Benedikt Livshits

Russian writer (1886–1938).

Born January 5th, 1887 in Odesa.

Died May 15th, 1939 at 52 years old in Saint Petersburg (gunshot wound).

Occupations
explorer, poet, translator, writer
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner