Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Andrei Platonov

Born: August 28, 1899
Died: January 5, 1951 (aged 51)
Bio: Andrei Platonov was the pen name of Andrei Platonovich Klimentov, a Soviet Russian writer, playwright, and poet, whose works anticipate existentialism.
Known for:
- The Foundation Pit
- Chevengur
- Happy Moscow
- The Fierce and Beautiful World
- The Return and Other Stories