Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Countee Cullen

Born: May 30, 1903
Died: January 9, 1946 (aged 42)
Bio: Countee Cullen, born as Coleman Rutherford, was an African American poet, author and scholar who was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He pronounced his name "Coun-tay", not "Coun-tee".
Known for:
- The lost zoo (1940)
- My soul's high song
- Caroling Dusk (1927)
- Color (1925)