Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Edmond Jabès

Born: April 16, 1912
Died: January 2, 1991 (aged 78)
Bio: Edmond Jabès was a French writer and poet of an Egyptian origin, and one of the best known literary figures to write in French after World War II.
Known for:
- The book of margins
- From the book to the book (1991)
- The little book of unsuspected subversion
- The book of shares (1989)