We work while the light lasts - dom hubert van zeller

Van Zeller, Dom Hubert: - Born in British-controlled Egypt, Dom Hubert van Zeller (1905-1984) was a Benedictine monk of Downside Abbey in Bath, England, where he was educated.

Of his scholastic career he said that he passed no examinations-merely by-passed them.

The author of numerous books ranging from scriptural commentary to fiction and biography, he was also renowned as a minimalist sculptor and cartoonist.

He was a friend of Ronald Knox and of Evelyn Waugh, who described Dom Huberts writings as characterized by vitality and elegance.