"But, who is Death? A figure that harrows and wastes wherever and however it pleases. This is also a possible description of the Countess Bathory. Never did anyone wish so hard not to grow old; I mean, to die. That is why, perhaps, she acted and played the role of Death. Because, how can Death possibly die?"
Alejandra Pizarnik was an Argentine poet known for surreal, introspective verse and influential twentieth-century Spanish-language poetry. Her books include Árbol de Diana and Extracción de la piedra de locura. She remains a major literary voice in Latin American modernism.