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Pedro Henríquez Ureña

Dominican republic writer (1884-1946).

Born June 29th, 1884 in Santo Domingo. [ref]

Died May 11th, 1946 at 61 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]

Occupations
journalist, literary critic, writer

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel