British author (1913-1991).
Born August 11th, 1913 in Bexhill-on-Sea. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1991 at 77 years old in Bury St Edmunds. [ref]
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