Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Ronald Wright
Born: 1948 (age 77)
Bio: Ronald Wright is a Canadian author who has written books of travel, history and fiction. His nonfiction includes the bestseller Stolen Continents, winner of the Gordon Montador Award and chosen as a book of the year by the Independent and the Sunday Times.
Known for:
- A Short History of Progress (2004)
- The Gold Eaters: A Novel (2015)
- Stolen continents (1992)
- A Scientific Romance (1997)
- What is America? (2008)