Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Antonio Tabucchi
Born: September 24, 1943
Died: March 25, 2012 (aged 68)
Bio: Antonio Tabucchi was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy.
Known for:
- Pereira Maintains (1994)
- Indian Nocturne (1984)
- Requiem: A Hallucination (1991)
- The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro (1997)
- Tristano Dies: A Life (2004)