Quote of the day
A mighty pain to love it is,
And 't is a pain that pain to miss;
But of all pains, the greatest pain
It is to love, but love in vain.
Augusto Roa Bastos

Born: June 13, 1917
Died: April 26, 2005 (aged 87)
Bio: Augusto Roa Bastos was a Paraguayan novelist and short story writer. As a teenager he fought in the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia, and he later worked as a journalist, screenwriter and professor.
Known for:
- I, the Supreme (1974)
- Hijo de hombre (1960)
- Madama Sui (1995)
- El Trueno Entre Las Hojas (1953)
- El Fiscal (1993)