Quote of the day
We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour.
Michael Arlen
Born: November 16, 1895
Died: June 23, 1956 (aged 60)
Bio: Michael Arlen, born Dikran Kouyoumdjian, was an Armenian essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and scriptwriter, who had his greatest successes in the 1920s while living and writing in England.
Known for:
- Green Hat (1924)
- Hell! said the Duchess (1934)
- The London venture (1919)
- Exiles
- The romantic lady (1921)
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