Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Kurt Tucholsky
Born: January 9, 1890
Died: December 21, 1935 (aged 45)
Bio: Kurt Tucholsky was a German-Jewish journalist, satirist and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser, Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel. Born in Berlin-Moabit, he moved to Paris in 1924 and then to Sweden in 1930.
Known for:
- Castle Gripsholm (1932)
- Gedichte
- Rheinsberg (1912)