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]
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