Quote of the day
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work—that goes on, it adds up.
Lionel Abel
Born: November 19, 1910
Died: April 19, 2001 (aged 90)
Bio: Lionel Abel was an eminent Jewish American playwright, essayist and theater critic. He was also a translator, and was an authorized translator of Jean-Paul Sartre, who called Abel the most intelligent man in New York City.
Known for:
- Metatheatre (1963)
- Tragedy and metatheatre
- The intellectual follies (1984)
- Important nonsense (1987)