Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
Jan Myrdal
Born: July 19, 1927
Died: October 30, 2020 (aged 93)
Bio: Jan Myrdal was a Swedish author, leftist-political writer and columnist. He was an honorary doctor of literature at Upsala College in New Jersey, US, and a PhD at Nankai University in Tianjin in China. He lived at various times in the United States, Afghanistan, Iran and India.
Known for:
- India waits (1980)
- Confessions of a disloyal European (1968)
- Childhood (1991)
- 12 Going on 13