Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
Tomas Tranströmer
Born: April 15, 1931
Died: March 26, 2015 (aged 83)
Bio: Tomas Gösta Tranströmer was a Swedish poet, psychologist and translator. His poems captured the long Swedish winters, the rhythm of the seasons and the palpable, atmospheric beauty of nature.
Known for:
- The Great Enigma (2004)
- The half-finished heaven (2001)
- The Sorrow Gondola (1996)
- Baltics (1974)
- Memories Look at Me: A Memoir (2011)