Quote of the day
It is unjust and absurd of those advancing in years, to expect of the young that confidence should come all and only on their side: the human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.
Aimé Césaire
Born: June 26, 1913
Died: April 17, 2008 (aged 94)
Bio: Aimé Fernand David Césaire was a Francophone and French poet, author and politician from Martinique. He was "one of the founders of the négritude movement in Francophone literature".
Known for:
- Cahier d'un retour au pays natal (1947)
- Discourse on colonialism (1950)
- Une Tempête (1969)
- Une saison au Congo (1966)
- Aimé Césaire, the collected poetry (1983)