Quote of the day
My husband is exceedingly busy. For some time the talk of his going had been slack, but just now again there seems to be a move to get him sent to the front!
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)