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Arturo Uslar Pietri

Venezuelan writer, politician, diplomat and journalist (1907-2001).

Born May 16th, 1906 in Caracas. [ref]

Died February 26th, 2001 at 94 years old in Caracas (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Occupations
biographer, diplomat, essayist, historian, journalist, lawyer, librarian, literary critic, playwright, poet, politician, writer

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche