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Francisco Ayala

Spanish novelist.

Born March 16th, 1906 in Granada.

Died November 3rd, 2009 at 103 years old in Madrid. [ref]

Occupations
jurist, lawyer, literary critic, novelist, sociologist, translator, university teacher, writer

Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy