Quote of the day
Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the work of art.
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