Yiddish writer (1898-1982).
Born January 15th, 1898 in Pidliski.
Died September 9th, 1982 at 84 years old in Montreal.
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