Nicholas A. Basbanes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Nicholas A. Basbanes

American writer

Date of Birth: 25-May-1943

Place of Birth: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

Profession: military officer, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Nicholas Andrew Basbanes (born May 25, 1943, in Lowell, Massachusetts) is an American author who writes and lectures widely about books and book culture.
His subjects have included the "eternal passion for books" (A Gentle Madness); the history and future of libraries (Patience & Fortitude); the "willful destruction of books" and the "determined effort to rescue them" (A Splendor of Letters); "the power of the printed word to stir the world" (Every Book Its Reader) and the invention of paper and its effect on civilization (On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History).