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German writer (1897–1973).
Born June 20th, 1897 in Peckelsheim.
Died April 30th, 1973 at 75 years old in East Berlin.
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