Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Norman Douglas
Born: December 8, 1868
Died: February 7, 1952 (aged 83)
Bio: George Norman Douglas was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel South Wind. His travel books such as his 1915 Old Calabria were also appreciated for the quality of their writing.
Known for:
- Old Calabria (1915)
- South Wind (1917)
- Siren land (1911)
- Fountains in the sand (1912)
- Some limericks (1928)