Akhmad Bassah (flourished 1923–1930), known by his pen name Joehana, was an author from the Dutch East Indies who wrote stories, articles, and several novels in Sundanese. He worked for a time on the railroad before becoming an author by 1923. His strong interest in social welfare is evident in his novels. He has been classified as a realist owing to his use of the names of actual locations and products in his works, as well as the predominantly vernacular Sundanese in his novels, but influences from traditional theatrical forms such as wayang and literature such as pantun are also evident. Joehana's works cover a wide range of themes, especially social criticism and modernization. Although his writings were adapted to the stage and film, they received little academic attention until the 1960s, and critical consensus since then has been negative. Two of his works have been republished since the 1960s, and stage productions of his novel Rasiah nu Goreng Patut continued into the 1980s.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

69 BC:

Third Mithridatic War: Forces of the Roman Republic captured the Armenian capital city Tigranakert. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tigranocerta

1777:

American Revolutionary War: British forces under the command of General Sir Henry Clinton captured Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery, and then dismantled the Hudson River Chain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Forts_Clinton_and_Montgomery

1973:

Egypt, under the leadership of President Anwar Sadat, launched Operation Badr in coordination with Syria, crossing the Suez Canal and attacking the fortified Israeli Bar Lev Line, starting the Yom Kippur War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Badr_(1973)

1985:

Police constable Keith Blakelock was killed during rioting in the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Keith_Blakelock

2000:

Denouncing corruption in the administration of Argentine President Fernando de la Rúa and in the Senate, Vice President Carlos Álvarez resigned from his office. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_%C3%81lvarez_(politician)

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

subspecies: 1. (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below species. 2. (taxonomy) A taxon at that rank, often indicated with trinomial nomenclature (such as Felis silvestris silvestris in zoology and Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii in botany). 3. A subdivision of a species in other scientific disciplines. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subspecies

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Perhaps … I should adopt a more positive outlook and try to make the best of what remains of my day. After all, what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished? The hard reality is, surely, that for the likes of you and I, there is little choice other than to leave our fate, ultimately, in the hands of those great gentlemen at the hub of this world who employ our services. What is the point in worrying oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control the course one’s life took? Surely it is enough that the likes of you and I at least try to make our small contribution count for something true and worthy. And if some of us are prepared to sacrifice much in life in order to pursue such aspirations, surely that is in itself, whatever the outcome, cause for pride and contentment.   --Kazuo Ishiguro https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kazuo_Ishiguro