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 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