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Leonid Leonov

Russian writer (1899-1994).

Born May 19th, 1899 in Moscow. [ref]

Died August 8th, 1994 at 95 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Occupations
journalist, playwright, poet, politician, prosaist, writer
Wikipedia

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