Musa Cälil

Soviet poet.

Born February 15th, 1906 in Mostafa. [ref]

Died August 25th, 1944 at 38 years old in Plötzensee Prison (guillotine). [ref]

Occupations
author, poet, translator, war correspondent, writer
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner