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American writer.
Born September 2nd, 1917 in Nahant.
Died October 15th, 1998 at 81 years old in Manhattan (abdominal aortic aneurysm).
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