Quote of the day
Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations.
Boris Vian
Born: March 10, 1920
Died: June 23, 1959 (aged 39)
Bio: Boris Vian was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered today for his novels.
Known for:
- I Spit on Your Graves (1946)
- Heartsnatcher (1953)
- Froth on the Daydream (1947)
- Foam of the Daze
- Autumn in Peking (1947)
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