Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
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)