Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Michael Hamburger

Born: March 22, 1924
Died: June 7, 2007 (aged 83)
Bio: Michael Hamburger was a noted British translator, poet, critic, memoirist and academic. He was known in particular for his translations of Friedrich Hölderlin, Paul Celan, Gottfried Benn and W. G.
Known for:
- Poems of Paul Celan
- The truth of poetry (1968)
- Beethoven Letters Journals and Conversations
- String of Beginnings (1991)