Swedish diplomat and turkologist (1907-2002).
Born October 12th, 1907 in Höganäs.
Died May 29th, 2002 at 94 years old in Stockholm.
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