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Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Spanish poet.

Born February 17th, 1836 in Seville. [ref]

Died December 22nd, 1870 at 34 years old in Madrid (tuberculosis, syphilis). [ref]

Occupations
narrator, playwright, poet, short story writer, writer

Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius