Leib Kvitko

Soviet yiddish poet (1890-1952).

Born October 15th, 1890 in Holoskiv.

Died August 12th, 1952 at 61 years old in Lubyanka Building (execution).

Occupations
children's writer, poet, writer
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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