Vladimir Mayakovsky

Russian and soviet poet (1893–1930).

Born July 19th, 1893 in Baghdati. [ref]

Died April 14th, 1930 at 36 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma). [ref]

Occupations
actor, artist, director, film actor, film director, journalist, painter, playwright, poet, poster artist, printmaker, stage actor, theatrical director, visual artist, writer

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel