Quote of the day
Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.
Burton Raffel

Born: April 27, 1928
Died: September 29, 2015 (aged 87)
Bio: Burton Nathan Raffel was a translator, a poet and a teacher. He translated many poems, including the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf, poems by Horace, and Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais. In 1964, Raffel recorded an album along with Robert P.
Known for:
- The art of translating prose (1988)
- How to Read a Poem (1984)
- The Annotated Milton (2008)
- The development of modern Indonesian poetry (1967)