Choose any two national and international
personalities then prepare a detailed biography each and post them with at
least 4 paragraphs related to those personalities in the blog.
1. International Personalities:
1. Joe Satriani
Joseph “Joe” Satriani (born July 15, 1956) is an American
instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, with multiple Grammy
Award nominations. Early in his career, Satriani worked as a guitar instructor, and some of his former students have achieved
fame with their guitar skills (Steve Vai, Larry Lalonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk
Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan and Alex Skolnick). Satriani has been a driving force in the music
credited to other musicians throughout his career, as a founder of the
ever-changing touring trio, G3, as well as performing in various positions with
other musicians.
He is heavily influenced by blues-rock guitar icons such as
Jimi Hendrix, Eric Claton, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore and Jeff Beck, but
possesses his own easily recognized style. He was inspired to play guitar at
age of fourteen soon after learning of the death of Jimi Hendrix. He has been
said to have heard the news during a football training session, where he
confronted his coach and announced that he was quitting becoming a guitarist.
In 2006, Satriani signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a
non-profit organization that provides free musical instruments and instruction
to children to children in underserved public schools throughout the U.S.A.
2.
Paolo
Cesare Maldini
Paolo Cesare Maldini is a football player. He is currently the 21st ranked world famous soccer players of all time having acquired about 26 individual awards during his input in playing soccer. Maldini is one of the few famous soccer player that spend their entire career in one team and in this case it was Milan. Maldini was one of the Italy's and Milan's best defenders and one of the most famous soccer players from italy. He was a central or left-defender that has served club and country for over 25 years. He played fot the Italian National Team for 14 years retiring in 2002 with a 126 caps and having participated in 4 world cup events. With the club he retired at the age of 40, having been present in all the clubs 25 seasons, making him one of the famous reliable defenders of the Milan team. As a matter of honor the club retired his number 3 jersey, but it shall be revived once his son in the youth academy is taken in by the senior team.
Maldini
played at a world class level for his entire career spanning 2 and half
decades, and won the Best Defender trophy at the UEFA Club Football Awards at
the age of 39. He came second to George Weah for the FIFA World Player of the
Year Award in 1995, the closest a defender had ever reached to winning the
award, until Fabio Cannavaro, a fellow Italian won the award in 2006. He was
the Milan and Italy captain for many years and was considered a leader amongst
leaders by fellow footballers, leading to the nickname “Il Capitano" (the
Captain). Paolo's father Cesare formerly played for and captained Milan,
and is a successful national U-21 manager.
1.
National Personalities:
1.
Madhav Prasad Ghimire
Madhav
Prasad Ghimire (born October 22, 1919), is a Nepali poet. He is regarded as
one of the best poet in the Nepali Language. In terms of popularity, excellence
and acclaim, Ghimire is considered a source of inspiration in Nepali
Literature.He is best known for Gauri, Malati Mangale, Himal Pari, Himal Wari,
Aswathama, Rajeshwari and Shakuntala. He was honoured as the Rashtra Kavi(Poet
of nation) of Nepal. Gauri is a collection of poem segments that Madhav Prasad
Ghimire wrote after the death of his wife. He has appreciated his wife's good
character, beauty, friendlienss and contemplation of her death in a young age
living behind two young daughters, in the collection.
Madhav
Ghimire is a living legend. Born in 1919, he is among the last of the older
generation of poets in Nepal. His contemporaries – Bal Krishna Sama, Laxmi
Prasad Devkota, and Siddhicharan Shrestha – have become historical figures in
the annals of Nepalese literature; Ghimire is the only link to their past. A
time in which these poets created some of the most powerful verses in Nepali
literature. Today, their works are studied in school, college, and university.
2.
Bhusan Dahal
Tara Bhusan Dahal (born 18 May 1966) is a Nepali music video director and
media personality who has been based in Nepal since 1988. He is most noted for
his contribution to the Nepali television and video industry, and is also well
known for his movie Kagbeni, where he made his directorial debut after making
notable music videos, documentaries and features. Dahal has directed music
videos for hundreds of Nepali singing talents, including Nima Rumba, Ramkrishna
Dhakal, Rajesh Payal Rai, 1974 AD, Om Bikram Bista, Yogeswor Amatya, Nhyoo
Bajracharya to name a few and the most exotic SAA KARNALI for Nepathya.
During 1988-1990
he anchored Sunday Pop, a programme of international pop music on Nepal
Television (NTV), he initiated Disha Nirdesh, a political programme run on NTV
anchored by Bijay Kumar, and has been hosting Fireside, a current affairs talk
show on Kantipur Television, since 2003. Dahal served Nepal Television as a beginner and was the first
executive producer for image channel, executive director for Dibyadristi, his
own television production venture in Nepal before joining Kantipur Television
as the chief executive producer.
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