Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
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)