Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Heinrich Mann
Born: March 27, 1871
Died: March 12, 1950 (aged 78)
Bio: Luiz Heinrich Mann was a German novelist who wrote works with strong social themes. His numerous criticisms of the growth of fascism forced him to flee for his life after the Nazis came to power in 1933.
Known for:
- Der Untertan (1918)
- Professor Unrat (1905)
- Young Henry of Navarre
- Die kleine Stadt. (1909)
- The loyal subject