Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Frank Kermode

Born: November 29, 1919
Died: August 17, 2010 (aged 90)
Bio: Sir John Frank Kermode was a British literary critic best known for his work The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction, published in 1967, and for his extensive book-reviewing and editing.
Known for:
- Shakespeare's Language (2000)
- The Genesis of Secrecy (1979)
- Romantic Image (1957)
- The Age of Shakespeare (2004)