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).
Harriet Doerr
Born: April 8, 1910
Died: November 24, 2002 (aged 92)
Bio: Harriet Huntington Doerr was an American author whose debut novel was published at the age of 74.
Known for:
- Stones for Ibarra (1984)
- Consider This, Señora (1993)
- The tiger in the grass (1995)
- Piedras para Ibarra (1988)
- Stones for Ibarra 11-Copy (1990)