Russian writer and dissident (1938-1980).
Born May 12th, 1938 in Moscow.
Died November 12th, 1980 at 42 years old in Guadalajara (traffic collision).
        
        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