Flemish author.
Born September 2nd, 1912 in Ghent. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1978 at 65 years old in Ghent. [ref]
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