Sándor Márai

Hungarian writer (1900-1989).

Born April 11th, 1900 in Košice. [ref]

Died February 22nd, 1989 at 88 years old in San Diego (shot to the head). [ref]

Occupations
author, journalist, novelist, opinion journalist, poet, screenwriter, translator, writer

I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner