Polish-born yiddish writer (1886 – 1954).
Born January 1st, 1887 in Mława.
Died October 7th, 1954 at 67 years old in New York City.
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