy. Please don't forget to Rate and Subscribe to this video also!!! If you might be interested in joining, we run multiple 10man groups and take all applicants into consideration. Just hit me up in game. Songs: Renegade VIP - The Chemists Do Da Oliphant - Skrillex Never Forget - Martin O'Donnell
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Pseudonym - The Battle (Original Mix) [Flashover Progressive House] PREVIEW
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- Updated: 02 Nov 2012
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DON'T FLOP - Rap Battle - Monster Under The Bed Vs Pseudonym
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- Duration: 14:12
- Updated: 16 Oct 2012
*PLEASE COMMENT & RATE* - DON'T FLOP - Monster Under The Bed Vs Pseudonym - Grind Time, King Of The Dot, Jumpoff.
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DON'T FLOP - Rap Battle - Chronicle Vs Pseudonym (Promo)
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- Duration: 12:23
- Updated: 19 Oct 2012
*PLEASE COMMENT & RATE* - DON'T FLOP - Chronicle Vs Pseudonym - Grind Time, King Of The Dot, URL, Jumpoff.
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DON'T FLOP - Rap Battle - Oshea VS Pseudonym
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- Duration: 15:09
- Updated: 15 Sep 2012
*PLEASE COMMENT & RATE* - DON'T FLOP - Oshea VS Pseudonym - Grind Time, King Of The Dot, Jumpoff.
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Desert Storm - Dj Pseudonym - Bullet Proof - Hardtek Mix - Freetekno
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Desert Storm - Dj Pseudonym - Bullet Proof - Hardtek Mix -Freetekno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Freetekno Free-tekno Hardtek Hard-tek Free Tekno Party Freeparty Free-party Music Industrial Tribal Techno Hard Tek Tribecore Czechtek Dutchtek Easttek Teknival Underground Rotterdam Amsterdam Prague Berlin Paris Madrid Milan Belgium France Spain Czech Germany Netherlands Spanish French Italian Dutch German
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Pseudonyms - Gregor Samsa
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Pseudonyms by Gregor Samsa From the album Rest. ( 2008 ) www.last.fm _______________________________ Lyrics: Murderous art has its grips on me - can't wrap myself around internally. I can't seem to put my name on anything. Our innocence yields to American dreams. Our innocence yields to pathetic conceit. Our innocence yields when our pocket's empty. The softest hearts break when the deed is done. I'll patiently wait for new days to come, then I'll wake and rise to write another song. Our innocence yields when we do it alone. The exodus begins now. I'll travel 'round and find you once more. You're reaching out less than before, but I know you're there.
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Pseudonym vs Atramedes (10-man)
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We arePseudonym, a 10-man guild on Executus-US. We are a Horde guild dedicated to a fun progression raid environment... Here is our normal Atramedes kill in the Cataclysm raid Blackwing Descent. For our guide to this encounter check out my comment on WoWhead. Please uprate! www.wowhead.com Hope you enjoy. Please don't forget to Rate and Subscribe!!! If you might be interested in joining, we run multiple 10man groups and take all applicants into consideration. Just hit me up in game. Songs: Blinded By The Light [Sawyer Remix] - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
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Pseudonym vs Lord Rhyolith (10-man)
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We arePseudonym, a 10-man guild on Executus-US. We are a Horde guild dedicated to a fun progression raid environment... Here is our 1st Rhyolith kill in the Cataclysm raid Firelands. June 30th, 2011. For our guide to this encounter check out my comment (GraveDiggerX) on WoWhead. Please uprate! www.wowhead.com Hope you enjoy. Please don't forget to Rate and Subscribe to this video also!!! If you might be interested in joining, we run multiple 10man groups and take all applicants into consideration. Just hit me up in game. Songs: Ghosts 'N Stuff (Nero Remix) [Deadmau5] - UKF Dubstep Never Forget - Martin O'Donnell
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Pseudonym - Undersides
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Chilled 2011 Drum & Bass. Out now on Quondam Records. www.junodownload.com
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Livid
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Live music video shoot for the band Livid at Annies.
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"Lost Angels" pSeudonym
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pSeudonym "Lost Angels" from "The BoomBap Theory" myspace.com/pseudonymla - produced, directed, and edited by Christopher Vigil 2010
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Pseudonym: An Alias Spoof
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In honor of the hilarious film that played over the credits of Super 8, I am finally putting this online. (If only I could find the VHS horror movie I made in sixth grade) This terrible/wonderful silliness is an Alias spoof trailer my friend Corey and I made for our video production class senior year of high school. Believe it or not, it's what made me finally realize I wanted to be a writer and a filmmaker. Though, I'm glad to say that my films have gotten a bit more sophisticated over the years. ;-) Thank you to my friends who helped me see this is what I wanted do and thank you JJ Abrams. As my friend Ana once said, there might be a couple of bedouins in the Israeli desert who don't know that I like Alias.
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Snowgoons ft Pal One - Pseudonym / Toby Ses - Endzeit (SPLIT VIDEO) 16.3.2012
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Vom Snowgoons Album "Terroristen Volk" jetzt auf iTunes: itunes.apple.com Amazon: www.amazon.de oder CD hier bestellen: 58muzik.com Info: www.facebook.com Pal One: www.facebook.com Toby Ses: www.facebook.com Twitter: www.twitter.com Album gemischt und gemastert von Chris: thug-music.de Video von FameFabrik famefabrik.com WE KEEP HIP HOP ALIVE!
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08 Nov 2012
By Sonia Perez-Diaz and Romina Ruiz-Goiriena Associated Press Comments People chat with a police officer while standing in the rubble caused after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Wednesday in San...
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07 Nov 2012
Barack Obama claimed a second presidential term last night as a progressive coalition of women, minorities and young people came together to return America’s first black president to the White...
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06 Nov 2012
The inquiry into the miners' deaths is showing how police doctored evidence and revealing a force that believes itself to be above South African law...
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- At an unknown location somewhere deep beneath the world's oceans, a British submarine sits primed to launch up to 40 nuclear warheads with a collective destructive power almost 300 times greater...
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Irish novelist who created the best-known vampire in literary and film history was born 165 years ago Bram Stoker books celebrated in Google doodle....
