Quote of the day
At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
Andrew Salkey
Born: January 30, 1928
Died: April 28, 1995 (aged 67)
Bio: Andrew Salkey was a novelist, poet, children's books writer and journalist of Jamaican and Haitian origin. He was born in Panama but raised in Jamaica, moving to Britain in the 1950s to pursue university education.
Known for:
- Escape to an autumn pavement (1959)
- Brother Anancy and other stories (1993)
- Away: Poems (1980)
- Anancy's score (1973)