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Gloria Estefan
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Gloria Fajarda was born in Havana, Cuba in 1957 but didn’t spend much time there. Her father took the family to live in Miami following the Cuban Revolution in 1959. As a teenager Gloria had little time for a social life. While her mother worked to…
Duane Hanson
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A leading figure in contemporary sculpture, Duane Hanson adopted South Florida as his home in 1965. The style Hanson called "superrealism" produced a long series of life-sized sculptures of ordinary people in stunning detail. Hanson's work caught…
Ernest Hemingway
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This preeminent literary figure of the 20th century moved to Key West in 1928, living there periodically through 1940. Hemmingway wrote all or part of his most famous works including A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, To Have and Have Not…
James F. Hutchinson
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James Hutchinson's lifelong passion for capturing the beauty and diversity of Florida's natural environment and heritage has won him the respect of art lovers and fellow landscape artists the world over. In the 1960s and '70s, his keen interest in…
Lou Jacobs
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Lou Jacobs was one of the most famous professional clowns in the world, a favorite to American circus-lovers for 60 years. Touring with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus based in Sarasota, Jacobs touched the lives of both adults…
James Weldon Johnson
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The legacy of James Weldon Johnson–Florida-born educator, poet, novelist, journalist, anthologist, diplomat, lyricist, lawyer and civil rights activist–stands as an icon in the cultural heritage of America's black community.
John Rosamond Johnson
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A native of Jacksonville, John Rosamond Johnson was a musical prodigy–at age 4, he was an accomplished pianist. After studying at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Johnson returned to Jacksonville and served for a time as the musical director…
Elaine L. Konigsburg
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Elaine Konigsburg is a distinguished and prolific writer and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. Since 1968, she has lived in Jacksonville with her family. Since then she has published nearly two dozen titles, books for which…
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