Russian novelist and official (1812–1891).
Born June 6th, 1812 in Ulyanovsk.
Died September 27th, 1891 at 79 years old in Saint Petersburg (pneumonia).
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