Quote of the day
By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
Antonio Skarmeta
Born: November 7, 1940
Died: October 15, 2024 (aged 83)
Bio: Antonio Skármeta was a Chilean writer descending from Croatian immigrants from the Adriatic island of Brač, Dalmatia. He was awarded Chile's National Literature Prize in 2014.
Known for:
- Ardiente paciencia (1985)
- No paso nada (1980)
- The Days of the Rainbow (2013)
- The Composition (2000)
- A Distant Father (2013)