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).
Robert Nathan
Born: January 2, 1894
Died: May 25, 1985 (aged 91)
Bio: Robert Gruntal Nathan was an American novelist and poet.
Known for:
- Portrait of Jennie (1940)
- Peter Kindred (1919)
- The Weans (1960)
- The married look (1950)
- A star in the wind (1962)