Elsa Morante

Italian novelist (1912–1985).

Born August 18th, 1912 in Rome.

Died November 25th, 1985 at 73 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction).

Occupations
novelist, poet, prose writer, translator, writer
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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