Quote of the day
The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.
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)