Charged with insulting ruler
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The Los Angeles Times
There are people, apparently, who just can't get enough of the idea of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan having adult relations. "50 Shades of Grey" was a huge hit that went from small electronic publication to big bestseller status. E.L. James' series marked the beginning, not the end, of a full flow of...(size: 31.3Kb)
Entertainment Weekly
Here’s some news appropriate for Bram Stoker’s 165th birthday: Another piece of Twilight fanfiction is getting adapted into an original novel, Fifty Shades of Grey-style. The fic, originally called “The Office,” reimagined Edward Cullen and Bella Swan as a powerful...(size: 2.6Kb)
The Washington Post
Last month, Lauren Anderson Youngblood, communications manager for the Secular Coalition for America, approached Broderick Johnson, a senior adviser to the Obama campaign, as they both left a conference on religion and the election. The SCA is an umbrella group representing 11 nontheistic...(size: 5.6Kb)
ABC News
The California filmmaker who made "Innocence of Muslims," the anti-Muslim movie that set off violent protests worldwide, was sent to prison for a year Wednesday for violating the terms of his probation from a prior conviction. Mark Basseley Youssef, AKA Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, AKA Sam Bacile,...(size: 5.2Kb)
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As her students return to school following the disruption of hurricane Sandy, teacher Anna Bailey reflects on their reactions to the storm - and its damage Hurricane Sandy: Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, updates residents on the shutdown and supsension of all subway, bus and railroad...(size: 7.1Kb)
On cyber communication and friendships
08 Nov 2012
Gulf News
I read with great amusement an article on police forces across Britain being forced to deal with petty spats on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites. If it weren’t so funny, it would be tragic. Imagine people getting so upset over online ‘friends’ or nasty messages...(size: 25.1Kb)
Taipei Times
About to celebrate its 50th anniversary, Old Master Q (è夫å), a Chinese-language comic strip well-known in Chinese-speaking communities around the world, will soon become the first comic to be auctioned by Christieâs, the world-renowned international auction house. Created by Alfonso Wong...(size: 2.3Kb)
Trust in tune
08 Nov 2012
The Hindu
The senior musician, musicologist, author and guru Sulochana Brihaspati is being felicitated on her 70th birthday on November 9. A recipient of prestigious awards like the President’s Gold Medal — that was given to her by India’s first President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, —...(size: 5.8Kb)
CNN
November 8, 2012 -- Updated 1103 GMT (1903 HKT) Hong Kong (CNN) -- Those who think the U.S. electoral college is a complicated system for choosing a leader should take a look at China right now. Thousands of senior officials from around the world's most populous nation have gathered in Beijing amid...(size: 17.6Kb)
Ellen Douglas dies at 91 after extended illness
08 Nov 2012
The Examiner
Related topics Top News Advertisement Ellen Douglas died in Jackson, Miss. on Nov. 7, 2012 at the age of 91 after an extended illness. She was born Josephine Ayres Haxton on July 12, 1921 in Natchez, Miss. The American author wrote under the pseudonym Ellen Douglas to protect her family's privacy....(size: 6.1Kb)
Man charged for allegedly insulting Sultan in FB
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New Straits/Business Times
JOHOR BARU: A 27-year-old quantity surveyor was charged at the Sessions Court today with insulting the Sultan of Johor on the social network Facebook. Ahmad Abd Jalil from Klang, Selangor, was alleged to have used the pseudonym 'Zul Yahya' and...(size: 1.6Kb)
A pseudonym is a name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from his or her original or true name (orthonym).[1] Popular pseudonyms include stage names, noms de plume (pen names), aliases, gamer identifications, anagrams, Graecisms, Latinisations, mystifications, nicknames, and assumed names (and orders) of popes and monarchs.[2]
Pseudonyms are often used to hide an individual's real identity, as with writers' pen names, graffiti artists' tags, resistance fighters' or terrorists' noms de guerre, and computer hackers' handles. Actors, musicians, and other performers sometimes use stage names, for example, to mask their ethnic backgrounds. Employers sometimes require employees to use assigned names to help sell products; for example, a company that does business mostly in one country but locates a call center in another country may require its employees to assume names common in the former country in an effort to draw a more positive or less negative reaction from current and/or prospective customers.
In some cases, pseudonyms are adopted because they are part of a cultural or organizational tradition. This has been the case of devotional names used by members of some religious institutes, and "cadre names" used by Communist party leaders such as Trotsky and Lenin.
A pseudonym may also be employed for purely philosophical reasons when an individual feels the context and content of the exchange offers no reason, legal or otherwise, to provide their legal or given name.
A collective name or collective pseudonym is one shared by two or more persons. This is sometimes used by the co-authors of a work, such as Ellery Queen, or Bourbaki.
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Etymology[link]
The term is derived from the Greek ψευδώνυμον (pseudṓnymon), literally "false name", from ψεῦδος (pseûdos), "lie, falsehood"[3] and ὄνομα (ónoma), "name".[4] A pseudonym is distinct from an allonym, which is the name of another actual person, which is assumed by someone in authorship of a work of art. This may occur when someone is ghostwriting a book or play, or in parody, or when using a "front" name, such as by screenwriters blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s and 1960s. See also pseudepigraph, for falsely attributed authorship.
Concealment of identity[link]
Literary pen names[link]
A pen name (or nom de plume) is a pseudonym adopted by authors or their publishers, often to conceal their identity. One famous example of this is Samuel Clemens' writing under the pen name Mark Twain. A pen name may be used if a writer's real name is likely to be confused with the name of another writer or notable individual, or if their real name is deemed to be unsuitable. Authors who write in fiction and non-fiction, or in different genres, may use pen names to avoid confusing their readers, as in the case of mathematician Charles Dodgson, who wrote fantasy novels under the pen name Lewis Carroll. Some authors, such as Harold Robbins, use several noms de plume.[5]
The Brontë family used pseudonyms for their early work, so residents in local communities did not know their works related to the neighborhood people. The Brontës used their neighbours as inspiration for characters in many of their books. Anne Brontë published The Tenant of Wildfell Hall under the pseudonym Acton Bell. Charlotte Brontë published Shirley and Jane Eyre under the pseudonym Currer Bell. Emily Brontë published Wuthering Heights under Ellis Bell.
