Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Born: January 29, 1867
Died: January 28, 1928 (aged 60)
Bio: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez was a journalist, politician and best-selling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films adapted from his works.
Known for:
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916)
- Blood and Sand (1908)
- Arroz y tartana (1894)
- Luna Benamor (1909)
- La Tierra de Todos (1922)