Quote of the day
Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.
Stig Dagerman
Born: October 5, 1923
Died: November 4, 1954 (aged 31)
Bio: Stig Dagerman was a Swedish journalist and writer. He was one of the most prominent Swedish authors writing in the aftermath of WWII, but his existential texts transcend time and place and continue to be widely published in Sweden and abroad.
Known for:
- Island of the Doomed
- German autumn
- To Kill a Child (1948)
- Nattens lekar (1947)
- Vårt behov av tröst (1952)