Jiří Wolker

Czech poet, journalist and playwright.

Born March 29th, 1900 in Prostějov. [ref]

Died January 3rd, 1924 at 23 years old in Prostějov (tuberculosis). [ref]

Occupations
journalist, playwright, poet, prosaist, translator, writer

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon