Russian mathematician (1901-1975).
Born August 15th, 1901 in Moscow.
Died January 9th, 1975 at 73 years old in Moscow.
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