“This is the terror: to have emerged from nothing, to have a name, consciousness of self, deep inner feelings, an excruciating inner yearning for life and self-expression—and with all this yet to die.” Ernest Becker

Ernest Becker
American anthropologist

Ernest Becker was a Jewish-American cultural anthropologist and writer. He is noted for his 1974 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Denial of Death. Wikipedia
Born: September 27, 1924, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: March 6, 1974, Burnaby
Education: Syracuse University
Known for: Terror management theory
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction