Quote of the day
We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types.
Bohumil Hrabal
Born: March 28, 1914
Died: February 3, 1997 (aged 82)
Bio: Bohumil Hrabal was a Czech writer, regarded by many Czechs as one of the best writers of the 20th century.
Known for:
- Too Loud a Solitude (1976)
- I Served the King of England (1971)
- Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age (1964)
- The Little Town Where Time Stood Still (1974)
- Total Fears: Letters to Dubenka (1995)