Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Umberto Saba
Born: March 9, 1883
Died: August 26, 1957 (aged 74)
Bio: Umberto Saba was an Italian poet and novelist, born Umberto Poli in the cosmopolitan Mediterranean port of Trieste when it was the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Known for:
- Il canzoniere (1921)
- Ernesto
- Songbook
- History and chronicle of the Songbook
- Scorciatoie e raccontini (1946)