Josef Václav Sládek

Czech poet, publicist and translator (1845–1912).

Born October 27th, 1845 in Zbiroh. [ref]

Died June 28th, 1912 at 66 years old in Zbiroh. [ref]

Occupations
editing staff, journalist, literary critic, opinion journalist, pedagogue, photographer, poet, teacher, translator, translator of Adam Mickiewicz, writer

I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner