Quote of the day
That cry of the soul to be lifted out of the bondage of the narrow circle of life, which carries up to God the protest and yearning of suffering man, never finds a more sublime expression than where humanity is oppressed and religion is corrupt.
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)