Some female authors used male pen names, in particular in the 19th century, when writing was a male-dominated profession. The reverse example is that of male romance novelists using female pen names. A well-known example of the former is Mary Ann Evans, who wrote as George Eliot. One of Evans' most acclaimed novels is Adam Bede, which was published in 1859. Another example is Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, a 19th-century French writer who used the pen name George Sand. Jane Austen used the pseudonym "A Lady" as the author of her first novel Sense and Sensibility. Elisabeth Evermarie Sarai went by Elisheva (Hebrew for Elizabeth) Evermaire for her novel Sarai.
The authors C. L. Moore and S. E. Hinton were female authors who used abbreviated forms of their full names in order to disguise their gender and attract various types of readers, without creating expectations about the content of their work due to some readers' gender-related stereotypes. However, these names are not pseudonyms, as they are simply the initialized versions of the authors' actual names. C. L. Moore was Catherine Lucille Moore, who wrote in the 1930s male-dominated science fiction genre, and S. E. Hinton, (author of The Outsiders) is Susan Eloise Hinton. Star Trek writer D. C. Fontana (Dorothy Catherine) wrote using her abbreviated own name and also with the pseudonyms Michael Richards and J. Michael Bingham. A more recent example would be J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series.
A pseudonym may also be used to hide the identity of the author, as in the case of exposé books about espionage or crime, or explicit erotic fiction. Some prolific authors adopt a pseudonym to disguise the extent of their published output, e.g., Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman. Co-authors may choose to publish under a collective pseudonym, e.g., P. J. Tracy and Perri O'Shaughnessy. Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee used the name Ellery Queen as both a pen name for their collaborative works and as the name of their main character.
A famous case in French literature was Romain Gary. Already a well-known and highly acclaimed writer, he started publishing books under the pen name Émile Ajar. He wanted to test whether his new books would be well received on their own merits and without the aid of his established reputation, and they were.
A collective pseudonym may represent an entire publishing house, or any contributor to a long-running series, especially with juvenile literature. Examples include Watty Piper, Victor Appleton, Erin Hunter, and Kamiru M. Xhan.
Another use of a pseudonym in literature is to present a story as being written by the fictional characters in the story. The series of novels known as A Series Of Unfortunate Events are written by Daniel Handler under the pen name of Lemony Snicket, a character in the series.
Aliases, fictitious business names, and dummy corporations in criminal activity[link]
Criminals may use aliases, fictitious business names, and dummy corporations (corporate shells) to hide their identity, or to impersonate other persons or entities in order to commit fraud. Aliases and fictitious business names used for dummy corporations may become so complex, that in the words of the Washington Post newspaper, "getting to the truth requires a walk down a bizarre labyrinth", and multiple government agencies may become involved to uncover the truth.[6]
Noms de guerre[link]
In Ancien Régime France, Noms de guerre (French phrase meaning "names of war" or "war names") were adopted by new recruits (or attributed by the captain of the company) as they enlisted in the French army. These nicknames had an official character and were the predecessor of identification numbers: soldiers were identified by their first names, their family names, and their noms de guerre (e.g. Jean Amarault dit Lafidélité). These pseudonyms were usually related to the soldier's place of origin (e.g. Jean Deslandes dit Champigny, for a soldier coming from a town named Champigny), or to a particular physical or psychological trait (e.g. Antoine Bonnet dit Prettaboire, for a soldier prêt à boire, ready to drink). In 1716 “noms de guerre” were mandatory for every soldier; officers did not adopt noms de guerre as they considered them derogatory. In daily life, these aliases could replace the real family name.[7]
Noms de guerre were later adopted by members of the French resistance during World War II for security reasons. Such pseudonyms are often adopted by military special forces soldiers, such as members of the SAS and other similar units, resistance fighters, terrorists, and guerrillas. This practice hides their identities and protects their families from reprisal; it may also be a form of dissociation from domestic life. Some well-known men who adopted noms de guerre include Carlos the Jackal, for Ilich Ramírez Sánchez; Willy Brandt, Chancellor of West Germany; and Subcomandante Marcos, the spokesman of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN).[citation needed] During Lehi's underground struggle against the British in Mandatory Palestine, the organization's commander Yitzchak Shamir (later Prime Minister of Israel) adopted the nom de guerre "Michael", in honor of Ireland's Michael Collins. Revolutionaries and resistance leaders, such as Lenin, Trotsky, Golda Meir, Moshe Dayan[citation needed], Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, and Josip Broz, often adopted their noms de guerre as their proper names after the struggle. George Grivas, the Greek-Cypriot EOKA militant, adopted the nom de guerre Digenis (Διγενής). In the French Foreign Legion, recruits can adopt a pseudonym to break with their past lives.
Computer users[link]
Individuals using a computer online may adopt or be required to use a form of pseudonym known as a "handle" (a term deriving from CB slang), "user name", "login name", "avatar", or, sometimes, "screen name" or "nickname". On the Internet, pseudonymous remailers utilise cryptography that achieves persistent pseudonymity, so that two-way communication can be achieved, and reputations can be established, without linking physical identities to their respective pseudonyms.[citation needed] Aliasing is the use of multiple names for the same data location.
More sophisticated cryptographic systems, such as Anonymous Digital credentials, enable users to communicate pseudonymously (i.e., by identifying themselves by means of pseudonyms). In well-defined abuse cases, a designated authority may be able to revoke the pseudonyms and reveal the individuals' real identity.
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People of ethnic minorities in some areas of the world are sometimes told by an employer to use a pseudonym that is common and/or acceptable in that part of the world when conducting business, as some people might prefer a person of similar ethnic origin or similar background to people of foreign background or foreign ethnicity.[8]
Privacy[link]
People seeking privacy often use pseudonyms to make appointments and reservations.[9] Those writing to advice columns in newspapers and magazines may use pseudonyms.[10]
Establishment of identity[link]
The patrilineal and matrilineal practices of assigning names to offspring for the purpose of tracing ancestry or determining inheritance and other relationships may be giving way to a 21st century preference for self-assigned or quality-assigned names as replacements for birth given names.[citation needed] A common practice of many indigenous peoples was to assign a clan or shamanic name to members in puberty and post-puberty rituals. It is becoming more common for modern authors and others to elect to take names better suited to their own tastes, characters, or other aspects of personal description or preference. "In most legal systems, a name assumed for a non-fraudulent purpose is a legal name and usable as the person's true name...".[citation needed] This is quite distinct from, though not exclusive of, employing a pseudonym for the purpose of concealment.
