Quote of the day
I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay.
Nicholas Monsarrat

Born: March 22, 1910
Died: August 8, 1979 (aged 69)
Known for:
- The Cruel Sea (1951)
- Master Mariner (1979)
- The kappillan of Malta (1973)
- Three corvettes (1945)
- The Tribe That Lost Its Head (1956)






