Quote of the day
Red China is not the powerful nation seeking to dominate the world. Frankly, in the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, this strategy would involve us in the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy.
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)