Quote of the day
At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
Ronald Blythe
Born: November 6, 1922
Died: January 14, 2023 (aged 100)
Bio: Ronald Blythe was an English writer, essayist and editor, best known for his work Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village, an account of agricultural life in Suffolk from the turn of the century to the 1960s.
Known for:
- Akenfield (1969)
- Word from Wormingford
- The Time by the Sea: Aldeburgh 1955-1958 (2013)
- At the Yeoman's House (2011)
- A Year at Bottengoms Farm (2006)