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François Houtart

Belgian writer (1925–2017).

Born March 7th, 1925 in Brussels metropolitan area.

Died June 6th, 2017 at 92 years old in Quito. [ref]

Occupations
Catholic priest, sociologist, theologian, university teacher

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