9 September

Born in 1899—Brassaï, Hungarian–French photographer and sculptor.

Above: Paris, 1930-33

Also, born in 1911 – American writer, public intellectual, and social critic Paul Goodman.

There is a dilemma in any High Standard of Living in a profit economy. I am referring to the embarrassing truth that the best things in life are free ... things like friendly competitive sports, friendly gambling, love-making and sex, solitary study and reading, contemplation of nature and cosmos, art-working, music, religion.

Previously on September 9, Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy.