Nikolai Gogol

Russian writer of ukrainian origin (1809–1852).

Born April 1st, 1809 in Velyki Sorochyntsi. [ref]

Died March 4th, 1852 at 42 years old in Moscow.

Occupations
historian, literary critic, opinion journalist, playwright, poet, prose writer, teacher, writer
Wikipedia

I discovered to my joy, that it is life, not death, that has no limits. Gabriel García Márquez