Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
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