Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Frank Arthur Swinnerton

Born: August 12, 1884
Died: November 6, 1982 (aged 98)
Bio: Frank Arthur Swinnerton was an English novelist, critic, biographer and essayist.
Known for:
- Tokefield Papers - Old and New (1927)
- Swinnerton: An Autobiography (1936)
- September (1919)
- In the Night (1917)
- The Three Lovers (1922)