Agniya Barto

Russian soviet writer and poet (1901–1981).

Born February 17th, 1901 in Kaunas. [ref]

Died April 1st, 1981 at 80 years old in Moscow.

Occupations
ballet dancer, children's writer, poet, radio personality, screenwriter, translator, wood turner, writer
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde