Aleksandr Chakovsky

Soviet editor (1913-1994).

Born August 26th, 1913 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]

Died February 17th, 1994 at 80 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Occupations
author, journalist, politician, writer

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