Quote of the day
All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us.
Ernesto Sábato

Born: June 24, 1911
Died: April 30, 2011 (aged 99)
Bio: Ernesto Sabato was an Argentine writer, painter and physicist. According to the BBC he "won some of the most prestigious prizes in Hispanic literature" and "became very influential in the literary world throughout Latin America".
Known for:
- The Tunnel (1948)
- On Heroes and Tombs (1961)
- Antes del fin (1998)
- Abaddón el exterminador (1974)
- El Escritor y Sus Fantasmas (1964)