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José Asunción Silva

Colombian author (1865-1896).

Born November 27th, 1865 in Bogotá.

Died May 24th, 1896 at 30 years old in Bogotá.

Occupations
author, poet, 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