Kazan
Americannoun
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Elia 1909–2003, U.S. film and stage director and novelist, born in Turkey.
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a city in and capital of the Tatar Autonomous Republic in the SE Russian Federation in Europe, near the Volga River.
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a river in S Nunavut, Canada, flowing N and NE to Baker Lake. 455 miles (732 km) long.
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So in 1999, Elia Kazan was given a lifetime achievement award.
From Los Angeles Times
"I am returning to the big ice," the skater from Kazan announced on Telegram earlier this month, her formerly brunette hair now streaked with blonde highlights.
From Barron's
Her family soon moved to Kazan in southern Russia where she studied music, before moving to the Moscow Conservatoire in 1954.
From BBC
Zoe Kazan created a stir this week by candidly discussing her grandfather, Elia Kazan, and his decision to name actors who had been fellow communists.
From Los Angeles Times
No actor could vanquish the memory preserved for posterity in Elia Kazan’s film.
From Los Angeles Times
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