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Mark Strand
Canadian-american poet, essayist, translator.
Born April 11th, 1934 in Summerside. [ref]
Died November 29th, 2014 at 80 years old in Brooklyn (liposarcoma).
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche