Quote of the day
That cry of the soul to be lifted out of the bondage of the narrow circle of life, which carries up to God the protest and yearning of suffering man, never finds a more sublime expression than where humanity is oppressed and religion is corrupt.
Allen Curnow
Born: June 17, 1911
Died: September 23, 2001 (aged 90)
Bio: Thomas Allen Munro Curnow was a New Zealand poet and journalist. Curnow was born in Timaru, New Zealand and educated at Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury University, and Auckland University.
Known for:
- Early days yet (1997)
- Look Back Harder (1987)
- The Bells of Saint Babel's (2001)
- Donald Davie, Samuel Menashe, Allen Curnow
- An incorrigible music (1979)