Stage names[link]
Main article: Stage name
Film, theatre, and related activities[link]
When used by an actor, radio disc jockey, performer, or model, a pseudonym is a stage name, professional name, or screen name. Actors who are members of a marginalized ethnic or religious group have often adopted stage names, typically changing their surname or entire name to mask their original background. For example, Chris Curtis of Deep Purple fame was christened as Christopher Crummey. Screen names are also used to create a more marketable name, as in the case of Creighton Tull Chaney, who adopted the pseudonym Lon Chaney, Jr., a reference to his famous father Lon Chaney, Sr. On the converse, Nicolas Cage adopted this stage name instead of his real name, Nicolas Kim Coppola, in order to conceal the appearance of nepotism as the nephew of famous director Francis Ford Coppola. Filmmakers the Coen brothers share credits for editing under the alias Roderick Jaynes.[11]
Pseudonyms are also used to comply with the rules of performing arts guilds (Screen Actors Guild (SAG), Writers Guild of America, East (WGA), AFTRA, etc.), which do not allow performers to use an existing name, in order to avoid confusion. For example, these rules required film and television actor Michael Fox to add a middle initial and become Michael J. Fox, to avoid being confused with another actor named Michael Fox. This was also true of author and actress Fannie Flagg, who chose this pseudonym; her real name, Patricia Neal, being the name of another well-known actress, and British actor Stewart Granger, whose real name was James Stewart.
Some stage names are used to conceal a person's identity, such as the pseudonym Alan Smithee, which is used by directors in the Directors Guild of America (DGA) to remove their name from a film they feel was edited or modified beyond their artistic satisfaction. Actors and actresses in pornographic films use noms de porn to conceal their identity as well as to make it more outrageous and memorable (e.g., Dick Nasty). In theatre, the pseudonyms George or Georgina Spelvin, David Agnew, and Walter Plinge are used to hide the identity of a performer, usually when he or she is "doubling" (playing more than one role in the same play).
Music[link]
Musicians and singers can use pseudonyms to allow artists to collaborate with artists on other labels while avoiding the need to gain permission from their own labels, such as the artist Jerry Samuels, who made songs under Napoleon XIV. Rock singer-guitarist George Harrison, for example, played guitar on Cream's song "Badge" using a pseudonym. Another Beatle was drummer Ringo Starr, whose real name is Richard Starkey. In classical music, some record companies issued recordings under a nom de disque in the 1950s and 1960s to avoid paying royalties.[citation needed] A number of popular budget LPs of piano music were released under the pseudonym Paul Procopolis. Pseudonyms are also used as stage names in heavy metal bands, such as Tracii Guns in LA Guns, Axl Rose and Slash in Guns N' Roses, Mick Mars in Motley Crue or C.C. Deville in Poison. Some of these names have additional meanings, like that of Brian Hugh Warner, more commonly known as Marilyn Manson: Marilyn coming from Marilyn Monroe and Manson from convicted serial killer Charles Manson. Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach went under the name "Coby Dick" during the Infest era. He changed back to his birth name when lovehatetragedy was released.
Elton John (whose given name was Reginald Kenneth Dwight, until it was legally changed in 1972) is notorious for his use of aliases under various writing and production credits throughout his career. Amongst the many are: Ann Orson; Lord Choc Ice; William A. Bong (a pun on "bill-a-bong", an Australian term for "pond"); Reggae Dwight, and Frank N. Stein.
For a time, the musician Prince used an unpronounceable "Love Symbol" as a pseudonym ("Prince" is his real first name and not a stage name). He also wrote the song "Sugar Walls" for Sheena Easton under the alias "Alexander Nevermind" and "Manic Monday" for the Bangles as Christopher Tracy. He also produced albums early in his career as Jamie Starr.
In 2009, British rock band Feeder briefly changed their name to Renegades so they could play a whole show featuring a setlist in which 95 percent of the songs played were from their forthcoming new album of the same name, with none of their singles included. Frontman Grant Nicholas felt that if they played as Feeder, there would be an uproar that they did not play any of the singles, so used the pseudonym as a hint. A series of small shows were played in 2010, at 250- to 1,000-capacity venues with the plan not to say who the band really are and just announce the shows as if they are a new band, Grant later hinted it was really Feeder to the fans on their website, which caused a series of rumours that suggested the band changed their name permanently, although "Some people got it straight away", but as intended got people talking.
In most cases, a hip-hop artist prefers to use a pseudonym that represents some variation of their name, personality, or interests. Prime examples include Ol' Dirty Bastard (who was known under at least six aliases), Diddy (formerly known as P. Diddy and Puff Daddy), Ludacris, Flo Rida (his name is a tribute to his home state, Florida), LL Cool J, and Chingy. Black metal artists also adopt pseudonyms, usually symbolizing dark values, such as Nocturno Culto, Gaahl, Abbath, and Silenoz. In punk and hardcore punk, singers and band members often replace their real names with "tougher"-sounding stage names, such as Sid Vicious (real name John Simon Ritchie) of the late 1970s band Sex Pistols and "Rat" of the early 1980s band The Varukers and the 2000s re-formation of Discharge. Sid Vicious, however, did not truly take his name to seem tough but rather because he was anything but Vicious (several sources have indicated that Sid himself hated this nickname). Punk rock band The Ramones also had every member take the last name of Ramone. Rob Crow of the rock band Goblin Cock chose to go by the name "Lord Phallus" during the release of the band's albums. All the members of Hollywood Undead, an American rock rap band from Los Angeles, California have pseudonyms. A similar practice occurred in hardcore with musicians taking the names of their bands, like Kevin Seconds of 7 Seconds and Ray Cappo of Youth of Today who, for a while, billed himself as Ray of Today. The Norwegian electronic duo Röyksopp's pseudonym for their Back to Mine album was Emmanuel Splice.
Cultural or organizational traditions[link]
Age[link]
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In many cultures, people go by several different nicknames over the course of their lives, to reflect important parts of their lives. In some cases, a rite of passage or puberty marks the transition from a "milk name" to an adult name. Enrollment in school is another occasion where a child's formal or legal name would begin to be used.
