Benjamin Fondane

Romanian-french writer.

Born November 14th, 1898 in Iași. [ref]

Died October 3rd, 1944 at 45 years old in Auschwitz. [ref]

Occupations
biographer, essayist, film critic, film director, librarian, linguist, literary critic, literary historian, literary theorist, philosopher, playwright, poet, screenwriter, translator, writer
Website
Wikipedia

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon