Birthdays occurring on August, 20

1886

Paul Tillich was born on August 20, 1886 German born American theologian and philosopher, whose discussions of God and faith illuminated and bound together the realms of traditional Christianity and modern culture. 1886-1965 The first duty of love is to listen. More quotations from Paul Tillich

1890

H. P Lovecraft was born on August 20, 1890 American author of fantastic and macabre short novels and stories, one of the 20th century masters of the Gothic tale of terror. 1890-1937 All life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other. More quotations from H. P Lovecraft

1901

Salvatore Quasimodo was born on August 20, 1901 Italian poet, critic and translator. Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959. 1901-1968 Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal, but which the reader recognizes as his own More quotations from Salvatore Quasimodo

Deaths occurring on August, 20

1153

Bernard of Clairvaux died on August 20, 1153 French Cistercian monk, mystic and founder of the abbey of Clairvaux. One of the most influential churchmen of his time. 1090-1153 Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man More quotations from Bernard of Clairvaux

1932

Paul Keller died on August 20, 1932 German journalist and writer. 1873-1932 Faith is a euphemism for prejudice and religion is a euphemism for superstition More quotations from Paul Keller

1936

Federico Garcia Lorca died on August 20, 1936 Spanish poet and playwright who, in a career that spanned just 19 years, resurrected and revitalized the most basic strains of Spanish poetry and theatre. 1898-1936 I felt something like a divine urge to bombard that whole canyon of shadow, where ambulances collected suicides whose hands were full of rings. More quotations from Federico Garcia Lorca

2001

Fred Hoyle died on August 20, 2001 Things are the way they are because they were the way they were. More quotations from Fred Hoyle