Milan Rúfus

Slovak poet, translator and writer (1928–2009).

Born December 10th, 1928 in Závažná Poruba.

Died January 11th, 2009 at 80 years old in Bratislava. [ref]

Occupations
essayist, linguist, poet, translator, writer
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde