Scottish author and politician (1875–1940).
Born August 26th, 1875 in Perth.
Died February 11th, 1940 at 64 years old in Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (cerebral hemorrhage).
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