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Korney Chukovsky

Russian children's writer.

Born March 31st, 1882 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]

Died October 28th, 1969 at 87 years old in Moscow (hepatitis). [ref]

Occupations
children's writer, essayist, journalist, literary critic, literary historian, opinion journalist, poet, prosaist, translator, writer
Wikipedia

Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius