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).
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Born: February 17, 1836
Died: December 22, 1870 (aged 34)
Bio: Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida, better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer was a Spanish post-romanticist poet and writer, also a playwright, literary columnist, and talented in drawing.
Known for:
- Rimas y leyendas
- Los Ojos Verdes
- The devil's cross
- Historia de los templos de España
- Legends, Tales And Poems