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Soviet children's writer.
Born December 1st, 1913 in New York City.
Died May 6th, 1972 at 58 years old in Moscow.
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon