French writer (1901-1992).
Born August 19th, 1901 in Paris. [ref]
Died November 4th, 1992 at 91 years old in Paris. [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