José Carlos Mariátegui

Peruvian writer and academic (1894–1930).

Born June 14th, 1894 in Moquegua. [ref]

Died April 16th, 1930 at 35 years old in Lima. [ref]

Occupations
essayist, journalist, political theorist, politician, publisher, sociologist

Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz