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Claude McKay
Jamaican american writer, poet (1889–1948).
Born September 15th, 1889 in Clarendon Parish.
Died May 22nd, 1948 at 58 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction).
Occupations
novelist, poet, writer
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson