Spanish author (1893-1936).
Born May 6th, 1893 in Tui. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1936 at 43 years old in Madrid (ballistic trauma). [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