Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Diana Athill
Born: December 21, 1917
Died: January 23, 2019 (aged 101)
Bio: Diana Athill was a British literary editor, novelist and memoirist who worked with some of the writers of the 20th century at the London-based publishing company Andre Deutsch Ltd.
Known for:
- Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir (2008)
- Instead of a Letter (1962)
- Stet: An Editor's Life (2000)
- After a funeral (1986)
- Instead of a Book: Letters to a Friend (2011)