Quote of the day
An apparent confusion, if lived with long enough, may become orderly... A rare experience of a moment at daybreak, when something in nature seems to reveal all consciousness, cannot be explained at noon. Yet it is part of the day's unity
Prosper Mérimée
Born: September 28, 1803
Died: September 23, 1870 (aged 66)
Bio: Prosper Mérimée was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen. He was a first cousin of the physicist Augustin Fresnel.
Known for:
- Carmen (1845)
- Colomba (1841)
- La Vénus d'Ille (1837)
- Mateo Falcone (1829)
- Lokis







