Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
John Ciardi
Born: June 24, 1916
Died: March 30, 1986 (aged 69)
Bio: John Anthony Ciardi was an American poet, translator, and etymologist.
Known for:
- The Collected Poems of John Ciardi
- A Third Browser's Dictionary (1980)
- Doodle Soup (1985)
- You Read to Me, I'll Read to You (1961)
- The Hopeful Trout and Other Limericks