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John Ciardi
American poet, professor, translator.
Born June 24th, 1916 in Boston. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1986 at 69 years old in Edison. [ref]
Occupations
children's writer, journalist, linguist, poet, science fiction writer, translator, university teacher, writer
Wikipedia
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