Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Jean Lartéguy
Born: September 5, 1920
Died: February 23, 2011 (aged 90)
Bio: Jean Lartéguy was the nom de plume of Jean Pierre Lucien Osty, a French writer, journalist, and former soldier. He was born in 1920 in Maisons-Alfort, Val-de-Marne and died in 2011.
Known for:
- The Centurions (1960)
- The praetorians (1963)
- The walls of Israel
- L' adieu à Saigon (1975)
- Les tambours de bronze (1965)