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Fernando Pessoa
Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935); creator of the heteronymic system including alberto caeiro, ricardo reis, álvaro de campos, and bernardo soares.
Born June 13th, 1888 in Lisbon. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1935 at 47 years old in Lisbon (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
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