Spark, Muriel (Sarah)

Japanese: スパーク（英語表記）Spark， Muriel (Sarah)

Born: February 1, 1918, Edinburgh, England
[Died] April 13, 2006. Florence, Italy. British author. After spending several years in the Central African Federation (Rhodesia-Nyasandra), he worked in the Foreign Office's Information Department during World War II. After the war, he edited a poetry magazine. Since his first full-length novel, The Comforters (1957), he has produced a wide range of works, including Memento Mori (1959), The Ballad of Peckham Rye (1960), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), The Mandelbaum Gate (1965), The Driver's Seat (1970), and The Takeover (1976). His style ranges from humorous fantasy to serious novels imbued with Catholicism.

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Spaak, Paul Henri

Born: January 25, 1899, Shelbek
[Died] July 31, 1972, Brussels. Belgian politician. After World War II, he played an important role in cooperation among Western European countries, and in the formation and promotion of the European Economic Community (EEC) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). In 1932 he was a member of the Socialist National Assembly, in 1935 he became Minister of Transport, Posts and Telegraphs, in 1936 he became Foreign Minister, and in 1938 he became the first Socialist Prime Minister. After resigning in 1939 he became Foreign Minister again, and made efforts to maintain Belgian neutrality, but the country was invaded by German forces, and in 1940 he went into exile in London. He returned to Belgium in 1944, and served as Foreign Minister from 1945 to 1947 (during which time he was President of the First United Nations General Assembly in 1946). He was Prime Minister from 1947 to 1950, and during that time he was Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) and the Council of Europe. In 1952, he served as Chairman of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) General Assembly, and from 1954 to 1957, as Foreign Minister, he worked hard to establish the EEC and the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM). He was Secretary General of NATO from 1957 to 1961, and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister from 1961 to 1966.

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Spaak, Charles

Born: April 25, 1903, Brussels
[Died] March 4, 1975. Vence. Born in Belgium, Vence was a screenwriter active in France. He wrote many masterpieces, especially the screenplays for the masterpieces of J. Feydé and J. Duvivier. His main works are "The Foreign Legion" (1933), "To the Ends of the Earth" (1935), "City of Women" (1935), "Our Companions" (1936), and "The Grand Illusion" (1937).

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Japanese:

[生]1918.2.1. イギリス，エディンバラ
[没]2006.4.13. イタリア，フィレンツェ
イギリスの作家。中央アフリカ連邦 (ローデシア＝ニアサンドラ連邦) で数年を過ごしたのち，第2次世界大戦中は外務省情報部に勤務。戦後，詩誌の編集にあたる。初の長編『慰めるものたち』 The Comforters (1957) 以来，『死を忘れるな』 Memento Mori (1959) ，『ペカム・ライ奇譚』 The Ballad of Peckham Rye (1960) ，『ミス・ブロディの青春』 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) ，『マンデルバウム・ゲイト』 The Mandelbaum Gate (1965) ，『運転席』 The Driver's Seat (1970) ，『引継ぎ』 The Takeover (1976) など多作で，作風もユーモアに富んだファンタジーから，カトリック意識の横溢する深刻な小説まで幅広い。

スパーク
Spaak， Paul Henri

[生]1899.1.25. シェルベク
[没]1972.7.31. ブリュッセル
ベルギーの政治家。第2次世界大戦後，西ヨーロッパ諸国間の協力，ヨーロッパ経済共同体 EEC，北大西洋条約機構 NATOの結成，推進に重要な役割を果した。 1932年社会党下院議員，35年運輸・郵政・電信相，36年外相，38年初の社会党出身の首相。 39年辞任後，再び外相となり，ベルギーの中立に努力したがドイツ軍の侵略を受け，40年からロンドンに亡命。 44年帰国，45～47年外相 (その間 1946年には第1回国連総会議長) 。 47～50年首相，その間ヨーロッパ経済協力機構 OEEC，ヨーロッパ会議 Council of Europe諮問委員会議長。 52年ヨーロッパ石炭鉄鋼共同体 ECSC総会議長，54～57年外相として EEC，ヨーロッパ原子力共同体 EURATOMの設立に奔走，57～61年 NATO事務総長，61～66年副首相兼外相。

スパーク
Spaak， Charles

[生]1903.4.25. ブリュッセル
[没]1975.3.4. バンス
ベルギーで生まれ，フランスで活躍したシナリオライター。多くの傑作があり，ことに J.フェデー，J.デュビビエの代表作の脚本はことごとく手がけている。主作品『外人部隊』 (1933) ，『地の果てを行く』 (1935) ，『女だけの都』 (1935) ，『我等の仲間』 (1936) ，『大いなる幻影』 (1937) 。

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