Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Leopoldo Alas
Born: April 25, 1852
Died: June 13, 1901 (aged 49)
Bio: Leopoldo García-Alas y Ureña, also known as Clarín, was an Spanish realist novelist born in Zamora. He died in Oviedo.
Known for:
- La regenta (1885)
- Doña Berta (1892)
- El gallo de Sócrates (1901)
- His Only Son: With Dona Berta