Quote of the day
No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start.
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)