Monarchies[link]
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In many monarchies, the sovereign is allowed to choose a regnal name by which he or she will be known. This official name may differ from his or her first name and may not even be one of his or her given names at birth.
A sovereign may choose not to use his or her first name for many reasons. Some, such as George VI of the United Kingdom (born Albert Frederick Arthur George), may wish to make a connection between their reign and that of a previous sovereign (in his case, his father, George V). Others, such as Queen Victoria (born Alexandrina Victoria of Kent), may never have been known by their original first name.
In Japan, the Emperor's personal name is never used as a regnal name: he is referred to by the name of his regnal era, and after his death his name is officially changed to that of the era. It is a severe breach of etiquette in Japan to refer to the current Emperor's personal name either in speech or in writing unless absolutely required by law. This does not apply to those outside Japan, however, which explains why Japanese and non-Japanese use different names for the Emperor. For instance, Emperor Hirohito was known within Japan as Emperor Showa.
Religion[link]
In the tradition of various Roman Catholic religious institutes, members abandon their birthname to assume a new, often unrelated, devotional name, often referring to an admired saint. For women, for example in the Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls, this reflects the mystical marriage as bride of Christ. Newly elected popes assume a papal name. Most popes choose a name commemorating an admired saint (Benedict XVI, for example) or a predecessor or predecessors (John Paul I), or even a family member (John XXIII).
In Eastern Orthodoxy, a monk or a nun is given a saint's name by their bishop or abbot at the time of their tonsure as the new monk's or nun's first act of monastic obedience. In addition, Orthodox monks and nuns never use their last names, except for legal reasons or for disambiguation. This may also have changed to indicate their brotherhood e.g. a monk at Kykkos Monastery in Cyprus may be known as Κυκκότης.
In Buddhism, a Dharma name is given during the traditional refuge ceremony.
In Islam, new converts often accept Islamic names. Examples include Muhammad Ali, formerly Cassius Clay; Ivan Aguéli, who became Abd al-Hadi Aqhili; Cat Stevens, who became Yusuf Islam; and Yousuf Youhana, who became Mohammad Yousef.
In Sikhism, adherents adopt the last name Singh for males or Kaur for females.
It is a long standing tradition in the Western Occult tradition to assume a pseudonym or motto. For instance Alphonse Louis Constant wrote under the name Eliphas Levi, William Wynn Westcott wrote under Frater Sapere Aude, and Aleister Crowley wrote under the name Frater Perdurabo.
Some practitioners of Wicca adopt a "craft name" or "witch name" upon initiation for use within their community. This may be to create a name of their own choosing as opposed to their given name, or to provide anonymity to those who are in the "broom closet." Often a craft name will reflect their personality, interests and/or feelings.[12]
Cadre names[link]
Within Communist parties and Trotskyist organisations, noms de guerre are usually known as "party names" or "cadre names". While the practice originated during the revolutionary years after World War I, to conceal the identity of leaders, by the 1950s and 1960s, the practice was more of a tradition than an identity-concealment strategy. Some famous Communist Party names include Lenin (Vladimir Il'ich Ulyanov); Trotsky (Lev Davidovich Bronshtein); Max (Yakov Sverdlov); Nahuel Moreno (Hugo Miguel Bressano) and Hua Guofeng (Su Zhu).
Political articles[link]
From the late-18th to early-19th centuries, it was established practice for political articles to be signed with pseudonyms. A well-known American was the pen name "Publius", used by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, in writing The Federalist Papers. In his youth, Benjamin Franklin wrote a number of letters to his brother's newspaper posing as a widow under the pen name Silence Dogood. The British political writer "Junius" was never identified.
Other types[link]
Pseudonyms are also adopted for other reasons. Criminals often took on (or were given) pseudonyms, such as famed con man Jefferson R. Smith, who was known as Soapy Smith.
Comedians and others performing hoaxes often adopt aliases for their performance role. A notable instance is provided by the comedian and hoaxer Rodney Marks,[13] who in public performances as a corporate comedian has used over one hundred different aliases indicative of the hoax features.[14]
Mervyn's founder Mervin G. Morris was advised by an architect to spell the name of his store chain with a Y instead of an I because the signs would be more pleasing to the eye.
It is not uncommon for a pseudonym to be adopted by a racing car driver. Reasons for this may include keeping their parents or family unaware of their participation in such activities, so members of royalty (who may be otherwise prohibited from such a dangerous activity as racing) can participate, or as a way to remain in relative anonymity. Three-time F1 champion Jackie Stewart's son Paul used a pseudonym when he joined a British racing school for just this reason. Of the many instances of racing drivers assuming false names, two more are Louis Krages, who raced under the name "John Winter" to keep his mother from finding out about his "habit", and former F1 driver Jean Alesi. Alesi, born in France but of Italian descent, went by his real given name of Giovanni until teasing from classmates led him to adopting a more French first name.
Famous pseudonyms of people who were neither authors nor actors include the architect Le Corbusier (né Charles Édouard Jeanneret), and the statistician Student (né William Sealey Gosset), discoverer of Student's t-distribution in statistics (Gosset's employer prohibited publication by employees to prevent trade secrets being revealed).
When used by a radio operator, a pseudonym is called a "handle", especially in Citizens' Band radio; on the Appalachian Trail it is common to adopt or, more usually, be given by others a "trail name".
Pseudonyms should not be confused with new names that replace old ones. Some Jewish politicians adopted Hebrew family names upon making aliyah to Israel, dropping Westernized surnames that may have been in the family for generations. David Ben-Gurion, for example, was born David Grün in Poland. He adopted his Hebrew name in 1910, when he published his first article in a Zionist journal in Jerusalem. In the 1960s, black civil rights campaigner Malcolm X (né Malcolm Little) took the "X" to represent his unknown African ancestral name that was lost when his ancestors were brought to North America as slaves, and then changed his name again to Malik El-Shabazz when he converted to Islam.
See also[link]
- Heteronym
- Hypocorism
- List of Latinised names
- List of pseudonyms
- List of pseudonyms used in the American constitutional debates
- List of stage names
- Mononymous persons
Notes[link]
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- ^ Room (2010, 3).
- ^ Peschke (2006, vii).
- ^ ψεῦδος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus project
- ^ ὄνομα, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus project
- ^ Rubin, Harold Francis (1916-), Author Pseudonyms: R. Accessed 27 November 2009.
- ^ The Ruse That Roared, The Washington Post, November 5, 1995, Richard Leiby, James Lileks
- ^ http://www.histori.ca/prodev/article.do?id=15333
- ^ Robertson, Nan, The Girls in the Balcony: Women, Men, and The New York Times (N.Y.: Random House, [2nd printing?] 1992 (ISBN 0-394-58452-X)), p. 221. In 1968, one such employer was The New York Times, the affected workers were classified-advertising takers, and the renaming was away from Jewish, Irish, and Italian names to ones "with a WASP flavor".
- ^ Investigators target Michael Jackson's pseudonyms
- ^ Toronto Daily Mail, "Women's Kingdom", "A Delicate Question", April 7 1883, page 5
- ^ http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/01/roderick_jaynes_imaginary_osca.html
- ^ Buckland, Raymond (1986). Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft. Llewellen. p. 54. ISBN 0-87542-050-8.
- ^ comedian.com.au
- ^ List of aliases used by Marks
Sources[link]
- Peschke, Michael. 2006. International Encyclopedia of Pseudonyms. Detroit: Gale. ISBN 978-3-598-24960-0.
- Room, Adrian. 2010. Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins. 5th rev. ed. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-7864-4373-4.
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This article is about the literary work by Franz Kafka. For the biological process, see Metamorphosis. For other uses, see Metamorphosis (disambiguation).
"Gregor Samsa" redirects here. For the post-rock band, see Gregor Samsa (band). For their eponymous EP, see Gregor Samsa (EP).
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| Author(s) | Franz Kafka |
| Original title | Die Verwandlung |
| Country | Austria–Hungary |
| Language | German |
| Genre(s) | Philosophical novella, absurdist fiction |
| Publisher | Kurt Wolff Verlag, Leipzig |
| Publication date | 1915 |
The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung, also sometimes termed The Transformation) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect-like creature.
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Plot summary[link]
Part I[link]
One day Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. Confused, he looks around his room which appears normal. He decides to fall asleep again and forget what happened in the hope that everything will revert to normal. He tries to roll over to his right but discovers that he cannot due to his new body - he is stuck on his hard, convex back. He feels an itch on his stomach and tries to touch the area with his leg. He retracts immediately as the area was highly sensitive.
He reflects on how dreary life as a traveling salesmen is and how he would quit his job if his family were not dependent on his income. He looks at the wall clock and realizes that he has overslept and missed his train for work. Gregor's mother knocks on the door and he answers her. She is concerned for Gregor because he is late for work, which is unorthodox for Gregor. Gregor answers his mother and realizes that his voice has changed, but his answer is short so his mother does not notice the voice change. His sister, Grete, to whom he was very close then whispers through the door and begs him to open the door. All his family members think that he is ill and ask him to open the door. He tries to get out of bed but he is incapable of moving his body. While trying to move, he finds that his office manager has showed up to check up on him. He finally rocks his body to the floor and calls out that he will open the door shortly.
Feeling offended by Gregor's delayed response in opening the door, the manager warns him of the consequences of missing work. He adds that his recent performance has been unsatisfactory. Gregor disagrees and tells him that he will open the door shortly. None of persons on the other side of the door could understand a single word he uttered (Gregor was unaware of the fact that his voice has also transformed) and conclude that he is seriously ill. Finally, Gregor manages to unlock and open the door with his mouth. He apologizes to the office manager for the delay. Horrified by the sight of Gregor's appearance, the manager bolts out of the apartment. Gregor tries to catch up with him but his father drives him back into the bedroom with a cane and a rolled newspaper. Gregor injures himself squeezing back through the doorway, and his father slams the door shut. Gregor, exhausted, falls asleep.
Part II[link]
Gregor wakes and sees that someone has put milk and bread in his room. Initially excited, he quickly discovers that he has no taste for milk, once one of his favorite foods. He settles himself under a couch. The next morning, his sister comes in, sees that he has not touched the milk, and replaces it with rotting food scraps, which Gregor happily eats. This begins a routine in which his sister feeds him and cleans up while he hides under the couch, afraid that his appearance will frighten her. Gregor spends his time listening through the wall to his family members talking. They often discuss the difficult financial situation they find themselves in now that Gregor can’t provide for them. Gregor also learns that his mother wants to visit him, but his sister and father will not let her.
Gregor grows more comfortable with his changed body. He begins climbing the walls and ceiling for amusement. Discovering Gregor’s new pastime, Grete decides to remove some of the furniture to give Gregor more space. She and her mother begin taking furniture away, but Gregor finds their actions deeply distressing. He tries to save a picture on the wall of a woman wearing a fur hat, fur scarf, and a fur muff. Gregor’s mother sees him hanging on the wall and passes out. Grete calls out to Gregor—the first time anyone has spoken directly to him since his transformation. Gregor runs out of the room and into the kitchen. . The father throws apples at Gregor, and one sinks into his back and remains lodged there. Gregor manages to get back into his bedroom but is severely injured.
Part III[link]
One evening, the cleaning lady leaves Gregor’s door open while the boarders lounge about the living room. Grete has been asked to play the violin for them, and Gregor creeps out of his bedroom to listen. The boarders, who initially seemed interested in Grete, grow bored with her performance, but Gregor is transfixed by it. One of the boarders spots Gregor and they become alarmed. Gregor’s father tries to shove the boarders back into their rooms, but the three men protest and announce that they will move out immediately without paying rent because of the disgusting conditions in the apartment.
Grete tells her parents that they must get rid of Gregor or they will all be ruined. Her father agrees, wishing Gregor could understand them and would leave of his own accord. Gregor does in fact understand and slowly moves back to the bedroom. There, determined to rid his family of his presence, Gregor dies.
Upon discovering that Gregor is dead, the family feels a great sense of relief. The father kicks out the boarders and decides to fire the cleaning lady, who has disposed of Gregor’s body. The family takes a trolley ride out to the countryside, during which they consider their finances. Months of spare living as a result of Gregor’s condition have left them with substantial savings. They decide to move to a better apartment. Grete appears to have her strength and beauty back, which leads her parents to think about finding her a husband.
Characters[link]
Gregor Samsa[link]
Gregor is the main character of the story. He works as a traveling salesman in order to provide money for his sister and parents. He wakes up one morning as a large insect-like creature. After the metamorphosis, Gregor is unable to work. This prompts his family to begin working once again.
The name "Gregor Samsa" appears to derive partly from literary works Kafka had read. The hero of The Story of Young Renate Fuchs, by German-Jewish novelist Jakob Wassermann (1873–1934), is a certain Gregor Samsa. The Viennese author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whose sexual imagination gave rise to the idea of masochism, is also an influence. Sacher-Masoch (note the letters Sa-Mas) wrote Venus in Furs (1870), a novel whose hero assumes the name Gregor at one point. A "Venus in furs" literally recurs in The Metamorphosis in the picture that Gregor Samsa has hung on his bedroom wall.[1] The name Samsa is similar to Kafka in its play of vowels and consonants: "Five letters in each word. The S in the word Samsa has the same position as the K in the word Kafka. The A "is in the second and fifth positions in both words."[2]
Gregor Samsa appears to be based upon Kafka himself. As when Kafka suffered from insomnia he feared he was repulsive and a burden to his family, during this time his sister was his caretaker.[3]
Grete Samsa[link]
Grete is Gregor's younger sister, who becomes his caretaker after his metamorphosis. Initially Grete and Gregor have a close relationship but this quickly fades. While Grete initially volunteers to feed him and clean his room, she grows more and more impatient with the burden and begins to leave his room in disarray out of spite. She plays the violin and dreams of going to the conservatory, a dream Gregor had intended to make happen. Gregor planned on making the announcement on Christmas Day. To help provide an income for the family after Gregor's transformation, she starts working as a salesgirl.
Mr. Samsa[link]
Mr. Samsa is Gregor's father. After the metamorphosis, he is forced to return to work in order to support the family financially. His attitude towards his son is harsh; he regards the transformed Gregor with disgust and possibly even fear. Mr. Samsa may have been based on Kafka's father, who treated Kafka harshly.
Mrs. Samsa[link]
Mrs. Samsa is Grete and Gregor's mother. She is initially shocked at Gregor's transformation, however she wants to enter his room. This proves too much for her, thus giving rise to a conflict between her maternal impulse and sympathy and her fear and revulsion of Gregor's new form.
Translation[link]
Kafka's sentences often deliver an unexpected impact just before the period—that being the finalizing meaning and focus. This is achieved from the construction of sentences in the original German, which requires that the participle be positioned at the end of the sentence. For example, in the opening sentence, it is the final word, verwandelt, that indicates transformation:
Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheuren Ungeziefer verwandelt.
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect-like creature.
These constructions are not directly replicable in English, so it is up to the translator to provide the reader with the effect of the original text.[4]
English translators have often sought to render the word Ungeziefer as "insect", but this is not strictly accurate. In Middle German, Ungeziefer literally means "unclean animal not suitable for sacrifice" [5] and is sometimes used colloquially to mean "bug" – a very general term, unlike the scientific sounding "insect". Kafka had no intention of labeling Gregor as any specific thing, but instead wanted to convey Gregor's disgust at his transformation. The phrasing used by Joachim Neugroschel[6] is "transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect" whereas David Wyllie says "transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin".
However, in Kafka's letter to his publisher of 25 October 1915, in which he discusses his concern about the cover illustration for the first edition, he uses the term Insekt, saying "The insect itself is not to be drawn. It is not even to be seen from a distance."[7]
Ungeziefer has sometimes been translated as "cockroach", "dung beetle", "beetle", and other highly specific terms. The term "dung beetle" or Mistkäfer is in fact used in the novella by the cleaning lady near the end of the story, but it is not used in the narration. Ungeziefer also denotes a sense of separation between himself and his environment: he is unclean and must therefore be secluded.
Vladimir Nabokov, who was a lepidopterist as well as writer and literary critic, insisted that Gregor was not a cockroach, but a beetle with wings under his shell, and capable of flight. Nabokov left a sketch annotated "just over three feet long" on the opening page of his (heavily corrected) English teaching copy. In his accompanying lecture notes, Nabokov discusses the type of insect Gregor has been transformed into, concluding that Gregor "is not, technically, a dung beetle. He is merely a big beetle."[8]
Adaptations to other media[link]
There are many film versions of the story, mostly short films, including a 1975 TV version by Jan Němec, a 1977 animation by Caroline Leaf, a 1987 TV movie by Jim Goddard, a 1993 video by Carlos Atanes, and a longer (80-minute) 2002 version directed by Russian theatrical director Valery Fokin.
A stage adaptation was performed by Steven Berkoff in 1969. Berkoff's text was also used for the libretto to Brian Howard's 1983 opera Metamorphosis.[9] Another stage adaptation was performed in 2006 as a co-production of the Icelandic company Vesturport and the London-based Lyric Hammersmith, adapted and directed by Gisli Örn Gardarsson and David Farr, with a music soundtrack performed by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, premiering at the Lyric Hammersmith in London. That production has since been performed in 2007 in the National Theatre of Iceland in Reykjavik, Iceland, in a 2008 UK tour in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Plymouth, and again London, also in 2008 in Seoul, South Korea, and Dublin, Ireland, in 2009 in Hong Kong, China, and in Hobart, Tasmania, Wollongong, and Sydney, all Australia, in 2010 in Bogotá, Colombia, Reykjavik, Iceland, and New York City, USA, and in 2011 in Saint Petersburg and Norilsk, both Russia.[10] Another stage adaptation was performed in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2005 by the Centre for Asian Theatre.[11] As of March 2007[update], that performance was still continuing in Bangladesh.
American cartoonist Robert Crumb drew a comic adaptation of the novella, which is included in the 1993 book Introducing Kafka, an illustrated biography of Kafka also known as Kafka for Beginners, R. Crumb's Kafka, or simply Kafka. American comic artist Peter Kuper illustrated a graphic-novel version, first published by the Crown Publishing Group in 2003.[12]
Allusions/references from other works[link]
Stage[link]
- Philip Glass composed incidental music for two separate theater productions of the story. These two themes, along with two themes from the Errol Morris film The Thin Blue Line, were incorporated into a five-part piece of music for solo piano entitled Metamorphosis.
- In 1952, a then-unknown James Dean took part in a staged reading of the book at The Village Theater in New York. http://www.jamesdean.com/about/timeline.html
Literature[link]
- Marc Estrin's debut surrealist novel Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa (2002)[13] "resurrects Kafka's half-cockroach Gregor character"[14] vis-à-vis the world between 1915 and 1945.
- Brian Keenan's autobiography An Evil Cradling makes reference to Kafka: "My thoughts were preoccupied by my loss of humanity. Was I a kind of Kafkaesque character transformed out of human form into some animal? Something to be locked away from the world?"
- Lance Olsen's novel Anxious Pleasures: A Novel After Kafka retells Kafka's novella from the points of view of those inside his family and out.
Jake Beasley played an uncanny Gregor Samsa as a Gigantic Insect in last year's production of Metamorphosis.
Film[link]
- Both the 1968 version and the 2005 version of the film The Producers include a scene where the two protagonists are searching for a sure flop. The opening for the play of Metamorphosis is read and rejected for being too good.
- The 2008 film The Reader features Ralph Fiennes reading aloud from Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.
- In 2002 a Russian version titled Prevrashchenie was directed by Valery Fokin with Yevgeny Mironov as Gregor.[15]
- In 1995, the actor Peter Capaldi won an Oscar for his short-film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life. The plot of the film has the author (played by Richard E. Grant) trying to write the opening line of Metamorphosis and experimenting with various things that Gregor might turn into, such as a banana or a kangaroo. The film is also notable for a number of Kafkaesque moments.
- In 1993 Carlos Atanes directed The Metamorphosis of Franz Kafka, a controversial adaptation based on The Metamorphosis as well on biographical details from Kafka's family.
- in Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale, Jeff Daniels's and Jesse Eisenberg's characters make several references to The Metamorphosis.
- The novella is referenced in the 1986 film The Fly when Seth Brundle, nearing the end of his own metamorphosis into "Brundlefly", says to Ronnie Quaife, "I'm an insect...who dreamt he was a man...and loved it. But now the dream is over...and the insect is awake."
- In the Mel Brooks film Space Balls, President Scroob orders the crew of Spaceball One to begin Metamorphosis, prompting Dark Helmet to ask "Ready Kafka?"
Comics[link]
- American cartoonist Robert Crumb drew an illustrated adaptation of the novella which appears in the book Introducing Kafka.
- In the comic book Johnny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vasquez, the eponymous Johnny is plagued by a roach that keeps appearing in his house no matter how many times he kills it (whether or not this roach is immortal or simply many different roaches is up to interpretation) and is affectionately named "Mr. Samsa".
- In The Simpsons book Treehouse of Horror Spook-tacular, Matt Groening did a spoof on the metamorphosis, entitling it "Metamorphosimpsons".
- Peter Kuper (illustrator of Kafka's Give It Up!) also adapted Kafka's Metamorphosis.
- Corbeyran / Horne illustrated Kafka's Metamorphosis in 2009.
Music[link]
- Gregor Samsa is a band from Virginia formed in 2000 and fronted by Champ Bennett.
- The Neue Deutsche Härte band Samsas Traum gets its name from the story.
- Widespread Panic allude to this work in their song "Imitation Leather Shoes" off of the album Don't Tell the Band.
- My little brother is an insect / He likes to crawl around his room / His mother shudders at the sight of him / His pappy is a businessman / Every move he makes is torture / He cannot speak words any more / Our sister likes to flip him on his back / And watch little brother squirm
- The Christian rock band Showbread references The Metamorphosis in their song titled "Samsa Meets Kafka" on their album No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical.
- Extreme metal band Imperial Vengeance adapted the story into the penultimate track of their 2011 album Black Heart of Empire, "Of Insect and Allegory".
- Pakistani ambient musician Asfandyar Khan has a song titled "Gregor Samsa is Dead, Long Live Gregor Samsa" off his debut release, Snow Makes Things Perfect.
Television[link]
- On the TV Show Home Movies, the characters create a rock opera based on Metamorphosis.
- In one episode of the television show Arthur (TV series), Brain dreams that he is a giant cockroach because he is scornfully referred to as a "pest" by his friends for being domineering.
- In one episode of the television show My So-Called Life, the characters must read The Metamorphosis and write a paragraph about it as an assignment in English class. Jordan Catalano, Rickie Vasquez, Brian Kraków and Sharon Cherski all discuss the story and the meaning of The Metamorphosis.
Video Games[link]
- In the fighting game, Skullgirls, the character Filia has a parasite posing as her hair named Samson. One of her Hyper Moves is called "Gregor Samson", in which Samson transforms into a giant roach and charges at the opponent.
References[link]
- ^ Kafka (1996, 3).
- ^ Kafka (1996, 3 & 75).
- ^ Ryan McKittrick speaks with director Dominique Serrand and Gideon Lester about Amerika
- ^ Kafka, Franz (1996). The Metamorphosis and Other Stories, ISBN 1-56619-969-7. (p. xi).
- ^ ungeziefer: Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)
- ^ ISBN 0-684-19426-0
- ^ Briefe und Tagebücher 1915 (Franz Kafka) — ELibraryAustria
- ^ Nabokov, Vladimir (1980). Lectures on Literature. New York, New York: Harvest. pp. 260. ISBN 0-15-649589-.
- ^ Howard, Brian: Metamorphosis (1983), work details at Boosey & Hawkes
- ^ "Vesturport – Metamorphosis". Vesturport. http://vesturport.com/theater/metamorphosis-hamskiptin/. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ Productions — The Metamorphosis — Centre for Asian Theatre[dead link]
- ^ Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis adapted by Peter Kuper.
- ^ ISBN 1-932961-09-7
- ^ San Francisco Chronicle
- ^ Prevrashchenie at the Internet Movie Database
External links[link]
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Online editions
- (German) Die Verwandlung at DigBib.org (text, pdf, HTML)
- The Metamorphosis, translated 2009 by Ian Johnston of Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, BC
- The Metamorphosis at Project Gutenberg, translated by David Wyllie
- The Metamorphosis via LibriVox (audiobook, Ian Johnston translation)
Commentary
- Lecture on The Metamorphosis by Vladimir Nabokov
- Lesson on the difficulties of translating the story into English
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