Paolo Volponi

Italian writer (1924-1994).

Born February 6th, 1924 in Urbino.

Died August 23rd, 1994 at 70 years old in Ancona.

Occupations
actor, film actor, poet, politician, prose writer, science fiction writer, writer
Wikipedia

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon