Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Charles Tomlinson
Born: January 8, 1927
Died: August 22, 2015 (aged 88)
Bio: Alfred Charles Tomlinson, CBE was a British poet, translator, academic and illustrator. He was born in Penkhull, and grew up in Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Known for:
- The vineyard above the sea
- Airborn Hijos Del Aire
- Cracks in the Universe (Oxford Poets
- Amusements in Chess (1845)