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Princess Liese of Brunant

She married Prince Hugo Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg, a member of the Mensdorff-Pouilly family.

9mm is a Carrington-based Brunanter metal band.

Saint Benedict the Chronicler (born Benedictus Daalmans; March 12, 1584 - September 27, 1669) was a Brunanter friar, best known for the foundation of St. Andrew's Abbey and his chronicles. Patron saint of Boguestown since 1681, he is considered a polymath, as he was also interested in botanology and fluently spoke French, German, Italian and Dutch.

Constantijn Michiel Roggeveen (b. February 17, 1961) is a Brunanter operatic tenor. Considered the best male opera singer of the country, his performances are characterized by his exuberant presence on stage. After an interruption in 2002 due to cancer problems, Roggeveen returned in singing, obtaining much more fame.

Personal life
In 1989 Roggeveen married Agnes Holst, a violin player, but they divorced one year later. He married Evelien Pender (niece of Martine Pender) in 1992 and they had one daughter, Myrthe (1993). They got divorced in 1996, but they remarried and had a second daughter, Rosanne (1998).

Although Roggeveen was born in a Roman Catholic family, he converted to Greek Orthodox Faith in 1999. He was baptized in Hagios Demetrios, Koningstad. "Personally, I feel really tranquil in Orthodox churches and I can come closer to myself", said he in 2006.

Roggeveen has admitted being an amateur painter, inspired by Caroman.

Dionys Vincentsz van der Akker (April 9, 1810 - August 22, 1854) was a Brunanter novelist. Van der Akker was very popular throughout his rather short lifetime and is considered one of the founders of modern Brunanter literature. He is also thought to be the most important representative of Romanticism in Brunant, alongside Charlotte Coutts. His works, inspired mainly by Brunanter history and folklore, were heavily influenced by the German Romanticism.

Early years and first works
During that period he met Eugenio Cavall and they became good friends. He studied at Roodstad College (then still known as Roodstad University).

Death
He died from apoplexy in 1866.

Novels and novellas

 * Servaas the Brave (1829)
 * The Mountain Castle (1830)
 * Dominicus Alingh (1833)
 * The Poor Sailor (1835)
 * The Robber and the Countess (1841)
 * Friar Jacob (1846)
 * The Noble Highwayman (1854 - unfinished)

Poetry

 * Hymn to Gisbert the Lion (1830)
 * Ballads of Mediterranean (1837)
 * Land of Beauties (1851)
 * Ode to Freedom (1852)

Enrico Bernardo Soas (August 14, 1947 - September 30, 1980) was a Barzuna playwright.

Alexander Hyacinth Bergqvist (b. March 19, 1957), mostly known as Hyacinth Bergqvist, is a Brunanter stuckist artist. Interested in painting and collage, Bergqvist is the founder of the Brunanter Stuckists group.

His eccentric manner and attention-grabbing public actions sometimes draw more attention than his artwork, to the dismay of those who held his work in high esteem, and to the irritation of his critics.

Biography and career
Hyacinth was born to Carl Bergqvist and Emma Abspoel. His father was the descendant of Gustav Bergqvist, a Swedish mercenary in the army of James Carrington. Hyacinth's parents got a divorce in 1968 and as a result, he and his younger sister Irene lived much of their childhood in their grandparent's house, in Donderstad.

Despite, his father's disapproval, Hyacinth studied in the El-Reis Academy of the Arts from 1975 until 1980.

Gallery
Francha Abanto (b. 17 June, 1990) is a Barzuna artist.

Johannes Gottschalk Meinhardt (June 16, 1796 - December 27, 1874) was a Brunanter author and poet. Although an acknowledged writer of novels and poems, Meinhardt is best remembered for his fairy tales, inspired by Germanic folklore. He was much praised during his life time and feted by royalty.

Early life
Gottschalk was descedant of the German noble family of von Meinhardt; his ancestors came in Brunant, after the destructive Thirty Years' War.

Koningstad
He was awarded the Order of St. Andrew in 1852.

Legacy
He collected more than fifty fairy tales from all over Europe.


 * Dwarfs: short, stocky humanoid creatures, who can be either malevolent or kind towards people
 * Krambe: beast-like creature, inspired by Austrian Krampus
 * Nachtwandelaar: a mythical character, similar to Sandman
 * Nachtwandelaar: a mythical character, similar to Sandman

Fairy tales collections

 * Old and New Tales (12 tales)
 * Fairy Legends and Traditions (13 tales)
 * Children's Tales (14 tales)
 * Tales of the Old Raconteur (14 tales)

Poetry

 * The Homecoming
 * Autumn Leaves
 * Roses and Cresses
 * The Sea
 * Ballads and Sonnets
 * Death of a Poet

Fedde Laninga (August 8, 1891 - February 16, 1979) was a Brunanter author, poet and essayist. One of the most prolific writers of Brunanter literature and the most important exponent of psychological realism in Brunant, Laninga was a sailor for many years and thus most of his works are of nautical setting. Laninga used his travels around the world as a sailor, and life at sea and its adventures, as powerful metaphors for the escape of ordinary people outside the boundaries of reality.

