Latvian writer, journalist and playwright.
Born January 1st, 1863 in Ērgļi. [ref]
Died September 4th, 1908 at 45 years old in Punkaharju (tuberculosis). [ref]
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks