Ecuadorian writer (1906-1978).
Born June 10th, 1906 in Quito.
Died May 26th, 1978 at 71 years old in Quito (esophageal cancer).
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