Danish writer (1809-1876).
Born February 7th, 1809 in Kerteminde. [ref]
Died December 28th, 1876 at 67 years old in Copenhagen. [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