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.
Thomas Bernhard

Born: February 9, 1931
Died: February 12, 1989 (aged 58)
Bio: Thomas Bernhard was an Austrian novelist, playwright and poet. Bernhard, whose body of work has been called "the most significant literary achievement since World War II," is widely considered to be one of the most important German-speaking authors of the postwar era.
Known for:
- The Loser (1983)
- Woodcutters (1984)
- Old Masters (1985)
- Gargoyles (1967)
- Extinction (1986)