Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Ivan Bunin
Born: October 22, 1870
Died: November 8, 1953 (aged 83)
Bio: Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was noted for the strict artistry with which he carried on the classical Russian traditions in the writing of prose and poetry.
Known for:
- Dark Avenues (1943)
- The Gentleman from San Francisco (1915)
- Cursed Days (1926)
- The Life of Arsenyev and Lika (1952)
- Night of Denial