Quote of the day
The [Nobel ]prize is such an extraordinary honor. It might seem unfair, however, to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses.
Jose Garcia Villa
Born: August 5, 1908
Died: February 7, 1997 (aged 88)
Bio: Jose Garcia Villa was a Filipino poet, literary critic, short story writer, and painter. He was awarded the National Artist of the Philippines title for literature in 1973, as well as the Guggenheim Fellowship in creative writing by Conrad Aiken.
Known for:
- The anchored angel
- Doveglion
- Charlie Chan Is Dead (1993)
- Appasionata: Poems in Praise of Love (1979)
- Selected Poems and New (1958)








