Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and memoirist (1855-1913).
Born September 15th, 1855 in Taganrog.
Died June 12th, 1913 at 57 years old in Saint Petersburg (laryngeal cancer).
Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius