American author (1913–1987).
Born December 18th, 1913 in Manhattan.
Died September 30th, 1987 at 73 years old in Doylestown.
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