Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
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)