Scottish novelist and poet (1897-1999).
Born November 1st, 1897 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died January 11th, 1999 at 101 years old in Carradale. [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