Norwegian author and art historian (1834–1917).
Born January 1st, 1834 in Bergen. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1917 at 83 years old in Christiania.
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