A dominant figure of the Brunanter literature during the 19th and 20th century, Laninga has inspired many authors, including Carlyle O'Keefe and Hannah Jacobson. What is more, his books Murder in Odessa and The Severed Nose are thought to have a great influence to crime fiction writers, incuding Lodewijk van't Kirk. Laninga also translated some major works of the European literature in Dutch.

Merchant navy
He served in the Dutch Merchant Navy from 1911 until 1914 and from 1919 until 1932.

Novels

 * Sea Dog
 * Captain E.E. Plourde
 * Silence
 * Murder in Odessa
 * The Severed Nose
 * The Lost Catamaran
 * Ludger the Sailor
 * Three Strangers in Berganz
 * Following the Pole Star
 * Wind through the Trees
 * Thalers of Dishonor
 * The Islander
 * Sell your Cloak
 * Through the Tsushima Straits
 * Betrayal
 * The Floating House
 * The Happy Widow
 * The Abonded Mansion
 * Sea Shells

Novellas

 * The Castaway
 * The Girl from Kochi
 * To Mermaid Island and Back Here
 * The Insame Bosun
 * The Secret Garden
 * Bread and Wine
 * The Seagull
 * Melancholia
 * The Apple tree
 * Human Hypocricy

Poetry

 * The Ballads of Kazuki Oshiro
 * Old Junk Poems
 * Poetics of the Stormy Sea

Translations

 * Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
 * The Rover by Joseph Conrad
 * The Lagoon by Joseph Conrad
 * The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
 * Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
 * Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Essays

 * An Essay on Religion
 * The Absurdity of War
 * Thoughts on Brunanter Art
 * Personal Notes

Domingo Busto was a notorious Spanish pirate, best known for raiding Grijzestad twice in the 16th century, before being captured and executed.

Charlotte Elizabeth Coutts (March 14, 1808 - June 7, 1881) was a famed Brunanter author. She wrote under the pseudonym "Achilles McGinnis".

Novels

 * The Sorrows of Elizabeth Fentt
 * Years of Struggle
 * Henriette Preston
 * The Life and Adventures of Roger Wortley

Short stories

 * An Italian Romance
 * The Handsome Spaniard
 * The Mysterious Tower
 * Stroll in the Sunshine
 * Greyhound Ghost
 * Terror in Charles Town
 * The Weird Story of Rob Rothstone
 * The Mare
 * Horrors of Boguestown

Others

 * Poems of Achilles McGinnis
 * Travel Impressions from Germany and Italy
 * Rambles in Brunanter Countryside

Brunanter literature refers to writings composed in the five main islands of Brunant. The languages used, are English, Dutch and Barzuna.

19th century
During the early 19th century, Romanticism was the prime literature movement in Brunant, permitting both poetry and prose to flourish. The writers focused on Brunanter history and folklore, the latter heavily inspired by Gottschalk Meinhardt.

Despite the great number of romantic authors and poets of this period, only a few have been highly immortalized through their works. Charlotte Coutts (1808-1881) was a renowned writer, famous for her gothic short stories, thus dubbed Brunant's Mary Shelley. On the other hand, Dionys van der Akker (1810-1854) wrote epic novellas and novels, greatly influened by Sir Walter Scott and Wolfgang Goethe. Martin Tempines (1842-1900) was a Brezondian popular poet of that period, known as the Father of Barzuna nationalism, while Anton Reiber-Koller (1826-1895) is considered the most important playwright of the 19th century. Emmanuel Berger (1800-1848) was also a very famous novelist, but today he is best remembered for his music.

The Golden Age
The 20th century is generally believed to be the "Golden Era" of Brunanter literature. The country's industrialization and the new social reality, proved to be an inexhaustible source of inspiration. The writers of this period, though, depicted a variety of themes and topics.

Fedde Laninga (1891-1979), a recipient of the Medal for Arts and Letters, is considered the most prolific author in Brunanter literature. (1857)

Contemporary
Henry Winston Cavell (1930-2006) was undoubtedly the most significant author of historical novels. Lodewijk van't Kirk, best known for his detective novels, has been awarded the Medal for Arts and Letters.

The Crystal Poppies is a Brunanter indie rock band, founded in 2004. Based in Koningstad, they consists of Sophie Addens (vocals), Pieter Couman (lead/rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Dirk de Veen (bass guitar, backing vocals), Nicko English (drumms, backing vocals) and Lizzie Stephenson (keyboards, backing vocals).

Former members

 * Michiel Melens - bass guitar (2004-2005)
 * Frits Elling - bass guitar (2005-2009)
 * Anais Aritza - keyboards, backing vocals (2004-2009)