British writer.
Born May 30th, 1912 in London. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1994 at 82 years old in Kent. [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