Quote of the day
I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay.
Edith Konecky

Born: August 1, 1922
Died: March 28, 2019 (aged 96)
Bio: Edith Konecky was an Jewish American feminist novelist who, despite a relatively small body of work, can lay claim to a large literary achievement with Allegra Maud Goldman, a coming-of-age novel that chronicles the growth of a young female artist.
Known for:
- Allegra Maud Goldman (1976)
- A Place at the Table (1989)
- Fiction and the Facts of Life (2011)
- View to the North (2004)
- Past sorrows and coming attractions (2000)






