Italian historian, essayist, journalist (1914-1994).
Born May 16th, 1914 in Rome. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1994 at 80 years old in Turin. [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