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Roland Barthes
French philosopher and essayist.
Born November 12th, 1915 in Cherbourg.
Died March 26th, 1980 at 64 years old in Paris (struck by vehicle).
Occupations
essayist, literary critic, literary theorist, mythographer, ontologist, philosopher, semiologist, sociologist, university teacher, writer
Wikipedia
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