Quote of the day
A musician cannot move others unless he too is moved. He must feel all the emotions that he hopes to arouse in his audience, for the revealing of his own humor will stimulate a like mood in the listener.
Earle Birney

Born: May 13, 1904
Died: September 3, 1995 (aged 91)
Bio: Earle Alfred Birney was a distinguished Canadian poet and novelist, who twice won the Governor General's Award, Canada's top literary honor, for his poetry.
Known for:
- Turvey : a military picaresque (1949)
- One Muddy Hand
- Essays on Chaucerian irony (1985)
- The Essential Earle Birney
- Fall by fury, & other makings (1978)






