Quote of the day
Yet better for one of my nature to have it that way than to have life a peaceful, placid flow of quiet contentment. I must have days of rushing excitement.
John Wain

Born: March 14, 1925
Died: May 24, 1994 (aged 69)
Bio: John Barrington Wain was an English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group "The Movement". For most of his life, Wain worked as a freelance journalist and author, writing and reviewing for newspapers and the radio.
Known for:
- Hurry on Down (1953)
- A Winter in the Hills (1970)
- The smaller sky (1967)
- Strike the father dead (1962)
- Young Shoulders (1982)







