Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Gustav Meyrink
Born: January 19, 1868
Died: December 4, 1932 (aged 64)
Bio: Gustav Meyrink was the pseudonym of Gustav Meyer, an Austrian author, novelist, dramatist, translator, and banker, most famous for his novel The Golem. He has been described as the "most respected German language writer in the field of supernatural fiction".
Known for:
- The Golem (1914)
- The Angel of the West Window (1927)
- The White Dominican
- Das grüne Gesicht (1916)
- Walpurgisnacht (1917)