Bozorg Alavi

Writer, novelist and activist (1904-1997).

Born February 2nd, 1904 in Tehran.

Died February 18th, 1997 at 93 years old in Berlin (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Occupations
linguist, novelist, poet, politician, translator, writer
Wikipedia
Bozorg_Alavi

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