Quote of the day
Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb
The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?
Roberto Calasso
Born: May 30, 1941
Died: July 28, 2021 (aged 80)
Bio: Roberto Calasso was an Italian writer and publisher. Apart from his mother tongue, Italian, Calasso was fluent in French, English, Spanish, German. Latin and Greek. He also studied Sanskrit. He was called 'a literary institution of one'.
Known for:
- The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony (1988)
- Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India (1998)
- The Art of the Publisher (2015)
- The ruin of Kasch (1994)
- Literature and the gods (2001)