Romanian writer, surrealist, dissident.
Born February 6th, 1908 in Blejoi. [ref]
Died September 14th, 1993 at 85 years old in Bucharest. [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