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.
Stark Young
Born: October 11, 1881
Died: January 6, 1963 (aged 81)
Bio: Stark Young was an American teacher, playwright, novelist, painter, literary critic, translator, and essayist.
Known for:
- So Red the Rose (1934)
- Addio, Madretta and Other Plays (1912)
- The Blind Man at the Window, and Other Poems (1906)