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Valediction. A valediction ( derivation from Latin vale dicere, "to say farewell"), [ 1] or complimentary close in American English, [ 2] is an expression used to say farewell, especially a word or phrase used to end a letter or message, [ 3][ 4] or a speech made at a farewell. [ 3]
Akkadian text of the letter. The letter from Iddin-Sin to Zinu, also known by its technical designation TCL 18 111, [ 1] is an Old Babylonian letter written by the student Iddin-Sin to his mother Zinu. It is thought to have been written in the city of Larsa in the 18th century BC, around the time of Hammurabi 's reign ( c. 1792–1750 BC).
Letter (message) News from My Lad by James Campbell, 1858–1859 ( Walker Art Gallery) A letter is a written message conveyed from one person (or group of people) to another through a medium. [1] Something epistolary means that it is a form of letter writing. The term usually excludes written material intended to be read in its original form by ...
A suicide note or death note is a message written by a person who intends to die by suicide . A study examining Japanese suicide notes estimated that 25–30% of suicides are accompanied by a note. However, incidence rates may depend on ethnicity and cultural differences, and may reach rates as high as 50% in certain demographics. [ 1]
Writer. Known for. Humanist and feminist writing. Laura Cereta (September 1469 – 1499) was one of the most notable humanist and feminist writers of fifteenth-century Italy. Cereta was the first to put women’s issues and her friendships with women front and center in her work. Cereta wrote in Brescia, Verona, and Venice in 1488–92, known ...
We instantly became friends, which seems to be a common response to meeting Brian,” the comedian, 41, wrote in his letter. “Over the years, Brian has become one of my dearest friends.
A Note to a Certain Old Friend. A Note to a Certain Old Friend (或旧友へ送る手記, Aru Kyūyū e Okuru Shuki) is the title of the suicide note left by the famed Japanese short story writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. [1] This was the last thing Akutagawa wrote before he committed suicide at the age of 35 in 1927. [1] The letter was addressed ...
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky[ a][ b][ c] (11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881 [ 3][ d] ), sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. Numerous literary critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, [ 4] as many of his works are considered ...