Quote of the day
A novel is like a gland pill - it nips off the cream of my hysterics and gets them running on track in a book where they belong instead of rioting all over my person.
Isaac Babel
Born: July 1, 1894
Died: January 27, 1940 (aged 45)
Bio: Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel was a Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer.
Known for:
- Red Cavalry (1926)
- The Odessa Tales (1931)
- The Complete Works of Isaac Babel
- The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel
- 1920 Diary