Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
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)