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.
Gottfried Benn

Born: May 2, 1886
Died: July 7, 1956 (aged 70)
Bio: Gottfried Benn was a German poet and essayist.
Known for:
- Impromptus: Selected Poems and Some Prose
- Primal vision
- Prose, essays, poems
- Gehirne (1916)
- Doppelleben (1950)