Mexican poet.
Born July 30th, 1904 in Mexico City. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1974 at 69 years old in Mexico City. [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