American novelist (1876-1916).
Born July 24th, 1876 in Fredonia.
Died June 11th, 1916 at 39 years old in New York City (puerperal disorders).
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