Quote of the day
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Helen Hodgman
Born: April 27, 1945
Died: June 6, 2022 (aged 77)
Bio: Helen Hodgman was an Australian novelist. She won the 1978 Somerset Maugham Award for her novel Jack and Jill. She also won the 1989 Christina Stead Fiction Prize for the novel Broken Words.
Known for:
- Passing remarks (1996)
- Waiting for Matindi (1998)
- Blue Skies (1976)
- Jack and Jill (1978)
- Broken Words (1988)