Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
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)