Vladislav Khodasevich

Russian poet, literary critic.

Born June 9th, 1886 in Moscow. [ref]

Died June 14th, 1939 at 53 years old in Paris (liver cancer). [ref]

Occupations
journalist, literary critic, poet, translator, 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