Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Erich Fried
Born: May 6, 1921
Died: November 22, 1988 (aged 67)
Bio: Erich Fried was an Austrian-born poet, writer and translator. He initially became known to a broader public in both Germany and Austria for his political poetry, and later for his love poems. As a writer he mostly wrote plays and short novels.
Known for:
- Love poems
- 100 Poems Without a Country (1978)
- Children and Fools
- Ein Soldat und ein Mädchen (1960)
- Um Klarheit. Gedichte gegen das Vergessen (1985)