Osip Mandelstam

Russian poet and essayist (1891-1938).

Born January 15th, 1891 in Warsaw. [ref]

Died December 27th, 1938 at 47 years old (typhus). [ref]

Occupations
essayist, literary critic, poet, translator, writer
Wikipedia

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe