Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
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)