Sentence examples for of peasant origin from inspiring English sources

Linnankoski was of peasant origin and largely self-taught.

Unlike the aristocratic heroes of most epics, Ilya was of peasant origin.

Even today, most of its members are of peasant origin, says Mr Cano.

Of peasant origin, Campani as a young man studied in Rome.

Of peasant origin, Hamsun spent most of his childhood in remote Hamarøy, Nordland county, and had almost no formal education.

Of peasant origin, Jean joined the Carmelite order and was elected prior of the Carmelite convent at Paris in 1339.

Khachaturian was born into an Armenian family of peasant origins in the Georgian capital, Tiflis (now Tbilisi).

Contemporary Greek food, like Italian, is also mainly of peasant origins, although it reflects some Turkish influences from the Ottoman Empire, which ruled Greece for centuries.

Though living rooms are large, residents still entertain their guests in the kitchen, an ancient habit of peasant origins, when the warm kitchen was the most hospitable room during the long, cold Russian winters.

There was no military glory involved - Sir Frederick Mutesa and his supporters had only a few hunting rifles - but the victory of this Moslem officer of peasant origins over the Christian patrician ruler of the sophisticated Baganda, hitherto the dominant tribe, invested Amin with a mystique that was to make him a legend and carry him to the heights of power.

To a great extent, Sardinian food is of peasant origins, without as many cross-cultural influences as had Italy's mainland, and, being an island, Sardinia maintained an independent streak that has maintained the traditions of its food -- not least in the dialectical names for it, like pane carasau, malloreddus, seadas and lampazu, with lavish use of bottarga.