美國時間：每日珠璣 (By Hanching Chung)

François Charles Mauriac was a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of the Académie française, and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur in 1958. Wikipedia WIKI English 看英文版：小說幾乎都翻譯了；其他戲劇、評論等也都有譯本，只有詩歌沒英譯本； 日本情形類似英文，甚至連耶穌傳都有日譯本。 中文版以台灣書市為主，比起美、日的翻譯情形，當然很"貧乏"。 Born :  October 11, 1885,  Bordeaux, France Died :  September 1, 1970,  Paris, France Spouse :  Jeanne Lafon  (m. 1913–1970) Movies :  Thérèse Desqueyroux ,  The Black Angels Quotes No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others. Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.

"Night, the mother of fear and mystery, was coming upon me." —from THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1898) by  H.G. Wells Herbert George "H. G." Wells was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games.  Wikipedia Born :  September 21, 1866,  Bromley, United Kingdom Died :  August 13, 1946,  Regent's Park, London, United Kingdom Plays :  The Invisible Man ,  The Island of Dr. Moreau Movies :  Things to Come ,  Island of Lost Souls ,  The Time Machine ,  MORE Quotes If we don't end war, war will end us. When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. History is a race between education and catastrophe. Scientific American 2016年9月8日 20:10  ·  The writings of H.G. Wells—born in 1866—launched a genre and inspir...

The New Yorker 17小時  ·  From  Vanity Fair's Hive : You might call Henry George a “supply-side socialist.” The Obscure Economist Silicon Valley Billionaires Should Dump Ayn Rand For He lived almost 200 years ago, but Henry George’s theories might have something to offer people who want to put their money to good use today. VANITYFAIR.COM Henry George was an American political economist and journalist. His writing was immensely popular in the 19th century, and sparked several reform movements of the Progressive Era.  Wikipedia Born :  September 2, 1839,  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Died :  October 29, 1897,  New York City, New York, United States Education :  Episcopal Academy Children :  Anna Angela George Quotes He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it. There is ...

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, he directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years.  Wikipedia Born :  March 23, 1910,  Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan Died :  September 6, 1998,  Seijo, Tokyo, Japan Height :  1.82 m Books :  Something Like an Autobiography , MORE Awards :  Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film ,  MORE Michał Arcybaszew，1878-1927。今天讀黑澤明回憶錄，知道他27歲自殺的哥哥： 尤其推崇阿爾志跋綏夫（Mikhail Artsybashev）的《最後一線》是世界文學最高傑作，隨時放在手邊--- (hc：這部鼓吹自殺，在中國可能是禁書。此或很能說明中國與日本對於文學與自殺，可能有很不同的看法。) http://hcbooks.blogspot.tw/2011/02/blog-post_7339.html 《蝦蟆的油:黑澤明自傳》： Akira Kurosawa, Something Like an Autobiography Vintage Books & Anchor Books 2015年11月9日 10:30  ·  “Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much...