Austrian roman catholic layman theologian (1852–1925).
Born May 5th, 1852 in Florence.
Died January 27th, 1925 at 72 years old in London.
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