Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Ruth Whitman

Born: 1922
Died: 1999 (aged 77)
Bio: Ruth Whitman was an American poet, translator, and professor. Her eighth and last book is Hatshepshut, Speak to me, and her most well-known and well-regarded is Tamsen Donner: A Woman’s Journey.
Known for:
- Tamsen Donner (1977)
- Hatshepsut, speak to me (1992)
- The testing of Hanna Senesh (1986)
- Becoming a Poet: Source, Process, Practice (1982)