Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Sholem Asch
Born: November 1, 1880
Died: July 10, 1957 (aged 76)
Bio: Sholem Asch, also written Shalom Asch or simply Shalom Ash, was a Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language that settled in the United States.
Known for:
- The Nazarene (1939)
- Uncle Moses (1920)
- East River (1946)
- The Apostle (1943)
- Three Cities: A Novel