Quote of the day
For I've read in many a novel that, unless they've souls that grovel,
Folks prefer in fact a hovel to your dreary marble halls.
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)