Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Marian Engel
Born: May 24, 1933
Died: February 16, 1985 (aged 51)
Bio: Marian Engel, née Marian Ruth Passmore was an award-winning Canadian novelist and a founding member of the Writers' Union of Canada.
Known for:
- The Honeyman festival (1970)
- Marian Engel
- Tattooed Woman (1985)
- Encyclopedia of Birth Control