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Jan Mukařovský

Czech essayist, estheticist, literary theorist and university educator (1891-1975).

Born November 11th, 1891 in Písek. [ref]

Died February 8th, 1975 at 83 years old in Prague. [ref]

Occupations
aesthetician, art historian, linguist, literary critic, literary scholar, pedagogue, philosopher, teacher, university teacher, writer

Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black