Italian writer and translator (1896-1958).
Born December 7th, 1896 in Como.
Died November 29th, 1958 at 61 years old in Milan.
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