French academic, writer and journalist (1918-2000).
Born April 24th, 1918 in Saint-Macaire. [ref]
Died November 19th, 2000 at 82 years old in Langon. [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