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Jiří Orten
Czech poet (1919-1941).
Born August 30th, 1919 in Kutná Hora. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1941 at 22 years old in Prague (struck by vehicle). [ref]
Occupations
playwright, poet, writer
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde