German jewish painter, officer, translator and etcher (1876-1944).
Born March 6th, 1876 in Berlin.
Died January 11th, 1944 at 67 years old in Haifa.
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