Hunger (disambiguation)
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Hunger is used as a metaphor for a variety of topics which lead to multiple classes of usage in addition to the traditional meaning.
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[edit] Hunger, as in low glycogen level of the liver
[edit] Organizations combating hunger
- The Hunger Site
- The Hunger Project
- Global Hunger Alliance, coalition of 100 anti-hunger organizations
- World Hunger Year, Harry Chapin grassroots anti hunger organization
- Local United Network to Combat Hunger, artist-powered hunger relief organization
- Kids Against Hunger, Feeding Children International
- Action Against Hunger, French
- Freedom from Hunger, US development charity
- Australian Freedom From Hunger Campaign now Oxfam Australia
- Walk for Hunger, Massachusetts charity event
[edit] Historical events relating to Hunger
- Irish Potato Famine (1845-1849) (Great Hunger)
- Dutch famine of 1944 (Hunger Winter)
- Hunger circus, Romanian colloquial name for a type of food distribution center created during the Ceauşescu regime
- Irish Hunger Memorial, New York memorial dedicated to Irish potato famine
[edit] Hunger Strike
- Hunger strike, type of political activism
- 1981 Irish Hunger Strike, campaign by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland for the British government to grant them political status
[edit] Hunger as a metaphor for other types of deprivation
- Air hunger, lack of air
[edit] Hunger in popular art/media
- Transilvanian Hunger, album
- Hunger (novel), 1890 novel by Knut Hamsun
- Hunger (film), film based on 1890 novel
- Hunger Again, radio-play written by Dermot Bolger.
- The Hunger (album), Michael Bolton 1987
- Hunger's Teeth, 1994 album by 5uu
- A Hunger Artist, 1922 Franz Kafka short story
- The Hunger for More, solo album by rapper Lloyd Banks
- The House of Hunger, short story collection by the late Dambudzo Marechera.
- Hunger and Thirst, play by Eugène Ionesco 1966
- Hunger Strike (song), Temple of the Dog top 20 song in 1992.
- Hunger Artists Theatre Company, Orange County theater company
- The Hunger of Sejanoz, book 28 of the Lone Wolf book series
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force late night comedy animated series
- Galaxy of Fear: The Hunger, 12th book in the Galaxy of Fear (Star Wars related)
- Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez, 1982 autobiography of Richard Rodriguez narrating his educational history.
- The Hunger Artist (play), Richard Greenberg 1987.
- The Hunger, 1983 horror movie starting Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie.
- The Hunger, Horror television show which ran from 1997-2000.
- Hungry Audio, a record label