Indian author and diplomat (1895-1963).
Born June 3rd, 1895 in Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor.
Died December 10th, 1963 at 68 years old in Mysore.
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