Jaroslav Vrchlický

Czech lyrical poet (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, translator of Adam Mickiewicz, university teacher, writer

Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi