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Jaroslav Vrchlický

Czech poet, playwright, publicist and translator (1853-1912).

Born February 17th, 1853 in Louny. [ref]

Died September 9th, 1912 at 59 years old in Domažlice. [ref]

Occupations
dramaturge, journalist, librettist, linguist, literary critic, pedagogue, playwright, poet, politician, teacher, translator, university teacher, writer

It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks