Marcel Reich-Ranicki

Polish-born german literary critic.

Born June 2nd, 1920 in Włocławek. [ref]

Died September 18th, 2013 at 93 years old in Frankfurt am Main (prostate cancer). [ref]

Occupations
autobiographer, diplomat, journalist, literary critic, literary editor, television presenter, university teacher, writer

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