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Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov

Russian symbolist poet, playwright, theatre theorist, translator.

Born February 28th, 1866 in Moscow. [ref]

Died July 16th, 1949 at 83 years old in Rome. [ref]

Occupations
classical scholar, essayist, literary critic, pedagogue, philologist, philosopher, playwright, poet, teacher, translator, writer

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do? Epicurus