Quote of the day
It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content … it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.
Elaine Feinstein
Born: October 24, 1930
Died: September 23, 2019 (aged 88)
Bio: Elaine Feinstein was a poet, novelist, short-story writer, playwright, biographer and translator.
Known for:
- Ted Hughes (2001)
- Anna of all the Russias (2005)
- Talking to the Dead (2007)
- The Russian Jerusalem (2008)