German writer.
Born January 19th, 1897 in Bytom. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1976 at 79 years old in Oslo. [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