Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
René Maran

Born: November 8, 1887
Died: May 9, 1960 (aged 72)
Bio: René Maran was a French Guyanese poet and novelist, and the first black writer to win the French Prix Goncourt.