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Célestin Freinet

French pedagogue.

Born October 15th, 1896 in Gars. [ref]

Died October 8th, 1966 at 69 years old in Vence. [ref]

Occupations
Esperantist, French Resistance fighter, pedagogue, trade unionist

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel