World Cultural Leaders of the 20th & 21st Centuries

Authors Jennifer Durham Bass (editor)
Publication date July 1, 2007
Edition 2
Book category Adult Non-Fiction

From Alvar Aalto, the Finnish architect, furniture designer, and city planner, to Frank Lloyd Wright, the American architect, this two-volume set offers biographical profiles of 550 individuals from around the world prominent in the fields of acting, architecture, classical music, dance, film, painting, photography, poetry, popular music, cultural promotion, sculpture, television, theater, and writing. Of these 550 alphabetical profiles, 138 are new to this edition from Grey House Publishing (the previous edition was from ABC-CLIO). Also included in this edition are fold-out color timelines, a section detailing places to visit that are connected to 103 selected individuals profiled in the alphabetical entries, primary source documents from newspapers and cultural magazines, a glossary, an index, and a guide to individuals by specific occupation.