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Bjørnstad, Ketil
Norwegian author, pianist and composer born in Oslo. Ketil Bjørnstad studied for Robert Riefling and Amalie Christie. He made his debut with Piano Concert no. 3 by Béla Bartók together with the Oslo Philharmonic in 1969. As a composer he has been described as a romantic impressionist strongly influenced by contemporary jazz, but rock music is also part of his repertoire. Bjørnstad has recorded som...
Literary figures
Mickey Zondi
Gender: Male
After having worked as a servant in a white household, Mickey Zondi, who is from the Zulu people, gets a job with the police in fictive Trekkersburg in South Africa in the days of apartheid. In the books by James McClure, he becomes an assistant to the very brutal Boer , Tromp Kramer, but gradually an understanding develops between them, and they become good friends. Zondi is young, intelligent...