Quote of the day
Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the work of art.
Robert van Gulik

Born: August 9, 1910
Died: September 24, 1967 (aged 57)
Bio: Robert Hans van Gulik was an orientalist, diplomat, musician, and writer, best known for the Judge Dee historical mysteries, the protagonist of which he borrowed from the 18th-century Chinese detective novel Dee Goong An.
Known for:
- The Chinese Maze Murders (1951)
- The Chinese Bell Murders (1958)
- Judge Dee at Work (1967)
- The Haunted Monastery (1961)
- The Lacquer Screen (1962)