Brazilian writer (1920-1999).
Born January 9th, 1920 in Recife.
Died October 9th, 1999 at 79 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
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