Arthur Machen

Welsh author and mystic (1863-1947).

Born March 3rd, 1863 in Caerleon. [ref]

Died December 15th, 1947 at 84 years old in London. [ref]

Occupations
journalist, literary critic, novelist, politician, stage actor, translator, 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