Pakistani writer (1916–2006).
Born November 20th, 1916 in Angah.
Died July 10th, 2006 at 89 years old in Lahore (asthma).
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