Margaret Widdemer (born 1884, died 1978) - an American poet. She was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Asbury Park, New Jersey. She studied at the Drexel Institute Library School. She lived in New York for most of her life. In her works she touched on social issues. She released The Factories With Other Lyrics (1915) and The Dark Cavalier (1958). In 1918, for the book The Old Road to Paradise, she received the Columbia University Prize officially treated as the Pulitzer Prize in the field of poetry (Pulitzer Prize for Poetry was broadcasted only from 1922). She shared the distinction with Carl Sandburg, who was recognized for the Cornhuskers collection. Her poems went to Harriet Monroe's book The New Poetry: An Anthology (1917). Margaret Widdemer also published 30 novels (including The Red Castle Women, 1968) and a volume of memories Golden Friends I Had (1964). Bibliography
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Dudley Lister
Dudley Lister - English boxer, silver medalist of the 1925 European Championship. In May 1925 he became vice-president of Europe in the heavyweight category. In the semi-finals of the 1925 European Championship he eliminated German nationalist Helmut Siewart, advancing to the finals with Sweden's Brood Persson. In the finals, Lister lost to second place in the heavyweight category, with a limit of +79.4 kg. In total, England won five medals at the European Championships, including two golds. wiki
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