Saint-René Taillandier

French writer and critic (1817-1879).

Born December 16th, 1817 in Paris.

Died February 23rd, 1879 at 61 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).

Occupations
historian, literary critic, politician, university teacher, writer

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde