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Hermann Kesten

German writer.

Born January 28th, 1900 in Pidvolochysk. [ref]

Died May 3rd, 1996 at 96 years old in Basel. [ref]

Occupations
biographer, contributing editor, essayist, linguist, opinion journalist, playwright, poet, translator, writer
Website
Wikipedia

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain