British novelist (1933–2024).
Born May 10th, 1933 in Leeds. [ref]
Died November 24th, 2024 at 91 years old in New York City. [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