Quote of the day
Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the work of art.
Lord Alfred Douglas
Born: October 22, 1870
Died: March 20, 1945 (aged 74)
Bio: Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, nicknamed Bosie, was a British author, poet, translator, and political commentator, better known as the friend and lover of Oscar Wilde.
Known for:
- My friendship with Oscar Wilde (1914)
- The collected poems of Lord Alfred Douglas
- The Pongo papers (1907)
- The city of the soul (1899)