Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Alexander Berkman
Born: November 21, 1870
Died: June 28, 1936 (aged 65)
Bio: Alexander Berkman was a leading member of the anarchist movement in the early 20th century, famous for both his political activism and his writing.
Known for:
- Now and After (1929)
- Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist (1912)
- The Bolshevik Myth (1925)
- Life of an anarchist
- Prison Blossoms