Austrian writer (1872–1925).
Born August 18th, 1872 in Baden.
Died March 26th, 1925 at 52 years old in Vienna.
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