Quote of the day
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
Edmund Blunden
Born: November 1, 1896
Died: January 20, 1974 (aged 77)
Bio: Edmund Charles Blunden was an English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose.
Known for:
- Undertones of War (1928)
- A Hong Kong house (1959)
- English Villages (1941)
- Fall in, ghosts
- Shelley: A Life Story (1946)