Quote of the day
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.... Blushes are the sign of guilt; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.
Lyudmila Ulitskaya
Born: February 21, 1943 (age 82)
Bio: Lyudmila Evgenyevna Ulitskaya is an internationally acclaimed modern Russian novelist and short-story writer who, in 2014, was awarded the prestigious Austrian State Prize for European Literature for her oeuvre.
Known for:
- The Big Green Tent: A Novel (2015)
- Sonechka (1998)
- The Funeral Party (1999)
- Medea and Her Children (2002)
- Daniel Stein, Interpreter (2011)