Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
John McGahern
Born: November 12, 1934
Died: March 30, 2006 (aged 71)
Bio: John McGahern is regarded as one of the most important Irish writers of the latter half of the twentieth century.
Known for:
- Amongst Women (1990)
- That They may Face the Rising Sun (2002)
- The Barracks (1963)
- The Leavetaking (1974)
- Memoir (2005)