Boris Vian

French writer and musician (1920–1959).

Born March 10th, 1920 in Ville-d'Avray.

Died June 23rd, 1959 at 39 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction).

Occupations
actor, engineer, jazz musician, journalist, librettist, literary critic, music critic, musician, painter, playwright, poet, prose writer, screenwriter, singer, singer-songwriter, translator, trumpeter, writer
Website
Wikipedia

Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau