British novelist, short story writer, and painter (1901-1968).
Born April 10th, 1901 in Cannes. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1968 at 67 years old in London. [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