Quote of the day
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort.
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)







