Quote of the day
By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
Alice Munro
Born: July 10, 1931
Died: May 13, 2024 (aged 92)
Bio: Alice Ann Munro was a Canadian short story writer and Nobel Prize winner. Munro's work has been described as having revolutionized the architecture of short stories, especially in its tendency to move forward and backward in time.
Known for:
- Dear Life (2012)
- Runaway (2004)
- Too Much Happiness (2009)
- Lives of Girls and Women (1971)
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