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.
Nina Berberova

Born: July 26, 1901
Died: September 26, 1993 (aged 92)
Bio: Nina Nikolayevna Berberova was a Russian Empire-born writer who chronicled the lives of Russian exiles in Paris in her short stories and novels. She visited post-Soviet Russia and died in Philadelphia.
Known for:
- The Book of Happiness
- The Italics are Mine (1969)
- The accompanist (1985)
- Billancourt tales