Quote of the day
You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're unexplained as yet—you've not got your niche in creation.
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)