Ukrainian translator (1919–1988).
Born December 19th, 1919 in Krolevets.
Died August 29th, 1988 at 68 years old in Kyiv.
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