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Jaroslav Vrchlický

Czech lyrical poet (1853–1912).

Born February 18th, 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

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.