Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Patrick MacGill

Born: December 24, 1889
Died: 1963 (aged 73)
Bio: Patrick MacGill was an Irish journalist, poet and novelist, known as "The Navvy Poet" because he had worked as a navvy before he began writing.
Known for:
- Children of the dead end (1914)
- The rat-pit (1915)
- The Red Horizon (1916)
- Great Push (1916)
- Moleskin Joe (1923)